Frequencies for Monitoring the Secret Service During Bill Clinton's Visit to Asheville

Former President Bill Clinton will be in Asheville, NC to campaign for Congressman Heath Shuler, and if I had been thinking, I would have made it a point to attend, or park close by just so i could monitor the communications of the Secret Service detail protecting the former President.

Well, all is not lost. If you are in the area, you can still do this...but only if you have a scanner and a list of frequency assignments.

If you don't have a scanner, you can listen online to law enforcement and other public service agencies at Radio Reference. You won't be able to hear the Secret Service, but you'll be able to monitor law enforcement as they assist the Secret Service in keeping order and protecting the former President during his visit. There is also a good page for local frequencies for Asheville and Buncombe County.

Here are a few frequencies I've found posted online to help you out in regards to Secret Service Frequencies:

Secret Service VHF radios are set up as follows:

Channel	Designation
1	BAKER
2	CHARLIE
3	MIKE
4	TANGO
5	OSCAR
6	PAPA
7	BAKER REPEATER (165.7875/164.4000)
8	CHARLIE REPEATER (165.3750/166.4000)

Frequencies A through Z

Alpha	32.2300	WHCA-Transportation (vans) (possible DC base)
Baker	165.7875	USSS-Field Offices, President/VP/VIP security
Charlie	165.3750	USSS-Field Offices/Protection, command post coordination (Nationwide Primary)
Delta	169.9250	WHCA-Marine Security Detachment, vans
Echo	407.8500	WHCA-SAM Uplink (Air Force 1 phone patch ground uplink)
Foxtrot	415.7000	WHCA-SAM Downlink (Air Force 1 phone patch aircraft downlink)
Golf	166.4000	USSS-Field Offices
	165.7625	Input to 165.3750 repeaters
Hotel	167.9000	WHCA-V.P. Staff/White House Garage
	165.6875
	166.2125	President/VP Security
India	407.9250	USSS-Headquarters (Treasury Security Force)
	166.2000
Juliet	170.0000	USSS-Paging/Camp David
Kilo	167.8250	Duplex Phone-Pres Res/LBJ, WHCA
Lima	168.7875	Duplex Phone-Pres Res/LBJ, WHCA (voice scramblers)
Lavender	418.1250	WHCA-Transportation
Mike	165.2125	USSS-Dignitary/Former Pres Protection, Counterfeit Division
November	166.7000	WHCA-White House Staff
Oscar	164.8875	USSS-Presidential Protection Division (PPD), WHCA
Papa	164.4000	USSS-Field Offices/Protection, input to 165.2125 repeaters
Quebec	---
Romeo	166.4000	Input to 165.7875 repeaters
	164.4000	USSS-Repeater Outputs
Sierra	166.5125	WHCA-White House Staff
Tango	164.6500	USSS-Field Offices/Protection, Presidential/VP Security
Uniform	361.6000	AF-1 Communications
	165.0875
Victor	164.1000	WHCA, Presidential/VP Protection
Whiskey	167.0250	WHCA-Paging
X-ray	********	SEE BELOW
Yankee	162.6875	WHCA-Presidential phone uplink or downlink
Zulu	171.2875	WHCA-Presidential phone downlink or uplink

The Treasury Common frequency is 166.4625.

X-ray is the reserve frequency pool and is not Treasury Common. Frequencies here are used whenever a new frequency is needed.

X-ray frequencies

164.7500
164.8000
165.2625
165.3375
165.4125
165.5125
165.6500
165.6875
165.8500
165.9000
166.0500
166.2000
166.5625
166.5875
166.6375
166.8000
167.9000
The most active frequencies used before and during a presidential or vice presidential visit are Baker, Charlie, Mike, and Tango, as well as any channel designated for use by the WHCA. The frequency used most as a nationwide primary repeater channel is Charlie, followed by Baker. Former presidents' security use Mike. Oscar is used for presidential protection nationwide and Papa is used for White House perimeter patrols.

Pres Nighthawk Aircraft Fleet (HMX)

Transport	46.7500
Transport	375.0000
VIP Transport Net	34.3500
Command Post	142.7500
Squadron Common	265.8000
USMC helicopters	46.7000, 46.7500, 46.8000, 122.8500, 375.0000

Other Phone Patches

Nationwide-2	407.4750	uplink
Nationwide-2	415.8000	downlink
Limousines (Local/DC)	407.4500	duplex
Limousines (Local/DC)	408.2000	duplex

USSS Uniform Division (All repeaters use PL 103.5 Hz)

Gray	418.3500/407.7500	White House
Orange	418.7750/414.9500	White House
Brown	414.8500/418.8000	Foreign Missions
Red	415.9750/419.7250	Foreign Missions
Silver	415.6500/419.1000	Foreign Missions
Yellow	414.6750/418.1500, 415.9500 WHCA ("Boardwalk")	Foreign Missions Patrol Primary

Training Division: Beltsville, MD

Green	415.7500/407.8750
Black	415.1000/418.3250
Blue	414.8000
Violet	415.8000
Communications Division:
Gold	415.6750/419.0750
Other:
Lavender	418.1250	WHCA Transportation
White	407.6750

Technical Security Division (Special Use)

F-1	408.0000
F-2	411.0000
F-3	408.5000
F-4	408.9750

NOTES: Frequencies in 407 Mhz band are used for agents' body radios with "wristwatch" microphones.
WHCA stands for White House Communications Agency.
The PL used by the Secret Service is 103.5 Hz.
The above info was gathered from several sources. Not all sources agreed on the same frequencies.

More good lists can be found at Radio Reference and  MT FedFiles.