2013 VHF Low Band Logs

[kkn50]

VHF Low Band Log: 6/19-6/23/13
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner with Dipole Antenna

FREQ....SQ....DESCRIPTION
29.7700 146.2 Taxi dispatch in Spanish
30.1800 D051 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
30.6200 210.7 WPSD819 Millenium Taxi Service, Chattanooga TN
30.7600 162.2 Unidentified US business
31.2000 203.5 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.1800 77.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3400 127.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.7200 141.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.7800 82.5 KTG669 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Allegany Co MD w/ dispatch
33.8200 141.3 KCO372 FD/EMS - Calvert County, MD
33.8600 77.0 KGC676 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co, MD w/ voice ID
33.8600 82.5 KQH904 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Licking Co OH
34.0400 127.3 Taxi - Turrialba, Costa Rica <ID by Paul in Ireland>
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Camp Bullis Range
34.2000 203.5 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
35.1200 127.3 Mercury Cab, Chattanooga TN
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
37.0400 127.3 Sheriff - Smyth Co, VA
37.8800 118.8 Spanish
38.9000 150.0 US MIL - Possible Ft Knox Range Control
39.1400 162.2 CA HP - Base - BLUE 1 - Border Division
39.1800 192.8 Fire Dispatch - Possible Dillon Co SC
39.2200 192.8 KMA801 CA HP - WHITE 2 - South Los Angeles (77)
39.3400 D223 KXL325 Sheriff - Anderson Co, TN <per Mark102, 7/13/11>
39.4000 162.2 WPHM445 CA HP - Base - ORANGE 1 - San Diego (87)
39.4000 186.2 KTN273 CA HP - Base - GOLD 2 - Santa Fe Springs (83)
39.4400 146.2 WPPY951 CA HP - Base - PURPLE 1A - Santa Ana (86)
39.5000 110.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch Alleghany Co VA (simulcast with 800 MHz) w/ dispatch to "Alleghany County Governmental Complex, 9212 Winterberry Avenue, Covington"
39.5200 79.7 Fire Dispatch - unidentified
39.6800 118.8 KDG272 CA HP - Base - TURQUOISE 1 - Riverside (74)
39.8600 173.8 WPYP239 CA Orange County Freeway Service Patrol
39.8800 118.8 KMD453 CA HP - Base - BEIGE 1 - Rancho Cucamonga (123)
40.6700 CSQ SNOTEL
40.7500 150.0 US MIL
41.0000 150.0 US MIL
41.5000 150.0 US MIL - Airfield
41.9500 150.0 US MIL
42.0200 100.0 Sounds like prison or jail
42.0600 203.5 MO HP
42.1000 186.2 MO HP
42.1200 186.2 MO HP
42.1400 186.2 KAA203 MO HP - Rural Dispatch [F-30]
42.1600 94.8 MS HP
42.2000 94.8 MS HP
42.2400 94.8 MS HP
42.2600 151.4 TN HP
42.2600 173.8 TN HP
42.2600 192.8 MO HP
42.3000 94.8 MS HP - input to 42.080
42.3600 123.0 TN HP
42.3800 173.8 NC HP
42.4200 114.8 TN HP, District 2 - Chattanooga
42.4200 141.3 TN HP
42.4200 162.2 TN HP
42.4200 173.8 TN HP
42.4400 179.9 KUV545 CA HP - Base - RED - Blythe (6) / Indio (76) / San Gorgonio Pass (97)
42.5000 173.8 NC HP - Channel 10 Base
42.5200 173.8 NC HP
42.5600 118.8 KMH962 CA HP - Base - WHITE - Barstow (73) / Morongo Basin (106) / Needles (114) / Victorville (12)
42.5600 123.0 TN HP
42.5600 131.8 TN HP
42.5600 151.4 Police Dispatch - Unidentified
42.5600 173.8 NC HP
42.6000 173.8 NC HP
42.6200 173.8 NC HP
42.6400 173.8 NC HP
42.6400 186.2 KAF613 MO HP - Dispatch-to-Mobiles [F-60]
42.8200 173.8 NC HP
42.9200 173.8 NC HP
42.9400 173.8 NC HP "Raleigh"
42.9400 203.5 MO HP
43.4000 D265 Spanish
43.4800 D624 Spanish
44.5600 D116 Spanish
44.8000 167.9 Possible NM Game & Fish
45.5000 192.8 WQA721 CA HP - YELLOW 2 - East Los Angeles (82)
45.8200 203.5 Morse ID "KNBY521", State of Florida, Lake City
45.9800 203.5 WNQW911 AL Prison, Clio w/ Morse ID
45.9800 203.5 KIP549 Morse ID, AL Prison, Montgomery AL
45.9800 203.5 WNFH286 Morse ID, AL Prison, Union Springs AL
46.0800 151.4 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Bartow Co GA
46.1000 123.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Citrus Springs, FL
46.4600 CSQ KII763 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Rockingham Co, NC w/ mutual aid to Eden
47.0200 107.2 WPQI676 NC DOT, Hazel Top Mountain, Waynesville NC w/ Morse ID
47.2800 127.3 Morse ID KIY220, SC DOT, Spartanburg, SC
47.3600 127.3 KIE883 SC DOT
47.5000 173.8 Carrier - no audio, heard since 5/2013
48.5000 150.0 US MIL - Campbell Army Airfield

