South Dakota Federal (South Dakota) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Cheyenne River Indian Reservation

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
172.750		RM	118 NAC	CheyRiver PD	Reservation Police	P25	Federal

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
169.775		RM	151.4 PL	OgSiouxTr PD	Oglala Sioux Tribal Police - Pine Ridge	FMN	Federal

Standing Rock Reservation

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
173.675		RM	066 NAC	StandRock PD	Reservation Police	P25	Federal

Bureau of Land Management

South Dakota Field Office

The South Dakota Field Office manages over 274,000 surface acres and around 1.7 million acres of subsurface mineral estate in South Dakota. The majority of the surface acres are located west of the Missouri River in 13 counties; mineral estate is found in 32 of the 66 counties. Butte County in western South Dakota has the majority of the surface acres with around 145,000 acres. It is part of the Eastern Montana/Dakotas District Office

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
173.825	RM	146.2 PL	SLM SD Terry Pk	Terry Peak	FMN	Federal
173.825	RM		BLM SD Simplex	South Dakota Simplex	FMN	Federal
169.700	BM		BLM Law Simplex	Law Enforcement Simplex	P25	Federal

Department of Energy

Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains Region sells power in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota to wholesale customers such as towns; rural electric cooperatives; public utility and irrigation districts; Federal, state, and military agencies; Native American tribes; investor-owned utilities; power marketers; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers customers

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
164.350	RM	111 NAC	WAPA WTN N1	Watertown North 1	P25	Federal
167.850	RM	111 NAC	WAPA WTN N2	Watertown North 2	P25	Federal
164.225	RM	111 NAC	WAPA WTN S1	Watertown South 1	P25	Federal
167.925	RM	111 NAC	WAPA WTN S2	Watertown South 2	P25	Federal
167.925	RM	222 NAC	WAPA PIERRE	Pierre Area	P25	Federal
167.850	RM	555 NAC	WAPA RCY	Rapid City Area	P25	Federal
164.775	M	222 NAC	WAPA C2C	Car to Car Simplex	P25	Federal
167.975	M	111 NAC	WAPA RCY C2C	Rapid City Area Car to Car	P25	Federal
167.875	RM	555 NAC	WAPA Hot Spr	Hot Springs	P25	Federal

Department of Homeland Security

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
170.4375		RM	660 NAC	ICE RapidCty	Rapid City	P25	Federal
171.7625		RM	660 NAC	ICE Customs	Sturgis	P25	Federal

Transportation Security Administration

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
172.150		RM	001 NAC	TSA RapidCit	TSA - Rapid City Regional Airport	P25	Federal

Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
167.2375	RM	167 NAC	FBI Coolidge	Mt. Coolidge Repeater	P25	Federal
167.2625	RM	167 NAC	FBI RapidCt1	Rapid City Repeater	P25	Federal
167.3875	RM		FBI Terry Pk 1	Terry Peak Repeater 1	P25	Federal
167.5625	BM	167.9 PL	FBI Ops	Operations	FMN	Federal
167.675	RM		FBI Ops	Operations	P25	Federal
168.850	RM	167 NAC	FBI Ops	Operations	P25	Federal
170.125	RM		FBI Ops	Operations	P25	Federal
171.975	BM		FBI RapidCt2	Rapid City Operations ?	P25	Federal
172.300	BM		FBI Terry Pk 2	Terry Peak Repeater 2	P25e	Federal

United States Marshals Service

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
162.7875		BM		USMS SDakota	United States Marshals Service	P25	Federal

Department of Veterans Affairs

Fort Meade

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
409.4375		RM		FtMeade PD	Police	DMR	Law Dispatch
417.425		M	CC 1 TG 12 SL 1	FtMeade PD X	Police - Mobile Extenders	DMR	Law Talk
406.1125		RM	CC 1 TG 1 SL 1	FtMeade FD	Fire	DMR	Fire Dispatch
407.8375	KJN947	RM	CC 1 TG 5 SL 1	FtMeade VA Nurs1	Hospital Nursing 1	DMR	Hospital
407.8375	KJN947	RM	CC 1 TG 6 SL 2	FtMeade VA Nurs2	Hospital Nursing 2	DMR	Hospital
408.000	KEK336	RM	CC 1 TG 7 SL 1	FtMeade VA Main1	Hospital Main 1	DMR	Hospital
408.000	KEK336	RM	CC 1 TG 8 SL 2	FtMeade VA Main2	Hospital Main 2	DMR	Hospital
419.700		RM	CC 1 TG 3 SL 1	FtMeade VA Eng	Hospital Engineering	DMR	Hospital
164.175		BM	118.8 PL	FtMeade VA	Hospital	FMN	Hospital
170.375		BM	CSQ	FtMeade VA	Hospital	FMN	Hospital
167.8625	KEK336	B	CSQ	FtMeade Page	Paging	FMN	Federal

