2020 VHF Low Band Logs

[empireco]

Log Today

30.450 150Hz Range Operations clearing Law Enforcement to leave an area. (Probably Fort Hood Texas)
43.280 77Hz Unk IB Mobiles
43.440 77Hz "368 are you in the yard?"... "Use the construction entrance off P(?) street" (Or maybe Peace Street). Possibly Ingram Readymix, San Antonio, TX
59.750 CSQ Spanish male with music in background, sounded like a broadcast. (Maybe Spanish T.V. Station audio)? Strong then faded out.

Monitored from Central KY. using BCT15X, Ringo Ranger AR6, and Freescan.

Also a recent trip to Pennsylvania put me within a couple miles of Fort Indiantown Gap NG Base and I got to do some .mil monitoring and spotting of helicopters up CLOSE and personal!

Managed to catch him on 36.075 MHz VHF Low also so anyone out there who copied 08716 on 36.075 On Wednesday 5-20-2020 this will be an instant ID for you!

 

[kkn50]

Logs: 2020/05/21
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT scanner with 10 meter dipole antenna

FREQ......SQ......DESCRIPTION
31.8800 114.8 Farmers
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control, Camp Bullis TX
35.4400 131.8 Troy Ready-Mix, Troy MO
35.9800 94.8 Unidentified US business
42.4400 146.2 CA HP

 

[VK3RX]

Do you folk hear anything in the lowband VHF range from Hawaii?

I want to punch in some frequencies both for interest as well as early warning for 6 meters. It's not the right time of the sunspot cycle for the best results but occasionally there are openings from here to HI on 10m & CB.

About 5 years back I put a post in the Hawaii subforum asking if anyone could tell me any frequencies for lowband VHF services using reasonable transmit power that have known regular traffic on them, and I recall I was told to look at the FCC database ...

After filtering out McDonalds drive through's and low power hospital pagers, I was left with the Red Cross, Ameron, the gas company and the State of Hawaii and still was none the wiser which if any were active with regular traffic.

 

[trashman43]

Monitored from Central Ky using a BCT15X, Freescan and a 6 meter Ringo Ranger on 4-22-20 thru 5-22-20

FREQ	SQ	CALL	DESCRIPTION
30.000	150.0		US.mil Roughneck
30.150	150.0		US.mil Black Ops
30.300	150.0		Razor
30.450	150.0		Ft. Hood
32.050	150.0		Misery Base
32.500	150.0		Outlaw Ops, CO
32.550	150.0		Unk US.mil
32.600	150.0		WANG
32.850	150.0		TNSG
33.500	150.0		UH72's
34.200	150.0		Ft. Sill
34.850	150.0		TNSG
36.000	150.0		Camp Bulllis
36.250	150.0		MSNG
36.500	150.0		Ft. Carson
36.800	150.0		Helos
40.95	150.0		Wendell H. Ford
41.000	150.0		Ft. Bragg
46.800	150.0		Ft. Campbell
49.500	150.0		MSNG
65.200	150.0		Unk US.mil

 

[kkn50]

The storm that blew through last night took down my dipole. Switching to a Par OA-50 six meter antenna until it is back up.

 

[marvinsuggs]

Oh no!

 

[tyytor]

The storm that blew through last night took down my dipole. Switching to a Par OA-50 six meter antenna until it is back up.

View attachment 85497

Sorry to hear about that, also flooding and tornadoes the last few days☹ down there.

 

[217]

5/26/20

Massachusetts Fire District 7 'Roll call' on 33.620. Loud and clear.

KCG653

Signals received in North Carolina (EM95)
14' dipole
120' Commscope RG6 quad shield flooded
Uniden BC75XLT

 

[kkn50]

Logs: 2020/05/22 - 2020/05/25
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner with 10 Meter Dipole Antenna / PAR OA-50 Six Meter Antenna

FREQ......SQ......DESCRIPTION

25.0000 AM WWV Ft Collins CO
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control, Camp Bullis TX
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
37.5000 150.0 US MIL
38.5000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control
39.2200 192.8 KMA801 CA HP
39.3000 D632 Sheriff Dispatch - Pulaski Co VA
39.7200 100.0 WPJP401 Giles Coounty VA
39.9800 88.5 KGL481 EMS Dispatch - Greene Co NC
40.6700 CSQ SNOTEL
42.9200 203.5 MO HP
43.2800 77.0 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX
43.4400 77.0 WNCG835 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX <very active>
43.7000 D156 Unidentified Electrical Contractors, San Antonio TX
44.5800 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail Limits Compliance System (Packets)
45.9800 203.5 3EKNJN75 AL Prison -- unknown callsign
49.4800 67.0 Pike Electric Ch 12 <nationwide contractors>
49.5000 67.0 Pike Electric Ch 13<nationwide contractors>
49.5400 67.0 Pike Electric Ch 2 <nationwide contractors>
55.0000 150.0 US MIL - Medic training

 

[kkn50]

Logs: 2020/05/26
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT Scanner with PAR OA-50 Six Meter Antenna

