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Fort Plain Police Frequencies

We do not have frequencies listed specifically for Fort Plain in Montgomery County, New York yet. Countywide channels for Montgomery County that may also cover this area are shown below when we have them. The closest trunked radio site we have is Rotterdam (Capital Digitronics (Capital District Public Safety)), about 29 miles away.

About Fort Plain Police Frequencies

  • 1 conventional channel is analog FM, so any scanner can receive it. Enter the frequency and set the tone shown in the table.

Montgomery County channels that also cover Fort Plain

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Montgomery County SheriffCountywide Dispatch154.7850
In 156.0900
127.3 PLFMNKZB383

Nearest trunked radio sites

Distances are measured from the center of Fort Plain.

Rotterdam · Capital Digitronics (Capital District Public Safety)
Site 4 (hex 4) · about 29 mi away
Voice 856.5875, 857.5875, 858.5875, 859.5875, 860.5875
Schenectady County Simulcast · Albany/Schenectady Counties
RFSS 1 · Site 4 (hex 4) · NAC 694 · about 30 mi away
Control 851.2875, 851.85, 852.075
Voice 852.35
New Scotland · Capital Digitronics (Capital District Public Safety)
Site 2 (hex 2) · about 38 mi away
Voice 0, 854.1625, 854.7375, 856.3375, 857.3375, 858.3375, 859.3375, 860.3375
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 Fort Plain?

We do not have a dispatch channel listed specifically for Fort Plain. County-level dispatch channels in the same county: Montgomery County Sheriff 154.7850 MHz (127.3 PL).