2023 VHF Low Band Logs

[KF4ZTO]

36.5 74.4 Spanish coming in to central KY right now, strong signal, a male and a female chatting.
There is a squak when the male transmits at the beginning before he starts speaking.

Does the traffic on 36.5000 MHz FM 74.4Hz sound similar to this:


32.180 MHz FM 77.0 Hz CTCSS Taxi Cab Dispatch - Alajuela Costa Rica 4 Jan 2023 - Part 1

32.180 MHz FM 77.0 Hz CTCSS Taxi Cab Dispatch - Alajuela Costa Rica 4 Jan 2023 - Part 2

or this?


31.200 MHz FM 203.5 Hz CTCSS Land Mobile Radio Comms VHF Low Band DX VHF Lo Skip DX 13 January 2023
31.200 MHz FM 203.5 Hz CTCSS Land Mobile Radio Comms VHF Low Band DX VHF Lo Skip DX 13 January 2023

I know that other DXers have monitored Latin American taxi, business comms, etc. in the higher portion of the band (above 36 MHz) during good band openings. Or, you’ve stumbled upon a full-duplex radiotelephone link (although it sounds like a regular push to talk system going by your description). 36.500 MHz does fit within the (usually used) 20 kHz channel spacing - I know that many places use 10 kHz offset, 5 kHz offset or 12.5 kHz/25 kHz spacing instead of the 20 kHz spacing.

 

[empireco]

Sounds like the second one, the squak is exactly the same but it sounded like the squak was at the end of her transmission which is backwards from what I was hearing.

 

[kkn50]

26.1100

FM

KOVR (channel 13) Sacramento Television Stations Inc - Broadcast Auxiliary Remote Pickup

KMK282

Loud and clear a couple of days ago: 26.110 MHz

Have not gotten a ID yet on 26.110 i know its a Sacamento CA station by the weather reports .Dont know what network either.

 

[sprman1955]

KKN50 thanks for the ID i will look up the power ect on the station and distance from me!

 

[pro2004]

January 27 2023 to Eastern Ontario

Caught taxi and KOVR remote today.

26.0350 AM YL Spanish with high/ low tone at end of transmissions at 1400 Z ( taxi?)
26.1100 FM KOVR remote - noon news reference to videos on internet at CBS13 transmission ends with discussion about mic at 2010Z
31.3250 French signaling 1500Z
37.5000 136.5 "close 2056 and leave bypass" - water works? 2130Z

 

[W8HDU]

The IFB/STL band is actually pretty big. 25.870 MHz - 26.470 MHz in 20 kHz steps,

Our station occasionally used 26.310 and 26.410 for comms. Mostly TV cues and talent IFB when UHF or cellular does not cut it.

 

[sprman1955]

Hearing 26.125 mhz USB sounds like a UK CB channel whistles talk about gordie ect and can hear a few very weak stations all chatting.

 

[sprman1955]

27th&28th logs here in TN
25.985 LSB beeps Spanish
25.700LSB beeps Spanish
25.735 LSB beeps Spanish
26.115 AM Spanish loud
25.685 AM beeps Spanish
29.899 RTTY S-7 signal
25.955 AM Spanish many stations weak
25.800 1-28-23 930am cst music talk ect S-4
25.546 LSB Spanish female beeps and tones.
26.125 USB UK voices talking many weak ones 6:30am CST 1-28-23
26.455 Spanish beeps
26.035 AM Spanish female very rapid beeps tones .
26.375 Spanish many talking all kinds of tones beeps sound affects.

 

[kb7wox]

2010z 28 Jan /23

37.02MHz PL 146.2 West Milford NJ PD Dispatch/EMS response

 

[Kitn1mcc]

37.500 sounds like an electric utility

 

[ecps92]

what PL ?? if any ?

