Wellington Region

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Wellington Region Radio Frequencies

The following information is structured and cross-referenced with the Ministry of Economic Developments Radio Spectrum Management Public Information Brochure 23 which lists frequency data for most bands in New Zealand.

NZ Fire Service

ESA Band

Search Pair: 75.2250MHz~79.96875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz & 25kHz Channel Spacing.

Wellington

Base λ	Mobile λ	Channel	Description
75.4750	78.35625	ESA 21	Hutt
75.5250	78.40625	ESA 25	Kapiti
75.5875	78.46875	ESA 30	Wrights Hill
75.9625	78.84375	ESA 60	Mount Kaukau
79.1900	79.1900		Simplex

ESB Band

Search Pair: 138.01250~143.9875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λ	Mobile λ	Channel	Description
143.05000	140.05000	ESB 164	Repeater chnl 20
143.25000	140.25000	ESB 180	Liaise Duplex chnl 21
140.61000	140.61000		Fire 4 High
140.92500	140.92500	ESX 34	Fire 3 High
140.98750	140.98750	ESX 39	Liaise Simplex chnl 10
143.78750	143.78750	ESX 63	Fire 2 High
143.82500	143.82500	ESX 66	Fire 1 High

Also see National Data > Fire National Frequencies

NZ Ambulance Service

Wellington Free Ambulance Area Peka Peka to the top of the Rimutakas South See Ambulance and other photos here.

ESB Band

Search Pair: 138.01250~143.9875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λ	Mobile λ	Channel	Description
141.42500	138.42500	ESB 34	Wrights Hill Wellington
141.38750	138.38750	ESB 31	Mt Clime Hutt
141.40000	138.40000	ESB 32	Puke Bay Kapiti
141.37500	138.37500	ESB 30	Forest Heights Otaki
140.6500	140.6500	ESX 12	Simplex

423.1625 Wairarapa Link need confirmation this is still working

Aviation Bands

AR Band

Search Pair: 118.000 MHz~135.9755MHz, AM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λ	Mobile λ	Channel	Description
119.10000	119.10000	ACX45	General Aviation talk
118.80000	118.80000	ACX33	Wellington Tower
119.30000	119.30000	ACX53	Wellington Approach
121.30000	121.30000	ACX133	Wellington Information
121.90000	121.90000	ACX157	Wellington Ground
122.30000	122.30000	ACX173	Wellington Departure
118.30000	118.30000	ACX13	Paraparaumu Unattended
130.35000	130.35000	ARX14	Air NZ
133.55000	133.55000	ARX118	Gliders
133.90000	133.90000	ARX132	Fuelers
126.90000	126.90000	ACX357	ATIS