Black Hills National Cemetery

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
166.7125		BM		BHNC Maint	Maintenance	FMN	Federal
27.575		F		BHNC Carillon	Carillon Control	Telm	Data

Hot Springs

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
409.4375		RM	CC 1 TG * SL 1	HotSpr VA PD	Police	DMR	Law Dispatch
417.425		RM	CC 1 TG 12 SL 1	HotSpr VA PD VRS	Police Mobile Extender	DMR	Law Tac
406.1125		RM	CC 1 TG 1 SL 1	HotSpr VA Fire	Fire	DMR	Fire Dispatch
409.4375		RM	CC 1 TG * SL 2	HotSpr VA Sec	Security	DMR	Security
164.175		RM	432 DPL	HotSpr VA Bat R	Battle Mtn. Repeater	FMN	Federal
164.175		BM	432 DPL	HotSpr VA Bat T	Battle Mtn. Talkaround	FMN	Federal
166.0125	KJN947	B	CSQ	HotSpr VA Paging	Medical Center Paging	FMN	Hospital
408.000		RM	CC 1 TG 7 SL 1	HotSpr VA Hosp M	Hospital Main	DMR	Hospital
419.700		RM	CC 1 TG 3 SL *	HotSpr VA Hosp E	Hospital Engineering	DMR	Hospital

Forest Service

Black Hills National Forest

The Black Hills National Forest is located in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. The forest has an area of over 1.25 million acres and is managed by the Forest Service. Forest headquarters are located in Custer, South Dakota. There are local ranger district offices in Custer, Rapid City, and Spearfish in South Dakota, and in Sundance, Wyoming.

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
171.475	RM	CSQ	BHNF N Terry	North Zone - Terry Peak	FMN	Federal
171.475	RM	203.5 PL	BHNF N Custr	North Zone - Custer Peak	FMN	Federal
171.475	RM	CSQ	BHNF N Waren	North Zone - Warren Peak WY	FMN	Federal
171.475	RM	127.3 PL	BHNF N Port	North Zone - Portable	FMN	Federal
170.550	RM	103.5 PL	BHNF C BearM	Central Zone - Bear Mountain	FMN	Federal
170.550	RM	203.5 PL	BHNF C SethB	Central Zone - Seth Bullock	FMN	Federal
170.550	RM	203.5 PL	BHNF C Rushm	Central Zone - Mount Rushmore	FMN	Federal
170.550	RM	127.3 PL	BHNF C Port	Central Zone - Portable	FMN	Federal
172.375	RM	203.5 PL	BHNF S BallH	South Zone - Ball Hill	FMN	Federal
172.375	RM	203.5 PL	BHNF S BearM	South Zone - Bear Mountain	FMN	Federal
172.375	RM	203.5 PL	BHNF S Cicer	South Zone - Cicero Peak	FMN	Federal
172.375	RM	203.5 PL	BHNF S ElkMt	South Zone - Elk Mountain	FMN	Federal
172.375	RM	127.3 PL	BHNF S Port	South Zone - Portable	FMN	Federal
169.950	RM	131.8 PL	BHNF SOA	Scene of Action	FM	Federal
169.175	BM	103.5 PL	BHNF For Net	Forest Net	FMN	Federal
163.7125	BM	CSQ	BHNF Work	Work Channel	FMN	Federal
168.675	BM	CSQ	Rapid Tac	Rapid City Tactical	FM	Federal
168.775	BM	CSQ	BHNF FD Tac	Fire Tactical	FM	Federal
168.750	M	CSQ	BHNF A-G 25	Air to Ground 25	FMN	Federal
169.875	M	CSQ	BHNF A-G 26	Air to Ground 26	FM	Federal
168.650	BM	110.9 PL	FlightFollow	Flight following	FMN	Federal
168.625	BM	110.9 PL	Air guard	Air guard	FMN	Federal
406.325	BM	CSQ	BHNF UHF 1	UHF 1	FMN	Federal
411.325	BM	131.8 PL	BHNF UHF 2	UHF 2	FMN	Federal
411.475	F	103.5 PL	BHNF Link N	Fixed link, repeats 168.65 in North area	FMN	Federal
412.800	F	110.9 PL	BHNF Link TP	Fixed link, repeats 169.175 from Terry Peak	FMN	Federal
119.425	BM	CSQ	AIR Fire NW	Northwestern South Dakota - Zone SD01	AM	Aircraft
119.375	BM	CSQ	AIR Fire SW	Southwestern South Dakota - Zone SD02	AM	Aircraft
120.125	BM	CSQ	Hot Springs SEAT	Hot Springs Single Engine Air Tanker Base	AM	Federal

