Montana Statewide Interoperable Public Safety Radio System

System Notes

This system is currently going on line in Lewis and Clark County as a Test Bed for what will eventually be the Montana Statewide APCO 25 Trunked System. Most local, county, and state law enforcement agencies will be operating on this system. The Lewis and Clark County system will include Lewis and Clark County Sheriff, Helena Police Department, East Helena Police Department, and various Montana Highway Patrol units. It will eventually be expanded to cover the entire state.
The Lewis and Clark County System consists of 5 tower sites with 3 or more VHF channels in use at each.

Site 6 may not currently be in the trunked system but is scheduled to be.

Stonewall will have a 1 channel P-25 Analog/Conventional Repeater. It will be taled to from the Belmont site that will have a remote base on this channel connected to it's 3 channel trunk system.
Sunset will be a 3 channel trunked P-25

Augusta will be a 1 channel P-25 analog/conventional repeater. It will be talked to from a remote base located on Sunset and tied into the sunset trunked system/microwave.

Hedges will also be a stand alone repeater with a remote base from Hogback talking to it.

System Users

• Montana State Patrol
  • District III
• Flathead County
  • Sheriffs Office
  • Columbia Falls Police
  • Kalispell Police & Fire
  • Whitefish Police
• Gallatin County
  • Bozeman Police
• Lewis and Clark County
  • All Fire and Law Enforcement including Helena
  • Helena Area Transit Service

Related Pages

• Programming Your Scanner for the Montana Statewide Interoperable Public Safety Radio System

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