ALMR Ketchikan

[DonS]

I notice there's a site listed in the DB for Ketchikan, but no freqs are flagged as controls. Is that because nobody has found CCs? Or does Ketchikan use freqs from some other site?

 

[jimsokol]

Normally it means that no one has identified which are the primary or alternate control channels.

 

[kikito]

I notice there's a site listed in the DB for Ketchikan, but no freqs are flagged as controls. Is that because nobody has found CCs? Or does Ketchikan use freqs from some other site?

It's probably that I haven't got a chance to go down there and confirm the CCs yet. :wink:

But seriously, the frequencies probably came from the FCC assignments long before any sites in that area became active. A lot of sites around the state are not online yet and many that have come online have not been confirmed by anybody in that area yet. There isn't as many hardcore scannists up here as there are down in the states unfortunately.

Why? Are you in that area beta testing the new GRE PSR-500? :lol:

 

[DonS]

I'll be going up there on Friday to visit family, and wanted to take a radio with me. I'll program the DB's freqs for the Ketchikan site (304) and will see what I find.

 

[kikito]

Hey, that'll be great if you can submit your findings for the area when you come back!

 

[DonS]

It doesn't look like the site is active at all. From north of Ward Cove down to south of Saxman, none of the 4 listed frequencies have any voice or control activity.

The only things I've heard have been some police traffic on 154.725 and a Coast Guard helicopter looking at a floating life jacket on Marine 21.

 

[kikito]

I know this might be obvious but can you do a search from 154.6500 to 156.2400 (in 12.5kHz steps if possible) to see if you can find any CCs?

 

[DonS]

I've searched that entire range. No activity at all, apart from the intermittent (conventional, analog) police traffic.

 

[MtnBiker2005]

A year later still no control channel.
I didn't hear any control channel in the area of Ketchikan on July 23, 2008

I searched the whole range before getting to Ketchikan and leaving!

 

[MtnBiker2005]

Update:

Checked again this year on July 11th, 2009. Didn't find any ALMR sites in Ketchikan area.

Someone else has to check in 2010

 

[oregontreehugger]

Just returned from a cruise. I can confirm that the following frequency was active in the Ketchikan area as a control channel for the ALMR site:

155.6875

Unfortunately, I don't have a digital-capable scanner, so that's pretty much all I could gather.

Hope this helps!

 

[MtnBiker2005]

Update: The Pro96com Ketchikan Tower Report.
Heard near Ketchikan Airport and Ketchikan Cruise Ship port area from Disney Wonder Ship.

FileVersion:7
-TowerInfo
#This section is here for information only. With the exception
#of the Call Sign(s), This data is not Read back into the program at all.
System ID : 142
System Name :
WACN : BEE00
Tower Number (Decimal): 1-44
Tower Number (Hex) : T012C
Tower Description :
Control Capabilities : Data,Voice,Registration
Call Sign(s) : WPZB504
Timestamp : Sat Jul 20 12:20:01 2013

Site NAC: 140

-Frequencies
#Format: Channel,Usage,Frequency(/Slot),Input Channel,Input Frequency(/Slot),Input Explicit(1/0),Hit Count
"02-1588","vi",155.85000,"02-0343",140.28750,1,3
"05-1575","c",155.68750,"05-1575",140.31250,0,0
"06-1511","a",154.88750,"06-1511",140.23750,1,0

-Neighbors
#Format: TowerID,TowerIDHex,System ID,Channel,Frequency,Tower Name
161,"T013D",142,"09-1492",154.65000

&

TalkGroups: / RadioIDs:
31812 - 1195516
31812 - 3181514
31812 - 3181506
31812 - 3181508
31812 - 3181831

11861 - 1181780
11861 - 1182511
11861 - 1186048
11861 - 1186800

Note: Couldn't find/hear the CC for site 161 doing my cruise trip

 

[aps_ak]

Thanks for the info!

DB Admin:

So Site number for High Mountain/Ketchikan needs to be changed from 1-17 to 1-44, alternate cc is 154.88750.

Looks like Site 1-61 is Craig/Sunny Hay Mountain, judging by the control channel. CC is 154.65000 then, leaving 155.40000 as an alternate cc.

Tg 11861 and 31812 are both DPS talkgroups, and are in the DB already. Was 31812 in the clear still?

Thanks for the info!

Update: The Pro96com Ketchikan Tower Report.
Heard near Ketchikan Airport and Ketchikan Cruise Ship port area from Disney Wonder Ship.

FileVersion:7
-TowerInfo
#This section is here for information only. With the exception
#of the Call Sign(s), This data is not Read back into the program at all.
System ID : 142
System Name :
WACN : BEE00
Tower Number (Decimal): 1-44
Tower Number (Hex) : T012C
Tower Description :
Control Capabilities : Data,Voice,Registration
Call Sign(s) : WPZB504
Timestamp : Sat Jul 20 12:20:01 2013

Site NAC: 140

-Frequencies
#Format: Channel,Usage,Frequency(/Slot),Input Channel,Input Frequency(/Slot),Input Explicit(1/0),Hit Count
"02-1588","vi",155.85000,"02-0343",140.28750,1,3
"05-1575","c",155.68750,"05-1575",140.31250,0,0
"06-1511","a",154.88750,"06-1511",140.23750,1,0

-Neighbors
#Format: TowerID,TowerIDHex,System ID,Channel,Frequency,Tower Name
161,"T013D",142,"09-1492",154.65000

&

TalkGroups: / RadioIDs:
31812 - 1195516
31812 - 3181514
31812 - 3181506
31812 - 3181508
31812 - 3181831

11861 - 1181780
11861 - 1182511
11861 - 1186048
11861 - 1186800

Note: Couldn't find/hear the CC for site 161 doing my cruise trip