Confirmed Local Federal
Department
of Homeland Security
Reorganized and combined several agencies including:
Customs
(P25 digital, sometimes encrypted)
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
166.5875 |
|
|
former Airport Ops main |
100.0 |
|
165.2375 |
|
National Main |
P25, data, encryption |
|
|
166.400 |
|
|
P25 |
|
|
166.950 |
|
|
P25 |
|
|
169.450 |
|
maybe c2c ? |
encryption |
100.0 |
Federal
Protective Services
(Not encrypted - moving to P25 sometime soon)
Provides uniformed armed security for US Federal Buildings (Whipple Bldg - Ft Snelling, Downtown Mpls & Downtown St. Paul) and for Social Security office on 18th & Chicago (Mpls). Also patrols some Military areas and old Bureau of Mines Bldg near Airport. Guards are now contracted from Akal Security (changed as of Summer 2004), contract security formerly done by GSSC (General Security Services).
FPS Dispatch operations were consolidated in summer 2003, dispatching is done from Battle Creek, Michigan.
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
415.200 |
|
Dispatch |
voice |
|
INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service
(P25 digital, unknown if encrypted)
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
163.625 |
162.825 |
Dispatch |
P25, unk encrypted |
100.0 |
US Secret Service
(Almost always encrypted DES)
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
164.8875 |
|
|
|
|
|
165.375 |
|
National Main |
P25, unk encryped |
103.5 |
Transportation Security Agency (TSA)
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
172.900 |
169.300 |
Airport Security |
P25 |
|
TSA radio bandplan (From the Fedcom list)
1-172.1500 S1 simplex (digital)
2-172.1500 S1 simplex (digital)
3-172.1500 S1 simplex (digital)
4-172.1500 S1 simplex (digital)
5-172.9000 S2 simplex (digital)
6-169.3000 S3 simplex (digital)
7-169.3000 tx 172.9000 rx R1 (digital) repeater
8-169.3000 tx 172.9000 rx R1 (digital) repeater
9-169.3000 tx 172.9000 rx R1 (digital) repeater
10-172.9000 S2 simplex (digital)
11-172.9000 S2 simplex (digital)
12-166.4625 F1 simplex 103.5 ctcss (Analog)
13-166.4625 F1 simplex
(digital)
Department of Justice
(Almost always encrypted DES)
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
418.175 |
|
|
"A8 Task Force" |
156.7 |
|
418.225 |
|
? |
maybe intermod |
|
|
418.625 |
416.050 |
1 |
DES, input on 156.7 |
156.7 |
|
418.900 |
|
2 |
|
156.7 |
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
(Almost always encrypted DES)
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
167.6375 |
|
|
DES sev times |
167.9 |
|
167.4375 |
|
|
DES, IF with 166.000 |
167.9 |
|
167.5625 |
|
|
DES, input maybe 163.8625 |
|
|
167.6125 |
|
|
morse code |
|
|
167.500 |
|
|
open carrier |
|
|
167.5375 |
|
? |
DES, "Delta 6" |
|
|
167.7625 |
|
Dispatch to bank rob ? |
DES, hrd after Bank Robbery |
167.9 |
|
163.8875 |
|
input ? |
|
|
|
163.9625 |
|
input to 167.4375 ? |
DES, maybe input for 167.4375 |
|
|
163.8625 |
|
input to 167.5625 ? |
paired with 167.5625 |
|
(P25, unknown if encrypted)
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
163.200 |
|
Dispatch |
P25 or encrypted |
127.3? |
Other Government
US Post Office
Some Postal Inspector mobile traffic is encrypted DES, other mail related traffic is not.
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
408.100 |
|
|
voice |
|
|
164.9875 |
|
mail semi trucks |
voice |
none |
|
419.150 |
|
Mpls Downtown PO |
|
118.8 |
|
418.100 |
|
Mpls Downtown PO |
voice |
|
|
417.600 |
|
MSP Airport |
|
|
|
164.400 |
|
MSP Airport |
|
|
| 169.6625 | maintenance on sorters | |||
|
414.750 |
407.775 |
Postal Inspectors |
encryption & voice |
82.5 |
Veterans Administration
(Not encrypted)
VA Hospital located in Mpls near Hiawatha Ave & Hwy 62
Until 1999, VA Hospital had it's own fire department dispatched on 414.325. FD was disbanded and fire response taken over by St Paul FD. Mpls FD responds to MN Veterans Home across the street.