Custer Gallatin National Forest

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
170.4625		RM	146.2 PL	CGNF Slim Buttes	Slim Buttes	FMN	Federal

Buffalo Gap National Grassland

The Buffalo Gap National Grassland is a National Grassland located primarily in southwestern South Dakota. It is also the second largest National Grassland. Characteristics of the grasslands include mixed prairie and chalky badlands. The grassland is managed by the U.S. Forest Service and is a division of Nebraska National Forest

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
170.525	RM	CSQ	BGNG Willow	West Zone Repeater	FMN	Federal
172.325	RM	CSQ	BGNG Wall	East Zone Repeater	FMN	Federal
172.325	BM	103.5 PL	BGNG East	East Zone Direct (Wall, Ft. Pierre)	FMN	Federal
170.525	BM	103.5 PL	BGNG FallRiv	Fall River Direct	FMN	Federal
409.1875	BM	CSQ	BGNG FallRiv 2	Fall River Direct 2	FMN	Federal
409.3875	BM	103.5 PL	BGNG FallRiv 3	Fall River Direct 3	FMN	Federal

Dakota Prairie Grasslands

The Dakota Prairie Grasslands are not solid blocks of National Forest System lands; rather, they are intermingled with other federal, state, and privately owned lands stretching over 1,259,000 acres. The South Dakota portion is in the Grand River Ranger District. Other districts are in North Dakota. Multiple tones are used on their radios.

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
164.9375	RM	CSQ	DPG Shade Hill	Shade Hill Repeater (123.0)	FMN	Federal
164.9375	RM	CSQ	DPG Portable	DPG Portable Repeater (110.0)	FMN	Federal
164.9375	BM	CSQ	DPG Direct	Direct	FMN	Federal
171.475	BM	CSQ	DPG Tac 1	DPG Tac 1	FMN	Federal
163.7125	BM	CSQ	DPG Work	DPG Work	FMN	Federal

Fort Pierre National Grassland

The Fort Pierre National Grasslandis located in central South Dakota, south of the capital city Pierre and its neighbor Fort Pierre. The national grassland is primarily a short grass prairie and has a land area of 115,890 acres located in parts of Lyman, Stanley, and Jones counties.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
172.325		RM		Ft.Pierre NG	Fort Pierre National Grassland	FMN	Federal

National Park Service

Jewel Cave National Monument

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
170.050		RM	100 NAC	Jewel Cave	Jewel Cave Repeater	P25	Federal

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota and covers 1,278.45 acres.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
172.625		RM	100 NAC	MRNM Rangers	Rangers	P25	Federal
169.400		BM	103.5 PL	MRNM Maint	Maintenance	FM	Federal

Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park is10 miles north of the town of Hot Springs in western South Dakota.

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
170.050	RM	064 NAC	WCNP Law Rpt	Law/Rangers repeater	P25	Federal
171.625	BM	100 NAC	WCNP Law Dir	Law/Rangers direct	P25	Federal
170.050	BM	293 NAC	WCNP Direct	Direct	P25	Federal

United States Air Force

Belle Fourche Tactics and Training Range Site

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
381.100		BM		Belle Fourche TR	Operations	AM	Military

Civil Air Patrol - South Dakota Wing

South Dakota Civil Air Patrol is based out of Rapid City and operates six operational composite squadrons in the state

