MARITIMES SCANNING SITE

 

FAQ #3

Question:  “I would like to listen to the Nova Scotia Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMR).  What are the frequencies?”

Answer:   I have to say right off that all of this is right there on the Maritimes Scanning Site already so I am not going to go into this in any detail.   You really should read the page that describes the system in detail!      But since you asked me, here is a reprint if my list of the many many sites in the system and their control channel and alternate control channel frequencies.    You will have to pick out the one or ones you want to monitor and program them into your scanner.   You can if you want put all of them in but this concept is discussed on the site.  

Site

CC

ACC

Zone

#

Coordinates

Call Sign

Area Served

Wharton

861.3625

861.6125

1

2

 45 27 01, -64 25 20

 XKB861

Parrsboro

Amherst

861.3625

861.6125

1

3

 45 50 17, -64 09 56

XKB845

Amherst

Claremont

860.1625

860.4125

1

4

 45 40 18, -63 58 27

XKB864

Springhill

Pugwash

861.4125

861.6625

1

5

 45 48 55, -63 41 24

 XKB881

Pugwash

Wentworth

861.3125

861.5625

1

6

 45 35 16, -63 32 47

XKB822

Wentworth

Londonderry

860.0625

860.3125

1

7

 45 29 44, -63 38 53

XKB823 

Cobequid Pass

Hilden

861.2625

861.5125

1

8

 45 19 17, -63 16 07

XKB809

Truro

Shubenacadie

861.4125

861.6625

1

9

 45 04 20, -63 26 28

XKD802

Shubenacadie

Ellershouse

861.3375

861.5875

1

10

 44 56 21, -63 57 28

XKD800

West Hants

Martock

860.0875

860.3375

1

11

 44 55 44, -64 09 52

XKB805

Windsor

Blomidon

860.2375

860.4875

1

12

 45 12 17, -64 24 11

XKB841

E Kings County

Morristown

860.1375

860.3875

1

13

 44 58 37, -64 45 37

XKB877

W Kings

Central Clarence

860.0625

860.3125

1

14

 44 55 08, -65 13 32

XKB839

C Annapolis Valley

Dalhousie

861.2625

861.5125

1

15

 44 41 58, -64 56 10

XKB837

SE Annapolis

Eaton Lake

861.3125

861.5625

1

16

 44 47 10, -65 29 23

XKB836

C Annapolis Valley

Marshalltown

861.3625

861.6125

1

17

 44 34 32, -65 47 47

 XKB880

Digby

Belliveau Lake

860.0125

860.2625

1

18

 44 21 04, -66 02 22

XKB842

Weymouth

Meteghan

860.1125

860.3625

1

19

 44 12 09, -66 06 20

XKB879

Meteghan

East Kemptville

861.4125

861.6625

1

20

 44 04 47, -65 46 44

XKB870

Yarmouth County

Hebron

860.0625

860.3125

1

21

 43 53 46, -66 04 32

 XKB875

Yarmouth 

Belleville South

860.1625

860.4125

1

22

 43 50 33, -65 55 42

XKB843 

Argyle

Middle East Pubnico

860.0875

860.3375

1

23

 43 39 14, -65 45 28

XKB878

S Yarmouth County

Barrington

860.1375

860.3875

1

24

 43 34 16, -65 32 23

XKB844

Barrington

Shelburne

861.3875

861.6375

1

25

 43 46 42, -65 18 24

 XKB882

Shelburne

Granite Village

861.3375

861.5875

1

26

 43 51 31, -64 59 29

 XKB834

Sable River

Great Hill

861.2875

861.5375

1

27

 44 04 02, -64 43 12

XKB884

Liverpool

Caledonia

860.0375

860.2875

1

28

 44 22 28, -65 02 09

XKB865

North Queens

Hebbville

860.1125

860.3625

1

29

 44 20 41, -64 31 23

 XKB874

Bridgewater

Sellars Brook

861.4125

861.6625

1

30

 44 24 37, -64 23 26

XKB883

Lunenburg

New Germany

860.1625

860.4125

1

31

 44 34 41, -64 40 55

XKB866

North Lunenburg

Wakeup Hill

860.0125

860.2625

1

32

 44 34 15, -64 16 12

XKB863

Chester

Aldersville

861.3875

861.6375

1

33

 44 50 13, -64 30 26

XKB806

Highway 12

Queensland

860.0625

860.3125

1

34

 44 38 30, -64 01 27

XKB812

West End HRM

Tantallon

861.3125

861.5625

1

35

 44 42 15, -63 51 52

XKD803

Tantallon

Prospect

861.2625

861.5125

1

36

 44 30 39, -63 44 46

XKB804

Prospect

Geizers Hill

860.1875

860.4375

1

37

 44 39 03, -63 39 25

XKB813

Halifax

Maritime Centre

860.1375

860.3875

1

38

 44 38 39, -63 34 19

XKB811

Halifax Downtown

Sackville

861.2875

861.5375

1

39

 44 45 37, -63 39 10

XKB814

Sackville

Preston

860.2375

860.4875

1

40

 44 43 29, -63 26 17

XKB810

Preston/Cole Hbr

Musquodoboit Hbr

860.1625

860.4125

1

41

 44 48 20, -63 10 36

XKD801

Musquodoboit Hbr

Tangier

860.1125

860.3625

1

42

 44 48 29, -62 40 32

XKB808

Eastern Shore

Marinette

861.3625

861.6125

1

43

 44 58 06, -62 39 47

XKB815

Sheet Harbour

Chaplin

860.0875

860.3375

1

44

 45 12 14, -65 50 20

XKB830

NE End Musquodoboit Valley

Ecum Secum

860.0125

860.2625

1

45

 44 57 53, -62 08 54

XKB816

East End HRM

Chaswood

860.0375

860.2875

1

46

 45 02 11, -63 13 01

CIT965

SW Musquodoboit Valley

Melrose

861.3375

861.5875

2

2

 45 14 39, -62 01 35

XKB807

Sherbrooke

Lundy (Salmon R)

