2007/06/23 - VHF Es Recent

[kkn50]

QTH: South Texas, EL09
RIG: UNIDEN BCD396T w/ dipole

Some of the stations logged this week:

44.200 Meteor scatter
42.820 (186.2) Police
42.860 (203.5) Police
25.990 "Happy father's day from 96.3 K?C?", with country music
31.100 Business
31.480 Business
33.900 Medics; Creek Rd;
34.200 Range Control, Camp Bullis, TX
35.060 "I can't think of everything"
38.900 Range Control; military
39.260 Police
39.400 Police
39.720 "on the way to Chula Vista"
39.800 Police
39.880 Police
39.900 "Attention Bridgeport Fire Dept, NWS in Cheyenne has issued a
thunderstorm watch for Morrill County"
42.120 Police
42.140 Police
42.340 Police
42.420 Police
42.440 Police, "zip is 92203"
42.520 Police
42.540 Police
42.560 Police
42.580 Police
42.600 Police
42.620 Police
42.640 Police
42.780 Police
43.140 Business
44.200 M/S
45.080 Rescue to "east side of Lookout Mountain". Colorado.
48.940 "Clear out of.."(faded)
45.660 - EMS to "Black Creek Church Rd". Likely Chesterfield County,
SC, KIF544.
37.160 (156.7) Police. "Coming down Wilson Springs Rd towards Bolling
Hills Rd". "Head towards Belfont Rd". This is a link freq for the sheriff in Boone County AR
39.300 (114.8) Analog inversion scrambling.
42.340 (192.8) "California Highway Patrol"
42.380 (173.8) North Carolina Highway Patrol

 

[zerg901]

<http://www.placesnamed.com/b/r/bridgeport.asp> - 39.90 is probably Bridgeport in Morrill County Nebraska

39.72 Chula Vista might be California Highway Patrol in San Diego County

Peter S

 

[nascarfan999]

42.82 186.2PL may be Missouri Highway Patrol Troop B
http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&aid=1061

 

[brandon]

39.720 = CHP Westminster (Orange Co. California)
42.440 = CHP Indio (Riverside Co. California)
39.260 = CHP San Bernardino (San Bernardino Co. California)
39.800 = CHP Oceanside/Temecula (San Diego Co. California)
39.400 = CHP San Diego
39.800 = CHP Rancho Cucamonga (San Bernardino Co. California)

Nice catches! I may have to tune the VHF lo area since appears to be open into CA

 

[Joseph11]

You got CHP and NCHP on the same day?! Awesome!

 

[kkn50]

>You got CHP and NCHP on the same day?! Awesome!

Yes, not unusual for South Texas. We get VHF Low Es from across the country.

 

[radiowatcher_06]

Thats crazy, "45.080 Rescue to "east side of Lookout Mountain". Colorado" is Jefferson County's low VHF Fire channel. The tower is located on Lookout Mountain just west of Denver at about 7500 ft.