Downtown Richmond Logs 10 July 2018

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Focus on VHF/UHF business band - all the construction going on downtown. This was done over a 30 minute time frame using a RadioShack Pro-96 and a 1/4 wave VHF antenna. Location on Broad Street near 7th in downtown Richmond, VA

151.6250 [167.9 Hz PL] - truck-to-truck comms, possibly dump trucks, good signals
151.6250 [023 DPL] - construction
151.6250 [047 DPL] - weak
151.7000 [141.3 Hz PL] - weak
151.8800 [131.8 Hz PL] - construction? lots of background noise [MURS channel 2]
151.9550 [026 DPL] - construction noises heard in background
154.4900 [67.0 Hz PL] - "yes its G F I 21" "okay got it"
451.8125 [023 DPL] - construction, very active in English and Spanish
456.8000 [023 DPL] - construction, good signals
456.8125 [023 DPL] - construction, more active than 451.8125 023 DPL
461.0875 [023 DPL] - construction, possibly alternate command channel (see also 466.0875)
461.1625 [103.5 Hz PL] - Hotel engineering, I think
461.2125 [67.0 Hz PL] - talking about carpeting
462.5625 [CSQ] - Motorola roger beeps heard [FRS channel 1] - strong
462.5875 [CSQ] - Spanish w/roger beeps [FRS channel 2]
462.6125 [71.9 Hz PL] - talking about traffic [FRS channel 3]
462.6250 [127.3 Hz PL] - summer camp? [FRS channel 18]
462.6625 [67.0 Hz PL] - Spanish, very strong [FRS channel 6]
462.6750 [136.5 Hz PL] - catering company
462.7625 [051 DPL] - "who was that?" "conduit 90"
464.5000 [67.0 Hz PL] - Spanish, weak
464.5000 [179.9 Hz PL] - Hotel?
464.5500 [67.0 Hz PL] - "group 4" "right"
464.5500 [79.7 Hz PL] - weak transmissions heard using this PL
464.5500 [82.5 Hz PL] - construction crane control, very strong and active
464.5500 [94.8 Hz PL] - construction crane control, 82.5Hz PL, not the same site
466.0875 [023 DPL] - construction, possibly command/foreman channel
467.5875 [110.9 Hz PL] - Spanish, very strong [FRS channel 9]
467.7625 [250.3 Hz PL] - construction?
467.8500 [67.0 Hz PL] - "we could drive right through this"
467.9250 [67.0 Hz PL] - talking about "lug bolts in the back of the radio"
467.9500 [67.0 Hz PL] - possibly security, very good signals
469.5000 [023 DPL] - construction, construction noises heard in background (very busy)
469.5000 [464 DPL] - Spanish, weak
469.5500 [732 DPL] - crane control

Lots and lots of construction traffic, with 023 DPL being a common theme. I believe its one contractor using that same DPL with all their channels at one or two of the bigger construction sites downtown.
 
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