1979 - Boston area freqs list
Boston MA area freqs from February 1979
List from A&W Electronics in Medford
New Boston Police Freqs
Ch1 Citywide Inquiry 460.35
Ch2 Dist 1 & 7 & 15 460.45
Ch3 Dist 2 & 3 460.225
Ch4 Dist 5 & 13 460.40
Ch5 Dist 4 & 14 460.50
Ch6 Dist 6 & 11 460.175
Ch7 Special 460.30
Ch8 CPU 460.125
Ch9 Intelligence 460.075
Ch10 Admin 460.25
(I have a note from 10/79 that says that Ch5 (dispatcher) did a
simulcast on all channels except Ch7 - I have a note from 2/80 that
says the comm supervisor simulcasts on all channels except Ch7)
Boston Fire
Ch1 33.74
Ch2 153.89
Ch3 153.83
Ch4 154.265
Ch5 453.65
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Town by Town (first freq is police - 2nd freq is fire) (P = police - F = fire)
Acton 155.01 46.50
Amesbury 39.82 154.145
Andover 482.6125 33.66
Arlington 471.1625 460.60
Ashland 155.79 46.46
Bedford 482.7125 154.34
Belmont 471.4125 154.13
Beverly ?45.48 45.48
Billerica 482.6625? 33.66
Braintree 453.625 46.14
Brockton 482.7125 482.8625P 154.31 154.295F
Brookline 471.0125 471.0625P 460.625 33.78F
Burlington 482.4875 154.34
Cambridge 460.375 460.475P 154.355
Canton 470.4625 33.50
Chelmsford 482.5125 33.66
Chelsea 470.8875 154.325
Cohasset 482.9875 155.07P 154.19
Concord 155.01 46.50
Danvers 155.88 154.07? (?45.64F)
Dedham 470.9625 153.95
Dracut 482.4625 154.40
(East Weymouth 39.90 154.235)
Essex 155.82 155.82
Everett 470.8125 154.31
Framingham 39.52 33.56
Gloucester 155.55 154.16
Haverhill 155.01 154.01
Hingham 482.9875 154.19
Holyoke 159.21 154.07
Hull 482.9875 154.19
Hyannis 158.97? 33.70
Ipswich 45.90 158.88
Lawrence 482.5625 153.95 154.445F
Lexington 155.535 (158.82?old fire) 154.34F
Lincoln 155.82 155.82
Littleton 153.815 33.66
Lowell 482.4125 154.01
Lynn 45.46 154.415
Lynnfield 39.12 46.06
Malden 470.7625 154.25
Manchester 158.73 154.07
Mansfield 39.54 33.50
Marshfield 482.5625 33.90
Maynard 155.01 46.50
Medfield 39.98 33.50
Medford 470.5875 473.5875P 46.26
Medway 39.42 33.50
Melrose 482.5375 471.0375P 46.06
more to follow
Part 2 - Boston MA area - February 1979 Frequency List
first freq is usually police - 2nd freq is usually fire - P = police - F = fire
Menden 470.8375 (probably wrong)
Merrimac 39.82 154.01
Methuen 482.4625 154.01
Middleton 45.62 46.06
Millis 39.42 33.50
Milton 470.4625 153.95
Nahant 155.55 154.37
Natick 39.32 154.205
Needham 470.3625 153.95
Newbury 158.85 154.145
Newburyport 39.82 154.145
Newton 470.8375 33.82
North Andover 482.6125 33.54
North Reading 482.7375 33.66
Norwood 470.4375 33.50
Peabody 158.865 46.46
Plymouth County P482.3875 P482.8875
Plymouth 39.22 33.90
Quincy 453.225P 453.25P 453.275P 470.3375P 153.785F
Randolph 470.3375? 470.9125? F46.24 F46.08
Reading 482.7375 46.06
Revere 470.8625 154.175
Rockport 154.785 155.145
Salem 46.02 46.42
Salisbury 39.82 154.145
Saugus 155.31 154.37
Scituate 482.9875 154.19
Somerville 470.5375 33.86
Southboro 39.10 46.42
Stoneham 482.5375 46.06
Sudbury 39.42 154.37(wrong)
Swampscott 154.74 154.37
Topsfield 154.845 154.07 (??)