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
148.150	RM	107.2 PL	CAP R-56	Aberdeen (FMN)	FMN	Military
148.150	RM	430 NAC	CAP R-56	Aberdeen (P25)	P25	Military
148.150	RM	118.8 PL	CAP R-58	Mount Coolidge (FMN)	FMN	Military
148.150	RM	4A4 NAC	CAP R-58	Mount Coolidge (P25)	P25	Military
148.125	RM	118.8 PL	CAP R-57	Pierre (FMN)	FMN	Military
148.125	RM	4A4 NAC	CAP R-57	Pierre (P25)	P25	Military
148.125	RM	107.2 PL	CAP R-25	Rapid City (FMN)	FMN	Military
148.125	RM	430 NAC	CAP R-25	Rapid City (P25)	P25	Military
148.650	BM		RC MARS Net	Rapid City MARS Net	FMN	Military
148.125	RM	107.2 PL	CAP R-25	Sioux Falls (FMN)	FMN	Military
148.125	RM	430 NAC	CAP R-25	Sioux Falls (P25)	P25	Military
148.150	RM	107.2 PL	CAP R-56	Terry Peak (FMN)	FMN	Military
148.150	RM	430 NAC	CAP R-56	Terry Peak (P25)	P25	Military
148.150	RM	118.8 PL	CAP R-58	Turkey Ridge (FMN)	FMN	Military
148.150	RM	4A4 NAC	CAP R-58	Turkey Ridge (P25)	P25	Military
148.150	RM	136.5 PL	CAP R-16	White (FMN)	FMN	Military
148.150	RM	555 NAC	CAP R-16	White (P25)	P25	Military

Ellsworth Air Force Base

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
119.500	BM	CSQ	Elsw AFB A-D	Approach/Departure	AM	Military
120.625	B	CSQ	Elsw AFB ATIS	ATIS broadcast (Mon-Sat)	AM	Military
121.500	BM	CSQ	Elsw AFB Emergnt	Emergency VHF	AM	Military
121.800	BM	CSQ	Elsw AFB Ground	Ground Control	AM	Military
126.050	BM	CSQ	Elsw AFB Tower A	Tower A VHF	AM	Military
163.000	B	103.5 PL	Elsw AFB Siren	Base Siren (Giant Voice)	FMN	Military
233.700	BM		Elsw AFB Clear	Clearance Delivery	AM	Military
236.600	BM		Elsw AFB Tower A	Tower A UHF	AM	Military
243.000	BM		Elsw AFB Emergnt	Emergency UHF	AM	Military
253.500	BM		Elsw AFB Tower B	Tower B UHF	AM	Military
259.100	BM		Elsw AFB Appr	Approach UHF	AM	Military
269.900	B		Elsw AFB ATIS	ATIS broadcast (Mon-Sat)	AM	Military
275.800	BM		Elsw AFB Ground	Ground Control	AM	Military
280.400	M		Elsw AFB A-A Ref	Air To Air Refueling	AM	Military
284.000	BM		Elsw AFB Arrival	Arrival 1	AM	Military
289.400	BM		Elsw AFB Depart	Departure UHF	AM	Military
295.400	M		Elsw AFB A-A Ref	Air to Air Refueling	AM	Military
311.000	BM		Elsw AFB Combat1	Air Combat Command primary	AM	Military
318.800	BM		Elsw AFB Apr Emg	Approach (emergencies)	AM	Military
321.000	BM		Elsw AFB Combat2	Air Combat Command secondary	AM	Military
372.200	BM		Elsw AFB Pilot	Pilot to Dispatch	AM	Military
373.000	BM		Elsw AFB Arrival	Arrival 2	AM	Military
375.775	BM		Elsw AFB Weather	Pilot to Metro (weather)	AM	Military
379.975	BM		Elsw AFB A/D Emg	Approach/Departure Emergencies	AM	Military
381.300	BM		Elsw AFB B-1B	B-1B Traffic	AM	Military
393.000	BM		Elsw AFB Radar	Radar	AM	Military

United States Army

Army Aviation Support Facility - Rapid City

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
36.100	BM	151.4 PL	ANG 1 RC	Air National Guard 1 Helicopters	FM	Military
41.925	BM		ANG 2 RC	Air National Guard 2	FM	Military
238.375	BM		ANG 3 RC	Air National Guard 3	AM	Military

Army Corps of Engineers

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
163.4125		BM		Army Corps 1	Missouri River projects 1	FMN	Federal
163.4375		BM		Army Corps 2	Missouri River projects 2	FMN	Federal