2020 VHF Low Band Logs

[marvinsuggs]

June 2020 Richmond,TX Bearcat BCT8 scanner Sirio GPA 27-45 MHz ground plane antenna.

33.600 Lancaster Co, PA FD
33.720 Lancaster Co, PA FD
33.820 Calvert Co, MD FD
33.900 Lancaster Co. PA FD
33.920 Pataskala, OH FD
37.100 Roseville, OH FD
42.060 Missouri HP Springfield
42.560 California HP Barstow
47.180 SC DOT Dillon

 

[marvinsuggs]

Can someone please identify ?

Check out this message from Zello.

Listen to Zello: 33.860 shared by marvinsuggs

Shared messages from Zello walkie-talkie app

zello.me

 

[Dispatrick]

Can someone please identify ?

Check out this message from Zello.

Listen to Zello: 33.860 shared by marvinsuggs

Shared messages from Zello walkie-talkie app

zello.me

Washington County MD. always a strong signal!

 

[marvinsuggs]

Thank you sir

 

[217]

My first Canadian confirmed hit. 46.580, Timmins fire control of Canada's Ministry Resources and Forestry Bancroft district. I had heard her back in June talking about fires and weather conditions but had now idea what it was until today when she grounded a tanker in Timmins. The clip is “Bird Dog” 157 talking about a stubborn fire with tanker 276 in the air. The word Hectares grabbed my attention.

46.580

Photo of tanker 276

 

[marvinsuggs]

Wow what an incredible capture

 

[kkn50]

Recent Logs
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT scanner with 10 meter dipole antenna

FREQ......SQ......DESCRIPTION
31.6400 118.8 Dump Trucks
31.8800 114.8 Farmers
33.8200 141.3 KCO372 FD/EMS - Calvert County MD
33.8600 77.0 KGC676 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co, MD
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control, Camp Bullis TX
35.3600 127.3 Trucking business "through the gate, on the jobsite"
35.4400 131.8 Troy Ready-Mix, Troy MO
35.9800 94.8 Unidentified US business
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
39.2200 192.8 KMA801 CA HP
39.2600 118.8 KVV806 CA HP - Input is 42.740
39.4000 162.2 WPHM445 CA HP
39.6000 162.2 WPHM348 CA HP
39.6800 118.8 KDG272 CA HP
42.1000 203.5 MO HP
42.1200 203.5 MO HP
42.4400 146.2 CA HP
42.5000 127.3 KLM513 CA HP
42.5600 118.8 KMH962 CA HP
43.1200 146.2 US Business - Unidentified
43.1800 D662 Manatt’s, Inc, Iowa statewide
44.7400 186.2 CA HP
44.9400 186.2 CA HP
45.0200 192.8 KCQ240 CA HP
45.9800 203.5 Morse ID "CUD3EKNJN75" - Likely an Alabama prison where no one has checked the Morse ID since at least 2016
49.5400 67.0 Pike Electric Ch 2 <nationwide contractors>

 

[kkn50]

Thanks for posting that information. I have heard them for several years but could not identify. From my central Alabama location I heard them working the same fire that you did today -- here is a link to my audio file: 46.5800 / 110.9

My first Canadian confirmed hit. 46.580, Timmins fire control of Canada's Ministry Resources and Forestry Bancroft district.

 

[kkn50]

Very strong band opening today.

