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Wilkes County Police Frequencies

Wilkes County in North Carolina has 5 countywide conventional frequencies and 6 countywide talkgroups in our database. Use the list of 19 cities and communities below for local police departments.

About Wilkes County Police Frequencies

  • 5 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: 6 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 Wilkes County, start with the Pores Knob site of North Carolina VIPER. Its control channels: 852.7625, 853.75 MHz.

Wilkes County conventional frequencies

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Sheriff154.7550
In 158.7900
503 DPLFMWPOX598
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Sheriff Dispatch155.6100
In 154.8300
151.4 PLFMWPOX598

Talk-around & Car-to-Car

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Animal Control152.3750
In 157.7700
146.2 PLFMWPPH242
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Sheriff Mutual Aid154.8750151.4 PLFMKNGE719
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Animal Control157.6350146.2 PLFMWPPH242

Wilkes County trunked talkgroups

North Carolina VIPER

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Sheriff Patrol49509c165D
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Sheriff49510c166D
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes Community College Police Dispatch49590c1b6D
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Sheriff Administration49506c162D
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Sheriff INV49507c163D
Wilkes County SheriffWilkes County Sheriff NARC49508c164D

Radio system sites in Wilkes County

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

Pores Knob · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 4 · Site 31 (hex 1F) · NAC 1F0
Control 852.7625, 853.75
Voice 770.04375, 771.25625, 771.50625, 771.93125, 851.25, 851.8625
Rendezvous Mtn · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 4 · Site 32 (hex 20) · NAC 1F0
Control 857.1875, 858.0875
Voice 853.5, 854.4625, 854.6625, 856.0875
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 Wilkes County

Common questions

What frequency do the police use in Wilkes County?

Dispatch channels listed for Wilkes County: Wilkes County Sheriff 154.7550 MHz (503 DPL); Wilkes County Sheriff 155.6100 MHz (151.4 PL).

Are Wilkes County police talkgroups encrypted?

None of the 6 talkgroups listed for Wilkes County are marked encrypted.