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Santa Cruz County, California

Last Updated: July 30, 2025, 02:31 am UTC

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Santa Cruz County Trunked Systems (4)	Trunked
Santa Cruz County Amateur Radio	Amateur Radio
Santa Cruz County	Category
Cities	Category
Education	Category
Media	Category
Transit	Category
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Businesses	Business Group
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Utilities	Utility

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Santa Cruz County

Sheriff

Brown - VLAW31

White - CALAW1

Gold - CALAW2

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.565	WSQ977	RM	CSQ	SCSO Blue	Blue - Primary	FMN	Law Dispatch
154.950	WSQ977	RM	CSQ	SCSO Red	Red - Mutual Aid	FMN	Interop
154.385	WQQH673	RM	CSQ	SCSO Silver	Silver - North Coast Tac	FMN	Law Tac
156.030	KBV97	M	CSQ	SCSO Orange	Orange - Admin	FMN	Law Tac
155.070	KBV97	M	CSQ	SCSO Green	Green - Investigations	FMN	Law Tac
155.010	KBV97	M	CSQ	SCSO Black	Black - SWAT	FMN	Law Tac
155.265	KD31427	M	CSQ	SCSO Explorers	Explorers	FMN	Law Tac
155.235	KB54173	M	CSQ	SCSO SAR/Jeep	Search and Rescue / Jeep Posse	FMN	Law Tac
155.160	KD31427	M	CSQ	SCSO NASAR	National Search and Rescue Common	FMN	Interop
155.310	WNHI428	RM	162.2 PL	SCSO Jail	County Jail	FMN	Corrections

Fire

CAL FIRE - CZU 1700 / Felton ECC

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.325	KBU639	RM	162.2 PL	XCZ RED CMD	Red - Dispatch	FMN	Fire Dispatch
154.190	KDJ93	RM	103.5 PL	XCZ YEL CMD	Yellow - Command	FMN	Fire-Talk
154.415	KDJ93	M	151.4 PL	XCZ BLUE	Blue - Coastal Tac	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.445	KCK529	M	162.2 PL	XCZ GREEN	Green - East Tac	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.055	KD28224	M	192.8 PL	XCZ BLACK	Black - Valley Tac	FMN	Fire-Tac
150.775	WQKW683	M	192.8 PL	XCZ SILVER	Silver - Tactical	FMN	Fire-Tac
151.040	WQKN312	M	151.4 PL	XCZ ORANGE	Orange - Tactical	FMN	Fire-Tac
153.8375	WQVI365	M	167.9 PL	CRZ TAC	County Fire Tac	FMN	Fire-Tac

EMS

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
463.050		RM	173.8 PL	Med 3	Medical Net	FMN	EMS Dispatch
463.175		RM	173.8 PL	Med 8	Dominican Hospital / Watsonville Hospital	FMN	Hospital
155.385	KRJ876	BM	118.8 PL	HEAR Net	Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio	FMN	Hospital

Services

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
151.100		RM	CSQ	SCCo Roads	County Roads	FMN	Public Works
155.055		RM	CSQ	SCCo AC	Animal Control	FMN	Public Works
156.135	WDH791	M	CSQ	SCCo Landfill	Landfill	FMN	Public Works
156.195	WNMK668	M	CSQ	SCCo PW	Public Works Simplex	FMN	Public Works

Cities

Capitola

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.625	KUZ592	RM	162.2 PL	Capitola PD1	Police Dispatch Blue	FMN	Law Dispatch
153.995	KNHB808	BM		Capitola PD2	Police Secondary Yellow	FMN	Law Tac

Santa Cruz

Fire - Santa Cruz County Fire

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.770	KMA233	RM	162.2 PL	SantaCruz PD1	Police Dispatch Blue	FMN	Law Dispatch
155.880	WNVA542	RM	123.0 PL	SantaCruz PD2	Police Secondary Yellow	FMN	Law Tac
155.250	WQQH673	RM	CSQ	SantaCruz PD3	Police Tactical	FMN	Law Tac
155.220	WNWN528	BM	CSQ	SantaCruz LG	Lifeguards "Gold"	FMN	Fire-Tac
153.410	KMK835	RM	179.9 PL	SantaCruz Water	Water Department	FMN	Public Works
154.100	KMJ884	RM	103.5 PL	SantaCruz Trash	Trash/Recycling	FMN	Public Works
155.145	WPIC576	BM	CSQ	SantaCruz Port	Port District	FMN	Public Works
453.600	WNYW379	BM		SantaCruz CivAud	Civic Auditorium Ops	FMN	Public Works

Scotts Valley

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.085	KLI289	RM	162.2 PL	ScottsValley PD1	Police Dispatch Blue	FMN	Law Dispatch
155.940	KLI289	RM	162.2 PL	ScottsValley PD2	Police Secondary Yellow	FMN	Law Tac

Watsonville

Gang Task Force - VLAW31

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.845	KMA340	RM	346 DPL	Watsonville PD	Police Dispatch Blue	FMN	Law Dispatch

Education

Cabrillo College

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
156.090	KNHG437	BM	91.5 PL	Cabrillo Sec	Security (Sheriff)	FMN	Security

Santa Cruz City Schools

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
461.825	WNYJ894	RM	151.4 PL	SCCS Buses	Buses	FM	Schools
451.675	WPRK615	M		Soquel HS	Soquel High	FM	Schools
461.250	WPRK615	M		Soquel HS	Soquel High	FM	Schools
463.800	WPRK615	M		Soquel HS	Soquel High	FM	Schools

University of California, Santa Cruz

Fire - Santa Cruz County Fire

University of California (Santa Cruz)
NXDN NEXEDGE 9600

Operations

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
155.505	KIG546	RM	156.7 PL	UCSC PD	Police Dispatch	FMN	Law Dispatch
154.130	KNFU864	RM	141.3 PL	UCSC FD Tac	Fire Tactical	FMN	Fire-Talk
462.4875		M	CSQ	UCSC TAP	Theater Arts Production	FMN	Schools
468.4875		M	CSQ	UCSC TAP	Theater Arts Production	FMN	Schools
858.2125		RM	CSQ	UCSC BU	Trunked System Backup	FMN	Schools

Media

Radio

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
161.640	KLG271	B	CSQ	KSCO-AM IFP	KSCO-1080 AM Remote Broadcast	FM	Media
161.670	KLG271	B	CSQ	KSCO-AM IFP	KSCO-1080 AM Remote Broadcast	FM	Media
161.700	KLG272	B	CSQ	KSCO-AM IFP	KSCO-1080 AM Remote Broadcast	FM	Media
161.730	KLG272	B	CSQ	KSCO-AM IFP	KSCO-1080 AM Remote Broadcast	FM	Media
161.760	KLG272	B	CSQ	KSCO-AM IFP	KSCO-1080 AM Remote Broadcast	FM	Media
166.250		B	CSQ	KUSP-FM IFP	88.9 KUSP-FM Remote Broadcast	FM	Media
170.150		B	CSQ	KUSP-FM IFP	88.9 KUSP-FM Remote Broadcast	FM	Media

Transit

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District

Frequency	License	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
453.425		RM	SC MTD	Operations	DMR	Transportation
453.975	KWO575	RM	SC MTD	Operations	DMR	Transportation
460.1375		RM	SC MTD	Operations	DMR	Transportation
460.6375		RM	SC MTD	Operations	DMR	Transportation