Covington City (VA)

PRESENT COMMUNICATIONS FREQUENCIES

Repeater   Mobile       Location                Band    City Users
453.21250  458.21250	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CRS
453.78750  458.78750	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CPW
460.11250  465.11250	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CPD
460.20000  465.20000	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CFD
460.47500  465.47500	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CES

These repeaters are located at High Acres Trailer Park inside Covington.

453.40000  458.40000	Covington, Virginia	UHF	Peter's Mtn (all city)

This repeater is located on Peter's Mountain, West of Covington in Alleghany County.

City Tactical Channels

465.06250  465.06250	Covington, Virginia	UHF	Tac 1
465.16250  465.16250	Covington, Virginia	UHF	Tac 2
465.28750  465.28750	Covington, Virginia	UHF	Tac 3
465.33750  465.33750	Covington, Virginia	UHF	Tac 4
465.36250  465.36250	Covington, Virginia	UHF	Tac 5
465.38750  465.38750	Covington, Virginia	UHF	Tac 6

The tactical channels are shared among all City agencies.

Special Use Channels

462.95000  467.95000    Bald Knob - Hot Springs       UHF   Med 9    Ambulance to Hospital
462.97500  467.97500    Horse Mountain - Alleghany Co.UHF   Med 10   Ambulance to Hospital

Mutual Aid Channels

155.20500  155.20500    Rescue Squad Mutual Aid      VHF
155.47500  155.47500    Law Enforcement Mutual Aid   VHF
856.73750  811.73750    Covington, Virginia          800     CFD/CRS - Mutual Aid

This repeater is located on a Mead/Westvaco Tower in Alleghany County.

VHF-Low Band

All City VHF-Low Band channels are out of service at the present time, but are still licensed and programmed in City low band radios:

45.64 MHz - public works (LICENSE TERMINATED - 05/24/2003).
45.56 MHz - emergency management
45.32 MHz - fire & rescue 2
45.42 MHz - police
46.06 MHz - fire & rescue 1

These locally used low band channels are still in service in City mobile radios.

39.50000 MHz - Alleghany County Fire & Rescue
39.54000 MHz - SIRS
45.92000 MHz - Westvaco Rescue Squad

COMMUNICATION HISTORY

1970's

1970s - The City used three VHF - Low Band frequencies:

39.76 MHz - Police
39.54 MHz - SIRS (law enforcement mutual aid)
45.32 MHz - Animal Control / Public Works / Fire & Rescue

1980's

1980s - The City acquired a new VHF - Low Band frequency (45.64 MHz) for Public Works. This gave fire and rescue a separate frequency.

1990's

1990s - The City acquired additional VHF - Low Band frequencies and gave each agency a separate frequency.

45.56 MHz - emergency management
45.42 MHz - police
46.06 MHz - fire & rescue 1

1990s - 2000s

The City acquired UHF Repeater Pairs for All City agencies:

453.21250  458.21250	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CRS
453.78750  458.78750	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CPW
460.11250  465.11250	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CPD
460.20000  465.20000	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CFD
460.47500  465.47500	Covington, Virginia	UHF	CES

During this time, all City agencies converted to UHF - 450 MHz communications. The police were first, followed by public works. Then as more funds became available, fire and rescue was moved to UHF. The paging for fire & rescue continued on VHF - Low Band and UHF for a period of time when multiple channel, narrow band pagers became available. After all members of both agencies were outfitted with new pagers and the old VHF - Low Band transmitter started to malfunction, paging was completely moved to UHF.

THERE IS NO SIMULCASTING DONE ON CITY FREQUENCIES EXCEPT FOR FREQUENCIES WHICH ARE LINKED FROM ONE OF THE 450 MHZ TACTICAL CHANNELS TO THE CITY 800 MHZ CHANNEL ON THE MEADWESTVACO TOWER!!!