 

[Dispatrick]

7-3-13

-Sunset- N.E. New Jersey

42.060 151.4 WVSP Troop 3
42.360 123.0 TNHP District 3
42.420 162.2 TNHP District 7
42.420 151.4 TNHP District 6
42.500 173.8 NCHP Troops A B G E
42.620 173.8 NCHP Troops A D G
42.640 186.2 MOHP Troop F
42.820 186.2 MOHP Troop B

 

[kkn50]

VHF Low Band Log: 6/24/13-7/15/13

VHF Low Band Log: 6/24/13-7/15/13
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner with Dipole Antenna

FREQ....SQ....DESCRIPTION
25.9500 KB99696 Auxiliary Remote Pickup for AM 950, KOA, Denver CO
29.7700 146.2 Taxi dispatch in Spanish
30.1800 D051 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
30.4800 110.9 XLL780 Wendigo Lake Expeditions, South River, Ontario, Canada
30.5800 91.5 Dirt trucks
30.6000 103.5 Unidentified US Business <band open to northeast US>
30.6000 118.8 Unidentified US business
30.6200 94.8 Unidentified US business
30.6200 210.7 WPSD819 Millenium Taxi Service, Chattanooga TN
30.7600 162.2 Unidentified US business
31.0600 91.5 WPIN347 Oscar Macareno (Taxi), Brooklyn, NY
31.0800 74.4 WPXA428 Myrtle Ave Car Svc, Brooklyn, NY
31.2000 91.5 KLT894 Central Heating & Cooling Inc, Mountain Home, AR
31.2000 203.5 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
31.2400 136.5 WPYF511 Luis Palaguache Taxi, Brooklyn, NY
31.3000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control - Oklahoma National Guard Camp Gruber Maneuver Training Center, 14 miles southeast of Muskogee
32.0800 100.0 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.1800 77.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3400 127.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.7200 141.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.7800 82.5 KTG669 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Allegany Co MD w/ dispatch
33.7800 114.8 KNGE459 EMS dispatch - Falmouth MA
33.8600 77.0 KGC676 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co, MD w/ voice ID
33.8600 82.5 KQH904 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Licking Co OH
34.0400 127.3 Taxi - Turrialba, Costa Rica <ID by Paul in Ireland>
34.1100 88.5 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.1800 110.9 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Camp Bullis Range
34.2000 203.5 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.8200 CSQ Portuguese - Brazil
34.8250 150.0 US MIL
35.1000 118.8 KRL868 Ravinia Plumbing & Heating, Highland Park IL
35.1200 127.3 Mercury Cab, Chattanooga TN
35.1800 179.9 HVAC company
35.1800 186.2 Unidentifed US business
35.4400 131.8 Cement trucks
35.5000 150.0 US MIL
35.7600 123.0 "get to Columbus by 9 eastern time so we got to leave here by 6"
36.2000 150.0 US MIL - Airfield
36.5000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control
36.5500 150.0 US MIL - "Engage all targets, make sure your gunner is hot mic"
36.8000 150.0 US MIL - Helos
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
37.3600 110.9 IL DOC - "F1 Low Band"
37.8400 127.3 Electrical Utility
39.1400 162.2 CA HP - Base - BLUE 1 - Border Division
39.2200 192.8 KMA801 CA HP - WHITE 2 - South Los Angeles (77)
