OBX Dare County Federal Frequencies

[Binger511]

Heading down to OBX soon and was wondering if anybody knows how often these frequencies are used by their respective operators. Is it worth bringing a VHF P25 radio down? And are they even still used?

National Park Service

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
169.55000		RM	256 NAC	NPSBUXRPT	BUXTON	P25	Federal
169.65000		RM	256 NAC	CALO HI RPT	HATTERAS ISLAND	P25	Federal
171.16250		RM	256 NAC	NPSBODRPT	BODIE ISLAND	P25	Federal
172.75000		RM	256 NAC	NPSOCRRPT	OCRACOKE	P25	Federal

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Alligator River NWR

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
162.23750		BM	156.7 PL	FIRE OPS	USFW Fire Ops	FMN	Federal
164.42500		RM	100 NAC	USFWS ENG	USFWS ENGELHARD	P25	Federal
172.67500		RM	100 NAC	USFWS COLMB	USFWS COLUMBIA	P25	Federal
173.76250		RM	100 NAC	USFWCIRPT	USFWS CEDAR ISLAND	P25	Federal

 

[murrayustud]

Last summer almost all those agencies used the Dare P25 system and/or Viper

 

[TylerMK]

I have a list (2016) that shows the above NPS frequencies reversed from what is listed in the RR database. Meaning the Input frequency is listed as the output frequency and vise versa. Additionally, my list shows a NAC of 100 for all of the NPS frequencies. I’m not sure of the accuracy of my list but it may be worth listening to the input frequencies to verify.