KING COUNTY WASHINGTON PUBLIC SAFETY 800MHZ RADIO SYSTEM
Please see the County website for some good info on the radio system - Good Info
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August 20, 1999 - This system apparently started with just the Seattle FD using it. Then the Seattle PD joined, and then the suburbs joined. Reportedly, Seattle has 7 or 8 radio sites, the East system has 6 sites, and the County/Valley system has 11 or 13 sites. Does anyone know if additional receiver-only sites are used?
At some point - Seattle had 3 stand alone sites. They have been converted to simulcast operation.
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The system was approved by the voters in 1992 and $59 million was raised over a 3 year period. There are 18 PD 911 PSAPs in the county.
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The Intercept website has some good info on this system plus a bulletin board. let me try to find the url
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Possibly the best way to visualize this complex system is to concentrate on a single Seattle PD portable or mobile radio. In normal operation, this radio will receive signals from, and send signals to, the ?8 sites in the City of Seattle. If the radio moves outside the City limits and gets closer to radio sites outside of the City, then these extra sites will then start to carry Seattle Police radio traffic so that this lone radio can hear what is going on back in the big City. (This is how Smart-Zone systems work - basically)
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Radio Licenses for the System - ?5 more exist
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WNHV448 - Kirkland, City of - Police - GP - 2/22/96FCC - ?not part of system - ?seperate data system for Kirkland PD - ?sites to cover shopping malls?
7600 Sandpoint Way NE in Seattle - 17 meter height - 851.1625 - 851.0625 - FB2 - ERP65/70 - 4/91 first used
123 5th Ave in Kirkland - same freqs - FB2 - ERP15/10W
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WNNR525 - GP - 7/16/99 FCC license issued to Seattle, City of
Bothell Sub Station at 3912 156th SE in Bothell - ERP62 - 851.2875R - 852.0375r - 852.7875R - 853.5375R
Diablo Powerhouse at Diablo - ERP270 - 851.2875R - 852.0375R
Communications Building at Newhallem in Whatcom County - ERP270 - 851.2875R - 852.0375R
Gorge Dam at Newhallem in Whatcom Co - ERP270 - 851.2875R - 852.0375R
SW of Newhallem in Whatcom Co - ERP270 - 851.2875R - 852.0375R
mobiles - 806Mhz + 852Mhz - 35ERP/35W
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WNPS392 - Seattle, City of - GP - 9/95FCC
18th + Madison St - 853.6625 - FB 45ERP/80W
9645 Renton Ave South - 853.4125 - FB ERP16/80W
3522 SW Myrtle St - 854.1125 - FB ERP45 (11/90 first used)
8526 Roosevelt Way NE - 854.1125 - FB ERP45
3430 27 Ave West - 854.1125 - FB ERP45
7800 Sandpoint Way NE - 854.1125 - FB ERP56
mobiles - at 806Mhz - 16W ERP and 5W ERP
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WNUB692 - Seattle City of - 6/96 license - 851.0875 - 851.1375 - 851.1875 - 851.3625 - 851.4125 - 851.8875 - 851.9375 - 851.9875 - 852.1625 - 852.6375 - 852.6875 - 852.8625 - 852.9125 - 853.3875 - 853.4375 - 853.4875 - 853.6125 - 854.0875 - 854.1875 - 854.2375 - 854.3625
FB2s at all sites on all freqs (except for the special site which has only 1 freq)
mobiles - 35ERP / 35W
1611 18th Ave - ERP60/80W
8526 Roosevelt NE - ERP60/80W
6900 36 Ave SW - ERP60/80
Special site - 27055 Ohio Ave in Kingston in Kitsap County - ERP60/80W - 853.6125 only
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WPFQ240 - Seattle, City of - 8/9/99 pending renewal - 9/12/99 expiration date
Miscellaneous locations - FX1s - 35ERP/35W -
821.1625 - 2875 - 3125 - 3375 - 4125 - 4375 - 6625 -
6875 - 7125 - 7375 - 8875 -
822.2875 - 7625 -
7875 -
823.175 - 225 - 475 - 65 - 675 - 875 - 90
701 5th Ave in Seattle - The Columbia Center Highrise Building - 292 meters tall - 6000 mobiles - FB2s 60ERP/80W - not all freqs
1611 18th Ave - Capitol Hill in Seattle - ERP60/80W - FB2s on all (15 freqs)
