Hatteras Fire/EMS freq
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Seriously, I'm not trying to be a smartarse, but the Dare County freqs in the RR database ARE the Hatteras freqs. What were you looking for specifically? As a property owner and frequent visitor to the Hatteras Island end of Dare County and a friend of several of the emergency services personnel there, I can tell you that what's in the database is accurate as listed and it's up to date. Ocracoke's freqs are found in the Hyde County listings, and Corolla/Currituck Beach/Carova are in the Currituck County listings.
jeffmulter
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One correction to the RR database ... the input for the fire dispatch repeater used by departments on Hatteras Island has been swapped with one of the fireground channels.
154.070 / 107.2 is now the input to 155.775 / 107.2 R, as of February.
154.070 was formerly a fireground channel, programmed as channel 6 in many of the county's fire radios. It replaces 154.130 / 107.2 as the south repeater input. 154.130 will eventually become a fireground channel, once all the radios accessing the system are reprogrammed (that includes law enforcement and National Park Service radios).
The change was made as part of an improvement of the county fire system. On Hatteras Island, there is now a voted receiver system in place, with remote receivers at:
- Hatteras Village - tower, 100-feet up (458.650 MHz)
- Buxton - water tower, 123-feet up (458.525)
- Avon - water tower, 130-feet up (458.325)
- Rodanthe - tower, 250-feet up
The frequency in parentheses is the link frequency to the repeater in Rodanthe.
As the remote receivers were being installed, many of the antennas used by the fire departments and amateur radio at those sites were also replaced. Recognizing the importance of amateur radio during past events in Dare County, every fire station in the county is equipped to operate on VHF / UHF amateur channels, and many emergency personnel have obtained their tech licenses in order to legally operate the radios.
Fire radios on Hatteras Island were being reprogrammed during January and February to conform to the new channel plan. The receiver at the Rodanthe repeater remained set to 154.130 as the input for those users whose radios had not been reprogrammed.
There have been a couple of reports of handheld fire radios being used by members in the northern beach towns being able to access the south repeater via the new remote sites ... an indication, maybe, of the improvement to the system on the south end of the county. I understand that a db 228 antenna ... which is an eight-bay array about 40-feet long ... was used at the Buxton remote.
The northern end of the county will also see some improvements on the north fire dispatch repeater. I believe all these remotes may be new:
- Kitty Hawk (453.525)
- Duck (458.825)
- Nags Head (453.375)
- Stumpy Point (453.900)
- Manns Harbor (453.675)
The repeater - on 155.925 / 107.2 - is located in Kill Devil Hills.
The license covering the southern remote receiver links is KNCH-538, and the license covering the northern remote receiver links is KNCH-539 .
** Most of the information above was shared with me by an avid fireman and ham on Hatteras Island who has worked tirelessly to make both public safety communications and ham radio better in Dare County. I don't have his permission to share his name on this forum, but I sincerely appreciate all he does. Those who have spent any amount of time on Hatteras Island know just how special the place and people are.
Jeff Multer
Fort Mill, S.C.
154.070 / 107.2 is now the input to 155.775 / 107.2 R, as of February.
154.070 was formerly a fireground channel, programmed as channel 6 in many of the county's fire radios. It replaces 154.130 / 107.2 as the south repeater input. 154.130 will eventually become a fireground channel, once all the radios accessing the system are reprogrammed (that includes law enforcement and National Park Service radios).
The change was made as part of an improvement of the county fire system. On Hatteras Island, there is now a voted receiver system in place, with remote receivers at:
- Hatteras Village - tower, 100-feet up (458.650 MHz)
- Buxton - water tower, 123-feet up (458.525)
- Avon - water tower, 130-feet up (458.325)
- Rodanthe - tower, 250-feet up
The frequency in parentheses is the link frequency to the repeater in Rodanthe.
As the remote receivers were being installed, many of the antennas used by the fire departments and amateur radio at those sites were also replaced. Recognizing the importance of amateur radio during past events in Dare County, every fire station in the county is equipped to operate on VHF / UHF amateur channels, and many emergency personnel have obtained their tech licenses in order to legally operate the radios.
Fire radios on Hatteras Island were being reprogrammed during January and February to conform to the new channel plan. The receiver at the Rodanthe repeater remained set to 154.130 as the input for those users whose radios had not been reprogrammed.
There have been a couple of reports of handheld fire radios being used by members in the northern beach towns being able to access the south repeater via the new remote sites ... an indication, maybe, of the improvement to the system on the south end of the county. I understand that a db 228 antenna ... which is an eight-bay array about 40-feet long ... was used at the Buxton remote.
The northern end of the county will also see some improvements on the north fire dispatch repeater. I believe all these remotes may be new:
- Kitty Hawk (453.525)
- Duck (458.825)
- Nags Head (453.375)
- Stumpy Point (453.900)
- Manns Harbor (453.675)
The repeater - on 155.925 / 107.2 - is located in Kill Devil Hills.