See also: RSM Aeronautical Bands PDF Maritime Bands MM Band Search Pair: 156.0125MHz~162.200MHz, FM Modulation, 25kHz Channel Spacing. Base λ Ship λ Channel Description 160.625 156.125 MM62 Wellington Coast 160.800 156.200 MM4 Wgtn Harbour Radio Palliser 156.425 156.425 MM68 Picton Maritime 156.475 156.475 MM69 Maritime 156.575 156.575 MM71 Wellington Maritime 156.700 156.700 MM14 Wellington Harbour Radio Beacon Hill 156.800 156.800 MM16 Calling-Distress 156.500 156.500 MM10 Wellington Harbour Tugs/Pilot 156.600 156.600 MM12 Wellington Harbour Tugs/Pilot 156.650 156.650 MM13 Wellington Harbour Tugs/Pilot See also: National Data > Marine VHF Frequencies RSM Maritime HF and VHF Bands PDF Civil Defence λ Description 140.9875 Horowhenua 141.0500 Colonial Knob 141.0625 Mt Eringa 143.0500 Waipura 149.4000 Makara High 149.4250 WCC HQ 149.7250 WCC Kaukau 149.8500 Upper Hutt 149.8250 WCC 149.7750 NATIONAL See also National Data > Ministry of Civil Defence National Frequencies Diplomatic Freq Chan Description 462.61875 DN65 US Embassy 463.08125 DN102 US Embassy 464.46875 DN213 US Embassy Security Rail Service λ Description 151.9750 Kapiti Rail 453.3625 Rail Ferry 1 453.4375 Rail Yard 453.4875 Rail Hutt 453.5125 Yard 453.5625 Rail Ferry 2 See also National Data > Railways Frequencies Taxis Department of Conservation VHF repeaters λ Location 142.4625 Mt Baker - southern Rimutaka 142.5375 Kapiti Island 142.5500 Cone - Tararua Range Others λ Description 456.5250 Victoria University 461.8300 Stagecoach Buses 463.4750 Parliament Security 466.8625 Strait Shipping Ltd 478.6150 Massey University NZ Police Analogue (Historic) ALL WELLINGTON ANALOGUE FREQUENCIES ARE CURRENTLY LINKED TO PALMERSTON NORTH Analogue frequencies listed below are for historic purpose only. As of June 2009 the Project 25 (P25) digital radio system has been deployed in the Wellington area (Wellington City, Upper Hutt, Kapiti, Mana and the Wairarapa) for NZ Police. ESA Band Search Pair: 75.2250MHz~79.96875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz & 25kHz Channel Spacing. Wellington Channel Base λ Mobile λ Channel Description 75.55000 78.43125 ESA 27 Wellington Wrights Hill 75.62500 78.50625 ESA 33 Wellington North 75.76250 78.64375 ESA 44 Wellington South 75.88750 78.76875 ESA 54 Wellington Area Two Hutt Channel Base λ Mobile λ Channel Description 75.22500 78.10625 ESA 1 Lower Hutt 75.25000 78.13125 ESA 3 Upper Hutt 075.8625 78.74375 ESA 52 Hutt Area Two Mana Channel Base λ Mobile λ Channel Description 75.71250 78.59375 ESA 40 Mana 75.73750 78.61875 ESA 42 Mana Unknown 76.03750 78.91875 ESA 66 Mana Paraparaumu 76.06250 78.94375 ESA 68 Mana Pukerua Bay 76.08750 78.96875 ESA 70 Mana Porirua 76.1125 78.99375 ESA 72 Mana 75.8125 78.69375 ESA 48 Mana Area Two F Band Search Pair: 470.50625MHz~493.99375MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz & 25kHz Channel Spacing. Wellington Channel Base λ Mobile λ Channel Description 485.2250 491.23750 F 210 Wellington 486.0500 492.06250 F 243 Wellington 486.6500 492.66250 F 267 Wellington 486.6750 492.68750 F 268 Wellington 486.8500 492.86250 F 275 Wellington 487.7750 493.78750 F 312 Wellington 487.8500 493.86250 F 315 Wellington 485.2000 491.21250 F 209 Wellington Airport Hutt Channel Base λ Mobile λ Channel Description 484.4250 490.43750 F 178 Hutt 485.2500 491.26250 F 211 Hutt 486.5500 492.56250 F 263 Hutt 486.5750 492.58750 F 264 Hutt 486.6000 492.61250 F 265 Hutt 486.7250 492.73750 F 270 Hutt 487.3250 493.33750 F 294 Hutt Non-Geograpic Channels Base λ Mobile λ Channel Description 485.3300 Area Two 485.3500 Area Two 485.4300 Area Two 485.9300 Area Two 486.0000 Area Two 486.7000 Area Two 488.0000 SIMPLEX 488.0250 Dog Simplex Also see National Data > Police Cross Band Freqencies NZ Police Digital The P25 implementation for NZ Police in the ESB and ESC bands includes a DES/AES encryption layer securing the radio network from unauthorized monitoring. Although modern digital scanners are able to DECODE these signals, they are unable to DECRYPT them. Currently there are a number of projects in development to monitor and analyse P25 radio networks. ESB Band Search Pair: 138.01250~143.9875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing. Base λ Mobile λ Channel Description ESC Band Search Pair: 494.00625MHz~501.987500MHz, FM & C4FM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing. Base λ Mobile λ Channel Description Wellington Radio Callsigns NZ Police Callsigns Callsign Format Police unit callsigns have the first two letters of their home station (eg HN for Hamilton), then usually one (or two) letters for