Capital area Federal freqs

[DaveNF2G]

Confirmed entries from this list have been submitted to RRDB. Input is welcome.

(Comments in parentheses are feedback from others on a different mailing list.)

162.3250 $293 Coast Guard
(162.6375 FBI repeater out ???)
163.0000 $299 Stratton VHAMC maintenance
163.3625 $298 Stratton VHAMC water
163.5375 CSQ Morse UTARSEN
164.0625 $297 Stratton VHAMC physical plant
164.1750 186.2 dial tone, digital paging (CTCSS could be artifact)
164.7500 too quick to get details
165.0875 100.0 (possibly Customs)
165.2375 $301 U.S. Customs
166.2125 $296 Stratton VHAMC security
166.2500 D432 Schodack PD - not a fed, but they are here legitimately
(167.5125 FBI repeater out ???)
167.5375 $167 FBI encrypted
(167.7875 FBI repeater out ???)
167.8750 $150 DOE Knolls Atomic Power Lab
167.9250 $100 CBP-ICE / (DOE ?)
167.9750 $100 CBP-ICE encrypted / (DOE ?)
170.6750 $167 FBI Albany repeater input "5 Delta" heard in the clear
170.8000 $293
173.1000 $167 FBI Albany repeater "5 Delta" and "Central" in the clear
173.3125 CSQ data (probably SCADA - can't find a specific local listing)
173.7625 $301 National Parks Service - Saratoga Monument

(CBP has been caught with $C02 in the Albany area tho.)

[ecps92]

162.6375 would be the input to FBI Rptrs in the Albany Area
167.2875, 167.5125, 167.7875, 170.6750, 173.1000

164.1750 VA Paging.

164.7500 likely $200, notes for DoE Saratoga

Originally Posted by DaveNF2G

Confirmed entries from this list have been submitted to RRDB. Input is welcome.

(Comments in parentheses are feedback from others on a different mailing list.)

162.3250 $293 Coast Guard
(162.6375 FBI repeater out ???)
163.0000 $299 Stratton VHAMC maintenance
163.3625 $298 Stratton VHAMC water
163.5375 CSQ Morse UTARSEN
164.0625 $297 Stratton VHAMC physical plant
164.1750 186.2 dial tone, digital paging (CTCSS could be artifact)
164.7500 too quick to get details
165.0875 100.0 (possibly Customs)
165.2375 $301 U.S. Customs
166.2125 $296 Stratton VHAMC security
166.2500 D432 Schodack PD - not a fed, but they are here legitimately
(167.5125 FBI repeater out ???)
167.5375 $167 FBI encrypted
(167.7875 FBI repeater out ???)
167.8750 $150 DOE Knolls Atomic Power Lab
167.9250 $100 CBP-ICE / (DOE ?)
167.9750 $100 CBP-ICE encrypted / (DOE ?)
170.6750 $167 FBI Albany repeater input "5 Delta" heard in the clear
170.8000 $293
173.1000 $167 FBI Albany repeater "5 Delta" and "Central" in the clear
173.3125 CSQ data (probably SCADA - can't find a specific local listing)
173.7625 $301 National Parks Service - Saratoga Monument

(CBP has been caught with $C02 in the Albany area tho.)

[ecps92]

WPKV551 - WATERVLIET, CITY OF (POLICE DEPARTMENT)

Originally Posted by DaveNF2G

173.3125 CSQ data (probably SCADA - can't find a specific local listing)

[DaveNF2G]

hmm. Maybe I should re-check and see if the "data" is actually MotoTRBO.

[Thunderknight]

For Watervliet, if you look at that license, it's several 2 watt transmitters. One is listed as the water facility, another shows up on Google StreetView as some type of road-side pump station with a yagi.

There are several frequencies in the 170 MHz range that are available for water type telemetry use.
There are also a couple of 160 MHz range frequencies available for public safety (e.g. the Schodack PD Freq). They are detailed in various parts of the FCC rules, mostly in 47 CFR 90.20 (Public safety pool) and the footnotes.

[DaveNF2G]

That settles it, then. It's obviously water department telemetry.

[nd5y]

Originally Posted by Thunderknight

There are several frequencies in the 170 MHz range that are available for water type telemetry use.

Yep. See Hydrological/Meterological Channels - The RadioReference Wiki and SCADA - The RadioReference Wiki