2025 VHF Low Band Logs

[marvinsuggs]

Today’s Low Band Captures Richmond,TX Bearcat BCT15 X scanner Sirio GPA 27-45 MHz ground plane antenna, Butel ARC PRO software.

31.82 D244 Chestnut Ridge Trans, Spring Valley, NY? (Expired License)

33.48 114.8 Barnstable, MA FD

44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system

 

[d119]

Today's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
31.780	114.8	Unknown	Unknown	Unintelligible male voice.
35.080	141.3	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.980	88.5	KGL481	Greene Co, NC Fire/EMS 1	Freq/PL/Traffic
37.980	D331	WQFZ483	Winkle Bus Co of West Haven, CT	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.480	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/No PL/Traffic
35.900	82.5	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice: "Thats where they usually get dumped."
31.200	91.5	WQPM979	Central HVAC Mountain Home, AR	Freq/PL/Traffic (Both sides of conversation).
35.920	D156	WQIG620	AJ Myers & Sons Harmony, PA	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.360	173.8	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice: "That's where they usually get dumped."
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
35.980	146.2	KNFU569	Carroll Concrete NH & VT	Freq/PL/Traffic (expired license)
35.060	136.5	KCD451	Trudeau Sand & Gravel Saranac Lake, NY	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.820	156.7	Unknown	LA County Fire Dispatch?	Brief keyup, no voice.
39.460	156.7	KBV892	CA LLAW1 Southern Calfiornia	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
33.060	123.0	WQAH877	Thomas Bus Service Burlington, WI	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.720	136.5	WSDQ559	Montauk Bus Service Suffolk, NY	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.740	Carrier	KLB621	WL Roenigk, Inc. (Western PA)	Freq/No PL/Traffic
31.640	118.8	KFG780	Havin Materials Union, MO	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.640	D546	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, unreadable/fading.
31.040	D466	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, southern accent.
31.800	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, unreadable.
37.020	146.2	KZM737	W. Milford, NJ Police Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (MDC/Fleetsync heard)
33.680	Carrier	KBH343	Morgan Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic (18:00 paging test).
33.440	179.9	KCD346	Tolland Co, CT Fire Ops South	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.040	114.8	WQDR782	W. Barnstable, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.780	114.8	WQAX937	Falmouth, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (TRS Patch)
33.780	77.0	KCE579	SW NH Fire Mutual Aid	Freq/PL/Traffic (As KCF415)
33.480	114.8	KCB781	Barnstable, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (TRS Patch)
33.700	114.8	WPIP292	Hardwick, MA Fire Operations	Freq/PL/Traffic (LLGT Bleedthrough)
33.880	82.5	KQH904	Licking Co, OH Fire F2	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.920	Carrier	WNKC982	Lancaster Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.860	77.0	KGC676	Washington Co, MD Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.740	Carrier	KYL829	King William Co, VA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
44.580	Carrier	Multiple	BNSF HLCS	Freq/No PL/Traffic

 

[marvinsuggs]

Central Alabama
SDS200 w/ ST2 antenna
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33.0400 179.9 Fire Dispatch - Possible Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, New London County
33.0600 118.8 Educational Bus Transportation, Suffolk NY
33.1000 118.8 Chestnut Ridge Transport (School Buses), Spring Valley NY
33.4400 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Tolland County CT
33.4800 114.8 Fire Dispatch - Barnstable MA
33.4800 179.9 Tolland County Mutual Aid CT
33.5800 178.9 Fire/EMS Operations, Preston CT
33.6400 114.8 Fire Dispatch - Bourne MA
33.7000 114.8 Fire Operations, Hardwick MA
33.7200 179.9 Fire Operations, Lebanon MA
33.7800 77.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Cheshire Co NH
33.8000 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Windham Co CT
33.8600 77.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co MD
33.8800 82.5 Fire Dispatch - Licking Co OH
33.8800 127.3 Fire Dispatch - Bethleham CT
33.9000 203.5 Fire Dispatch
33.9400 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Waterford CT
35.0600 136.5 Unidentified US business
35.0800 141.3 Unidentified US business - trucks
35.1800 162.2 Vernola's Towing Service, Norwalk CA
35.2800 151.4 Unidentified US business
35.3600 123.0 Paragon Ready Mix, Utica MI
35.4400 131.8 Troy Ready-Mix, Troy MO
35.7200 136.5 Montauk Bus - Sufflok NY
35.7600 123.0 Unidentified US business - cement trucks
35.7800 107.2 Likely Callanan Industries, NY. "inch & 3/4 old English", "one ton of base and sand", "keep an eye on him in the yard"
35.8400 192.8 Bonded Concrete Inc, West Sand Lake NY
35.9800 123.0 Superior Ready Mix LP, Riverside & San Bernardino counties, CA
35.9800 146.2 Unidentified US business
36.3500 150.0 US MIL
36.4000 150.0 US MIL
36.5000 74.4 Taxi dispatch in Spanish
37.1200 74.4 SCADA - active since at least 2011 w/ band openings to CA. Reported as Contra Costa Co, CA
37.2400 146.2 Police Dispatch - probable West Milford Municipalities NJ
37.2600 136.5 Reported as California Department of Food and Agriculture but sounds like a highway crew
37.3600 110.9 Lawrenceville Correctional Center, Sumner IL
37.3800 114.8 Possible Donegan's Haulage, Perth ON
37.5800 CSQ Morse ID KGA845
37.7600 156.7 San Francisco Water Department
37.8000 136.5 Unidentified Electric Utility - band open to CA
37.8200 CSQ Utility Company - band open to CA
37.9400 151.4 Rim of the World School District, San Bernardino CA
37.9600 186.2 Unidentified public works
38.9000 150.0 US MIL - Units calling in reports in the format of "Line 1... Line 2..." and so on.

