Scanning in Aiken SC

[kawscott]

New to this! Can someone look at the frequencies for Aiken SC Police, Sherrif, Fire, and EMS and tell me if they can be scanned with a Radio Shack Pro-2026?

 

[brian]

Aiken Co FDs and Aiken City - Yes.

Aiken Co. EMS, Aiken Co. SD, N. Augusta PD, SCHP - No. These agencies operate on the Palmetto 800 trunked radio system. The 2026 is not a trunk-tracker so it will not be able to track transmissions by these agencies.

It does scan 800MHz so you could scan the local 800MHz frequencies in conventional mode, but most would find this annoying and unsatisfactory because you'll hear a lot of digital noise on those frequencies and have no real way to know which agency is transmitting at any time.

 

[gman4661]

Here are some SC law enforcement departments possibly still using UHF. Don't know how accurate the list is though. You should be able hear some of these in Aiken.

Beaufort Co. SO
Cherokee Co. SO 460.475 118.8
Chesterfield Co. SO
Colleton Co. SO
Edgefield Co. SO 453.350 107.2
460.300
453.150 107.2
Greenville Co. SO
Greenwood Co. SO 453.100 107.2
453.450 107.2
Marlboro Co. SO
McCormick Co. SO 453.500 107.2
453.450 107.2
460.325
Newberry Co. SO
Oconee Co. SO 460.250 186.2
460.175 186.2
460.325 315
Pickens Co. SO
Saluda Co. SO 453.300 107.2
453.450 107.2
Aiken PS 453.650 118.8
460.525 118.8
Andrews PD
Gaffney PD 460.275 118.8
Greenwood PD 453.625 107.2
460.475 107.2
Lexington PD 460.200
Seneca PD 460.275 186.2
Walhalla PD 460.300 186.2
Westminster PD 460.475 186.2
Winnsboro PD 460.525

 

[brian]

Heh, well, South Carolina is a small state. But it's not likely you'll hear counties 200 miles away on UHF. Certainly there are some other nearby counties that are still using conventional channels on VHF and UHF - Barnwell, Greenwood, Edgefield, to name a couple - that the OP might be able to listen to.

 

[firefighter89]

Heh, well, South Carolina is a small state. But it's not likely you'll hear counties 200 miles away on UHF. Certainly there are some other nearby counties that are still using conventional channels on VHF and UHF - Barnwell, Greenwood, Edgefield, to name a couple - that the OP might be able to listen to.

Saluda County is till VHF and UHF as well. Appears to have good range, I hear them in Spartanburg a good bit.