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Surfside Beach Police Frequencies

Surfside Beach in Horry County, South Carolina has 0 conventional frequencies and 4 trunked talkgroups listed for local agencies. The closest trunked radio site we have is Myrtle Beach (Palmetto 800), about 8 miles away.

About Surfside Beach Police Frequencies

  • 2 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: Horry County: 4 talkgroups; Horry County: 56 talkgroups; Palmetto 800: 1 talkgroup. A trunking scanner is required, and it must support the system type shown.
  • To follow a trunked system, program a control channel first. For Surfside Beach, start with the Myrtle Beach site of Palmetto 800, about 8 miles away. Its control channels: 853.85, 853.95 MHz.
  • 60 listed entries are marked encrypted. No scanner can decode encrypted audio.

Surfside Beach trunked talkgroups

Horry County

4 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Surfside Beach PolicePolice 1 Dispatch633618c0D
Surfside Beach PolicePolice 4 Tactical633918c3D
Surfside Beach PolicePolice 2 Talkaround633718c1D
Surfside Beach PolicePolice 3633818c2D

Horry County channels that also cover Surfside Beach

Tactical

AgencyDescriptionFrequency (MHz)ToneModeFCC
Horry County SheriffConventional Tactical/SWAT853.3000
In 823.3000
156.7 PLFMNWQYH840
Horry County SheriffConventional Tactical/SWAT853.7750
In 823.7750
156.7 PLFMNWQYH840

Horry County

56 encrypted talkgroups (cannot be monitored)
AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Coastal Carolina UniversityCoastal Carolina University – Dispatch64321920D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 2 South Dispatch60191783D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 4 North Dispatch60221786D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 1 West Dispatch60251789D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 5 Carolina Forest Dispatch60391797D
Coastal Carolina UniversityPolice Escorts64351923D
Coastal Carolina UniversityPolice 5 Tactical64361924D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60001770D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60011771D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60021772D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60031773D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60041774D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 3 Central Alternate60171781D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 2 South Alternate60201784D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 4 North Alternate60231787D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 1 West Alternate6026178aD
Horry County PoliceSpecial Events6028178cD
Horry County PoliceSpecial Events6029178dD
Horry County PoliceHCPD6031178fD
Horry County PoliceHCPD60331791D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60341792D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60351793D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60361794D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60371795D
Horry County PoliceHCPD60381796D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 5 Carolina Forest Alternate60401798D
Horry County SheriffHCSO 60466046179eD
Horry County SheriffCourthouse Security605117a3D
Horry County SheriffHCSO 6052605217a4D
Myrtle Beach International AirportMyrtle Beach International Airport – Tactical Channel611517e3D
State of South CarolinaSLED6463193fD
State of South CarolinaSLED64641940D
State of South CarolinaSLED64661942D
State of South CarolinaSCHP64671943D
State of South CarolinaSCHP6474194aD
Coastal Carolina UniversityPolice Operations64331921D
Coastal Carolina UniversityPolice Events64341922D
Coastal Carolina UniversityPolice 6 Operations64381926D
Coastal Carolina UniversityPolice 7 Operations64391927D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 3 Central Talkaround60181782D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 2 South Talkaround60211785D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 4 North Talkaround60241788D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 1 West Talkaround6027178bD
Horry County PoliceSpecial Events6030178eD
Horry County PoliceDetectives60321790D
Horry County PolicePrecinct 5 Carolina Forest Talk-around60411799D
Horry County SheriffEmergency Button6047179fD
Horry County SheriffAdministration604817a0D
Horry County SheriffFuneral Escorts604917a1D
Horry County SheriffFuneral Escorts605017a2D
Horry County SheriffJ Rueben Long Detention Center606417b0D
Horry County SheriffJ Reuben Long Visitor Center606517b1D
Horry County SheriffJ Rueben Long Detention Center606617b2D
Horry County SheriffJ Rueben Long Detention Center606717b3D
Horry County SheriffJ Rueben Long Detention Center606917b5D
Horry County SheriffJ Reuben Long Detention Center Talk-around607917bfD

Palmetto 800

AgencyDescriptionTalkgroupHexMode
Horry County SheriffCounty Roam/Jail Transport614117fdD

Nearest trunked radio sites

Distances are measured from the center of Surfside Beach.

Myrtle Beach · Palmetto 800
RFSS 1 · Site 69 (hex 45) · NAC 1DD · about 8 mi away
Control 853.85, 853.95
Voice 851.4375, 851.9, 851.9875, 852.5625, 852.9625, 853.1625, 853.4, 853.7375
Conway · Palmetto 800
RFSS 1 · Site 53 (hex 35) · NAC 1DD · about 21 mi away
Control 853.525, 853.8625
Voice 851.5625, 851.8625, 852.3625, 852.75, 853.1125
Georgetown County Simulcast · Palmetto 800
RFSS 1 · Site 22 (hex 16) · NAC 1D5 · about 22 mi away
Control 853.075, 853.2375, 853.35, 853.6875
Voice 851.075, 851.45, 851.625, 852.125, 852.55, 852.8
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.

Common questions

Are Surfside Beach police talkgroups encrypted?

4 of the 4 talkgroups listed for Surfside Beach are marked fully or partly encrypted; a scanner cannot decode encrypted audio.