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The following have been issued to PA statewide for Interop between Starnet and local agencies.
0155.7525 V-CALL
0453.2125 U-CALL
0453.4625 U-TAC 1 (appears to be common statewide)
0453.7125 U-TAC 2
0453.8625 U-TAC 3
Only a few northern and central counties have been issued a license to use them to date: I.E. FCC Callsign WQMJ248 Details As you will see, they bear monitoring.
Yesterday, I monitored significant activity on U-Tac-1 which I believe was National Guard related. It appeared as if 2 aircraft were unable to communicate on the normal channel, which I assumed was STARNET, but as time went on, I was not so sure.
Arrowhead was apparently transporting people to Avoca airport(Luzerne Cty). He was initially communicating with Arrowhead6, which I believe was another aircraft. Towards the end, a base, Striker X-ray, told him transportation would be available at the airport when he arrived. He then indicated Taskforce/Infantry would be sending Water buffalo and supplies to various portions of Luzerne that had storm damage, but they would NOT be the responsibility of Arrowhead. This was the last comm around 8PM. The signal was fairly strong and steady, even as the aircraft was on the ground, but did not have any repeater squelch tail. However, due to the signal strength, I suspect it might have been WQIE493. Half of the time, there were no PL's, but the other half was 156.7 as expected.
Anyone recognize these ID's, and what agency they might be?
0155.7525 V-CALL
0453.2125 U-CALL
0453.4625 U-TAC 1 (appears to be common statewide)
0453.7125 U-TAC 2
0453.8625 U-TAC 3
Only a few northern and central counties have been issued a license to use them to date: I.E. FCC Callsign WQMJ248 Details As you will see, they bear monitoring.
Yesterday, I monitored significant activity on U-Tac-1 which I believe was National Guard related. It appeared as if 2 aircraft were unable to communicate on the normal channel, which I assumed was STARNET, but as time went on, I was not so sure.
Arrowhead was apparently transporting people to Avoca airport(Luzerne Cty). He was initially communicating with Arrowhead6, which I believe was another aircraft. Towards the end, a base, Striker X-ray, told him transportation would be available at the airport when he arrived. He then indicated Taskforce/Infantry would be sending Water buffalo and supplies to various portions of Luzerne that had storm damage, but they would NOT be the responsibility of Arrowhead. This was the last comm around 8PM. The signal was fairly strong and steady, even as the aircraft was on the ground, but did not have any repeater squelch tail. However, due to the signal strength, I suspect it might have been WQIE493. Half of the time, there were no PL's, but the other half was 156.7 as expected.
Anyone recognize these ID's, and what agency they might be?
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