Massachusetts State Police Conventional

• Originally used for Dispatching operations until the MA State Police 800 MHz TRS was put online (except for extreme Western MA)
• 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
• Detectives are mostly on NEXTEL (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	Ch	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
42.4000	S	F-3	Troop C	Used as a secondary to the Patrol Talk groups/Station C BOLOs
42.5000	S	F-4	Troop D	Very rarely Troop D Activity, Mostly Troop B car to car activity out in Western MA
42.5400	S	F-5	Troop C Car to Car	Still Active as Troop C Car to Car
42.4600	S	F-6	Troop B	Still Actively used by Western MA Troop B, and Troop D as Car to Car	2012.06.12 W1KNE
42.4200	S	F-7	Car to Car	Used by H-3 Foxboro as a Secondary to the TG and by Troop E in Western MA
44.7400	S	F-8	Air Wing Small Town Patrols	Used mostly by C-8 E-911 Dispatch Center for Wales and Holland Police
44.7400	S	F-8	Auth Theft Strike Force	Moved to 800 TRS
44.9000	S	F-9	Auto Theft Strike Force	Inactive nothing ever heard but skip from down south.

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