NCSHP frequencies

[Chris0516]

Is there an RR Wiki that lists all the Troops in the state, with their frequencies? I would like to check my frequencies.

 

[WRQS621]

Probably. 99% of their traffic along with most state and increasingly more local traffic is on Viper. I never see cars with long whips anymore. Heck, I hardly see NCSHP anymore on the highway anymore.

I have my 325 programmed for Viper sites along major interstates. You don’t need a lot sites, especially further East you get as towers have awesome line of sight.

In wake county, my scanners don’t pick up much public safety analog anymore. I mostly here one sided aircraft reports, locution stuff, chathem co, and rag chews. 35 years ago when I first got into scanning, my 800XLT stayed real busy.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Plenty of details already in the database on VIPER...

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop A Greenville

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop A Greenville Details

www.radioreference.com

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop B Fayetteville

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop B Fayetteville Details

www.radioreference.com

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop C Raleigh

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop C Raleigh Details

www.radioreference.com

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop D Greensboro

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop D Greensboro Details

www.radioreference.com

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop E Salisbury

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop E Salisbury Details

www.radioreference.com

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop F Newton

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop F Newton Details

www.radioreference.com

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop G Asheville

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop G Asheville Details

www.radioreference.com

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop H Monroe

North Carolina VIPER TG Category: NCSHP Troop H Monroe Details

www.radioreference.com

 

[cmjonesinc]

The map on the wiki should still be accurate for troop and district designations but I doubt the frequencies are. I hear shp on Viper nearly everywhere I travel. I do still catch some low band traffic on occasion in WNC but it is rare.

NC Department of Public Safety - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[Tobydog]

For the record, several dispatch centers were combined a few years ago as a cost savings. Greensboro is dispatched out of Raleigh, Asheville is dispatched out of Newton, Troop B is actually dispatched from Elizabethtown and I think Troop A is also dispatched from Raleigh. All on VIPER although low band license still active but idle.

 

[KB4SHP]

They still use there respected talk groups with some of them patched together.

 

[Tobydog]

To clarify, all Troop districts are still as listed, just different dispatch centers due to state budget cutbacks a few years ago. And with VIPER as it is set up, any HP dispatch center can be used for another district. Has been done in recent months for various reasons. Recently heard Salisbury dispatching for another district. Great system in place

 

[Chris0516]

Thank you all the responses. After I posted this thread, last night. I started thinking about it. That is when I remembered Viper. I had been so focused on the aviation side of my UBCD325p2, that. I completely forgot about Viper.

Probably. 99% of their traffic along with most state and increasingly more local traffic is on Viper. I never see cars with long whips anymore. Heck, I hardly see NCSHP anymore on the highway anymore.

I have my 325 programmed for Viper sites along major interstates. You don’t need a lot sites, especially further East you get as towers have awesome line of sight.

In wake county, my scanners don’t pick up much public safety analog anymore. I mostly here one sided aircraft reports, locution stuff, chathem co, and rag chews. 35 years ago when I first got into scanning, my 800XLT stayed real busy.

My scanner can get Wake County's Cary/Wake25 digital system. So I hear a lot from them.

The map on the wiki should still be accurate for troop and district designations but I doubt the frequencies are. I hear shp on Viper nearly everywhere I travel. I do still catch some low band traffic on occasion in WNC but it is rare.

NC Department of Public Safety - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

I originally started with a Google search. Finding several reports by the state, dated last year regarding the Troop realignments. The confusion from those pages, prompted me to remember Viper.

 

[jthorpe]

The map on the wiki should still be accurate for troop and district designations but I doubt the frequencies are. I hear shp on Viper nearly everywhere I travel. I do still catch some low band traffic on occasion in WNC but it is rare.

NC Department of Public Safety - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

Low band has been removed from all the SHP cars so it's probably skip from another state.

 

[spacellamaman]

Heck, I hardly see NCSHP anymore on the highway anymore.

here i thought it was my imagination. so what's up with that? not that i am complaining, sure makes driving a lot cheaper not having to keep a lawyer on retainer.

 

[Tobydog]

For those who may think they are not seeing SHP on the roads these days, don't be complacent. They are using more unmarked and slick top units these days, even though staffing is short, they are still out

 

[jthorpe]

For those who may think they are not seeing SHP on the roads these days, don't be complacent. They are using more unmarked and slick top units these days, even though staffing is short, they are still out

No more than 20% of the fleet can be unmarked, by statute

 

[reconrider8]

yea staffing shortages are most of the reason. you take 4 or 5 units per 2 county area and you only have 2 or 3 on at a time and you get a wreck and bam there goes 1 or 2 of them and then another stays patrolling

 

[N4VX]

Kinda hard to hear any 42MHz NCSHP traffic considering all that equipment was dismantled and sold as surplus (i.e scrap metal) quite a few years ago... RIP KIQ822. Any long whip antennas spotted recently will either be a 5/8 wave VHF or 27MHz CB antenna.

They are using more unmarked and slick top units these days

Nope. There is still a17% legislative maximum of unmarked vehicles in the NCSHP fleet per NCGS 20-4 § 20-190 : ".....that not less than eighty-three percent (83%) of the number of motor vehicles operated on the highways of the State by members of the State Highway Patrol shall be painted a uniform color of black and silver....."

 

[Chris0516]

Kinda hard to hear any 42MHz NCSHP traffic considering all that equipment was dismantled and sold as surplus (i.e scrap metal) quite a few years ago... RIP KIQ822. Any long whip antennas spotted recently will either be a 5/8 wave VHF or 27MHz CB antenna.

I listen to them on the TGs' not analog, and more than one county.

 

[2154]

No more than 20% of the fleet can be unmarked, by statute

17% to be exact.