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Lincoln County Police Frequencies

Lincoln County in Montana has 4 countywide conventional frequencies and 1 countywide talkgroup in our database. Use the list of 15 cities and communities below for local police departments.

About Lincoln County Police Frequencies

  • 4 conventional channels are analog FM, so any scanner can receive them. Enter the frequency and set the tone shown in the table.
  • Trunked radio systems that carry law-enforcement traffic here: Montana Public Safety Communications System: 1 talkgroup. A trunking scanner is required, and it must support the system type shown.
  • To follow a trunked system, program a control channel first. For Lincoln County, start with the Blue Mountain site of Montana Public Safety Communications System. Its control channels: 161.8 MHz.

Lincoln County conventional frequencies

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Lincoln County SheriffNorth Dispatch (Eureka)151.3325FMNWQSC535
Lincoln County SheriffSouth Dispatch (Libby)155.5950FMNKOB846
Lincoln County SheriffForest155.5950FMNKOB846

Talk-around & Car-to-Car

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Lincoln County SheriffDetention Facility Security153.9875FMNWQJW372

Lincoln County trunked talkgroups

Montana Public Safety Communications System

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Lincoln County SheriffLincoln County Sheriff Dispatch70871bafD

Radio system sites in Lincoln County

Program the control channel first; your scanner finds the voice channels from it.

Blue Mountain · Montana Public Safety Communications System
RFSS 1 · Site 12 (hex C)
Control 161.8
Voice 154.16
Pinkham Mountain · Montana Public Safety Communications System
RFSS 1 · Site 13 (hex D) · NAC 160
Control 154.65, 155.07
Voice 154.95, 155.37
Troy · Montana Public Safety Communications System
RFSS 1 · Site 29 (hex 1D)
Control 161.8625
Voice 155.1225
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.

Cities & communities in Lincoln County

Common questions

What frequency do the police use in Lincoln County?

Dispatch channels listed for Lincoln County: Lincoln County Sheriff 151.3325 MHz; Lincoln County Sheriff 155.5950 MHz; Lincoln County Sheriff 155.5950 MHz.

Are Lincoln County police talkgroups encrypted?

None of the 1 talkgroups listed for Lincoln County are marked encrypted.