Been listening to the VHF and UHF media freqs but there has been no activity for days. Something change? A move to 700/800 maybe? RR shows the UHF stuff, but that may be history??
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Be sure to check the 455-456 MHz portion of the spectrum as well. Operations in the 450-451 MHz and 455-456 MHz range aren't always repeaters. They may be point-to-point simplex.
One very interesting catch I had one year, was at the Glendale Glitter & Glow, when they had the hot air balloons the last night of the Glendale Glitters holiday lights event in downtown Glendale. Ch. 12 was there with their live remote truck, and they were using a frequency in the 11 meter broadcast band, 25.600-26.100 MHz, for their link to the studio. FM mode.
It's been quite some time since I've heard the news desk talking to any of the helicopters in the VHF-High range. Once in awhile you may catch a live event in the UHF range. But I don't monitor the news media allocations very often, and when I do, it's usually not for long.
John
Peoria
One very interesting catch I had one year, was at the Glendale Glitter & Glow, when they had the hot air balloons the last night of the Glendale Glitters holiday lights event in downtown Glendale. Ch. 12 was there with their live remote truck, and they were using a frequency in the 11 meter broadcast band, 25.600-26.100 MHz, for their link to the studio. FM mode.
It's been quite some time since I've heard the news desk talking to any of the helicopters in the VHF-High range. Once in awhile you may catch a live event in the UHF range. But I don't monitor the news media allocations very often, and when I do, it's usually not for long.
John
Peoria
n0doz
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Reminds me of a story from the old wilder days.
I worked a 3AM-11AM shift back then. I had a friend who worked part time for KOA, the AM powerhouse in Denver, as a traffic reporter. They had a helicopter for the main reporting, and 3 or 4 ground-based units to fill in with detours, etc, as a service to listeners. They did this out of their private vehicles with their own equipment. My friend lived west of the city, so he primarily reported from out there. He had an old beaten-up truck with a dozen or so antennas on it - typical Ham. Nothing anywhere near the image of a big-city news operation, that's for sure.
Well, my friend invited me to join in. They didn't have a formal setup, just don't walk on the actual broadcast reports. So I just kind of "volunteered" my services - there was a lot of chatter on the station's 161 Mhz repeater, and I just joined in with some crash locations, etc. No one else used callsigns or any identifiers. Just pass on the info and don't transmit while the report was on air.
Anyway, this went on for awhile and I gave them a couple of scoops on major accidents with serious blocking of traffic. They really appreciated that and they gave me a number to call. It turned out to be the pilot, I think his name was Al Verley. He thanked me for jumping in with info and wanted to know if I was interested in going up on his morning flight sometime. So, I got to fly for their entire shift, 3 hours at 500 to 800 feet or so. It was a hoot and some bragging rights.
I know that one shift is not a "huge deal" to most folks, but for a young cop just trying to get off the dreaded "Morning Shift" it was a fantastic privilege.
I worked a 3AM-11AM shift back then. I had a friend who worked part time for KOA, the AM powerhouse in Denver, as a traffic reporter. They had a helicopter for the main reporting, and 3 or 4 ground-based units to fill in with detours, etc, as a service to listeners. They did this out of their private vehicles with their own equipment. My friend lived west of the city, so he primarily reported from out there. He had an old beaten-up truck with a dozen or so antennas on it - typical Ham. Nothing anywhere near the image of a big-city news operation, that's for sure.
Well, my friend invited me to join in. They didn't have a formal setup, just don't walk on the actual broadcast reports. So I just kind of "volunteered" my services - there was a lot of chatter on the station's 161 Mhz repeater, and I just joined in with some crash locations, etc. No one else used callsigns or any identifiers. Just pass on the info and don't transmit while the report was on air.
Anyway, this went on for awhile and I gave them a couple of scoops on major accidents with serious blocking of traffic. They really appreciated that and they gave me a number to call. It turned out to be the pilot, I think his name was Al Verley. He thanked me for jumping in with info and wanted to know if I was interested in going up on his morning flight sometime. So, I got to fly for their entire shift, 3 hours at 500 to 800 feet or so. It was a hoot and some bragging rights.
I know that one shift is not a "huge deal" to most folks, but for a young cop just trying to get off the dreaded "Morning Shift" it was a fantastic privilege.
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