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Lincoln County Police Frequencies

Lincoln County in North Carolina has 0 countywide conventional frequencies and 7 countywide talkgroups in our database. Use the list of 12 cities and communities below for local police departments.

About Lincoln County Police Frequencies

  • Trunked radio systems that carry law-enforcement traffic here: North Carolina VIPER: 7 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 Lincoln County, start with the Lincolnton site of North Carolina VIPER. Its control channels: 774.45625, 774.89375 MHz.

Lincoln County trunked talkgroups

North Carolina VIPER

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Lincoln County SheriffLincoln Sheriff280046d64D
Lincoln County SheriffLincoln Sheriff's Office Adam280126d6cD
Lincoln County SheriffLincoln Sheriff's Office Baker280136d6dD
Lincoln County SheriffLincoln Sheriff's Office Charlie280146d6eD
Lincoln County SheriffLincoln Sheriff's Office Court280166d70D
Lincoln County SheriffLincoln Sheriff's Office Denver280226d76D
Lincoln County SheriffPrisoner Transport280386d86T

Radio system sites in Lincoln County

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

Lincolnton · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 2 · Site 95 (hex 5F) · NAC 1F0
Control 774.45625, 774.89375
Voice 769.53125, 770.03125, 771.10625, 771.38125, 772.35625, 772.60625, 773.21875, 774.18125
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

Are Lincoln County police talkgroups encrypted?

None of the 7 talkgroups listed for Lincoln County are marked encrypted.