37.500 sounds like an electric utility

 

[Kitn1mcc]

what PL ?? if any ?

not sure just going by the conversation heard and the frequency

 

[misterpaul71]

Around local sunset here 1700 utc (12 est - 9am Pacific) I could briefly hear the N6LIZ repeater above Pasadena, CA on 29.660 today - can anyone suggest some busy low vhf freqs from California below the 39 mhz CHP channels? I used to hear a few on 31 and 35 mhz last time round but wonder what is active these days. Any suggestions would be great.

 

[jwt873]

29.899 RTTY S-7 signal

So today @ 16:39 UTC I'm hearing the 29.899 signal. There is also RTTY at 29.925 and 29.963.. (Radio set to USB). They aren't very strong.. In the S1 S2 range.

Best I can see is that they're using the 170 Hz split. Not sure of the baud rate etc.. Tinkered a bit but couldn't manage to decode..

Anybody have any idea what this RTTY is, and why would someone be using these frequencies commercially? Seems they'd be very hit and miss.. (Dependent on solar activity). -- No luck with Google.

 

[ecps92]

generally 37.5000 for years was assigned to Utilities as well as Municipalities who had their own Utility

37.500 sounds like an electric utility

 

[jwt873]

Just to add to my post above... The 29.899 signal is loud now at S5. I swung the beam around and it's strongest to the South/West - 120 degrees. (Look at a map of North America and draw a line from Manitoba to Florida).

 

[krokus]

Just to add to my post above... The 29.899 signal is loud now at S5. I swung the beam around and it's strongest to the South/West - 120 degrees. (Look at a map of North America and draw a line from Manitoba to Florida).

That is southeast, unless MB has moved.

 

[jwt873]

Was before my first coffee. I wasn't fully oriented

 

[sprman1955]

WMR 25.800 here today was S-4 . KOVH tv feed FM was S-6 here today.

 

[kkn50]

