Cowlitz & Lewis Counties (Longview, Kelso, Centralia, Chehalis area(s).

[Omega-TI]

Since there does not seem to be much from my area here, so I thought I'd post a listing created by me over a couple of decades. Most of these frequencies are still valid, however a couple of the businesses may be out of date or the frequencies no longer used.

Police Departments
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154.040                                     Centralia
155.130                                     Kelso F2
155.370                                     Chehalis
155.535                                     Longview  Dispatch
155.670                                     Kelso Dispatch
155.940                                     Longview F2
155.085                                     Castle Rock
158.730                                     Chehalis

County Sheriffs
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154.815                                     Cowlitz County Dispatch
154.950                                     Cowlitz County Car to Car
155.010   155.415   155.625   155.745       Lewis County
156.030   156.225
155.370                                     Cowlitz County L.E.R.N.
156.210                                     Cowlitz County
460.300                                     Columbia County
460.475                                     Wahkiakum County

State Patrol
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154.680   154.920   155.520     WSP Olympia
154.695   155.850   155.970     WSP Chehalis
154.770                                     WSP Kelso
154.935                                     OSP Columbia County
155.475                                     WSP Nationwide
158.790                                     WSP Statewide

Fire Departments
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154.115                                     Yellow - Kelso/District 2
154.130    154.280   154.295   154.400      Columbia County
154.190                                     Lewis County - Winlock/Centralia
154.205                                     Chehalis
154.235                                     Brown  - Dispatch
154.370                                     Red    - Miscellaneous
154.415                                     Green  - Longview
154.430                                     Lewis County
155.085                                     Blue   - Castle Rock
155.835                                     Orange - Kalama

Medical
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155.220                                     Medix Ambulance
155.265   155.400                     St. Johns Hospital
155.340                                     Hospital Net.
462.975                                     Life Flight

State of Washington
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45.200     45.360     45.480                    Longview
47.020     47.100     47.200     47.240     Kelso



Government & Services
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151.085   159.015                           Cowlitz County Roads
151.220   153.290  159.330  159.360         Department of Natural Resources
159.420
153.530                                     Kelso Public Works
153.650                                     Cowlitz County P.U.D.
153.845                                     Rainier Government
153.980                                     Longview Public Works
154.980   155.715                     Columbia Co. Government
155.055                                     Community Urban Bus Service
155.160                                     Tri - County Search & Rescue
155.175                                     Columbia Co. Search & Rescue
155.760                                     Winlock City Government
155.835                                     Kalama Government
158.895   158.925  158.955  159.390         Cowlitz Co. Government
453.063   453.563
453.725                                     Consolidated Diking District

School Districts
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151.745                                     Castle Rock
151.835                                     Longview
155.280                                     Kelso
464.950                                     Woodland

Airport
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122.800                                     Unicom
135.075                                     Automated Weather

Ham Radio
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 52.010
 53.010
144.400                                     Simplex Usage
145.090                                     Packet Radio
147.260                                     Columbia Heights Repeater
147.265
147.300                                     Mount Brynion Repeater
439.300                                     Evergreen Intertie
439.500                                     Evergreen Intertie
442.825                                     Green Mtn. Repeater
444.800
444.850                                     Columbia Heights Repeater
448.650

Weyerhaeuser
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 44.060     45.060     48.960     49.060    Unlisted
 49.380    158.160    451.275               Unlisted
153.140                                     Pulp
153.770                                     Fire
158.280                                     Emergency Alert System

Longview Fibre
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153.335     153.365     462.337     854.887      856.6375

International Paper
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153.110                                     Security
153.290                                     Management
158.235                                     Management

Radio Stations
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161.640                                     KBAM  Remote Broadcast
161.700                                     KEDO/KLYK Remote Broadcast
455.050                                     KLOG Remote Broadcast
950.000                                     KLYK Transmitter feed
950.375                                     KUKN Transmitter feed
950.625                                     KLOG Transmitter feed
951.375                                     KBAM Transmitter feed

Restaurant Drive-Thru's
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 35.020   Mc Donald's
457.550   Wendy's Drive Thru Window
457.575   Jack in the Box
469.012   Subway Drive Thru

Security Companies
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151.715                                    Three Rivers/Vancouver Mall
151.805                                    Columbia Security
461.125                                    Stanley Smith Security - Weyco

Railroads
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160.290   161.025                                Union Pacific
160.425   161.115   161.385                Columbia & Cowlitz (Road)
160.515   160.590   160.665  160.740 Burlington Northern
161.010   161.250   161.460
161.100                                                Railroad (Road Ch. 1)

Other Business Frequencies
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151.865                                    Waste Control of Longview
152.390   155.650                    Owl Taxi Dispatch/Cab
153.200                                    Reynolds Metals
153.920                                    Port of Kalama
156.650                                    Columbia River Pilots (Ch. 13)
162.000                                    Marine Telephone Rainier (Ch.28)
453.000                                    Daily News
461.050   461.700                    Humane Society radio/phone
461.750                                    Carl's Towing / D&G Paving
853.513                                    Cowlitz Communications

 

[nessnet]

Comprehensive list.
Are they all in RR?
Does RR need any updating?

 

[Omega-TI]

The Railroads may need updating as they were never really my thing and I think Columbia & Cowlitz that belonged to Weyerhaeuser may have been sold off.

 

[Omega-TI]

For those of you that live in Cowlitz County, this listing of the radio codes used by the dispatch center might be useful.