35.06 136.5 Trudeau Sand & Gravel, Saranac Lake, NY
35.28 151.4 Seymours Sand and Stone, Bozrah, CT
35.76 123.0 Carruth & Son Concrete, Waldorf, MD?
35.78 107.2 Hubert Butler Construction, Portland, CT?
35.98 146.2 Caroll Concrete Co, NH & VT

 

[marvinsuggs]

Central Alabama
SDS200 w/ ST2 antenna
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39.2200 192.8 CA HP
39.2600 118.8 CA HP
39.3400 162.2 CA HP
39.3600 162.2 CA HP
39.4000 162.2 CA HP
39.4000 186.2 CA HP
39.4400 146.2 CA HP
39.5000 131.8 Reported as Lee County & Bland County VA
39.6400 114.8 Police Dispatch - Benardsville NJ
39.6800 118.8 CA HP
39.7200 162.2 CA HP
39.8000 162.2 CA HP
39.8600 173.8 CA Orange County Freeway Service Patrol
39.8800 118.8 CA HP
39.9400 151.4 Rim of the World School District, San Bernardino CA
39.9800 88.5 EMS Dispatch - Greene Co NC
41.8600 77.0 Taxi dispatch, San Ramón, Costa Rica
42.0800 103.5 CA HP
42.1200 131.8 CA HP
42.1600 131.8 CA HP
42.4400 131.8 CA HP
42.4600 167.9 CA HP
42.5000 103.5 CA HP
42.5400 167.9 CA HP
43.0400 107.2 Itinerant frequency - Unidentified User
43.0600 127.3 HVAC company, NY
43.2800 77.0 Ingram Readymix, Texas
43.4400 77.0 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX
43.5200 77.0 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX
44.1400 88.5 Aggregate company
46.0600 97.4 Fire Dispatch - Cumberland County PA
46.1000 100.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Jericho Fire District, Jericho NY
46.1600 123.0 Fire Dispatch - A radio shop rebroadcasting Orange County 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/EMS Dispatch - Adams Co PA
46.4600 CSQ Fire/EMS Dispatch - Baltimore County MD

43.04 107.2 U.S. Pipeline, Houston, TX

 

[pro2004]

Stellar! I'm not familiar with the Canadian equivalent of the FCC, is there a way to determine what their callsign is?

VCZ479 . Try this search: Search Canada's TAFL

 

[sprman1955]

Todays logs:
31.320 French polytones
31.750 UK hospital Pocsag sometimes shows pl 254.1
31.690 csq Polytones
30.00 pl 151.4 Mil Coms very weak
36.500 pl 74.4 spanish taxi Mexico
25.00 AM WWV blasting in here 20 over S-9
Bands open here.Angelo

 

[pro2004]

So Cal into Eastern Ontario 1630 Hrs EST today.
Mostly CHP.
39.22
39.28
39.34
39.36
39.40
39.44
39.68
39.80
39.86
39.88

 

[W1KNE]

Holy Sh-t. it took until today but I heard my first CHP , hopefully, of the season.

39.4000 186.2 LA Gold-2 Several hits and strong too.

QTH: Bristol County, MA.

 

[W1KNE]

30.1000 CSQ, slightly off frequency, with someone speaking Russian.

30.1000

418

FM

36

10/16/25 20:34:10

10/16/25 20:34:10

LB

Other

 

[marvinsuggs]

Today’s Low Band Captures Richmond,TX Bearcat BCT15 X scanner Sirio GPA 27-45 MHz ground plane antenna, Butel ARC PRO software.

