How do you determine the use of each frequency, outside of hearing the location transmitted over the air? Listening to CW id?
2024 VHF Low Band Logs
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d119
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What agency is that in the first video at 01:45? Boy there's some OLD GE voter sounds... Haven't heard that in years, love it!!7/10, 7/13, North Carolina, Pro 2055, extended double zepp.
Not much going on here lately except for the HUGE band opening this AM.
If anyone knows where the female robotic voice dispatching is from, it be greatly appreciated. One thing I have been following is the timestamps. My time is usually around 15-30 seconds ahead of the timestamps. Dispatchers, I need more timestamps. It is funny to hear the hissing static being re-transmitted from the Bronx when I get it static free.
60-Control and Lancaster County-Wide Coms battle for the airwaves. Manheim Township, Lancaster City, Columbia Borough, Manor Township, East Lampeter Township and Ephrata Township are heard on Lancaster re-transmitting the P25 system. And as usual the Falmouth MA. simulcast. When I hear it I always have a mental image of a hamster running on a wheel.
7/10 - not much
7/13 - HUGE opening
I still want to know how I can start doing this with some degree of automation.
Bearcat BCT15 X scanner Sirio GPA 27-45 MHz ground plane antenna, Butel ARC software.
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Sporadic E enthusiast
That is Falmouth simulcast in Barnstable county MA. Contact Marvin or kkn50 about the setups. kkn50 has like 3 listening stations in different states?
The ctcss tones used, content (location references) - spoken callsign/ Location on some and rarely - callsgn in CW. It gets even more interesting with commercial users where it can be a lot of detective work searching place references and cross referencing with this site and the FCC.
Slim pickings today here on the other side of the pond.
| 29.6500 | C71.9 | HB9HD Swiss Repeater via night Sp-E! | 21:47:25 |
| 29.6700 | C151.4 | RR3AAC Repeater, Moscow, Russia | 17:11:11 |
| 33.0400 | C179.9 | Mohegan Tribe of Indians, New London County, CT. Fire. | 14:11:52 |
| 33.0600 | C118.8 | KTS562 Copiague, NY, school bus dispatch. | 14:06:32 |
| 33.5000 | Israel MIL. | 15:10:17 | |
| 33.6400 | C114.8 | Bourne, MA. Fire. | 14:15:20 |
| 33.6400 | C179.9 | Windham, CT. Fire. | 14:46:55 |
| 33.6800 | C127.3 | Northbridge Municipalities, MA. Fire. | 14:38:50 |
| 33.7000 | C114.8 | Barnstable Co. MA, fire comms check. Daily 0915 est. | 14:21:31 |
| 33.7750 | C151.4 | Israel mil. | 15:03:37 |
| 33.8400 | C131.8 | Uxbridge, MA. Fire. | 14:24:34 |
| 33.8800 | C179.9 | Windham, CT. Fire. | 15:24:29 |
| 33.9400 | C179.9 | Waterford, CT. Fire. | 14:29:13 |
| 34.1750 | C151.4 | Israel mil. | 14:14:40 |
d119
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All right fellas! I've got the BCD996P2 connected to the external antenna, the PC, and ProScan controlling it and it's doing exactly what I want!
I'm logging 30-50MHz at this time. Locked out all of the local stuff, and the stuff that just makes noise or sits there.
I still get sporadic noise through the band but it comes and goes, I suppose it comes with the territory. Antenna is a Diamond CP610 about 25' off the ground.
We shall see. But I'm now participating as well.
I'm logging 30-50MHz at this time. Locked out all of the local stuff, and the stuff that just makes noise or sits there.
I still get sporadic noise through the band but it comes and goes, I suppose it comes with the territory. Antenna is a Diamond CP610 about 25' off the ground.
We shall see. But I'm now participating as well.
Thanks for the info!
d119
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So far just hearing local stuff (albeit a few things I didn't know I could even hear). I'm letting it run continuously. Best I've heard so far is potentially a simplex conversation from the opposite end of the state, which is pretty cool in itself.
217
Sporadic E enthusiast
Frequency? It may not be local for others.
d119
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Well I'm hearing the following pretty loud from out west (still learning how to use tables).
| 40.350 | 151.4 | Camp Pendleton, CA "Long Rifle" Range Ctl. |
| 45.900 | 192.8 | CHP Los Angeles |
had a nice tropo opening on VHF high last night 9/11 about 9:45P
was picking up Septa in Phili at my house here in old lyme ct AAR 16 and 18
was picking up Septa in Phili at my house here in old lyme ct AAR 16 and 18
d119
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Great fellas. Just great. YET ANOTHER THING to eat up more time that I don't have... OK. I'm hooked. You all roped me in to this one. This is WAY too cool. Needless to say the northeast was open to the west coast for a bit today...
My finds for the last 18 hours, any help with the two unknowns?:
My finds for the last 18 hours, any help with the two unknowns?:
| 33.040MHz | 114.8Hz | WQDR782 | W. Barnstable, MA. Fire | Confirmed via freq/PL |
| 33.480MHz | 179.9 | WNFA251 | Tolland County, CT. Fire | Confirmed via freq/PL |
| 33.860MHz | 77.0 | KGC676 | Washington Co, MD. Fire | Confirmed via freq/PL. |
| 33.820MHz | Carrier | KDQ223 | E. Brunswick, NJ. Fire | Confirmed via address broadcast and frequency. |
| 33.960MHz | Carrier | KED281 | Westchester Co, NY. Fire | Confirmed via address broadcast and frequency. |
| 33.920MHz | Carrier | WNKC982 | E. Lampeter Twp, PA. Fire | Confirmed via address broadcast and frequency research via FCC. |
| 33.880MHz | 82.5Hz | KQH904 | Licking County, OH. Fire | Confirmed via web lookup of apparatus callsigns, found city, and then confirmed freq/PL. |
| 31.200MHz | D432N | KBB446 | Thomas, Better & Hunter Concrete Westminster, MD. | Confirmed via search of others finds & FCC verification. |
| 30.000MHz | 151.4Hz | N/A | Military Startup Frequency | "Check check check" "Hear anything?" Lots of keying up. |
| 31.820MHz | D244N | WPQX819 | Educ. Bus. Transp. Copaigue, NY. | Confirmed via search of others finds & FCC verification. |
| 31.360MHz | 173.8Hz | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown, short transmission and noisy. |
| 47.940MHz | 131.8Hz | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown. Very strong, short transmission. |
| 48.280MHz | 107.2Hz | KGU722 | Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, Riverside Co, CA. | Confirmed via CWID, verified via freq/PL. Lots of bizarre speed call DTMF on this one. |
Today’s low band captures
QTH: Richmond,TX Bearcat BCT15 X scanner Sirio GPA 27-45 MHz ground plane antenna, Butel ARC PRO software.
32.18 77.0 Taxi, Alajuela, Costa Rica
43.44 77.0 Ingram Readymix, Houston, TX
44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system
QTH: Richmond,TX Bearcat BCT15 X scanner Sirio GPA 27-45 MHz ground plane antenna, Butel ARC PRO software.
32.18 77.0 Taxi, Alajuela, Costa Rica
43.44 77.0 Ingram Readymix, Houston, TX
44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system
Great job. What's your location?
d119
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SoCal. This is with a BCD996P2 on a Diamond CF610. ProScan.
d119
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Also found 37.460MHz DPL 712, I suspect its Western Municipal Water District in Riverside County, CA... They've got some desense issues for sure, I've got 00:02:10 recorded of their repeater talking to itself. WPLP676
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Thank you
