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Yancey County Police Frequencies

Yancey County in North Carolina has 3 countywide conventional frequencies and 2 countywide talkgroups in our database. Use the list of 17 cities and communities below for local police departments.

About Yancey County Police Frequencies

  • 3 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: 2 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 Yancey County, start with the Clingmans Pk site of North Carolina VIPER. Its control channels: 855.7375, 856.7875 MHz.

Yancey County conventional frequencies

Dispatch

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Yancey County SheriffSheriff Backup155.3700
In 155.7300
151.4 PLFMNWQEN470

Talk-around & Car-to-Car

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Yancey County SheriffSheriff Mutual Aid154.8750CSQFMNKSZ451
Yancey County SheriffFireground Talkaround155.1900754 DPLFMNWQEN470

Yancey County trunked talkgroups

North Carolina VIPER

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Yancey County SheriffYancey Sheriff Dispatch51004c73cD
Yancey County SheriffYancey Sheriff Administration51006c73eD

Radio system sites in Yancey County

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

Clingmans Pk · North Carolina VIPER
RFSS 2 · Site 26 (hex 1A) · NAC 1F4
Control 855.7375, 856.7875
Voice 851.35, 851.625, 851.9, 852.95, 853.6125
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 Yancey County

Common questions

What frequency do the police use in Yancey County?

Dispatch channels listed for Yancey County: Yancey County Sheriff 155.3700 MHz (151.4 PL).

Are Yancey County police talkgroups encrypted?

None of the 2 talkgroups listed for Yancey County are marked encrypted.