Tewksbury 482.6625 33.66
Tyngsboro 482.5125 (33.66)
(West) Taunton 483.0625 33.98
Wakefield 482.5375 46.06
Waltham 470.5125 154.13
Watertown 470.7125 46.22
Wayland 39.36 33.98
Wellesley 39.42 46.10
Westford 482.5125 33.66
Weston 37.30 45.16
Westwood 470.4375 33.50
Weymouth 470.9375 154.19 F154.235
Wilmington 482.4875 (154.34)
Winchester 482.8125 46.20 (was 45.12F)
Winthrop 471.7375 154.055
Woburn 482.8125 46.38
more to follow - notes to follow also
Boston Area Freqs from Feb 1979 Part 3
Source - handout from A&W Electronics, Inc - 491 Riverside Ave,
Medford MA 02155 396-5550
Brockton Fire Control 154.295
Newton Fire Control 154.22
Boston Weather 162.40
Mass Turnpike All 159.03
Mass Turnpike Authority 156.03
Intercity Police Net 158.97
MDC Police Base 39.58 Mobile 39.66
Hospital Base Intersystem 155.34
Marine Operator 161.90
Mass Registry Police 39.76
Marine Channels
Ch 6 156.30
Ch 12 156.60
Ch 16 156.80
Ch 68 156.425
Mobile Telephone - 152.54 - 454.475
Other Telephone
(Waltham) - 157.77 TX 152.51 RX - 158.04 TX 152.78 RX - 157.92 TX
152.66 RX - 157.80 TX 152.54 RX - 157.86 TX 152.60 RX
Hyannis - 157.95 TX 152.69 RX
Lawrence - 157.83 TX 152.57 RX
Worcester - 158.07 TX 152.81 RX - 157.95 TX 152.69 RX
New Bedford - 157.83 TX 152.57 RX
Pittsfield - 157.98 TX 152.72 RX
Springfield - 157.83 TX 152.57 RX
MBTA
Dewey Square Red Line 158.775TX 153.755 RX
Boston 470.3125
Medford 470.3375
Orange Line 473.6125
Surface Line 470.6125
Ham repeaters
Malden 146.79 Waltham 146.64 Weston 146.82
Boston Herald 452.975
Boston Globe 453.00
Logan Airport Police 156.015
Logan Airport Fire 453.75 109.5
Logan Airport
- Approach - 124.4 120.6 126.5
- Departure - 127.2 124.1 121.2
- Tower - 119.1
- Emergency - 121.50
Hanscom Tower - 118.5 - Hanscom Approach - 124.4
Beverly Tower - 120.8
Unicom - 122.8
Boston Health and Hospital Ambulance - 453.20
Mass General Hosp - 155.16
Mass Hosp Association - 155.28 155.34
BAPERN 3 - 470.7875
BAPERN 4 - 470.5625
Suffolk DA 1 - 470.9875
Suffolk DA 2 - 471.1125
MDC - 3 471.2125 - 4 471.2375 - 5 471.2625 - 6 471.2875
Massachusetts State Police
44.74 General use
42.44 All
42.54 G HQ
42.34 K A-troop
42.50 L B-Troop
42.40 C C-Troop
42.50 W D-Troop
156.03 M E-Troop
Station K - A Troop - K Concord - K1 Andover - K2 Topsfield - K3
Concrod Sub - K4 Foxboro - K5 framingham - K7 Lynnfield
Station L - B-Troop - L Northampton - L1 Lee - L2 Shelburne Falls - L3
Monson - L4 Pittsfield - L5 Russell
Station C - C Troop - C Holden - C1 Athol - C2 Grafton - C3 Brookfield
- C4 Leominster - C5 Sturbridge
Station D - D Troop - W Middleboro - W1 Norwell - W2 South Yarmouth -
W3 North Dartmouth - W4 Rehoboth - W5 Oaks Bluffs - W6 Nantucket - W7
Bourne
Station F - F troop - Logan Airport - 42.34 - 44.74
Station M - E troop - Mass Pike 156.03 - Mass Pike General 159.03
(notes I pencilled in - 162.475 Boston Weather - Red Cross 1 47.42 -
Red Cross 2 47.58 - Great Hill telephone 152.72 - framingham telephone
152.54 - Mobile Telephones "place manual and roam calls on Channels JK
& JL" - Haverhill Telephone 152.57 RX (?IDed as Lawrence?) - 152.69
might have been at Framingham but IDed as Worcester? - 152.79 might
have been at Brockton - Logan Approach primary was 120.60 - Logan
departure primary was 124.1 - Logan ground control 121.90 - Boston
center 134.75 125.8 (127.1 possibly paired with 133.85) - North BAPERN
470.4875 - South BAPERN 470.9125 - BAP 3 "Boston Ops to any newton
car, switch to 2" - MBTA Police 470.6625 - Green Line 470.6375 - Blue
Line 470.6875 - Logan PWD (?Public Works dept) "425 Base to S-1" "4-2
to 2-5" on 453.85 - MSP L Troop actually on ?42.46 not 42.50? -
Turnpike Station M had M1 Charlton & M2 Westfield - MSP Sta F had
156.015 - MSP 44.90 detective, car to car - MSP 42.38 not used - mSP
Ch 7 radar 42.42 - MSP Ch6 42.46 troop B, radar in East Mass per 1980
Pocket Guide)
(more notes pencilled in - BPD Ch7 460.30 had Towing units -
Chelmsford PD had tone on unkey - Danvers PD "station to all units" -
Marshfield PD "627 to Q" - Methuen PD "703 to methuen" (no tones) -
Peabody PD 471.525 - Randolpg PD 471.4375 - Stoneham PD, no tones,
fast repeater - Wakefield PD 39.30 - I could her Wellesley FD on 46.10
above the book case - Winchester PD "22 to 969" - Tac 2 482.6875 base
to mobile via repeater, tone on unkey, "switch back to 1")
That is all. Did this stir up any memories for anyone? Anyone remember
any notable messages, good radio procedures, callsigns, etc.