39.2600 118.8 KVV806 CA HP - Base - COPPER 1 - Arrowhead (101) / San Bernardino (75)
39.3400 D223 KXL325 Sheriff - Anderson Co, TN <per Mark102, 7/13/11>
39.3600 162.2 WPPD852 CA HP - Base - GREEN 1 - San Juan Capistrano (113)
39.4000 162.2 WPHM445 CA HP - Base - ORANGE 1 - San Diego (87)
39.4000 186.2 KTN273 CA HP - Base - GOLD 2 - Santa Fe Springs (83)
39.4400 146.2 WPPY951 CA HP - Base - PURPLE 1A - Santa Ana (86)
39.5000 141.3 EMS Dispatch, Alleghany Co VA
39.5200 79.7 Fire Dispatch - unidentified
39.6800 118.8 KDG272 CA HP - Base - TURQUOISE 1 - Riverside (74)
39.7200 162.2 WPPC737 CA HP - Base - GRAY 1 - Westminster (55)
39.8600 173.8 WPYP239 CA Orange County Freeway Service Patrol
39.8800 118.8 KMD453 CA HP - Base - BEIGE 1 - Rancho Cucamonga (123)
39.9600 100.0 WAWD749 Fire Dispatch - Frontier Co, NE
39.9800 CSQ Nebraska Statewide
40.0000 150.0 US MIL "Black Knight"
40.2200 100.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
40.6700 CSQ SNOTEL
41.3500 150.0 US MIL
42.0200 100.0 Prison
42.1000 167.9 KQA488 WV HP - Shinnston / Morgantown Dispatch
42.1200 118.8 KMH995 CA HP - Base - GOLD - Bishop (72) / Bridgeport (71) / Mojave (59)
42.1200 186.2 MO HP
42.1400 186.2 KAA203 MO HP - Rural Dispatch [F-30]
42.2000 94.8 MS HP
42.2000 179.9 KA4993 CA HP, Mobile - GOLD 3 - North Sacramento (46)
42.3600 123.0 TN HP
42.4000 167.9 CA HP
42.4200 114.8 TN HP, District 2 - Chattanooga
42.4200 141.3 TN HP
42.4200 173.8 TN HP
42.4400 179.9 KUV545 CA HP - Base - RED - Blythe (6) / Indio (76) / San Gorgonio Pass (97)
42.5000 173.8 NC HP - Channel 10 Base
42.5600 118.8 KMH962 CA HP - Base - WHITE - Barstow (73) / Morongo Basin (106) / Needles (114) / Victorville (12)
42.6000 173.8 NC HP
42.6400 173.8 NC HP
42.6400 186.2 KAF613 MO HP - Dispatch-to-Mobiles [F-60]
42.8200 173.8 NC HP
42.8600 203.5 MO HP
42.8800 192.8 CA HP
42.9200 173.8 NC HP
43.0600 146.2 "he needs more crushed road base"
43.1200 146.2 Unidentified US business
43.3600 151.4 "coming back on 280, cut through on 391 they got a wreck up there at the Western Sizzlin, got traffic backed up all the way to South Newhall<?>"
43.4000 D265 Spanish
43.9600 162.2 Repeater w/ business comms
44.9400 186.2 KRB411 CA HP - Base - BLACK 2 - Central Los Angeles (15)
45.0000 150.0 US MIL
45.4400 203.5 Kerr County, TX - Public Works
45.5000 127.3 KJM513 CA HP - Base - BROWN 2 - Bakersfield (69)
45.5000 192.8 WQA721 CA HP - YELLOW 2 - East Los Angeles (82)
45.7000 136.5 KMH277 CA HP - TAN 2 - Newhall (78) / Antelope Valley (89)
45.9800 203.5 KIP549 AL Prison, Montgomery w/ Morse ID
45.9800 203.5 KYB888 BA AL Prison, Frank Lee Youth Center, Speigner w/ Morse ID
45.9800 203.5 KYB889 AL Prison, Mount Meigs w/ Morse ID
46.1000 123.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Citrus Springs, FL
47.0400 107.2 Highway Dept "I'm on Cherokee off Duncan"
47.1800 192.8 KIF948 SC DOT Orangeburg
47.2000 107.2 SC DOT
48.5000 150.0 US MIL - Campbell Army Airfield
48.7400 100.0 Unidentified US business
49.5400 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.5800 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>

