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*Originally used for Dispatching operations until the MA State Police 800 MHz TRS was put online (except for extreme Western MA)
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='''Massachusetts State Police Conventional Frequencies'''=
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*'''Frequencies used by Massachusetts State Police that aren't on either trunk'''
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*Primary Operations are on the [[Massachusetts_State_Police|CoMIRS Analog]] and [[Massachusetts_Commonwealth_Interoperability_Radio_System|P25]] Trunks
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== '''Conventional 700/800''' ==
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!'''Frequencies'''
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!'''Type'''
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!'''Tone'''
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!'''Use'''
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!'''Comments/Notes'''
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!'''Confirmation'''
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|851.1750||R||141.3||Mount Wilcox B1 (Lee)||"High Band" repeater||2013.07.02 ecps92
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|851.2625||R||D174||Deer Island<br>Marlboro||MWRA||
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|851.7250||R||D174||Fore River Bridge||MWRA||2013.12.27 N1BHH
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|852.1125||R||156.7||MCI Concord Ops||[[MA Department of Correction (DOC)|DOC]]||2016.09.21 ecps92
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|852.2750||R/S||91.5||Portable||DFS Hazmat Red||2012.07.18
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|852.8250||R/S||91.5||Portable||DFS Hazmat Blue||2012.07.18
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|853.3250||R||156.7||NECC Concord||[[MA Department of Correction (DOC)|DOC]]||2014.11.20
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|853.7625||R||D174||South Boston||MWRA||
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|853.8375||R||146.2||Wachusett||MDC - DCR / MWRA||
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|853.9375||R||141.3||SP RPT 1||||2016.07.04 ecps92
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|853.9375||S||141.3||SP Direct 2||MSP||2023.05.22 deacon
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|853.9500||R||141.3||SP RPT 2||Quabbin area / Backup||
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|853.9625||S||141.3||SP Direct||MSP||2023.05.30 GaryS
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|853.9750||S||141.3||COM DIR||Non MSP Agencies||2012.07.18
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|853.9875||R/S||91.5||Portable||DFS Hazmat White||2012.07.18
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|853.9875||S||141.3||Local Public Safety Agencies||LOC DIR||2023.07.03 KennyBlues
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|854.0375||R||146.2||Quabbin||Quabbin South||
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|854.0375||R||123.0||Quabbin||Quabbin North||
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=='''Low Band Frequencies'''==
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*Originally used for Dispatching operations until the MA State Police 800 MHz TRS was put online.
 
*The MSP Low-Band Frequencies have gotten second life in car to car use and secondary barracks use for when the Patrol Talk group is crowded
 
*The MSP Low-Band Frequencies have gotten second life in car to car use and secondary barracks use for when the Patrol Talk group is crowded
*It is unknown if the former MDC Police stations in Boston have low-band capability. I have never heard any of the Boston area (former MDC Police) Barracks ID on the low-band system only car to car systems
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*It is unknown if the former MDC Police stations in Boston have low-band capability. We have never heard any of the Boston area (former MDC Police) Barracks ID on the low-band system only car to car systems
*Detectives are mostly on NEXTEL (Cellular Phone) or the TRS
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*Detectives are mostly use the Cellular Phone or the TRS
 
*Low-Band is restricted to mobile and base radios only.
 
*Low-Band is restricted to mobile and base radios only.
  
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{{Largetable}}
 
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|'''Freq'''||'''Ch'''||'''Usual Use (Notes)'''||'''Current Use as of 2008 (Notes)'''
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!'''Freq'''||'''Type'''||'''Channel'''||'''Usual Use (Notes)'''||'''Current Use as of 2008 (Notes)'''||'''Confirmations'''
 
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|42.4400||F-1||Statewide Base to Base||No reported activity since at least 1999
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|42.4400||S||F-1   ||Statewide Base to Base||No reported activity since at least 1999||
 
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|42.3400||F-2||Troops A and H||Mostly used by H-2 Framingham and H-7 Milton as a secondary to the Patrol talk groups
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|42.3400||S||F-2||Troops A and H||Mostly used by H-2 Framingham and H-7 Milton as a secondary to the Patrol talk groups||2021.07.27 wltrsf
 
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|42.4000||F-3||Troop C||Used as a secondary to the Patrol Talk groups  
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|42.4000||S||F-3||Troop C||Used as a secondary to the Patrol Talk groups/Station C BOLOs ||2023.02.25 ecps92
 
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|42.5000||F-4||Troop D||Very rarely Troop D Activity, Mostly Troop B car to car activity out in Western MA  
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|42.5000||S||F-4||Troop D||Secondary D-1 Activity, Mostly Troop B car to car activity out in Western MA||2020.03.06 jeffkett
 
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|42.5400||F-5||Troop C Car to Car||Still Active as Troop C Car to Car
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|42.5400||S||F-5||Car to Car||Still Active as Troop C Car to Car, Some Troop A & D use||2020.05.20 ecps92
 
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|42.4600||F-6||Troop B||Still Actively used by Western MA Troop B, and Troop D as Car to Car
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|42.4600||S||F-6||Troop B||Still Actively used by Western MA Troop B, and Troop D as Car to Car||2021.08.04 W1KNE
 
