North Charleston also extends into Berkeley County, Charleston County.
About North Charleston Police Frequencies
- Trunked radio systems that carry law-enforcement traffic here: Palmetto 800: 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 North Charleston, start with the North Charleston (Charleston County) site of Palmetto 800, about 4 miles away. Its control channels: 853.2, 853.5125 MHz.
- 5 listed entries are marked encrypted. No scanner can decode encrypted audio.
Dorchester County channels that also cover North Charleston
Palmetto 800
| Agency | Description | Talkgroup | Hex | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester County Sheriff | Dorchester County Sheriff – Tactical Channel | 4106 | 100a | D |
| Dorchester County Sheriff | Sheriff Administration | 4107 | 100b | D |
| Dorchester County Sheriff | Law Enforcement Roam | 4240 | 1090 | D |
5 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
| Agency | Description | Talkgroup | Hex | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester County Sheriff | Dorchester County Sheriff – Dispatch | 4103 | 1007 | D Encrypted |
| Dorchester County Sheriff | Sheriff 4101 | 4101 | 1005 | D Encrypted |
| Dorchester County Sheriff | Sheriff 4105 | 4105 | 1009 | D Encrypted |
| Dorchester County Sheriff | DC Tactical | 4113 | 1011 | D Encrypted |
| Dorchester County Sheriff | Sheriff Patrol | 4133 | 1025 | D Encrypted |
Nearest trunked radio sites
Distances are measured from the center of North Charleston.
North Charleston (Charleston County) · Palmetto 800
RFSS 1 · Site 13 (hex D) · NAC 1D0 · about 4 mi away
Control 853.2, 853.5125
Voice 851.1, 851.7125, 852.1, 852.675, 852.975
Charleston Simulcast (State) · Palmetto 800
RFSS 1 · Site 9 (hex 9) · NAC 1DE · about 8 mi away
Control 857.9625, 858.3375, 858.7125, 858.8375
Voice 852.2625, 854.6375, 854.9875, 855.1375, 856.3375, 856.8375, 857.3375, 857.8375, 859.6875, 859.8375, 859.9625
Summerville (Charleston County) · Palmetto 800
RFSS 1 · Site 12 (hex C) · NAC 1D0 · about 10 mi away
Control 853.1875, 853.95
Voice 851.1125, 851.95, 852.3125, 852.7125
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.