861.2625

861.5125

2

3

 45 19 05, -61 28 29

 XKB868

Canso

Arichat

860.1375

860.3875

2

4

 45 33 43, -64 04 18

 XKB846

Richmond County

Loch Lomond

860.0125

860.2625

2

5

 45 46 22, -60 33 04

XKB832

NE Richmond

Louisbourg

861.3625

861.6125

2

6

 45 54 40, -60 00 30

XKB862

Louisbourg

North Side East Bay

860.1625

860.4125

2

7

 45 59 49, -60 27 22

 XKB817

S CBRM

Coxheath

860.0875

860.3375

2

8

 46 06 16, -60 16 26

XKB838

Sydney

Glace Bay

860.1375

860.3875

2

9

 46 11 40, -59 59 04

XKB835

Glace Bay

Boularderie

861.4125

861.6625

2

10

 46 15 42, -60 20 28

XKB840

W CBRM

Rear Big Hill

860.0375

860.2875

2

11

 46 10 11, -60 39 59

XKB818

St Anne

Lower Middle River

861.2875

861.5375

2

12

 46 08 16, -60 53 332

XKB833

Baddeck

Cape Smokey

860.0625

860.3125

2

13

 46 35 38, -60 22 59

XKB826

E Highlands

Cape North

861.2625

861.5125

2

14

 47 00 35, -60 25 26

XKB825

Cape North

North Mountain

860.0125

860.2625

2

15

 46 49 02, -60 40 47

XKB829

North Highlands

Cheticamp

861.3125

861.5625

2

16

 46 34 41, -60 59 01

 XKB828

Cheticamp

Kiltarlity

860.1125

860.3625

2

17

 46 13 15, -61 09 27

XKB831

S Highlands

Inverness

861.3625

861.6125

2

18

 46 12 46, -61 19 44

XKB827

Inverness Town

Kingsville

861.3875

861.6375

2

19

 45 47 33, -61 18 12

XKB876

S Inverness

Aulds Cove

860.0625

860.3125

2

20

 45 38 54, -61 27 52

XKB819

Port Hawkesbury

Fairmount

860.1625

860.4125

2

21

 45 40 55, -61 58 41

XKB871

Antigonish

Piedmont

861.4125

861.6625

2

22

 45 35 28, -62 20 53

XKB820

E Pictou

Sutherlands Bog

861.2875

861.5375

2

23

 45 35 10, -62 40 29

 XKB847

New Glasgow

Brookland

861.3875

861.6375

2

24

 45 32 24, -62 57 17

XKB821

W Pictou

Nuttby Mountain

860.1375

860.3875

2

25

 45 33 17, -63 13 25

XKB824

N Colchester

Maryland Hill

860.1875

860.4375

2

26

 45 56 29, -66 39 15

XJR879

Fredericton central

Popple Hill

860.1375

860.3875

2

27

 45 57 26, -66 33 40

CGG914

Fredericton 

Silverwood

861.3375

861.5875

2

28

 45 57 18, -66 45 58

XJR878

Fredericton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each of the sites also has other frequencies, called voice frequencies, but most scanners nowadays only require you to program in the control channels.    In rural areas it is relatively rare that the alternate is used so even that one is dispensable, but not around Halifax.

Of course unless you want to operate on open mode and hear everything that comes over the system, you will want to discriminate or pick and choose by entering talk group id`s as well.   If you do not know what I am talking about then you need to read up on what trunking is all about.  This may be done by searching on the internet, or I may have a page currently on the site or even another FAQ page. 

Thanks for asking me!

 

$$The difficulty in attempting to answer this sort of question lies in me not knowing if the questioner knows anything about trunking or that the service they are asking about is trunked.   In giving a complete answer, i.e. one for a person who doesn’t know about trunking, is a very long one and therefore I always need to first ask the person if they are in the first place knowledgeable about trunking in general, and then in particular are they familiar with the NS TMR.     For example if someone asks about listening to a service in the Halifax area that is on the trunk it is necessary to know that there are several different sites or towers in the area that will carry the desired services and each one of these has a different set of frequencies.   It is necessary to know which of these sites will be monitored and then provide the frequencies for these sites.  The Halifax area sites are: Geizers Hill, Mariitime Centre (downtown), Preston, Sackville, Tantallon and also nearby ones at Prospect and Musquodoboit Harbour, plus many many more farther away.   Then in addition it is necessary to know the talk group id’s for the desired services.  Talk group id’s are NOT frequencies yet some will refer to them as such as they may not be fully familiar with trunking, and when I receive a request for frequencies quite often the person really wants talk group id’s but I wouldn’t know that.

In addition there are other questions and pieces of information that come out of the basic one, in this case the question of whether or not the service wanted is analog, digital or encrypted.   Without going into detail the best summary answer is to say that practically all RCMP and Halifax Regional Police communications are digital and therefore require a digital scanner.  Occasionally these services can be heard in analog on liaison channels but on the other hand some of their channels are encrypted and cannot be heard on present day scanners.     Many federal government communications as well as those of the NS Dept of Natural Resources game wardens are generally encrypted.   Other than that most services on the trunk are analog.