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McCall Police Frequencies

We do not have frequencies listed specifically for McCall in Valley County, Idaho yet. Countywide channels for Valley County that may also cover this area are shown below when we have them. The closest trunked radio site we have is Snowbank Mountain (Idaho Cooperative Agencies Wireless Interoperable Network (ICAWIN)), about 32 miles away.

About McCall Police Frequencies

  • 3 conventional channels are analog FM, so any scanner can receive them. Enter the frequency and set the tone shown in the table.

Valley County channels that also cover McCall

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Valley County SheriffValley Sheriff's Office North151.0850FMNWQMR287
Valley County SheriffValley Sheriff's Office Cascade155.8725FMNWQPZ280
Valley County SheriffValley Sheriff's Office South156.0600FMNWQMR287

Nearest trunked radio sites

Distances are measured from the center of McCall.

Snowbank Mountain · Idaho Cooperative Agencies Wireless Interoperable Network (ICAWIN)
RFSS 1 · Site 35 (hex 23) · NAC 180 · about 32 mi away
Control 769.44375, 769.71875, 770.45625, 770.68125, 773.54375
Pilot Peak (Idaho City) · Idaho State Government (DMR Tier 3)
DMR · Site 3 (hex 3) · about 69 mi away
Control 453.2
Boise (Hwy 55) · Idaho Cooperative Agencies Wireless Interoperable Network (ICAWIN)
RFSS 1 · Site 14 (hex E) · NAC 180 · about 78 mi away
Control 851.45, 851.7875, 852.175
Voice 852.5625, 852.925, 853.2875, 853.575, 853.975
What do these numbers mean?
Control channel
The frequency your scanner listens to first. It tells the scanner where each voice call is happening, so program it before anything else.
Voice
The other frequencies the site uses for calls. A trunking scanner follows them automatically once it has the control channel.
Site
One tower location of the system. Scanners show the number in decimal or hex, so both are listed.
RFSS (Radio Frequency Sub-System)
A group of sites run by the same controller. Large Project 25 systems can have several.
NAC (Network Access Code)
A hex code the site transmits. Your scanner can use it to ignore other systems on the same frequency.
Talkgroup
A virtual channel on a trunked system, such as one agency’s dispatch. Programming uses the decimal or hex number, depending on your scanner.

Common questions

What frequency do the police use in McCall?

We do not have a dispatch channel listed specifically for McCall. County-level dispatch channels in the same county: Valley County Sheriff 151.0850 MHz; Valley County Sheriff 155.8725 MHz; Valley County Sheriff 156.0600 MHz.