FREQ......SQ......DESCRIPTION
39.2200 192.8 KMA801 CA HP
39.3400 162.2 WPHM449 CA HP
39.4000 186.2 KTN273 CA HP
39.7200 162.2 WPPC737 CA HP
42.0600 203.5 MO HP
42.1000 203.5 MO HP
42.1200 203.5 MO HP
42.5600 118.8 KMH962 CA HP
42.9200 203.5 MO HP
43.5200 77.0 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX
44.5800 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail Limits Compliance System (Packets)
45.5000 192.8 WQA721 CA HP
45.7000 136.5 KMH277 CA HP
47.0800 D073 Repeater, carrier, roger beep, no audio. Possible FL DOT
49.4800 67.0 Pike Electric Ch 12 <nationwide contractors>
49.5400 67.0 Pike Electric Ch 2 <nationwide contractors>

 

[trashman43]

Monitored from Central Ky using a BCT15X, Freescan and a 6 meter Ringo Ranger on 5-22-20 thru 5-26-20

FREQ	SQ	CALL	DESCRIPTION
25.000		WWV
30.000	150.0		US.Mil Roughneck
30.450	150.0		Ft. Hood Range Control
30.500	150.0		Ft. Sill
47.000	150.0		Ft. Sill Range Control
50.000	150.0		Helo's
non .mil
43.280	77.0		"right on that road Rocky"
43.320	146.2		unk US business
43.520	77.0		"Standby 84"

 

[217]

5/28/20

The hits have been few and far between these days but did manage to get yet another 'Roll call' this morning around 9:20 am. This time it is Barnstable county control working 33.700 identifiable with the 'chirp'. BCC is located at Otis ANGB, Massachusetts.
Stations included:
Wellfleet
W. Barnstable
Yarmouth
DCR
Dennis
Mashpee

Roll call

BCC website

 

[Dispatrick]

5/28/20

The hits have been few and far between these days but did manage to get yet another 'Roll call' this morning around 9:20 am. This time it is Barnstable county control working 33.700 identifiable with the 'chirp'. BCC is located at Otis ANGB, Massachusetts.
Stations included:
Wellfleet
W. Barnstable
Yarmouth
DCR
Dennis
Mashpee

Roll call

BCC website

Showing that freq in the database with and without a PL for Worcester County. Is there a PL being used? Going to program it into my test bank.

 

[217]

Showing that freq in the database with and without a PL for Worcester County. Is there a PL being used? Going to program it into my test bank.

Sorry, I have no idea as I dont do PLs.

 

[empireco]

Sorry, I have no idea as I dont do PLs.

I’m sure you’d find it a great enhancement to your listening hobby if you got a receiver that will automatically scan and show PL and other squelch codes.
It would allow you to ID the station without having to wait for Morse or voice ID.
Uniden BCT15X will do it for $150. Cheap!

 

[217]

I get what your saying, and someday I may, but for now I'm okay with it. Most of what I listen for I can identify by their voices, tones and the background noise. I have been looking into it to block more of the tactical frequencies if that's an option. It does get old listening to someone talking with the sound of a whaling siren. I'm really more interested in 54-88 so the scanner becomes secondary when that happens.

 

[W8UU]

33 MHz fire channels hopping this afternoon.

Some type of cross-patched dispatch on 33.60 and 33.58. I'm hearing mobiles and portables and the click-click of voting receivers and some squelch tail
33.72 and 33.86 tripping the squelch with base and mobile activity
Sporadic activity on 33.78, 33.90, and 33.98
A dead carrier fading in and out on Special Emergency/Highway Maintenance frequency 33.02 MHz

Hopefully I'll catch enough info soon to ID some of these

Southeast Ohio EM-89
Bearcat 210 XLT scanner
Antenna Craft XL2 outdoor antenna mounted at 20' above ground

 

[217]

Yesterday it started around 9am here and went on till 8pm with a few short lulls in between. I was too busy with the tv and doing chores.

33 MHz fire channels hopping this afternoon.

Some type of cross-patched dispatch on 33.60 and 33.58. I'm hearing mobiles and portables and the click-click of voting receivers and some squelch tail
33.72 and 33.86 tripping the squelch with base and mobile activity
Sporadic activity on 33.78, 33.90, and 33.98
A dead carrier fading in and out on Special Emergency/Highway Maintenance frequency 33.02 MHz

Hopefully I'll catch enough info soon to ID some of these

Southeast Ohio EM-89
Bearcat 210 XLT scanner
Antenna Craft XL2 outdoor antenna mounted at 20' above ground

 

[Dispatrick]

FLDOT channels have been very active this morning. Hearing the usual "boop" and actually some talk! This is what I got so far.


47.0400 D143 Broward/Collier Counties line Miccosukee Service Plaza
47.2200 D346 Miami
47.1200 D152 Bayshore
47.3800 D073 Sanlando Springs

 

[rftechnyc]

Reliable outputs I've used for checking band conditions so far have been 2 6m FM channels.
53.370 Rockland County NY
53.830 Somewhere in NYC