Clark County area miscellaneous

[Hooligan]

I've confirmed it's this: SPEEDVEGAS | Drive Trophy Trucks & UTV RZRs on a Track in Las Vegas

Casn't comment on legal/licensing issues, but 154.980MHz is a channel pre-programmed into a popular model of off-road racing radios.

I've been hearing this EVOC-type coaching traffic for the past couple weeks during weekday daylight. Strong from home (near Green Valley Ranch Resort) & fair while mobile through out LV area, so spotter/coach is probably using a base radio or handheld from an elevated, spotter position above the track. Always referring to "truck #" & usually commenting about turn speeds & position on the turn bank, but not actual EVOC stuff like skid-pads, J-turns, PIT, etc. & *****ing at poor performers.

154.980 Analog FM no subtone – “I'm standing outside the house now, can you hear me?” good signal at home, 9PM. Possible bootlegger. Only area license is LVMPD KM5459 for mobile use. More frequent traffic seems to be spotter for driving course using trucks. "Truck 7, next time take the curve mid-bank" suggests location is a racetrack with banked turns, like LVMS.

 

[Hooligan]

SpeedVegas Drive Ferrari Lamborghini Exotic Cars Las Vegas | SPEEDVEGAS is now using their radios in DMR mode:

466.9625 DMR CC3 TS1 TG205 Simplex -- Admin
468.7875 DMR CC4 TS1 TG206 Simplex -- Track Ops
One more UHF simplex DMR channel was in-use but I still have to gather TS & TG. Perhaps Maintenance channel

154.980 – SpeedVegas off-road racer experience. Simplex

 

[Hooligan]

457.2625 DMR CC2 TS1 TG204 Simplex – SpeedVegas, S. Possibly Maint channel? WQXN625

SpeedVegas Drive Ferrari Lamborghini Exotic Cars Las Vegas | SPEEDVEGAS is now using their radios in DMR mode:

466.9625 DMR CC3 TS1 TG205 Simplex -- Admin
468.7875 DMR CC4 TS1 TG206 Simplex -- Track Ops
One more UHF simplex DMR channel was in-use but I still have to gather TS & TG. Perhaps Maintenance channel

154.980 – SpeedVegas off-road racer experience. Simplex

 

[bryan_herbert]

Im seeing a new specialist near UMC and managed to score a close call hit on 460.1500 CC7 which Ive been able to ID as a TRS in use by UMC. The only license I can find for this freq is WPWI636, a conventional license issued to Clark County. I havent had time to sit down and log talkgroups but I did note TG21 could be either security, ER, or trauma as they announced the pending arrival of Mercy Air 11 which I was able to track on FR24 from the desert to their helipad.

 

[bryan_herbert]

SNACC TG 3037

Not in the database, hearing Mercy Air 21 talking to an unIDed ground station, mentioning a USFS vehicle. Looking at PulsePoint, I do see MA21 and MA24 responding to a traffic collision on SR160 in Mountain Springs.

 

[Hooligan]

And they were back filming last week, using a bunch of UHF BRS channels, and 468.750/DCS712 for their wideband FM Intercom.

As someone who occasionally watched the show, it's sad to learn how many "re-do" shots are made, and how they push the competitors to play-up some aspect from their life. For example, in the finals they just shot & should be aired in August, one competitor whose day-job is a lifeguard was asked to sit in a chair with a towel while a production assistant put sunscreen on his nose. Meanwhile, another production assistant was trying to find a whistle for him to have, all so they could get a bunch of 'filler' footage to make it look like he was being a lifeguard at ANW.

A member of the Vegas Area Radio Geek Alerting Network happened to notice that the American Ninja Warrior show course was back at the usual spot between McCarran International Airport & The Luxor, and a quick reaction team deployed early this morning to prosecute the target.

A couple low-power analog-voice FM UHF simplex channels were found for Timing, Audio, & Safety teams & the couple people keeping track of the Ninja Teams (this morning's filming was Team USA vs Team Australia), but a fairly large-profile channel that anyone in the LV area with decent capabilities should easily hear is 457.000MHz/DCS712. It's an Intercom/IFB system used by the directors & various cameras, etc. As-is often the case with these production intercom/IFB systems, the main transmitter seems to have a 24/7 duty-cycle, and the RF carrier can still be heard right now at my home about 5 miles away. You just won't hear any audio traffic on it until whenever they get back to work & plug-in their headsets, etc.

