Tohono o Odham Fire West

N9JIG · Jan 16, 2016

I got a CloseCall hit on 163.1750, PL 100.0 as I went between Why and Ajo this afternoon, it sounded much like the Sells FD traffic on 170.125 I heard earlier this afternoon further east.

Can anyone verify this is actually used by one of the FD's in the Tohono o Odham Nation before I submit it? I think it may have been a transmitter on a peak hear there for the west end of the reservation.

kd7ckq · Jan 16, 2016

I have that as a ICE freq.. Might have a new user now as my info is several years old. L12 Net 28 from the SWFD 10th Edition.

cellphone · Jan 17, 2016

It might be the repeater input for Sells FD. 163.175 is a input/mobile allocation. It is also the same PL as Sells FD.

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Federal_VHF/UHF_Channel_Plans

cellphone · Jan 17, 2016

kd7ckq said:
I have that as a ICE freq.. Might have a new user now as my info is several years old. L12 Net 28 from the SWFD 10th Edition.

ICE and CBP are pretty much all P25 now. Most info in the SWFD is outdated as this was before they went all digital.

N9JIG · Jan 17, 2016

cellphone said:
It might be the repeater input for Sells FD. 163.175 is a input/mobile allocation. It is also the same PL as Sells FD.

Federal VHF/UHF Channel Plans - The RadioReference Wiki

That's kind of the direction I was heading for but then I was hearing both sides thru a repeater. I wonder if it isn't some sort of link or remote station.

That was the first time I went thru there, we had been at AZ Mills and decided to go home the long way, thru Casa Grande and the reservation then thru Why and Ajo. I know the res has a couple disconnected sections, is one of them the area around Ajo and to the west? Could it be a remote base for that area?

SCPD · Jan 18, 2016

Federal agencies are no longer allowed to use VHF frequencies for links, they all have to use UHF.

That is some "detour" to get home you took! You might as well have taken a side trip to Organ Pipe NM while you were at it!

FLANO · Jan 18, 2016

N9JIG said:
I got a CloseCall hit on 163.1750, PL 100.0 as I went between Why and Ajo this afternoon, it sounded much like the Sells FD traffic on 170.125 I heard earlier this afternoon further east.

Can anyone verify this is actually used by one of the FD's in the Tohono o Odham Nation before I submit it? I think it may have been a transmitter on a peak hear there for the west end of the reservation.

Rich,

Do you remember any of the engine numbers ? Perhaps we can cross reference with a TOO station.

TOO does not follow all of the rules ...

N9JIG · Jan 18, 2016

Unfortunately I was not logging engine numbers, I was driving and watching the scenery.

Tohono o Odham Fire West

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