Essential Radio Listening

Here are the 'Top 23' frequencies to hear just about all of the public safety operations in the Monterey Peninsula. The Monterey Peninsula is made up of several cities, many are dispatched from the 911center in Monterey.

Monterey Center, as it's heard on the radio, dispatches:

• Monterey PD 155.490
• Del Rey Oaks PD.491550
• Seaside PD 155.685
• Sand City PD 155.685
• Pacific Grove PD 155.535
• Monterey County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) 159.090

Carmel dispatches from it's own department, but has capabilities to communicate with the other agencies.

• Carmel PD 154.710

<city name> followed by 'Records' or 'Jail' refers to the radio being operated at the cities' police station.

Salinas Dispatches for Salinas and Marina

• Salinas PD ch 1 Primary 460.175
• Salinas PD ch 2 Records 460.025
• Marina Department of Public Safety 158.835

Marina's Police and Fire dispatch from the same frequency

Fire/Ambulance Dispatches

Fire and Ambulance are dispatched over the same frequency.

• Monterey, Seaside, Sand City, Del Rey Oaks 153.890
• Pacific Grove, Carmel, Carmel Valley 154.175
• Salinas 154.205
• Marina 158.835

Fireground channels

• Silver 153.860
• Orange 154.235
• Red 154.370

From the Monterey Center, you may hear referrals to channel numbers, the primary operations are:

• 1 Pacific Grove <500>
• 2 Monterey <300> Del Rey Oaks <900>
• 3 Clemars (154.920), used for chat and 10-36 traffic
• 4 Seaside <600> Sand City <100>
• 6 Monterey PD Tactical freq (154.860)
• 10 Del Rey Oaks PD Tactical freq (153.965)

Channels 3, 6, & 10 are in simplex mode.

Pacific Grove PD has been known to drop to simplex on it's main channel, with referrals to 'go unit to unit' or other terms.

Calcord, 156.075 has been utilized as a tactical channel, referred to as 'Calcord'

Seaside PD uses digital encryption during confidential transmissions. Referred as "Go to Code"

CHP Channels

The Station is On Portola Dr, right off of Reservation Rd and Highway 68. (remember to slow down!)

• Base 42.460
• Mobile 42.700

Other Channels of interest

State Park Rangers, Patrol the beaches, 855.9625.State Parks also is present at the Asilomar Conference Grounds and Asilomar State Beach. They can be heard also on Pacific Grove PD freq, 155.535.Their call is "State Parks #"