They wrapped for the morning at 4:36AM, with some comms continuing until about 5AM.

The schedule shows that they will be filming more episodes over the next couple mornings.

American Ninja Warrior - NBC.com
LV filming schedule: American Ninja Warrior

Warning: I know some of you are pretty delicate people -- there is frequent profanity on the 457.0MHz circuit.

 

[Hooligan]

And they were back filming last week, using a bunch of UHF BRS channels, and 468.750/DCS712 for their wideband FM Intercom.

Correction: Camera coordination/production intercom/IFB circuit was 469.750/DCS712. For the record, other freqs in-use for various operations were: UHF BRS channels 26 (DCS023, "Channel 2"), 14 (103.5Hz), 20 (123.0Hz - Safety riggers/belayers), 13 (107.2Hz - Spectator control?), 29 (67.0Hz), 10 (88.5Hz), 18 (110.9Hz), 24 (DCS466), 19 (DCS712), 19 (100.0Hz), 17 (DCS413 - Production Assistants assigned to shepherding contestants), 25 (DCS131).

 

[pro106import]

Hmm... I used to work security for Harrahs/Caesars Entertainment and have worked at each one of those properties. It’s been several years, but I can’t imagine them using just one frequency to coordinate daily security operations. We *always* had *a ton* of radio traffic. Sometimes officers were fighting for airtime and each casino had its own talkgroup.

Yup I can confirm it. I was there for 2 weeks and they all did the same thing. Just like I originally said, each casino took one frequency that was originally used for their TRS and now use DMR and fully encrypted. I'm surprised no one else has chimed in here. Yes I have been going for 2 weeks since 1998 on vacation there. This change just happened after the mass shooting at Mandalay Bay where all of the security communications were rebroadcasted on TV. And Metro also went back to full time E a couple / 3 months after that also. Trust me, its true.
Bob

 

[coolrich55]

Yup I can confirm it. I was there for 2 weeks and they all did the same thing. Just like I originally said, each casino took one frequency that was originally used for their TRS and now use DMR and fully encrypted. I'm surprised no one else has chimed in here. Yes I have been going for 2 weeks since 1998 on vacation there. This change just happened after the mass shooting at Mandalay Bay where all of the security communications were rebroadcasted on TV. And Metro also went back to full time E a couple / 3 months after that also. Trust me, its true.
Bob

Been coming here for vacation for many years. I remember the metro vhf days. Then it was disappointing when they went to opensky. But when they switched to p25 clear I was pleasantly shocked. Bought a phase 2 scanner. When the shooting happened I knew it was the end of listening to them. The news reports said that the encryption had nothing to do with it. Not sure if I believe that. Why weren't they encrypted from the beginning then? Oh well at least you still got nlvpd, Henderson , nhp for now....

 

[bryan_herbert]

SNACC TG 3037

Active again, this time I heard CCFD 853 dispatched for a heat exhaustion victim at the lodge on Mt Charleston

 

[Hooligan]

Yup I can confirm it. I was there for 2 weeks and they all did the same thing. Just like I originally said, each casino took one frequency that was originally used for their TRS and now use DMR and fully encrypted. I'm surprised no one else has chimed in here. Yes I have been going for 2 weeks since 1998 on vacation there. This change just happened after the mass shooting at Mandalay Bay where all of the security communications were rebroadcasted on TV. And Metro also went back to full time E a couple / 3 months after that also. Trust me, its true.
Bob

Many Caesar's properties have or are switching to DMR. Caesar's basically has... damn, I forget the right word, but, they've organized their LV properties into groups of 3 for logistical/administrative reasons. I learned this on a behind the scene tour of The Flamingo in June. It'd make-sense that each group of three, assuming they are very near each other, would share a new DMR radio system. For example, Flamingo is grouped with The LINQ & Cromwell, so it's likely that the DMR radio system (encrypted) used by the Flamingo is also used by LINQ & Cromwell, each having their own bi-directional amplifiers, etc. just like the three use one central kitchen. Security for all three should have their own DMR talk-groups -- as most of us know, security at major properties usually have at-least two channels -- primary and a secondary/Tac, some try to lower channel-loading by having outdoor security on a separate channel from interior security. But I think it's rather silly to state that property security has gotten off the Capacity+ DMR system their property uses and are on stand-alone DMR repeaters. I call BS on that. The plans for various properties like Flamingo, Mandy, MGM, etc. to get off the older systems & go to DMR, particularly Capacity+ with some WAVE thrown-in for the bigwigs & others too-cool to carry radios certainly would have been in place before the 1 October event (and I have no idea how the hell you believe that "all of the security communications were rebroadcasted[sic] on TV."