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
410.900 |
|
Police/Security |
|
107.2 |
|
162.225 |
|
VA cemetery ? |
voice |
127.3 |
|
419.200 |
|
VA cemetery ? |
voice |
127.3 |
|
166.6625 |
|
VA Hosp maintenance |
voice |
|
US Fish & Wildlife Administration
|
freq |
input |
description |
CTCSS |
|
171.750 |
|
MN River Wildlife Reserve |
|
Army Corp of Engineers - Lock and Dam Operations
|
freq |
input |
description |
CTCSS |
|
163.4125 |
|
Lockmaster |
103.5 |
|
156.800 |
|
Marine 16 Calling |
|
Unknown Federal
|
freq |
input |
description |
Notes |
CTCSS |
|
168.825 |
|
|
encrypted |
|
|
164.100 |
|
|
voice |
|
|
166.200 |
|
|
voice |
|
|
163.5875 |
|
|
voice |
|
|
165.1125 |
|
|
"vehicle maint to shop truck" |
|
| 164.3375 | voice | |||
|
409.1375 |
|
very broken voice & morse code |
|
|
|
173.125 |
|
|
P25 |
|
Federal Reserve Bank
From the Fedcom list - needs local confirmation!
406.6625 Federal Reserve Bank security (in Dallas)
Facility robots
|
freq |
description |
callsign |
|
461.1625 |
robots |
WPTL720 |
|
461.9875 |
robots |
WPTL720 |
|
462.1125 |
robots |
WPTL720 |
|
462.1625 |
robots |
WPTL720 |
|
463.4125 |
robots |
WPTL720 |
|
463.5375 |
robots |
WPTL720 |
|
463.6125 |
robots |
WPTL720 |
|
464.9625 |
robots |
WPTL720 |
Proposed National Federal/Local Mutual-Aid
Freqs
(From NTIA Redbook - Released: July 13, 2001)
www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/redbook/redbook.html
Can be used by local law enforcement for coordination with Federal users.
A. LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANS
VHF InterOpt UHF InterOpt
Natl Call 167.0875 (S) 167.0875 Natl Call 414.0375 (S) 414.0375
Inop 1 162.0875 167.0875 Inop 1 418.9875 409.9875
Inop 2 162.2625 167.2500 Inop 2 419.1875 410.1875
Inop 3 162.8375 167.7500 Inop 3 419.6125 410.6125
Inop 4 163.2875 168.1125 Inop 4 414.0625 (S) 414.0625
Inop 5 163.4250 168.4625 Inop 5 414.3125 (S) 414.3125
Inop 6 167.2500 (S) 167.2500 Inop 6 414.3375 (S) 414.3375
Inop 7 167.7500 (S) 167.7500 Inop 7 409.9875 (S) 409.9875
Inop 8 168.1125 (S) 168.1125 Inop 8 410.1875 (S) 410.1875
Inop 9 168.4625 (S) 168.4625 Inop 9 410.6125 (S) 410.6125
(S) - Simplex
B. INCIDENT RESPONSE PLANS
VHF UHF
VHF Calling 164.7125 169.5375 UHF Calling 419.2375 410.2375
VHF 1 165.2500 170.0125 UHF 1 419.4375 410.4375
VHF 2 165.9625 170.4125 UHF 2 419.6375 410.6375
VHF 3 166.5750 170.6875 UHF 3 419.8375 410.8375
VHF 4 167.3250 173.0375 UHF 4 413.1875 (S) 413.1875
VHF 5 169.5375 (S) 169.5375 UHF 5 413.2125 (S) 413.2125
VHF 6 170.0125 (S) 170.0125 UHF 6 410.2375 (S) 410.23757
VHF 7 170.4125 (S) 170.4125 UHF 7 410.4375 (S) 410.4375
VHF 8 170.6875 (S) 170.6875 UHF 8 410.6375 (S) 410.6375
VHF 9 173.0375 (S) 173.0375 UHF 9 410.8375 (S) 410.8375
(S) - Simplex
Other National/Federal Mutual Aid Designations
453.2125 Simplex/Repeater UCALL
453.4625 Simplex/Repeater UTAC 1
453.7125 Simplex/Repeater UTAC 2
453.8625 Simplex/Repeater UTAC 3
866.0125 / 821.0125 NPSPAC Calling (156.7)
866.5125 / 821.5125 NPSPAC Tac 1 (156.7)
867.0125 / 822.0125 NPSPAC Tac 2 (156.7)
867.5125 / 822.5125 NPSPAC Tac 3 ( 156.7)
868.0125 / 823.0125 NPSPAC Tac 4 ( 156.7)
155.7525 Simplex VCALL
151.1375 Simplex VTAC 1
154.4525 Simplex VTAC 2
158.7375 Simplex VTAC 3
159.4725 Simplex VTAC 4
Other resources:
Link to Federal Spectrum Assignments list:
http://www.totse.com/en/media/radio_scanner_frequency_lists/f160-174.html
http://www.totse.com/en/media/radio_scanner_frequency_lists/f400-420.html
(Keep in mind that all of these "spectrum lists" are all about 20 years old. By order of then-president Reagan, all Federal license allocations were made classified in the early 1980's).
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