2020 VHF Low Band Logs

[W8UU]

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47.125 94.8 Unk. Ambulance Service. Unit giving out Blood pressure then " 5061 - I'll be leavin' "

That's a weird one. 47.12 and 47.14 are both highway maintenance frequencies with an FCC mandate for assignment to state licensees only. There is no 47.125 MHz in any frequency table. Are you sure you're hearing an ambulance? There are no licensees in the FCC database for either frequency except for state departments of transportation.

 

[empireco]

I'm not surprised what I hear on VHF Lo. I did my best to report what I heard. My scanner searches at 25 KHz steps so doesn't cover the exact freqs you posted. I'm mainly looking for .mil transmissions especially helos and they use mostly 25 KHz steps 30 to 88 (or higher).
Been hearing someone on 30.000 lately off and on doing radio "tests" that does not sound military and I can't get a tone on them.

 

[chrismol1]

Do you remember the numbers? If it wasnt blood pressure Im gonna guess it was a mile marker according to above post sof transportation, because both say "over". "mile marker 50 over 30" or whatever number, sometimes without saying mile marker first. BP is "120 over 80" or lower, above 90 over 50 which is normal blood, low blood pressure less than 90 over 50

 

[nd5y]

That's a weird one. 47.12 and 47.14 are both highway maintenance frequencies with an FCC mandate for assignment to state licensees only. There is no 47.125 MHz in any frequency table. Are you sure you're hearing an ambulance? There are no licensees in the FCC database for either frequency except for state departments of transportation.

It could be a repeater outside the US repeating an ambulance frequency here.

 

[W8UU]

It could be a repeater outside the US repeating an ambulance frequency here.

44 through 50 MHz is generally used for television broadcasting in the rest of the world. That frequency split was originally assigned for TV Channel 1 in North America (ITU Region 2) but was given to land mobile users in the 1950s.

There were a bunch of 47 MHz "special emergency" frequencies that were assigned to ambulance services. 47.46, 47.50, 47.54, 47.58, 47.62, and 47.66 MHz used to contain ambulance dispatch, beach patrols, school bus operations, doctors and veterinarians, hospitals, disaster relief organizations (everything from the Red Cross to REACT), and more. A really fun group of freqs to monitor. Not a lot of licensees there now but a few are still on the air and pop up on my scanner from time to time. If you heard ambulance comms, maybe it was on one of these 47 MHz frequencies?

 

[empireco]

It could have been a mile marker I suppose, I can't remember the exact numbers, he did give a number OVER another number.
I'll try to be more careful in the future but it was lots of action going on.

The band is open again today, I'm getting 30.725 with 151.4 tone mobiles talking to a base about going to a school and mention of a middle school, hopefully I'll have a nice FAT log to put on here tonight!

I was locked on the above station and it gave a Morse ID at 11:13 EDT!!!
The ID is WQPU857 again!!!
Van Pool Transportation LLC
P.O. Box 1000
18 Cottage Ave
Wilbraham, MA 01095

 

[empireco]

44 through 50 MHz is generally used for television broadcasting in the rest of the world. That frequency split was originally assigned for TV Channel 1 in North America (ITU Region 2) but was given to land mobile users in the 1950s.

There were a bunch of 47 MHz "special emergency" frequencies that were assigned to ambulance services. 47.46, 47.50, 47.54, 47.58, 47.62, and 47.66 MHz used to contain ambulance dispatch, beach patrols, school bus operations, doctors and veterinarians, hospitals, disaster relief organizations (everything from the Red Cross to REACT), and more. A really fun group of freqs to monitor. Not a lot of licensees there now but a few are still on the air and pop up on my scanner from time to time. If you heard ambulance comms, maybe it was on one of these 47 MHz frequencies?

I gave the exact frequency and tone as shown on my scanner when I received the traffic and logged it.

 

[empireco]

I don't use Zello but wanted to post a short video of my monitoring station and let you hear the audio file my FreeScan saved on one of my computers of the 30.725 MHz intercept I received of the Van Pool Transportation station that Morse ID'd.

 

[ve3ext]

I don't use Zello but wanted to post a short video of my monitoring station and let you hear the audio file my FreeScan saved on one of my computers of the 30.725 MHz intercept I received of the Van Pool Transportation station that Morse ID'd.