 

[KF4ZTO]

Richmond, VA
COMTELCO 31-35MHz NMO base-loaded mobile antenna (cut for ~33.70 MHz)

30.020 CSQ - Paging (Canadian medical paging frequency)
30.300 C210.7 - Spanish Language (taxi dispatch)
30.580 C88.5 - C.W. Wright Construction Company (possibly local)
33.580 C131.8 - Fire Dispatch
33.640 C114.8
33.700 C74.4
33.780 C77.0
33.940 C100.0
33.940 C179.9
33.960 C179.9 - Fire/EMS Dispatch Tone Outs
39.400 C110.9 - Maryland State Police?
42.000 C167.9 - Spanish Language
42.120 C203.5
42.640 C186.2
42.820 C186.2

 

[kkn50]

VHF Low Band Log: 7/16/13-7/31/13
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner with Dipole Antenna

FREQ....SQ....DESCRIPTION
30.1800 D051 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
30.6000 118.8 Unidentified US business
30.6000 210.7 Unidentified US business
30.6200 210.7 WPSD819 Millenium Taxi Service, Chattanooga TN
31.2000 91.5 KLT894 Central Heating & Cooling Inc, Mountain Home, AR
31.2000 203.5 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.0800 100.0 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.1800 77.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3400 127.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3500 150.0 US MIL - Helos
32.3800 156.7 "Control" Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.7200 141.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.7800 82.5 KTG669 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Allegany Co MD w/ dispatch
33.8600 82.5 KQH904 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Licking Co OH
34.0400 127.3 Taxi - Turrialba, Costa Rica <ID by Paul in Ireland>
34.1100 88.5 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Camp Bullis Range
34.2000 203.5 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
35.0600 162.2 WRZ735 Windy's Canoe Rental, Eminence MO
35.0800 97.4 Unidentified US business
35.1000 118.8 KRL868 Ravinia Plumbing & Heating, Highland Park IL
35.1000 127.3 KSO315 Independent Propane Company, Pine CO
35.1200 127.3 Mercury Cab, Chattanooga TN
35.1400 D311 Unidentified US business
35.1600 88.5 Unidentified US business
35.4400 131.8 Cement trucks
35.8200 94.8 Cement trucks
36.2000 150.0 US MIL - Airfield
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
37.3600 110.9 WPRG942 Lawrenceville Correctional Center, Sumner IL
38.7000 150.0 US MIL - Airfield
38.9000 150.0 US MIL - Possible Ft Knox Range Control
39.2200 192.8 KMA801 CA HP - WHITE 2 - South Los Angeles (77)
39.2600 118.8 KVV806 CA HP - Base - COPPER 1 - Arrowhead (101) / San Bernardino (75)
39.3400 D223 KXL325 Sheriff - Anderson Co, TN <per Mark102, 7/13/11>
39.4000 162.2 WPHM445 CA HP - Base - ORANGE 1 - San Diego (87)
39.4000 186.2 KTN273 CA HP - Base - GOLD 2 - Santa Fe Springs (83)
39.4400 146.2 WPPY951 CA HP - Base - PURPLE 1A - Santa Ana (86)
39.6800 118.8 KDG272 CA HP - Base - TURQUOISE 1 - Riverside (74)
39.7200 162.2 WPPC737 CA HP - Base - GRAY 1 - Westminster (55)
39.8000 162.2 WPHM449 CA HP - Base - TAN 1 - Oceanside (92) / Temecula (115)
39.8600 173.8 WPYP239 CA Orange County Freeway Service Patrol
