[FedCom] 166.250

[onecharliesix at verizon.net]

166.2500   91.5 was(?)  Martha's Vineyard / Dukes County Sheriff . However
has not been reported as active since 2020
as they put in a new VHF system in 2021. 
Jeff
Cape Cod
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Subject: Re: [FedCom] 166.250

Thank you Chuck, yes I have copied other "Fire , EMS " comms on that freq.
before seems odd in the Fed Band but then again NY DEC is on 172.275 not
Federal ..
Marcy

On Thu, Jul 9, 2026, 8:28 PM Chuck via FedCom <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> 166.250 and 170.150 are two oddball freqs every fed monitor should 
> know about. Going back to the 1950s, I believe, these two frequencies 
> were set aside for fire use within a 150-mile radius of New York City. 
> For years, Philadelphia fire used 170.150 for repeater output and 
> 166.250 for repeater input for fire rescue (ambulance, then EMS).