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|42.4200||F-7||Car to Car||Used by H-3 Foxboro as a Secondary to the TG and by Troop E in Western MA
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|42.4200||S||F-7||Car to Car||Used by H-3 Foxboro as a Secondary to the TG and by Units on Rte-90/Mass Pike in Western MA ||2023.01.01 W1KNE
 
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|44.7400||F-8||Auto Theft Strike Force<br>Air Wing<br>Small Town Patrols||Used mostly by C-8 E-911 Dispatch Center for Wales and Holland Police
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|44.7400||S||F-8||Small Town Patrols||<br>Used mostly by C-8 E-911 Dispatch Center for Wales and Holland Police||2020.05.08 rob
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|44.7400||S||F-8||Formerly Auto Theft Strike Force 1||GATSF Disbanded late 2012, now used by C8 Regional Dispatch||See [[C-8_Area_Dispatch_Towns|C8 Towns]] for Confirmations
 
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|44.9000||F-9||Auto Theft Strike Force||Inactive nothing ever heard but skip from down south.
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|44.9000||S||F-9||Formerly Auto Theft Strike Force 2||Inactive nothing ever heard but skip from down south.||
 
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Revision as of 14:16, 26 February 2024

Massachusetts State Police Conventional Frequencies

  • Frequencies used by Massachusetts State Police that aren't on either trunk
  • Primary Operations are on the CoMIRS Analog and P25 Trunks

Conventional 700/800

Frequencies Type Tone Use Comments/Notes Confirmation
851.1750 R 141.3 Mount Wilcox B1 (Lee) "High Band" repeater 2013.07.02 ecps92
851.2625 R D174 Deer Island
Marlboro
MWRA
851.7250 R D174 Fore River Bridge MWRA 2013.12.27 N1BHH
852.1125 R 156.7 MCI Concord Ops DOC 2016.09.21 ecps92
852.2750 R/S 91.5 Portable DFS Hazmat Red 2012.07.18
852.8250 R/S 91.5 Portable DFS Hazmat Blue 2012.07.18
853.3250 R 156.7 NECC Concord DOC 2014.11.20
853.7625 R D174 South Boston MWRA
853.8375 R 146.2 Wachusett MDC - DCR / MWRA
853.9375 R 141.3 SP RPT 1 2016.07.04 ecps92
853.9375 S 141.3 SP Direct 2 MSP 2023.05.22 deacon
853.9500 R 141.3 SP RPT 2 Quabbin area / Backup
853.9625 S 141.3 SP Direct MSP 2023.05.30 GaryS
853.9750 S 141.3 COM DIR Non MSP Agencies 2012.07.18
853.9875 R/S 91.5 Portable DFS Hazmat White 2012.07.18
853.9875 S 141.3 Local Public Safety Agencies LOC DIR 2023.07.03 KennyBlues
854.0375 R 146.2 Quabbin Quabbin South
854.0375 R 123.0 Quabbin Quabbin North

Low Band Frequencies

  • Originally used for Dispatching operations until the MA State Police 800 MHz TRS was put online.
  • The MSP Low-Band Frequencies have gotten second life in car to car use and secondary barracks use for when the Patrol Talk group is crowded
  • It is unknown if the former MDC Police stations in Boston have low-band capability. We have never heard any of the Boston area (former MDC Police) Barracks ID on the low-band system only car to car systems
  • Detectives are mostly use the Cellular Phone or the TRS
  • Low-Band is restricted to mobile and base radios only.


Massachusetts State Police Low-Band Freqs

  • All Low Band PL's are 141.3, except F-8 & F-9 where sometimes NO PL was used
  • Apparently the newer low-band radios only have 8 channels.
Freq Type Channel Usual Use (Notes) Current Use as of 2008 (Notes) Confirmations
42.4400 S F-1 Statewide Base to Base No reported activity since at least 1999
42.3400 S F-2 Troops A and H Mostly used by H-2 Framingham and H-7 Milton as a secondary to the Patrol talk groups 2021.07.27 wltrsf
42.4000 S F-3 Troop C Used as a secondary to the Patrol Talk groups/Station C BOLOs 2023.02.25 ecps92
42.5000 S F-4 Troop D Secondary D-1 Activity, Mostly Troop B car to car activity out in Western MA 2020.03.06 jeffkett
42.5400 S F-5 Car to Car Still Active as Troop C Car to Car, Some Troop A & D use 2020.05.20 ecps92
42.4600 S F-6 Troop B Still Actively used by Western MA Troop B, and Troop D as Car to Car 2021.08.04 W1KNE
42.4200 S F-7 Car to Car Used by H-3 Foxboro as a Secondary to the TG and by Units on Rte-90/Mass Pike in Western MA 2023.01.01 W1KNE
44.7400 S F-8 Small Town Patrols
Used mostly by C-8 E-911 Dispatch Center for Wales and Holland Police
2020.05.08 rob
44.7400 S F-8 Formerly Auto Theft Strike Force 1 GATSF Disbanded late 2012, now used by C8 Regional Dispatch See C8 Towns for Confirmations
44.9000 S F-9 Formerly Auto Theft Strike Force 2 Inactive nothing ever heard but skip from down south.