Chev_am said:
Looks like they use standard Rubber ducky antennas no bigger than 12 inches. I tryed looking in numerous scanning sites and nf2g had one for the school, it just doesn't work.
I have a pro-94, what i've been doing is searching UHF hi bands when i'm close. DO you think taking off the antenna while searching would help? I don't have signal stalker or any of that on the 94.
Rubber duck makes sense, but can "disguise" the actual wavelength.
I see kingpin has provided more clues
Being close doesn't mean you catch them transmitting. However, I've found they tend to talk a bit more when coming and going from the school, so if you want to sit nearby a school, that might be your best chance.
The UHF band is pretty big to search unless you have
plenty time or there is a lot of traffic. A better approach might be to plug the frequency for the school (the one that doesn't work) here:
http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR
in the
Search for FCC License Data in your state. Assuming you find it, click on call sign. You should then see Lat/Lon of the transmitter. If you click on either, it will bring up a list of other transmitters in the general area. Using the info that others have suggested, you many be able to find the business system frequencies to check, or at least narrow the search parameters. Just remember that the bus will transmit on the mobile freq (usually 5Mhz higher than Repeater).