Monterey State Pks Info

[NVSHMOO]

Good Morning

Can You Please Give Me The Color Designator And Pl Tones
Of These State Park Frequencys And The Location Of The Repeater(s)
And If Their Is Any Other Frequencies For Monterey State Parks ?
Thanks Shannon

855.9625 Mhz 857.5375 Mhz 860.4375 Mhz

 

[Gbcue]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=209

 

[LZJSR]

Monterey

855.9625 = RED = "Tin House," Pfeiffer Ridge, and Point Sur
DPL 115

860.4375 = QUARTZ= Mt Toro and Lobos Ridge
DPL 115

857.5375 is not a state parks frequency


Addn'l Freqs in Monterey State Parks
859.9375 DPL115
860.2375 DPL115
855.4875 DPL115

 

[ScannerDude244]

855.9625 DCS 115 Dept. of Parks and Recreation "Red"
858.9375 DCS 115 Dept. of Parks and Recreation "Gray"
860.4375 DCS 115 Dept. of Parks and Recreation "Quartz"
855.4875 DCS 115 Dept. of Parks and Recreation "Green"

 

[SCPD]

855.9625 = RED = "Tin House," Pfeiffer Ridge, and Point Sur
DPL 115

860.4375 = QUARTZ= Mt Toro and Lobos Ridge
DPL 115

857.5375 is not a state parks frequency


Addn'l Freqs in Monterey State Parks
859.9375 DPL115
860.2375 DPL115
855.4875 DPL115

My research also shows a Red repeater on Mt. Toro.

The Monterey District of California State Parks is divided into four sectors, those being:

Asilomar Sector - I show them using Brown (856.9375)
Asilomar State Beach

Big Sur Sector - Red (855.9625)
Andrew Molera State Park
John Little State Reserve
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Point Sur State Historic Park

Gavilan Sector - Green (855.4875)
Fremont Peak State Park
Henry W. Coe State Park
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

Monterey Sector - Red (855.9625)
Carmel River State Beach
Ford Ord Dunes State Park
Garrapata State Park
Marina State Beach
Monterey State Beach
Monterey State Historic Park
Moss Landing State Beach
Point Lobos State Reserve
Salinas River State Beach
Zmudowski State Beach

The Green Repeaters are on Fremont Peak, Hector Heights, Mt. Sizer, and Kelley Cabin.

Lobos Ridge also has a White repeater (859.9375). My research shows that there are no "fixed bases" licensed on White and Quartz anywhere in the Monterey District in spite of the repeaters on Lobos Ridge for White and Lobos Ridge and Mt. Toro for Quartz. The use of Brown at Asilomar is not confirmed and a repeater is not licensed on it in the Monterey District.

I can't find any color reference for 860.2375 and although the two licenses in the state where this frequency is used by State Parks shows an address of 2211 Garden Road in Monterey, the Monterey District Office location and where "Central" dispatch is located, there are no repeaters or fixed bases located in the Monterey District. The locations listed for this frequency are all at Hearst Castle and Hearst State Beach. A repeater is located at Piedras Blancas Point and at the Castle itself. Since Hearst Castle is located in the San Luis Obispo Coast District and "Central" dispatches for this district, it makes sense that the license for this frequency shows the control point of "Central's" location. Hearst Castle is also licensed for Red and until recently the additional use of 860.2375 was not shown. I believe that this unlabeled frequency is used for the lifeguards at the William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach. I haven't been in that area in more than 20 years so anyone who goes there in the summer needs to monitor and let us know how Red and 860.2375 are being used.

The San Luis Obispo District has three sectors and the San Simeon Sector contains Limekiln State Park, San Simeon State Park, and the William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach.

 

[LZJSR]

860.2375

860.2375="Cobalt"

Located at Limekiln and also Hearst Castle

 

[NVSHMOO]

thanks for the info -Shannon

 

[ScannerDude244]

My research also shows a Red repeater on Mt. Toro.

The Monterey District of California State Parks is divided into four sectors, those being:

Asilomar Sector - I show them using Brown (856.9375)
Asilomar State Beach

Big Sur Sector - Red (855.9625)
Andrew Molera State Park
John Little State Reserve
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Point Sur State Historic Park

Gavilan Sector - Green (855.4875)
Fremont Peak State Park
Henry W. Coe State Park
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

Monterey Sector - Red (855.9625)
Carmel River State Beach
Ford Ord Dunes State Park
Garrapata State Park
Marina State Beach
Monterey State Beach
Monterey State Historic Park
Moss Landing State Beach
Point Lobos State Reserve
Salinas River State Beach
Zmudowski State Beach

The Green Repeaters are on Fremont Peak, Hector Heights, Mt. Sizer, and Kelley Cabin.