Cowlitz Communications Center --- Codes Listing _________________________________________________________ 10-04 Acknowledgment of: "Received & understood" 10-07 One dispatcher handling ALL radio frequencies (LIMIT RADIO USE) 10-10 In service 10-11 In service, but on detail, will respond to emergencies 10-12 Everything okay--(question & answer) 10-13 Everything okay, preoccupied no need for further checks 10-19 In service, on own time, available for emergencies only 10-20 Location 10-21 Warrant (question & answer) Check for warrants and wants 10-22 Mental subject 10-23 Request contact 10-24 Woman in car--<record time and mileage> 10-25 Subject in radio area--<Hold all information> 10-26 Drunk or information pertaining to a drunk driver 10-29 Comm center alarm, color and number ONLY 10-30 Need assistance for routine work (accident scene, etc.) 10-31 Need assistance with unruly person, quickly 10-32 Need assistance, several officers, unusual police problem 10-33 Emergency need all help available, city, county and state 10-34 Emergency I.D. procedure (LPD) 10-41 Prisoner in custody 10-49 Need a wrecker 10-50 Out of service with prisoner, location 10-54 Notify coroner 10-60 Out of service, location 10-61 Out of service for lunch, location 10-62 Out of service, routine building check 10-64 Out of service, at the hall 10-65 Pick up relief 10-66 Call/contact by phone 10-67 Contact in person 10-68 Come to the hall at once 10-69 Come to the hall, routine 10-70 Stopping vehicle, license no., & location, color, make, year 10-71 Stopping vehicle, licence and location 10-80 Stolen vehicle, positive response only 10-81 Stolen vehicle 10-82 Check registration 10-83 Registration & owner's occupation (from city directory) 10-84 Driver's check 10-85 Check wanted, WACIC & NCIC 10-90 Incorrect radio procedure 10-91 Change frequency CODE RED--<EMERGENCY> dispatch controlling frequency CODE 1 Routine police business CODE 2 Urgent - shall take precedence over code 1 CODE 3 Emergency - shall take precedence over code 2 CODE 4 Drug Use CODE 9 Weapon involved Unit Codes ________________________________________________________________________ 1st Designation 2nd Designation 3rd Designation (Department) (Unit Shift) (Duty Beat)

 

[devicelab]

Good list Omega but you neglected some rather important information such as: type (analog/digital), modulation, PL/CTCSS tones and/or NAC codes. Also in any frequency list I highly recommend a "last heard" date column.

Lastly some notes would be helpful. For example, on the VHF Low frequencies, what did you hear or what was heard on that frequency.

 

[Omega-TI]

Well, I can tell you now, all those frequencies are analog. Any old scanner can pick them up. The list was made for me, by me so in receive only mode I never thought to add PL, CTCSS or NAC. I just shared what I had because I couldn't find much here for my area. That said, I'm more than willing to tweak it if anyone wants to furnish more information. Heck, I'll even make a PDF if anyone wants one.

 

[kb7ado]

Columbia Co. & Wahkiakum Co. Sheriffs haven't been on UHF for years, there is no Reynolds Metals, International Paper, Cowlitz Communications or Columbia & Cowlitz Railroad anymore, the Mt. Brynion ham repeater has been gone for years, the UHF Columbia Hts. repeater was never there, some of the 50 mhz frequencies listed are SSB, most of WSP is P25, the State of WA DOT low band frequencies have mostly been scrapped for 700 mhz trunking, Kelso PD is wrong, and the 10-code is hardly used anymore because of Homeland Security's recommendation for "plain talk". The list looks to be at least 20 years old.

 

[Omega-TI]

Well Bob, that would be just about right. I kind of grew tired of the radio hobby around 2002-2003. I let my amateur radio expire in 2005 and have not done anything in radio up to about 6 months ago when bought a cheap little SW radio. Last week, I pulled the scanner out of the closet for the first time in 10 years, saw little to nothing posted here, so I tried to contribute something.

Since I moved out of Longview in 96, I've only listened to a few local frequencies here in Lewis county, and those still work on my ancient Bearcat 800XLT.

Since you obviously have more current information than I, please feel free to update that list for all of us!

 

[78turbo]

Omega-TI,
I have had to deal with the same issues every time I have tried to contribute anything to this site. It appears that no submission is ever good enough, even though nothing is there to begin with. There are a few frequencies I have that are not on your list, and a few listed I do not have. Thank you for your effort.
What I have is mostly east county. DNR, PUD, TPU, WDFW, and local town ops.

 

[Omega-TI]

Omega-TI,
What I have is mostly east county. DNR, PUD, TPU, WDFW, and local town ops.

I'm not taking it personally. It's interesting though that a 16 year member, who has way more information than I, used one of only 10 messages posted in all that time to critique instead of sharing their obviously abundant knowledge. It is what it is though.

Thanks for the encouragement, and yes, I'd love to see what you have!

 

[gmclam]

Since I moved out of Longview in 96, I've only listened to a few local frequencies here in Lewis county, and those still work on my ancient Bearcat 800XLT.

I was just there. If we're talking public safety, there is not a lot to listen to. Yeah it can all be listened to on just about any radio/scanner.

 

[Omega-TI]

I was just there. If we're talking public safety, there is not a lot to listen to. Yeah it can all be listened to on just about any radio/scanner.

HA! Yes, one of the bennies of living in the toolies! About 20 years ago I remember looking through the FCC listings and plugging in all of the frequencies attributed to the city of Winlock and found one used by the police for car to car and other stuff they didn't really want to broadcast. Now days you usually hear something like, "Give me a call on the cellphone." I'm going to have go through those list again and see what turns up.

 

[kb7ado]

No point in posting frequencies in this area that are already present and current in the RR database.

 

[Omega-TI]

No point in posting frequencies in this area that are already present and current in the RR database.