 

[Mike-KC8OWL]

I spent some time on the strip this weekend with my SDS100 and 996P2 - weekend at Paris with some friends for my wife's birthday.

1) Paris is still using the LTR system but primarily only housekeeping and engineering. I did get a couple unlisted TGs on the system: 0-02-050 (Casino ops) and 0-17-061 (unknown / couldn't nail it down).

2) I ran an LCN Finder on the 4 Flamingo frequencies currently listed for the Trunk system. I got the following:
939.500 cc3 lcn 1
938.9625 cc1 lcn 3
936.9625
937.9375

I got no talk groups when I monitored the first 2 frequencies as a DMR system - they almost seem to be operating as stand alone / conventional frequencies with possibly 2 time slots per currently. There was also some encrypted traffic which I am wondering may have been security. I was also trying to get some better bearings based on what Hooligan called out above about consolidation of systems across Ceasars properties but no real success one way or the other.

so we keep monitoring ....

 

[DHAS12]

Anybody know of any repeaters that are used by medical helicopters around Vegas?

Also does anyone know anything about what frequencies or system sunrise hospital security is using?

 

[pro106import]

I spent some time on the strip this weekend with my SDS100 and 996P2 - weekend at Paris with some friends for my wife's birthday.

1) Paris is still using the LTR system but primarily only housekeeping and engineering. I did get a couple unlisted TGs on the system: 0-02-050 (Casino ops) and 0-17-061 (unknown / couldn't nail it down).

2) I ran an LCN Finder on the 4 Flamingo frequencies currently listed for the Trunk system. I got the following:
939.500 cc3 lcn 1
938.9625 cc1 lcn 3
936.9625
937.9375

I got no talk groups when I monitored the first 2 frequencies as a DMR system - they almost seem to be operating as stand alone / conventional frequencies with possibly 2 time slots per currently. There was also some encrypted traffic which I am wondering may have been security. I was also trying to get some better bearings based on what Hooligan called out above about consolidation of systems across Ceasars properties but no real success one way or the other.

so we keep monitoring ....

Yes most of the Caesars properties have converted one frequency previously used on their trunked system to conventional DMR now, for security only, and all Encr. This occurred at least 2 years ago, as I make a trip every year there and I noticed this in Sept. 2018. Paris and Flamingo included. I stay at the Paris for 2 weeks. Not much to monitor anymore unfortunately.
Bob

 

[737mech]

DHAS12 I monitor Mercy Air on 453.875 PL 179.9 They also have ability to patch in to SNACC and talking to Sunrise that would be Talkgroup ID 2765

 

[737mech]

Interesting hits today I'm scanning 461.2 on DSD sounds like a new DMR?

 

[737mech]

For anyone monitoring Aviation Nation at Nellis this weekend I just caught the Red Barron Discrete for their show demo. 123.15

 

[hardware1197]

Excalibur is now DMR within the last 30 days....I'll get around to submitting soon but it not Enc.


TGID
70002 Security
70006 Trams
70008 Room housekeeping

Freq	LCN	Color
855.0625	184	8
857.9125	553	8
858.2875	UNK (0)
859.8375	707	8
860.8375	787	8

 

[Mike-KC8OWL]

Excalibur is now DMR within the last 30 days....I'll get around to submitting soon but it not Enc.


TGID
70002 Security
70006 Trams
70008 Room housekeeping

Freq	LCN	Color
855.0625	184	8
857.9125	553	8
858.2875	UNK (0)
859.8375	707	8
860.8375	787	8

System sounds good out here / a little west of Lake Las Vegas. I'll see if I can grab that missing LCN

 

[Mike-KC8OWL]

Excalibur is now DMR within the last 30 days....I'll get around to submitting soon but it not Enc.


TGID
70002 Security
70006 Trams
70008 Room housekeeping

Freq	LCN	Color
855.0625	184	8
857.9125	553	8
858.2875	UNK (0)
859.8375	707	8
860.8375	787	8

I ran LCN Finder for the last 24 hours and never got a hit on 858.2875.