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Adams County Police Frequencies

Adams County in Pennsylvania has 1 countywide conventional frequency and 31 countywide talkgroups in our database. Use the list of 47 cities and communities below for local police departments.

About Adams County 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.
  • Trunked radio systems that carry law-enforcement traffic here: South Central Interoperability Network: 31 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 Adams County, start with the Big Flat 800 (CUMB04) site of PA-STARNet: Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network. Its control channels: 855.1625, 856.3375, 858.5625 MHz.
  • 25 listed entries are marked encrypted. No scanner can decode encrypted audio.

Adams County conventional frequencies

Tactical

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Eastern Adams Regional Police DepartmentRepeater458.4250156.7 PLFMNWPKT604

Adams County trunked talkgroups

South Central Interoperability Network

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Adams Co Law EnforcementPolice Services100002710T
Adams Co Law EnforcementOperations100082718T
Adams Co Law EnforcementOperations100092719T
Adams Co Law EnforcementOperations10010271aT
Adams Co Law EnforcementLaw Talk100362734T
Adams Co Law EnforcementCountywide Talk100372735T
25 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Adams Co Law EnforcementWest Dispatch100012711T
Adams Co Law EnforcementEast Dispatch100022712T
Adams Co Law EnforcementCountywide Police100032713T
Adams Co Law EnforcementAdams Co Law Enforcement – Tactical Channel100042714T
Adams Co Law EnforcementAdams Co Law Enforcement – Tactical Channel100052715T
Adams Co Law EnforcementAdams Co Law Enforcement – Tactical Channel100062716T
Adams Co Law EnforcementAdams Co Law Enforcement – Tactical Channel10012271cT
Adams Co Law EnforcementCourthouse Operations10015271fT
Adams Co Law EnforcementConewago Twp Police Department Tactical100252729T
Adams Co Law EnforcementCumberland Twp Police Department Tactical10026272aT
Adams Co Law EnforcementReading Twp Police Department Tactical10027272bT
Adams Co Law EnforcementLiberty Twp Police Department Tactical10030272eT
Adams Co Law EnforcementEastern Adams Regional Police Department Tactical10031272fT
Adams Co Law EnforcementLatimore Twp Police Department Tactical100322730T
Adams Co Law EnforcementDrug Task Force – Operations100332731T
Adams Co Law EnforcementDrug Task Force – Tactical100342732T
Adams Co Law EnforcementDrug Task Force – Tactical100352733T
SCIN SystemwideSC Tactical90162338D
Adams Co Law EnforcementCountywide Secure100072717T
Adams Co Law EnforcementTalkaround10011271bT
Adams Co Law EnforcementProbation Operations100162720T
Adams Co Law EnforcementCounty Coroner100172721T
Adams Co Law EnforcementChild/Youth Services100182722T
Adams Co Law EnforcementCounty Prison – Main10013271dT
Adams Co Law EnforcementCounty Prison – Operations10014271eT

Radio system sites in Adams County

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

Big Flat 800 (CUMB04) · PA-STARNet: Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network
RFSS 1 · Site 59 (hex 3B) · NAC 942
Control 855.1625, 856.3375, 858.5625
Big Flat (CUMB04) · PA-STARNet: Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network
RFSS 1 · Site 95 (hex 5F) · NAC 948
Control 168.825, 171.6875
Voice 170.2625
Adams East Simulcast · South Central Interoperability Network
RFSS 1 · Site 21 (hex 15) · NAC 1E1
Control 858.0125, 858.9125, 859.2625, 859.8625
Voice 855.2375, 855.8125, 856.2625, 857.6625
Adams West Simulcast · South Central Interoperability Network
RFSS 1 · Site 22 (hex 16) · NAC 1E2
Control 856.6125, 856.9875, 858.1625, 858.9875
Voice 855.4625, 855.7375, 859.6625
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 Adams County

Common questions

Are Adams County police talkgroups encrypted?

25 of the 31 talkgroups listed for Adams County are marked fully or partly encrypted; a scanner cannot decode encrypted audio.