the unit type (e.g. S for sergeant), then numbers for the unique unit or shift group. Examples: HNS1 is Hamilton general duties sergeant section 1. TNI3 is Takapuna I-Car (General Duties), Late Shift SVH13 is an Auckland Motorways Traffic unit Callsigns Callsign Area Description CTR Carterton I (Incident) Car FSR Featherston I Car GTR Greytown I Car LHI Lower Hutt I Car LHS Lower Hutt Sergeant LHT Lower Hutt Traffic LHV Lower Hutt Traffic Sergeant MSS Masterton Sergeant MST Masterton Traffic WBI Wainuiomata I Car WBCP Wainuiomata Community Patrol UPI Upper Hutt I Car UPS Upper Hutt Sergeant UPT Upper Hutt Traffic KLI Kilbirnie I (Incident) Car NZ Fire Service Callsigns These are stations covered by the Wellington fire channel. For information about the differences between Career, Composite and Volunteer stations, see Fire terminology. For information about vehicle callsigns, see Fire vehicles. Callsigns Station Station # Crewing Callsigns Wellington City 21 Career WELL215, WELL217, WELL2114 Newtown 22 Career NEWT221 Thorndon 23 Career THOR231, THOR236 Kilburnie 24 Composite KILB241 (Career), KILB2426 (Volunteer) Brooklyn 25 Career BROO251 Karori 26 Career KARO261 Johnsonville 28 Composite JOHN281, JOHN287 Newlands 29 Volunteer NEWL291 Porirua 31 Composite PORI311, PORI317, PORI3110* (Career) PORI312 (Volunteer) Tawa 33 Volunteer TAWA331, TAWA332 Titahi Bay 34 Volunteer TITA341 Plimerton 35 Volunteer PLIM351 Paekakarki 36 Volunteer PAEK361 Paraparaumu 37 Composite PARA371, PARA377, PARA3726 Waikanae 38 Volunteer WAIK381, WAIK387, WAIK3829 Otaki 41 Volunteer OTAK411, OTAK417 Hutt 40 Career HUTT407 Avalon 41 Career AVAL414, AVAL4115 Seaview 42 Composite SEAV421 (Career) SEAV422 (Volunteer), SEAV4212* Stokes Valley 43 Volunteer STOK431, STOK432 Wainuiomata 44 Volunteer WAIN441, WAIN447, WAIN4426 Eastbourne 46 Volunteer EAST461 Silverstream 47 Volunteer SILV471 Trentham 48 Composite TREN481 (Volunteer), TREN487 (Career), TREN4810* Rimutaka 49 Composite RIMU491 (Career), RIMU4926, RIMU4928 (Volunteer) Ngawi 51 Volunteer NGAW5171 Lake Ferry 52 Volunteer LAKE5271, LAKE5275 Mauriceville 53 Volunteer MAUR5371 Wainuioru 54 Volunteer WAIN5471 Castlepoint 55 Volunteer CAST5571 Tinui 56 Volunteer TINU5671 Tora 57 Volunteer TORA5871, TORA5875 Riversdale Beach 59 Volunteer RIVE5971 Masterton 61 Composite MAST611, MAST612, MAST613, MAST617, MAST6110 Carterton 62 Volunteer CART621, CART622, CART6229 Featherston 63 Volunteer FEAT631, FEAT632, FEAT6326 Greytown 64 Volunteer GREY642, GREY647 Martinbrough 65 Volunteer MART651, MART652, MART6529 Appliances marked with a * are 'Crossmanned'. Staff from another appliance will crew this vehicle when it is required at a call. Bush Forces Wainuiomata Bush Fire Force (Hutt City Council) 9571 2002 Mitsubishi Canter 9572 1999 Mitsubishi Canter 9573 1994 Toyota Hilux 9574 Nissan Safari 9575 1974 Toyota Landcruiser HUTT DPRFO 1998 Toyota Hiace Upper Hutt Rural Fire (Upper Hutt City Council) 9410 1999 Ford Courier 9425 1994 Mitsubishi Canter 9471 1995 Toyota Dyna 9472 2002 Isuzu NPS300 9475 1981 Mitsubishi Fuso 9480 1988 Nissan Civillian UH DPRFO 2002 Ford Courier UHRFO02 2003 Mitsubishi Triton NZ Ambulance Service Callsigns Callsign = Station that the vechicle origanated (e.g city one means the vechicle originated from city station) If the vechicle prefix is: 0* = Ambulance 2* = Patient Transfer Service 8* = Special Event Ambulance 9* = General Event Ambulance The digit after the number is the unit in order of the shift so first unit of the day in order Wellington Free Ambulance Callsign Description Thorndon 1 Thorndon 2 Thorndon 91 Newtown 1 Newtown 21 Patient Transport (PTO) Lower Hutt 1 Lower Hutt 2 Lower Hutt 21 Patient Transport (PTO) Lower Hutt 91 Upper Hutt 1 Porirua 1 Porirua 2 Porirua 21 Patient Transport (PTO) Paraparaumu 1 Paraparaumu 2 Paraparaumu 3 Wainuiomata 1 Rescue 1 4x4 Rescue Rescue 2 4x4 Rescue/workshop Oscar (1-4 depending on shift) A1Well Westpac Rescue Helicopter CAS 1 Wellington Hospital ED CAS 2 Hutt Hospital ED Wellington Radio Codes NZ Police Radio Codes All police radio codes Police 10 code Police K codes Police event codes Police abbreviations Category:Police NZ Fire Service Radio Codes Fire K codes Appliance types Fire vehicles, Fire terminology Category:Fire NZ Ambulance Service Radio Codes Ambulance ProQA Job description codes Ambulance Q codes Ambulance R codes Ambulance/Paramedic scopes of practice Ambulance Patient Status Codes Ambulance Response Priority Codes Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) Helicopter Callsigns Helicopter response codes Category:Ambulance