39.8800 118.8 KMD453 CA HP - Base - BEIGE 1 - Rancho Cucamonga (123)
39.9800 CSQ Nebraska Statewide
40.0000 150.0 US MIL "Black Knight"
42.0000 186.2 KA5824 MO HP - Statewide mobile
42.0600 203.5 MO HP
42.1200 118.8 KMH995 CA HP - Base - GOLD - Bishop (72) / Bridgeport (71) / Mojave (59)
42.1200 203.5 MO HP
42.3800 173.8 KAA522 MO HP - Dispatch-to-Mobiles [F-70]
42.4200 141.3 TN HP
42.5000 173.8 NC HP - Channel 10 Base
42.5200 173.8 NC HP
42.5600 118.8 KMH962 CA HP - Base - WHITE - Barstow (73) / Morongo Basin (106) / Needles (114) / Victorville (12)
42.5600 131.8 TN HP
42.6000 173.8 NC HP
42.6400 173.8 NC HP
42.6400 186.2 KAF613 MO HP - Dispatch-to-Mobiles [F-60]
42.8200 173.8 NC HP
43.0400 107.2 Car to car passing through San Antonio
43.0400 151.4 Unidentified US business
43.0600 118.8 Dump trucks
43.1000 D654 "that guitar you heard the other day by Pearl Jam? Better Man"
43.7600 D043 Repeater w/ concrete trucks
43.8600 146.2 Unidentifed US business
44.9400 186.2 KRB411 CA HP - Base - BLACK 2 - Central Los Angeles (15)
45.0200 192.8 KCQ240 CA HP - ORANGE 2 - Baldwin Park (81)
45.7000 136.5 KMH277 CA HP - TAN 2 - Newhall (78) / Antelope Valley (89)
45.9800 203.5 KYB889 AL Prison, Mount Meigs w/ Morse ID
45.9800 203.5 KNEZ445 AL Prison,Springville w/ Morse ID
45.9800 203.5 KSZ783 JA AL Prison, Elmore AL w/ Morse ID
46.0800 151.4 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Bartow Co GA
46.4600 CSQ KII763 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Rockingham Co, NC
47.5000 173.8 Carrier - no audio. Heard w/ band openings since 5/2013.
49.4800 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.5200 D131 SCADA
49.5400 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.5800 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.6250 150.0 US MIL

 

[KF4ZTO]

42.0000 186.2 KA5824 MO HP - Statewide mobile

Interesting to see this frequency logged. I've heard non-domestic DX on 42.000 MHz before but never the Missouri Highway Patrol users on that frequency. A quick look through the FCC database shows only two licenses on 42.0000, KLS456, which appears to have all MO state frequencies plus interop frequencies associated with it for disaster/emergency temporary base use and the KA5824 license you mentioned in your post. I guess the FCC made an exception for Missouri as far as use of that frequency goes. It appears to be a government/military frequency and not listed under 47 CFR 90.20 - the public safety radio pool, which goes from 39.980 MHz to 42.020 MHz as the next available frequency. Hate to see the MO lowband system go by the wayside once MOSWIN is completely rolled out, especially with their 2-5 kW low band base stations. See:

KAA201 (MISSOURI, STATE OF) FCC Callsign Details
KAA202 (MISSOURI, STATE OF) FCC Callsign Details
KAA203 (MISSOURI, STATE OF) FCC Callsign Details
KAA243 (MISSOURI, STATE OF) FCC Callsign Details
KAA270 (MISSOURI, STATE OF) FCC Callsign Details

49.6250 150.0 US MIL

I suppose the military is making use of their 49.600 - 50.000 MHz allocation now that the lowband cordless phones are all but gone.