27055 Ohio Ave - Apple Tree Cove in Kingston in Kitsap County - only 868.90R - 868.65R - 868.225R - 866.1625R - 866.4125R - 866.6625R
8526 Roosevelt Way NE in Seattle - FB2s - ERP80/100W - 15 freqs
6900 36 Ave SW in Seattle - FB2s - ERP60/80W - 15 freqs
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WPHD308 - King, County of - 5/11/95FCC
Rattlesnake Hill - 2 miles South of North Bend - ERP50/100W - construction date 7/29/98 - FB4 - 12 freqs
Skyway - 68 Ave South at South 124th Street in Seattle - 145ERP/100W - FB4 - 12 freqs
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WPHU607 - Valley Communications Center in Kent - 7/20/95FCC - same sites and freqs as WPIH993
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WPIH993 - 8/95FCC - County Radio Shop - 35 watt mobiles on 866Mhz and 821Mhz - 12 freqs per site with FB4 on each freq
26512 Military Rd in Kent - ERP148/100W - 7/98 construction date
Squak Mountain in Issaquah - ERP52/100W
19303 Fremont Ave North in Seattle - ERP89/100W
Ring Hill in Duvall - ERP95/100W
3202 South 360 Street in Federal Way - ERP126/100W
8971 SE Viewpark Road in Port Orchard in Kitsap County - ERP347/100W
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WPKH853 - Valley Comms - same as WPIH993
WPKH857 - King County - same as WPIH993
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WPKH860 - Valley Comms - 2/25/97FCC - ?same as WPHD308
Rattle Snake
Skyway
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WPKH861 - King County - 2/25/97 FCC - ?same as WPHD308
Rattle Snake
Skyway
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From alt.radio.scanner newsgroup - November 1999
Valley Communications Center near 94th and 240th on Kent's East Hill dispatches most South-End FIRE departments on 154.070 (FIRE-1), using 154.445 as one of it's secondary response frequencies (called FIRE-2.) They do dispatch police departments, however they do not dispatch King County Police. King County is dispatched by their own PSAP in Seattle. They provide contract police coverage (and dispatch) for Sammamish, Covington, Maple Valley, and a host of other cities.
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From the NWIntercept site circa 1997
Motorola Radio Channel Maps List of Seattle PD "800" Channels This appears to be a radio map for a police radio. I am assuming its a SPD Radio. (Contributed by Wade) Z1 Z2 Z3 1 WEST(3248) INV TAC1 KDOME1 2 NORTH(3280) INV TAC2 KDOME2 3 SOUTH(3312) SPD CTR1 KDOME3 4 EAST(3343) SPD CTR2 KDOME4 5 DATA(3408) CMD1 MARS(62896?) 6 TAC1(3440) CMD2 MARS-N 7 TAC2(3472) CMD3 MARS-S 8 TAC3 CMD4 INT-GOV-N 9 TAC4 CMD5 INT-GOV-S 10 Emergency CMD6 ICALL 11 Regroup S EVNT1 ITAC 1 12 MARS(62896?) S EVNT2 ITAC 2 13 E-TAC(3632) SFD 1 ITAC 3 14 S-TAC(3664) SFD 2 ITAC 4 15 N-TAC(3696) SFD 3 St Ops 2 16 W-TAC(3728) SFD 4 St Ops 3Seattle 800mhz TRUNKED CHANNELS - This appears to be a fire radio map. (thanks to Christopher)
1-A...FIRE RESPONSES 2-A...AUX. FIRE RESPONSES 3-A...AUX. FIRE RESPONSES 4-A...DISPATCHING 5-A...EMS RESPONSES 6-A...AUX. EMS RESPONSES 7-A...TACTICAL 8-A...TACTICAL 9-A...SITE BASED TRUNKING-DISPATCH 10-A...SITE BASED TRUNKING-RESPONSES 11-A...AMBULANCE (SHEPARD DISPATCH) 12-A...MEDIC ONE DOCTOR (MED-COM) 13-A...TRAUMA DOCTOR (MED-COM) 14-A...DEPARTMENT TACTICAL 15-A...DYNAMIC REGROUP 16-A...EMERGENCY
1-B...ST OPS 1 (SIMPLEX) 2-B...ST OPS 2 (SIMPLEX) 3-B...ST OPS 3 (SIMPLEX) 4-B...ICALL 5-B...ITAC 1 6-B...ITAC 2 7-B...ITAC 3 8-B...ITAC 4 9-B...MUTUAL AID POOL 1 10-B...MUTUAL AID POOL 2 11-B...MUTUAL AID ZONE 1 12-B...MUTUAL AID ZONE 2 13-B...MUTUAL AID ZONE 3 14-B...MUTUAL AID ZONE 4 15-B...MUTUAL AID ZONE 5 16-B...MUTUAL AID-PORT OF SEATTLE FIRE
1-C...EVENT 1 (ALL CITY)...1-D SEATTLE POLICE EAST 2-C...EVENT 2 (ALL CITY)...2-D SEATTLE POLICE WEST 3-C...EVENT 3 (ALL CITY)...3-D SEATTLE POLICE NORTH 4-C...EVENT 4 (ALL CITY)...4-D SEATTLE POLICE SOUTH 5-C...EVENT 5 (ALL CITY) 6-C...FIRE INVESTIGATION (DIGITAL) 7-C...ADMIN (RESTRICTED)
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