I believe what you are hearing is a school bus co. in the Sudbury/marlborough area., west of Boston.
I visit there frequently., lots of low band in ma., but not as good as 10 yrs, ago

This freq. is 30.720., and from memory also operate on 30.740 and 29.7!!! Have heard 29.7 several times

You have a good setup., listening here also., big fan of 30-54 mhz

Jerry VE3EXT

 

[marvinsuggs]

What scanner/software/interface cable are you guys using to log Low Band skip? Tired of doing it old school 🙄

 

[empireco]

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29.600 CSQ Copied Amateur K5ILC in Arkansas and others.
30.000 UNK. Copied key up on my FT-991A on 10 meter quad antenna but never with BCT15X on AR-6 Ringo to get a tone.
30.725 151.4 Van Pool Transportation LLC in MA -as stated earlier the exact frequency is 30.720 RXed their Morse ID WQPU857
31.125 100 Van Pool Transportation LLC MA under same callsign as above actual freq is 31.120 I believe and we probably won't be hearing their 29.700 100 anymore because unfortunately they let that License expire, found that out today with ULS search and looking up both callsigns to that company. I've copied that freq before too here in KY as well as SC.
33.575 114.8 UNK possibly Fire, EMS, or Police.
41.200 150 UNK. US Mil.
43.440 77.0 "Attention all Pat 2 drivers" "Back to regular rock pile". "How 'bout it Shaun?".
83.100 CSQ T.V. audio? WFM mode.

 

[empireco]

I believe what you are hearing is a school bus co. in the Sudbury/marlborough area., west of Boston.
I visit there frequently., lots of low band in ma., but not as good as 10 yrs, ago

This freq. is 30.720., and from memory also operate on 30.740 and 29.7!!! Have heard 29.7 several times

You have a good setup., listening here also., big fan of 30-54 mhz

Jerry VE3EXT

If you would have checked you would have seen that I already posted couple posts back that I copied the Morse callsign and ID'd it as:
The ID is WQPU857 again!!!
Van Pool Transportation LLC
P.O. Box 1000
18 Cottage Ave
Wilbraham, MA 01095

I was simply posting a vid to back that up but you only saw that post apparently.
I saw that the actual frequency according to the FCC ULS search was 30.720 but I only post what my scanner reads out while searching 29.7 to 88 MHz in 25 KHz steps. I did INDEED pick it up clearly on 30.725 NFM Mode with 151.4 Hz tone so that's what I posted and logged.
Hopefully you will make some contributions here, you say you really like 30 to 54, well I like 29.7 to 88.
Don't limit yourself to below 54 only, LOTS of awesome .Mil traffic on the "Mid-Band" between 55-88 and even in 6 meter band!

 

[marvinsuggs]

Can someone please identify?
Check out this message from Zello.

Listen to Zello: 37.720 mhz shared by marvinsuggs

Shared messages from Zello walkie-talkie app

zello.me

 

[nd5y]

Can someone please identify?
Check out this message from Zello.

Listen to Zello: 37.720 mhz shared by marvinsuggs

Shared messages from Zello walkie-talkie app

zello.me

The first part is cut off. All I can hear is IF565 or AIF565.

 

[W8UU]

The first part is cut off. All I can hear is IF565 or AIF565.

How about these guys:

ULS License - Industrial/Business Pool, Conventional License - KIF565 - SUMTER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

 

[marvinsuggs]

How about these guys:

ULS License - Industrial/Business Pool, Conventional License - KIF565 - SUMTER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

 

[marvinsuggs]

Awesome thank u

 

[marvinsuggs]

The band was,wide open today 😊

 

[n3obl]

33.575 114.8 UNK possibly Fire, EMS, or Police.

33.575 is not a valid step

33.58000

114.8 PL

KNCS289

Fire Low Band Tie

Yarmouth Municipalities

Barnstable

MA

 

[W8UU]

33.575 is not a valid step

33.58000

114.8 PL

KNCS289

Fire Low Band Tie

Yarmouth Municipalities

Barnstable

MA

I hear them a lot in southeast Ohio when the band opens up.