The license covering the southern remote receiver links is KNCH-538, and the license covering the northern remote receiver links is KNCH-539 .
** Most of the information above was shared with me by an avid fireman and ham on Hatteras Island who has worked tirelessly to make both public safety communications and ham radio better in Dare County. I don't have his permission to share his name on this forum, but I sincerely appreciate all he does. Those who have spent any amount of time on Hatteras Island know just how special the place and people are.
Jeff Multer
Fort Mill, S.C.
Jeff, I see the changes and I was surprised they took place sooner than I thought they would. Your pal on the island is probably the same one I know well, actually they're two with sorta complementary call signs. Look up "character" in Webster's and there's the mustachioed one's picture.
It should be known that during one particular "tropical storm", the county comm southern system went down due to a bum generator in the middle of a rescue situation - people trapped in the Hatteras Ferry landing area due to several feet of water over NC Highway 12. Since most of the emergency services vehicles are ham radio equipped and the personnel are license holders, the "character" just switched over to the flagship 145.150 ham repeater and continued to "dispatch." The repeater was linked up to the coastal linking system and the traffic was being monitored through that linked system by the NWS and the state EOC. Obviously, the OBXers are not easily hampered in their pursuits of life OBX style. My hats off to 'em.
It should be known that during one particular "tropical storm", the county comm southern system went down due to a bum generator in the middle of a rescue situation - people trapped in the Hatteras Ferry landing area due to several feet of water over NC Highway 12. Since most of the emergency services vehicles are ham radio equipped and the personnel are license holders, the "character" just switched over to the flagship 145.150 ham repeater and continued to "dispatch." The repeater was linked up to the coastal linking system and the traffic was being monitored through that linked system by the NWS and the state EOC. Obviously, the OBXers are not easily hampered in their pursuits of life OBX style. My hats off to 'em.
Well, they work low band channels 17 & 18 there and sometimes use channel 3 high band, BUT.....there's very little SHP activity out on the islands, and you need to know that the 800 mHz mobile data system is where the majority of the routine traffic takes place nowdays. I have a low band radio (Motorola Maratrac) in my vehicle and I hear very little traffic regarding NC 12, though there's some regarding mainland Dare County and the other counties on those freqs.
Don't forget the Cape Hatteras National Seashore freq is 164.725 mHz/103.5 PL.
Don't forget the Cape Hatteras National Seashore freq is 164.725 mHz/103.5 PL.
jeffmulter
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>> Last time I was in the outerbanks I heard little traffic on State Trooper freqs. Any freq I should try, or just write off listening to them?
At one time, resident troopers in Dare County were also equipped with UHF radios for access to the county LE channels. I presume UHF radios are still in place in specific NCHP vehicles. Listen for A-9xx units on 460.250 (north) and 460.350 (Hatteras Island).
A = troop number; 9 = district number (Currituck and Dare Counties); xx is the unit number, with an indication of officer rank.
"Resident" troopers are those troopers permanently assigned to the district. Dare County staffing is supplimented by troopers from other districts during the height of the tourist season, special events and severe weather.
The resident trooper (s) on Hatteras Island may also be called upon to handle situations on Ocracoke Island (Hyde Co). I remember a 10-50, involving 4 fatalities, that was investigated by A331 / Trooper Benjie Burr from Hatteras.
In the days before NCHP troopers had UHF, the troopers would sometimes work cross-channel with the Dare County dispatchers, as the county would monitor the NCHP low band channels, and the troopers would monitor the UHF county channels on scanners. Even on Hatteras Island, it was often easier to work cross-channel with Dare Co, than to contact NCHP in Williamston, since there were Dare Co Comm Centers in both Kill Devil Hills and Buxton at that time (the Buxton center closed in 2001).
Jeff
At one time, resident troopers in Dare County were also equipped with UHF radios for access to the county LE channels. I presume UHF radios are still in place in specific NCHP vehicles. Listen for A-9xx units on 460.250 (north) and 460.350 (Hatteras Island).
A = troop number; 9 = district number (Currituck and Dare Counties); xx is the unit number, with an indication of officer rank.
"Resident" troopers are those troopers permanently assigned to the district. Dare County staffing is supplimented by troopers from other districts during the height of the tourist season, special events and severe weather.
The resident trooper (s) on Hatteras Island may also be called upon to handle situations on Ocracoke Island (Hyde Co). I remember a 10-50, involving 4 fatalities, that was investigated by A331 / Trooper Benjie Burr from Hatteras.
In the days before NCHP troopers had UHF, the troopers would sometimes work cross-channel with the Dare County dispatchers, as the county would monitor the NCHP low band channels, and the troopers would monitor the UHF county channels on scanners. Even on Hatteras Island, it was often easier to work cross-channel with Dare Co, than to contact NCHP in Williamston, since there were Dare Co Comm Centers in both Kill Devil Hills and Buxton at that time (the Buxton center closed in 2001).
Jeff
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