Logs: 2020/07/05
Childersburg AL
Uniden SDS200 Scanner with ST2 Antenna

FREQ......SQ......DESCRIPTION
25.0000 AM WWV Ft Collins CO
30.6400 110.9 KBB466 Thomas Bennett & Hunter, Westminister MD
33.4400 179.9 KCD346 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Tolland County CT
33.4800 114.8 KCB781 Fire Dispatch - Barnstable MA
33.4800 179.9 Fire Dispatch - Tolland CT
33.5600 D251 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Unidentified
33.5800 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Ledyard CT
33.7000 114.8 Fire Dispatch - Farnsville, Chatham
33.7800 77.0 KCF415 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Cheshire Co NH
33.8000 179.9 KXV431 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Windham Co CT
33.8200 141.3 KCO372 Fire/EMS - Calvert County MD
33.8200 179.9 Fire Dispatch - Possible KAV469 - Colchester, New London, CT
33.8600 77.0 KGC676 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co MD
33.8600 82.5 KQH904 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Licking Co OH
33.9000 91.5 KKL552 Fire Dispatch - Broome Co NY
33.9000 179.9 EMS Dispatch - Possible CT
33.9400 179.9 WNHR373 Fire Dispatch - Waterford CT
33.9600 179.9 WQF238 Fire Dispatch - Lyme/Old Lyme, CT w/ callsign voice ID
33.9800 241.8 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Unidentified
37.0200 146.2 Police Dispatch - West Milford NJ
37.1000 162.2 KET358 Morgantown Utility Board WV
37.2660 107.2 Police Dispatch - Possible Waldwick NJ
37.5800 D412 KGA845 Potomac Electric, Rockville MD w/ Morse ID
39.3000 D632 Possible Sheriff Dispatch, Pulaski Co VA
39.4400 97.4 WQTF208 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation - "setting up the barricades" "what is the situation" "thank you guys for helping me"
39.5000 110.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Allegany Co MD
39.5600 97.4 Sheriff Dispatch - possible Carroll county or Appomattox county VA
39.6000 110.9 EMS & Police Dispatch - Douglas MA
39.6000 146.2 EMS Dispatch - Paramus Municipalities NJ
39.7200 100.0 WPJP401 Giles Coounty VA
39.7800 100.0 Police Dispatch - Uxbridge MA
39.8600 162.2 Police Dispatch - Possible Northbridge MA
39.9800 88.5 KGL481 EMS Dispatch - Greene Co NC
42.0000 186.2 MO HP - Car to Car
42.1000 203.5 MO HP
42.1200 203.5 MO HP
43.1000 D565 Unidentified US Business "he can come back and clean all this up"
43.1200 131.8 Unidentified US business
43.2000 146.2 WPVH406 Morse ID -- Callsign not assigned to this frequency
43.2200 177.3 ?H417 Police Dispatch - repeater output - tone when idle
43.2400 151.4 Police Dispatch - repeater output - tone when idle
43.3000 131.8 Fire/EMS Dispatch - repeater output, related to 43.24, Eastern Time Zone, steady tone following transmissions
43.3600 103.5 KZB778/R Charles W Rohde III, North Richland Hills TX w/ Morse ID
43.7600 123.0 Possible Interurban Transit Authority, Allegan MI
44.2400 100.0 Unidentified US business
44.6200 82.5 Morse ID "KUZ700", Parks Police - Region 4 (Finger Lakes) NY. That callsign is not licensed for this freq in the FCC database.
44.6800 141.3 PA Game Commission
44.7000 100.0 OK HP - Clinton Base
44.7400 110.9 Maryland State Police - A15 Syscom Medevac 1
45.8000 173.8 Police Dispatch - Jefferson NJ
45.9400 88.5 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Suffolk NY
45.9800 100.0 Possible Bergen NJ Police
46.0000 77.0 Universal Macomb Ambulance, Macomb MI
46.0400 103.5 Fire Ops - Croton-on-Hudson Municipalities NY
46.0400 141.3 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Possible Middlesex Co CT
46.0600 97.4 Fire Dispatch - Cumberland County PA
46.0600 167.9 Fire Dispatch - Possible Westchester County NY
46.1000 100.0 KEG503 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Jericho Fire District, Jericho NY
46.1000 167.9 Fire Dispatch - Possible Chautauqua County NY
46.1000 D754 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Unidentified
46.1200 100.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Nassau Co NY
46.1800 82.5 Fire Dispatch - Possible Jefferson Co NY
46.1800 141.3 Fire Dispatch - Middlesex Co CT, Valley Shore (Big Gun WQF238), Control 3 (Old Saybrook), Control 9 (Clinton), Middletown Control, Cromwell Dispatch
46.1800 186.2 Fire Dispatch - Possible Adams Co PA
46.2000 100.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Possible Tioga county NY
46.2400 151.4 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Danbury CT
46.3800 77.0 Fire Dispatch - Meriden CT
46.4400 127.3 Fire Dispatch - Possible Putnam Co NY
46.4600 114.8 Fire Response - Ulster Co NY
46.5000 107.2 Fire Dispatch (Repeats of 453.8000), West Haven CT
46.5000 141.3 Fire Dispatch - Possible Yonkers NY
46.5600 173.8 Fire Dispatch - Jefferson NJ w/ dispatch and voice ID
46.5800 110.9 CKX674 Timmins Fire Control, Canada's Ministry Resources and Forestry, Bancroft district
47.2400 D073 Carrier, no audio. Possible FL DOT
47.6200 110.9 XLR85 Six Mile Provincial Park, Muskoka District, Ontario Canada
47.7000 146.2 Repeater keying on noise
47.7600 118.8 XLL430 Arrowhead Provincial Park, Huntsville, Muskoka District, ON Canada
47.8000 103.5 Cullman Electric Cooperative, Cullman AL
47.8200 127.3 Unidentified
49.1200 100.0 National Grid - Monterey Repeater, Berkshire MA
49.1400 151.4 Fire Dispatch - Ridgefield CT
49.9000 151.4 Repeater keying on noise

 

[217]

Very strong band opening today.

