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Alamance County Police Frequencies

Alamance County in North Carolina has 4 countywide conventional frequencies and 8 countywide talkgroups in our database. Use the list of 24 cities and communities below for local police departments.

About Alamance 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: North Carolina VIPER: 8 talkgroups. A trunking scanner is required, and it must support the system type shown.
  • To follow a trunked system, program a control channel first. For Alamance County, start with the Altamahaw site of North Carolina VIPER. Its control channels: 856.0125, 858.5875 MHz.
  • 8 listed entries are marked encrypted. No scanner can decode encrypted audio.

Alamance County conventional frequencies

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Alamance County SheriffAlamance County Sheriff – Dispatch155.5800192.8 PLFMKID448

Tactical

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Alamance County SheriffNorth Carolina Probation158.7450
In 153.9050
192.8 PLFMWPHK523

Talk-around & Car-to-Car

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Alamance County SheriffSheriff Mutual Aid155.2500CSQFMKID448

Jails & Corrections

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Alamance County SheriffAlamance County Jail155.4300
In 159.0450
FMWQEI637

Alamance County trunked talkgroups

North Carolina VIPER

8 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Alamance County SheriffSheriff 1 Dispatch41691049D
Alamance County SheriffSheriff 2 Dispatch4173104dD
Alamance County SheriffElon/Gibsonville Police Dispatch4187105bD
Alamance County SheriffSheriff Gang Task Force41981066D
Alamance County SheriffSheriff 3 Tactical4158103eD
Alamance County SheriffSheriff Investigations4172104cD
Alamance County SheriffSheriff Narcotics4174104eD
Alamance County SheriffElon/Gibsonville Police Administration4154103aD

Radio system sites in Alamance County

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

Altamahaw · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 1 · Site 1 (hex 1) · NAC 1F0
Control 856.0125, 858.5875
Voice 852.1375, 852.5875, 852.6125, 852.8875, 853.6375, 853.8375
Cane Mtn · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 1 · Site 10 (hex A) · NAC 1F5
Control 859.3125, 859.5875
Voice 851.8625, 852.4, 852.5625, 853.475, 854.2875, 854.4625, 855.7625, 857.5875, 857.7875, 858.2875
Mebane · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 1 · Site 34 (hex 22) · NAC 1F0
Control 774.14375, 774.39375
Voice 770.29375, 771.21875, 771.59375, 771.91875, 772.59375, 772.84375, 773.19375, 773.89375
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 Alamance County

Common questions

What frequency do the police use in Alamance County?

Dispatch channels listed for Alamance County: Alamance County Sheriff 155.5800 MHz (192.8 PL).

Are Alamance County police talkgroups encrypted?

8 of the 8 talkgroups listed for Alamance County are marked fully or partly encrypted; a scanner cannot decode encrypted audio.