I always love reading your logs, kkn50.

 

[reconrider8]

how do you guys catch the morse code hits? do you just know the code of do you have a program to decode it?

 

[reconrider8]

anyone?

 

[nd5y]

I know code. It has been my experience that morse code decoding software generally dosen't work very well.

If you don't know code probably the easiest way is to record it and look at it with something like Audacity or GoldWave that has a wide waveform display . If the audio sample isn't too noisy and there is no other audio in the background you can easily see the short and long tones (dots and dashes) and spaces and look up the characters on a morse code chart.

 

[reconrider8]

im just thinking because they go so fast that i was hoping there was some software that could through the headphone jack on the scanner

 

[nd5y]

There are several software packages for ham radio digital modes that can also decode CW via sound card audio.
The only ones that I know of off hand that are free are fldigi, hamscope and multipsk.
W1HKJ Software
HamScope
index

YMMV on getting them to decode short duration high speed CW like repeater IDers.

 

[lanbergld]

It's nice to see that someone other than me enjoys Dx'ing the VHF Low band. I get agencies sometimes hundreds of miles from me. A couple of them I get almost every night. I use an Icom IC-R75.


Larry

 

[kkn50]

I just listen to it - the fastest are only about 20 wpm.

how do you guys catch the morse code hits? do you just know the code of do you have a program to decode it?

 

[kkn50]

VHF Low Band Log: 8/1/13 - 8/24/13

VHF Low Band Log: 8/1/13 - 8/24/13
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner with Dipole Antenna

FREQ....SQ....DESCRIPTION
25.9500 KB99696 Auxiliary Remote Pickup for AM 950, KOA, Denver CO
30.0000 150.0 US MIL
30.1800 D051 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
30.5800 91.5 Dirt trucks
30.6000 118.8 Unidentified US business
30.6200 94.8 Unidentified US business
30.6200 210.7 WPSD819 Millenium Taxi Service, Chattanooga TN
31.2000 203.5 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.1800 77.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3400 127.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3800 156.7 "Control" Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.7200 141.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.8600 82.5 KQH904 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Licking Co OH
34.0400 127.3 Taxi - Turrialba, Costa Rica <ID by Paul in Ireland>
34.1100 88.5 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Camp Bullis Range
34.5000 103.5 Spanish
34.8000 150.0 US Mil
34.8200 CSQ Portuguese - Brazil
34.8400 D251 Portuguese - Brazil
35.1000 118.8 KRL868 Ravinia Plumbing & Heating, Highland Park IL
35.1200 127.3 Mercury Cab, Chattanooga TN
35.1600 192.8 Morse ID "KDI323" - ATT California
35.4400 131.8 Cement trucks
35.4400 136.5 Creek rides
35.7600 156.7 "you'll have to give him directions"
36.1500 150.0 US MIL
36.5000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
37.9800 CSQ Highway maintenance crew
38.5000 150.0 US MIL
38.7000 150.0 US MIL - Airfield
39.2600 118.8 KVV806 CA HP - Base - COPPER 1 - Arrowhead (101) / San Bernardino (75)
39.3200 114.8 Fishermen in clear voice. Band open to US West Coast.
39.4000 162.2 WPHM445 CA HP - Base - ORANGE 1 - San Diego (87)
39.4000 186.2 KTN273 CA HP - Base - GOLD 2 - Santa Fe Springs (83)
39.6800 118.8 KDG272 CA HP - Base - TURQUOISE 1 - Riverside (74)
39.7200 162.2 WPPC737 CA HP - Base - GRAY 1 - Westminster (55)
39.8000 162.2 WPHM449 CA HP - Base - TAN 1 - Oceanside (92) / Temecula (115)
39.8600 173.8 WPYP239 CA Orange County Freeway Service Patrol
39.8800 118.8 KMD453 CA HP - Base - BEIGE 1 - Rancho Cucamonga (123)
40.0000 150.0 US MIL - Medevac training, helos and ground units
40.2200 100.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
41.6000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control
41.7000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control
42.1200 118.8 KMH995 CA HP - Base - GOLD - Bishop (72) / Bridgeport (71) / Mojave (59)
42.1200 173.8 MO HP
42.1200 186.2 MO HP
42.1200 203.5 MO HP
42.1400 186.2 KAA203 MO HP - Rural Dispatch [F-30]
42.2800 179.9 CA HP - Mobile - RED - Blythe (6) / Indio (76) / San Gorgonio Pass (97)
42.4400 179.9 KUV545 CA HP - Base - RED - Blythe (6) / Indio (76) / San Gorgonio Pass (97)
42.5600 118.8 KMH962 CA HP - Base - WHITE - Barstow (73) / Morongo Basin (106) / Needles (114) / Victorville (12)
42.6000 173.8 NC HP
42.8200 186.2 KAA201 MO HP - Dispatch-to-Mobiles [F-20] w/ callsign ID
43.7800 114.8 Morse ID - KMA454, Los Angeles Co METRO
44.9400 186.2 KRB411 CA HP - Base - BLACK 2 - Central Los Angeles (15)
45.4400 203.5 Kerr County, TX - Public Works
45.5000 192.8 WQA721 CA HP - YELLOW 2 - East Los Angeles (82)
49.4600 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.4800 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.5400 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.5800 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.6250 150.0 US MIL