Yes very strong most of the day. Had to lockout 47.7 and 46.22 early on. Got most of what you listed and for a bonus some good old analog tv from Dominican Republic, Canada and possibly south America.

 

[Dispatrick]

Yes very strong most of the day. Had to lockout 47.7 and 46.22 early on. Got most of what you listed and for a bonus some good old analog tv from Dominican Republic, Canada and possibly south America.

What frequencies did u hear the analog tv on? or were u using a tv?

 

[zerg901]

I remember hearing USA FDs on 33.90 coming thru one of those foreign low band repeaters back 30 years ago. Maybe it was 36.90

and here are 2 old entrys in my freq spreadsheet

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some repeater heard via skip with USA FDs on the input

32.680000

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PL 141.3

RadioRef skip forum 11/22/2011

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foreign repeater

32.940000

R

PL 141.3

USA FDs had been getting into repeater in the past - 10/2019 - per RR Skip forum

 

[217]

What frequencies did u hear the analog tv on? or were u using a tv?

Flat screen. The first screenshot is of unknown origins showing Korean baseball results from July 4th. The second screenshot is an interview with Diego Forlán, a Uruguayan football star. I believe this signal is from South America.

 

[mbstone99]

45.9800 203.5 Morse ID "CUD3EKNJN75" - Likely an Alabama prison where no one has checked the Morse ID since at least 2016

Could this is be KNJN759 in Athens.. only call sign close enough that matches that frequency..

ULS License - Public Safety Pool, Conventional License - KNJN759 - State of Alabama, Department of Corrections

Matt

 

[mbstone99]

46.5800 110.9 CKX674 Timmins Fire Control, Canada's Ministry Resources and Forestry, Bancroft district

This would actually be the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.. or MNR..

Mat

 

[217]

This would actually be the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.. or MNR..

Mat

Thanks. kkn50 mentioned the call sign. I just copied Timmins Fire Control, Canada's Ministry Resources and Forestry, Bancroft district from the RR wiki.

 

[kkn50]

This would actually be the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.. or MNR..

Mat

Thanks for the correction.

 

[kkn50]

Logs: 2020/07/07
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT scanner with 10 meter dipole antenna (new antenna but not as high as the old one)

FREQ......SQ......DESCRIPTION
30.7600 162.2 KGL980 Archer Sand & Gravel, Griffin GA. Transmitter: Hwy 19, 41.2 MI N of Griffin, Sunnyside GA, Spalding county. Coverage: 121.0 km radius around a fixed location.
31.6400 118.8 Dump Trucks
33.8600 77.0 KGC676 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co, MD
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control, Camp Bullis TX
35.3600 127.3 Trucking business
39.2200 192.8 KMA801 CA HP
39.3400 162.2 WPHM449 CA HP
39.4000 186.2 KTN273 CA HP
42.1200 118.8 KMH995 CA HP
42.5000 127.3 KLM513 CA HP
42.5600 118.8 KMH962 CA HP
43.0000 151.4 Farmers
45.0200 192.8 KCQ240 CA HP
45.5000 192.8 WQA721 CA HP
45.9800 203.5 WNQW911 State Prison - Clio AL w/ Morse ID
49.5200 67.0 Pike Electric Ch 1 <nationwide contractors>

 

[kkn50]

Logs: 2020/07/08
San Antonio, Texas
Uniden BCD996XT scanner with 10 meter dipole antenna (new antenna but not as high as the old one was)

FREQ......SQ......DESCRIPTION
31.6400 118.8 Dump Trucks
34.2000 150.0 US MIL - Range Control, Camp Bullis TX
36.9000 150.0 US MIL - Martindale Army Heliport Ops, San Antonio TX
41.9500 150.0 US MIL "BEARMAT" - Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms CA
42.4400 146.2 CA HP
42.4400 179.9 KUV545 CA HP
42.5600 118.8 KMH962 CA HP
49.5800 67.0 Pike Electric Ch 3 <nationwide contractors>

 

[scanmanmi]

I'm picking up a fire dept repeater on 33.64 PL 114.8. That's listed as Barnstable Massachuttes. They said something about the I95 bypass so it may not be them. Anybody?