Dukes County Questions (Marthas Vineyard Island - Massachusetts)
(all channels are BM (bases and mobiles) unless otherwise indicated)
Countywide Police Channel 1 - primary police channel countywide - 158.85
Countywide Police Channel 2 - 2ndary police channel countywide - 158.94
Countywide Fire & Ambulance Paging Channel - also fire response channel - 154.325
Countywide firescene channel - 153.77 BM - PL 91.4 and PL 114.8
Countywide ambulance response and onscene channel - 158.79
Ambulance to Hospital channel - formerly was UHF to Cape Cod, and then relayed via 155.28 to hospital on Marthas Vineyard IIRC
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Aquinnah FD - 154.25 - local channel - ? PL
Aquinnah PD - HTs - 153.74 - ? PL - old expired license
Aquinnah Tribe - 151.16 R - ? PL
County Sheriff - 156.03 - ? PL - maybe used for Marine Patrol +
Prisoner Transport + ? Jail Ops
County Airport Police or Fire or what - 154.725 - (license says fire -
200 mobiles)
Steamship Authority - ferrys - 151.25 - 151.355 - 159.39 - PLs? - uses ?
Transit - 155.325 - ? PL - ?use
Edgartown PD - 158.865 - ? PL
Edgartown FD - local - 154.415 - ? PL
Edgartown Water Dept - 153.98 - ? PL
Edgartown Parks Dept - 151.07 R - PL ?
Edgartown DPW - 158.985 - ? PL
There is no County DPW - no need to find that freq - typical for New England
Oak Bluff PD - 158.955 - ? PL
Oak Bluffs Water Dept - 158.25 - ? PL
Oak Bluffs DPW - 159.045 - ? PL
Oak Bluffs FD - local channel - 154.445 - ? PL
Marthas Vineyard High School - security - 155.205 M - ? PL
MV Hospital - 151.73 R - ? PL
MV Hospital - paging ? - old expired license - 152.0075 - on the air ?
Tisbury FD - local - 154.07 - ? PL - do they have a base station?
Tisbury DPW - 159.18 - ? PL
West Tisbury PD - local channel - ??????
West Tisbury FD - ???
Info based on FCC ULS + various Internet sources
I might be able to dig up a couple of PLs from somewhere - but most of
these are probably truly "unknowns".
I suspect that all PD calls are on Ch 1 158.85. I think that the FDs
are paged on 154.325, and respond on 153.77. FDs might switch to their
local channel if there is someone at the fire station to man the base
station. Not quite sure what the ambulances do.
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http://www.qrzmv.com/July_2009a/VARA/VERRT%20Handbook%20rev%20M.pdf
I see some 2009 clues here. There are multiple Channel 4s for various
PDs. I bet that PD Ch 3 is that Harbormaster / dog catcher channel
(158.94 IIRC). So it looks like the PDs use - Ch 1 158.85 main - Ch 2
whatever 2ndary - Ch 3 158.94 harbormaster etc - Ch 4 varies by PD.
or maybe they have changed things around and filled up 16 channels (or
more) in every radio.
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http://www.capecodfd.com/PAGES%20Main%202/Freq%2002%20The%20Islands.htm
Here we have 7 police freqs, and a different amb channel - 2012 info
Anybody know the real story?
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http://www.capecodfd.com/PAGES%20Main%202/radio5MV.htm
Here are more freqs - different channel numbers - etc - radio codes included
158.805 for the jail is new to me
No one lists 156.03 for the Sheriff Dept