 

[kkn50]

VHF Low Band Log: 8/25/13 - 9/14/13
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner with Dipole Antenna

FREQ....SQ....DESCRIPTION
30.0000 150.0 US MIL
30.1800 D051 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
31.2000 203.5 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.0800 100.0 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.1800 77.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3400 127.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3800 156.7 "Control" Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.4000 CSQ Unidentified language
32.9800 CSQ Unidentified language
33.0000 150.0 US MIL
33.0000 CSQ SCADA
33.7200 141.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.0400 127.3 Taxi - Turrialba, Costa Rica <ID by Paul in Ireland>
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Camp Bullis Range
34.2000 203.5 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.3000 150.0 US MIL
34.5000 103.5 Spanish
34.7400 CSQ Portuguese - Brazil
34.7800 71.9 Portuguese - Brazil
34.8200 CSQ Portuguese - Brazil
34.8400 D251 Portuguese - Brazil
35.8000 CSQ Unidentified language
36.8250 150.0 US MIL - Helos
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
37.9200 151.4 Spanish <band open to Central / South America>
37.9200 156.7 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
39.9000 CSQ Nebraska Statewide
40.2200 100.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
40.6000 150.0 US MIL - Helos
41.8600 77.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
43.0200 91.5 Unidentified US business
45.4400 203.5 Kerr County, TX - Public Works
45.9200 CSQ Unknown buses heard passing through San Antonio. No licensee in TX.
49.5800 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>

 

[kkn50]

VHF Low Band Log: 9/15/13 - 9/21/13

VHF Low Band Log: 9/15/13 - 9/21/13
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner with Dipole Antenna

FREQ....SQ....DESCRIPTION
29.7700 146.2 Taxi dispatch in Spanish
29.7900 100.0 WQMA652 Van Pool Transportation LLC, Fitchburg MA
29.9500 CSQ Unidentified language - fishermen?
30.4200 CSQ Canadian hospital paging
30.5000 CSQ Unidentified language
31.2000 203.5 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
31.2950 97.4 Analog Voice Inversion - fishermen?
31.3000 CSQ Unidentified language - fishermen?
32.0800 100.0 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.1800 77.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3400 127.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
32.3800 156.7 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
33.7200 141.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.0400 127.3 Taxi - Turrialba, Costa Rica <ID by Paul in Ireland>
34.1800 110.9 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Camp Bullis Range
34.2000 203.5 Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
34.8200 CSQ Portuguese - Brazil
34.8400 D251 Portuguese - Brazil
36.8000 150.0 US MIL - Helos
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
37.9200 156.7 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>
40.2200 100.0 Taxi dispatch in Spanish <band open to Central/South America>

 

[mtindor]

Midwest Tropo early 9-26-2013

I never post pictures, so this might not turn out. But tropo is really great here in the MIdwest this morning. I'm right where the WV/PA/OH meet. A nice sweet spot.