South Texas Logs for January 2023
BCD996XT Scanner with Ten Meter Dipole

25.8000 NFM Brief transmission with music
26.1100 FM KOVR (channel 13) Sacramento Television Stations Inc - Broadcast Auxiliary Remote Pickup
29.7100 192.8 Unidentified - very weak signal
30.0200 CSQ Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON Canada w/ paging & Morse ID XKD841
30.0250 150.0 US MIL
30.2200 CSQ General Hospital, North York, ON, Canada w/ Morse ID XKC0414
30.6000 107.2 Possible KEW913 New Jersey American Water Company
30.6400 110.9 Thomas, Bennett & Hunter Concrete, Westminster MD
30.7200 77.0 Rawson Materials, CT or RI
30.8000 173.8 Taxi dispatch in Spanish
30.9200 162.2 Sandhills Heating & Refrigeration, Southern Pines NC
30.9200 167.9 First Student Inc, School Buses, Kent RI
31.0800 94.8 Blooming Glen Contractors Inc, Blooming Glen PA w/ Morse ID KNJK923
31.1000 CSQ Asian fishing network (31.100 is most active frequency received)
31.1200 100.0 Secco of Palmer, school buses, Holyoke MA. Repeater output. Input is 35.4000.
31.2000 203.5 Taxi dispatch in Spanish. Active since at least 1988.
31.2000 D432 Thomas Bennett & Hunter Concrete, MD
31.3600 173.8 Unidentified US business (last heard 01/14/2012)
31.4400 162.2 Possible Mid-Continent Concrete, AR or OK
31.8000 CSQ Asian fishing network
31.8200 D244 Trans Group-Monsey, school buses, Rockland County NY
31.8900 CSQ Steady Tone
31.9400 118.8 Chestnut Ridge Transport, Spring Valley NY
31.9600 D606 The Trans Group, school buses, Copiague NY
32.0500 150.0 US MIL
32.1800 77.0 Taxi, Alajuela, Costa Rica
32.1800 141.3 Taxi, Alajuela, Costa Rica
32.3750 150.0 US MIL - Helos
32.9400 141.3 Taxi dispatch in Spanish - band open to Central/South America
33.0400 114.8 Fire Dispatch - West Barnstable MA
33.0400 179.9 EMS Dispatch - Mohegan Tribe of Indians of CT, New London
33.0600 118.8 Educational Bus Transportation Inc, Copiague, NY
33.0600 162.2 Altoona School District, PA
33.0800 131.8 Spencer Rescue - Spencer MA
33.1000 118.8 Chestnut Ridge Transport, Spring Valley NY
33.1000 156.7 Fire Dispatch - Santa Clara Co, CA "Attention all Santa Clara county fire agencies"
33.4400 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Tolland County CT
33.4800 114.8 Fire Dispatch - Barnstable MA
33.5600 100.0 Fire Dispatch - Easton CT
33.5600 D251 Fire Dispatch - Trumball CT
33.5800 114.8 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Yarmouth MA
33.5800 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Ledyard CT
33.6200 131.8 South Worcester County Fire Net, MA
33.6600 179.9 Fire Dispatch - Norwich CT
33.7200 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Franklin CT
33.7400 CSQ Fire Dispatch - West Point VA
33.7800 77.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Cheshire Co NH
33.7800 114.8 EMS Dispatch - Bourne MA
33.8000 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Windham Co CT
33.8200 179.9 Fire Dispatch - Possible KAV469 - Colchester, New London, CT
33.8600 77.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co MD
33.8600 179.9 Tolland County Mutual Aid, CT
33.9000 91.5 Fire Dispatch - Broome Co NY
33.9000 136.5 EMS Dispatch - Radner PA
33.9400 179.9 Fire Dispatch - Waterford CT
33.9600 206.5 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Westchester Co NY
34.2000 150.0 US MIL "on Fox Mike"
35.3200 D074 Secco of Palmer Inc, school buses, Wocester Co MA
35.6800 CSQ Paging
35.7200 136.5 Montauk Bus Service, Hampton Bays NY
35.7800 107.2 Unidentified US business
35.8400 192.8 Bonded Concrete Inc, West Sand Lake NY
35.9000 162.2 McComas Funeral Home Transport Vans, Harford MD - "Bel Air Memorial Gardens, third entrance"
35.9800 146.2 Carroll Concrete Co, NH & VT
36.6000 CSQ Beacon "YSD", CYSD Suffield Heliport, Alberta Canada
36.8000 150.0 US MIL - Shiner Net
37.0200 146.2 Police Dispatch - West Milford, NJ
37.1000 D152 Public Works, Scituate, MA - repeater with roger beep
37.1200 74.4 SCADA
37.4600 CSQ PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PA w/ Morse ID KWG479
37.5000 136.5 Utility Company
37.5600 D023 Electrical Utility - last logged in 2015
37.5800 CSQ PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PA w/ Morse ID KGA859
37.6400 CSQ PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PA w/ Morse ID KGA864
37.6600 CSQ PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PA w/ Morse ID KQX988
37.7000 CSQ Partial Morse ID "RC 7"
37.7400 CSQ PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PA w/ Morse ID KGA863
37.8200 CSQ PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PA w/ Morse ID KVA725
37.8600 CSQ PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PA w/ Morse ID KDG698
37.9800 192.8 "You need to grab him off his route"
37.9800 D331 School buses - last logged in 2014
38.6600 173.8 Taxi dispatch in Spanish - band open to Central/South America
39.4000 162.2 CA HP
39.7200 162.2 CA HP
40.1250 150.0 US MIL with report of number of wounded
40.6000 150.0 US MIL - Helos "on Forty Sixty FM"
41.8600 77.0 Taxi dispatch, San Ramón, Costa Rica
43.4400 77.0 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX - During business hours this frequency is a good indicator for band openings to south Texas because they talk and talk and talk and talk
43.5200 77.0 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX
44.9400 186.2 CA HP
45.7000 136.5 CA HP
45.9800 203.5 Morse ID "CUD3EKNJN75" - Likely an Alabama prison with a misconfigured Morse ID since at least 2016
49.4600 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.4800 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.5000 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.5200 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.5400 67.0 Pike Electric <nationwide contractors>
49.7000 150.0 US MIL - Helos "They had us fly into the clouds" "I'm gonna cancel my IFR and just go VFR in"