Lobos Ridge also has a White repeater (859.9375). My research shows that there are no "fixed bases" licensed on White and Quartz anywhere in the Monterey District in spite of the repeaters on Lobos Ridge for White and Lobos Ridge and Mt. Toro for Quartz. The use of Brown at Asilomar is not confirmed and a repeater is not licensed on it in the Monterey District.

I can't find any color reference for 860.2375 and although the two licenses in the state where this frequency is used by State Parks shows an address of 2211 Garden Road in Monterey, the Monterey District Office location and where "Central" dispatch is located, there are no repeaters or fixed bases located in the Monterey District. The locations listed for this frequency are all at Hearst Castle and Hearst State Beach. A repeater is located at Piedras Blancas Point and at the Castle itself. Since Hearst Castle is located in the San Luis Obispo Coast District and "Central" dispatches for this district, it makes sense that the license for this frequency shows the control point of "Central's" location. Hearst Castle is also licensed for Red and until recently the additional use of 860.2375 was not shown. I believe that this unlabeled frequency is used for the lifeguards at the William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach. I haven't been in that area in more than 20 years so anyone who goes there in the summer needs to monitor and let us know how Red and 860.2375 are being used.

The San Luis Obispo District has three sectors and the San Simeon Sector contains Limekiln State Park, San Simeon State Park, and the William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach.

Thanks for that info smokey I never knew what channel is for what area. Also does the BLM officers get dispatch by Presidio of Monterey? Some one came up on the Presidio of Monterey PD channel yelling need back up, but they did a roll call everyone was code 4. Then they told SO check up on the BLM officers but both were off duty.

 

[NVSHMOO]

Callsign Kncz497 Has A Repeater On Mt Toro On 857.5375 Mhz
And Lobos Ridge On 857.5375 Mhz. Same Licence As 855.9625 Mhz Red And
860.4375 Mhz Quartz -shannon

 

[SCPD]

Thanks for that info smokey I never knew what channel is for what area. Also does the BLM officers get dispatch by Presidio of Monterey? Some one came up on the Presidio of Monterey PD channel yelling need back up, but they did a roll call everyone was code 4. Then they told SO check up on the BLM officers but both were off duty.

The BLM land in the former Fort Ord is part of the Hollister Resource Area of the Central California District of the BLM. It is my understanding that all of this district is dispatched by Porterville, where a BLM/USFS joint operation is located. The USFS side dispatches the Sequoia National Forest. I'm sure Fort Ord is in the Central California District, but I don't have my California radio system information book with me (I'm in Reno right now for an optometrist appointment tomorrow) so I don't remember if the BLM has a repeater site in the Monterey area. It is possible that the BLM has made some special arrangements for dispatching in this area.

 

[SCPD]

Callsign Kncz497 Has A Repeater On Mt Toro On 857.5375 Mhz
And Lobos Ridge On 857.5375 Mhz. Same Licence As 855.9625 Mhz Red And
860.4375 Mhz Quartz -shannon

857.5375 is not listed in the RR database as a State Park frequency, but is listed on the license you mentioned. Given the location of the repeaters using this frequency it is a pretty safe bet it is being used by them. There are several instances where some of the State Park frequencies such as White and Blue are used by other California State agencies in some limited locations, but these are shown on licenses completely separate from any of those of the DPR.

I will have to look at the copies of DPR licenses I have at home and see if was added since I did my research late last winter. DPR has so many frequencies that it is hard for them to come up with colors and they had to use Quartz and Cobalt already. I wonder what they will come up for 857.7375?

 

[ScannerDude244]

I'm going to have listen up you know any of their call signs? If I do remember right some unit I never hared on the SO channel running a 28 call sing was US33Hundred

 

[SCPD]

I'm going to have listen up you know any of their call signs? If I do remember right some unit I never hared on the SO channel running a 28 call sing was US33Hundred

I believe that the Hollister Resources area is a 1600 number series but it could be 1800 also. I get these two mixed up as one is the Folsom Resource Area and the other is Hollister. Then again it might not be either, as the only one I can remember for sure is 1700 for the Bishop Resource Area. Anyway, you should hear something like 16R0, 16R1, or 16R2 depending on the number of BLM Law Enforcement Officers in the Hollister Resource Area. The "0" unit would be the supervisor of all the LEO's in the resource area and everyone with a 1 or more would be subordinate to that position.