This is not unusual for anybody who watches for tropo patterns, but this is unusual [in Ohio] in that it's not real common to get such a great path northwest of here. Usually the good path for me is into downstate WV.

One thing to note -- This map does not tell all. I can tell, by the fact that I'm hearing about 14 distant WVSIRN sites off of the back of my UHF yagi, that there is tropo enhancement deep into WV as well. Given there are fewer APRS stations in WV, that probably is the reason why the map doesn't show the whole story.

I've been doing UHF DXing exclusively tonight. I'm hearing UHF from across the lake, into MI, into Indiana and likely further. A gazillion NXDN trunked sites can be heard as well as a gaggle of TRBO Connect Plus sites.

If you're sleeping at 2 am, you're missing it. Of course, it has been going on for many hours now.

VHF Propagation Map

What it looked like at 2 AM 9-26-2013

Interestingly, DXMaps.Com does not have a single spot in the Midwest from the past few hours. I guess all the hams have a bedtime.

Mike

 

[ukdx]

F2 log 2/10/13
Sussex, United Kingdom
RTL SDR + ICR-8500 and 20 element Log Periodic

F2 has been struggling this autumn but following the CME impact today brought an unexpected amount of traffic. Unusual that the opening favoured only the E and SW paths with no Russian or North American signals, nor did the morning opening go any further than Israel, Turkey was absent as well.

0904 33.975 Unid pulsing data only hear this during higher MUF F2
0911 36.200 150.0 Hebrew
0915 35.000 Sonde still strong when it reached it's max frequency.
0915 36.924 All Cyprus chirpers in upto this one
0917 36.174 Cyprus chirper not previously heard.
0917 34.000 Woodpecker OTHR across lower half meg
0926 37.825 DPMR bursts
0929 37.700 150.0 Hebrew
0931 34.500 150.0 Hebrew
0932 40.000 Unid Language brief comms. http://bit.ly/1aNTDnt
0939 34.250 150.0 Hebrew
0941 35.000 150.0 Hebrew
1234 35.250 Brasil Radar
1535 34.010 88.5 S. American? Spanish Dispatcher Spanish language dispatcher via F2 - YouTube
1540 34.110 88.5 S. American? Spanish Dispatcher Spanish language dispatcher via F2 - YouTube
1553 33.150 150.0 UNID Mil? Africa? http://bit.ly/1a1XUTn
1650 32.550 Radar Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
1652 33.200 Radar Davis, Antarctica
1720 31.975 CRY2001 Encryption, fishermen?

For over an hour starting at 1530 the following Brasilian dispatchers were logged.
34.52 77.0
34.84 D165
34.78 CSQ http://bit.ly/GAXRF9

35.63 74.4 Sounded Brasilian, first one heard on 35MHz

38.32 71.9
38.36 100.0
38.56 82.5
38.80 114.8
38.82 94.8
38.86 97.4
38.90 118.8
38.94 103.5
38.96 91.5

39.00 167.9
39.04 67.0
39.06 100.0
39.08 CSQ
39.08 67.0
39.14 131.8
39.18 CSQ
39.20 CSQ
39.22 CSQ
39.26 77.0
39.34 192.8
39.46 67.0
39.48 100.0
39.56 114.8
39.66 88.5
39.72 67.0

Paul
VHF Broadcast DXing from the UK
AceBlaggard - YouTube

 

[ukdx]

Must have forgotten to add the link to some of the Israeli traffic, it's always got the same 150Hz CTCSS and is very wide. Hebrew comms via F2 - YouTube

 

[kkn50]

I hear these only when the band is open to South America.

F2 log 2/10/13
1535 34.010 88.5 S. American?
1540 34.110 88.5 S. American?