 

[SCPD]

I'm going to have listen up you know any of their call signs? If I do remember right some unit I never hared on the SO channel running a 28 call sing was US33Hundred

As far as I know there are three different unit designators (call signs) for State Park employees: R = Ranger, X = Park Aid, and M = Maintenance. This is based on listening to nearby Bodie State Park and the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve. Since neither have lifeguards so I haven't heard the unit designator for them. I believe that there are permanent interpretive employees at some of the larger parks and I don't know if they have a different letter or what it may be. Interpretive employees probably have little need to be on the radio in the field.

Obviously the only employees requesting 10-28's would be rangers who are POST certified state peace officers. The number portion of their unit designator is their badge number so the number is not associated with administrative entities (divisions, districts, sectors, and park units), or by rank. Field rangers are normally a Ranger I (entry level) or a Ranger II (supervisory). I don't remember if there are Ranger III's as the State Parks I've been familiar with have Ranger II's in charge. I'm not sure what job title and grade (I or II or higher) are in charge of larger parks and are in charge of sectors.

Anyway, you will hear rangers calling one of the three combined State Park/Dept. of Fish and Game dispatch centers (Northern, Central, and Surcomm) by saying something like "Central, R256, traffic stop on California 4 Paul Queen David, 7-3-5, on the entrance road, Sunset State Beach." Some years ago when State Parks had a lot of regions, they were numbered 1,2,3 and so forth. The rangers were supposed to use the region number first, followed by the R and the badge number, so a Ranger was supposed to say something like "Bodie, 3R101." In practice I never heard any rangers ever using the region number. Once regions were greatly reduced in number I believe that the policy of putting the region number in front of the R was dropped. I have no idea how the lifeguards, park aids, and maintenance employees numbers are assigned.

Fixed stations use the park name for the park's headquarters, and the name of the of the other fixed stations such as entrance stations using something simple like "Bodie Kiosk" on the repeater and simply "Kiosk" when talking direct.

So there you have it, everything you wanted to know, at least as much as I can tell you, and then some about State Park unit designators.

 

[cousinkix1953]

State park lifeguards have used the white channel in Santa Cruz county for several years. Coastal beaches and inland parks have their own seperate channels too. It sounds like they're doing the same thing in Monterey county. Don't be surprised if one of those new frequencies starts to pick up with more activity during the tourist season. You'll know soon enough which one is the new lifeguard frequency...

 

[NVSHMOO]

There Is Also A New Frequency In Inverness California Near Point Reyes
For State Parks The Frequency Is 856.2625 Mhz Callsign Knel987
I Wonder If This Is A Lifeguard Frequency-shannon

 

[code3cowboy]

CAPO has the call signs of R for ranger, RE for resource, S for supervising ranger (with butter bars on collar), Lifeguard self explanatory, X for park aids, V or victor for volunteers, and whoever else pops up just IDs with their agency and their call.

The radios are programmed by repeater site and the tone, not with the colour. We end up with things like Pismo F1T1 and Davis F1T2...

Our maintenance units are on sextel, so you never hear them on the radio.

When you come up on another agencys frequency, you just ID as "State Parks xxxx".

 

[SCPD]

CAPO has the call signs of R for ranger, RE for resource, S for supervising ranger (with butter bars on collar), Lifeguard self explanatory, X for park aids, V or victor for volunteers, and whoever else pops up just IDs with their agency and their call.

The radios are programmed by repeater site and the tone, not with the colour. We end up with things like Pismo F1T1 and Davis F1T2...

Our maintenance units are on sextel, so you never hear them on the radio.

When you come up on another agencys frequency, you just ID as "State Parks xxxx".

What is "CAPO?" Are you saying Lifeguards are LG or L? I've never heard of "butter bars," are these the standard three stripes for a sergeant? I'm assuming you mean Nextel for maintenance.

Do you work for state parks?

You might want to make your posts a little more clear and not use catch phrases that many people may not understand.

 

[code3cowboy]

What is "CAPO?" Are you saying Lifeguards are LG or L? I've never heard of "butter bars," are these the standard three stripes for a sergeant? I'm assuming you mean Nextel for maintenance.

Do you work for state parks?

You might want to make your posts a little more clear and not use catch phrases that many people may not understand.

Lifeguard units id as "lifeguard xx" CAPO is the agency designator for CA Parks and Rec, used when signing a cite.

Butter Bar is the bar of a second lieutenant, gold in colour and looking like a bar of butter.

Sergeant stripes are sergeant stripes or chevrons normally worn on the sleeve in CA other than when in a C Class uniform, Bike uniform or \other shirt where you have a collar but no shoulder patches.

 

[NVSHMOO]

Here Is Another State Parks Frequency Without A Color Designator
859.2375 Mhz Used In Ventura And Santa Barbera Countys-shannon