33.58 114.8 Yarmouth, MA FD

33.58 179.9 Preston, CT FD

33.64 114.8 Bourne, MA FD

33.72 179.9 Lebanon, CT FD

33.86 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system

 

[KF4ZTO]

30.1000 CSQ, slightly off frequency, with someone speaking Russian.

30.1000

418

FM

36

10/16/25 20:34:10

10/16/25 20:34:10

LB

Other

Could be Russian military, maybe Asian fisheries radio…least likely is Russian land mobile (business radio, etc.).

Russian taxis - using CB-type equipment - are all over the [roughly] 25.6 MHz - 30.2 MHz band, nearly all using narrow FM, 5 kHz spacing. 30.105 MHz is a known Russian taxi cab company frequency. Of course, Russian military comms also make sense (yes, they do use carrier squelch / CSQ).

European based DXers have monitored Russian comms on frequencies like 30.48125 MHz FM and 30.5925 MHz FM so 30.100 (ish) is not out of the question. For example, 30.4975 MHz falls within the same band plan as 30.5925 MHz. That, or somebody was just, well, off-frequency. 30.095, 30.100 and 30.105 are all possible taxi cab frequencies.

Officially anyway, low band for land mobile purposes is 33.000 MHz - 48.500 MHz and 57.000 MHz - 57.500 MHz using a mixture of 50 kHz, 25 kHz steps and 12.5 kHz spacing. The 30-33 band is very much a “free for all” and has military and civilian users mixed together with all kinds of band plans.

If you heard other Asian fishery chatter that would be my bet, I heard them yakking away (all in FM mode, all carrier squelch - CSQ) on 28.1125 MHz, 28.875 MHz, 28.9625 MHz, 29.000 MHz, 29.29.375 MHz, 29.400 MHz, 29.4125 MHz 29.425 MHz, 29.4375 MHz, 29.500 MHz, 29.525 MHz, 29.600 MHz, 29.6125 MHz, 29.625 MHz, 29.6375 MHz, 29.6875 MHz and 29.700 MHz (and those are just the within-10-meters frequencies) over the past 3-4 days during the short gray line propagation time frame.

30.100 MHz was/is also very active when the frequencies listed above were coming in. Of course the usual suspects on 27.5375, 27.675, 27.750, 27.775, 27.850, 27.875, 27.900, 27.925, 27.9375, 27.950, 27.9625, 27.975, 29.775, 29.825, 29.875, 29.9125, 29.925, 29.9625, 29.975, 30.000, 30.025, 30.125, 30.175, 30.1875, 30.225, 30.300, 30.4375, 30.475, 30.500, 30.550, 30.5625, 30.575, 30.600, 30.625, 30.700, 30.7125, 30.725, 30.750, 30.775, 30.800, 30.8125, 30.850, 30.900, 30.9375, 30.950, 30.975, 31.000, 31.025, 31.100, 31.200, 31.225, 31.625, 31.800, 32.000, 32.1125 and so on and so forth

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

30.1000 CSQ, slightly off frequency, with someone speaking Russian.

30.1000

418

FM

36

10/16/25 20:34:10

10/16/25 20:34:10

LB

Other

What is the 418 in that string? Also the 36?

 

[d119]

Today's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
35.760	123.0	KIA208	Carruth & Son Concrete Waldorf, MD	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.480	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/No PL/Traffic
39.840	88.5	KMK457	Orange Co, CA WEROC	Freq/PL/Traffic (EAS RWT)
35.920	D156	WQIG620	AJ Myers & Sons Harmony, PA	Freq/PL/Traffic
45.980	Carrier	KLB621	WL Roenigk, Inc. (Western PA)	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.020	146.2	KZM737	W. Milford, NJ Police Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (Fleetsync heard)
35.140	156.7	WRFM852	Lee Cardice Monticello, FL	Freq/PL/Traffic (noisy/unreadable)
33.740	Carrier	KYL829	King William Co, VA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
31.680	67.0	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, southern accent
35.740	Carrier	KLB621	WL Roenigk, Inc (Western PA)	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.060	123.0	WQAH877	Thomas Bus Service Burlington, WI	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.200	91.5	WQPM979	Central HVAC Mountain Home, AR	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.040	141.3	KVW581	Northern Clearing Ashland, WI	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.500	131.l8	WNJL806	Lee County, VA Government A	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.060	136.5	KCD451	Trudeau Sand & Gravel Saranac Lake, NY	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.060	110.9	Unknown	Unknown	Personal conversation.
35.080	141.3	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic (Mention of RG Johnson (PA))
35.080	118.8	Unknown	Unknown	Foul language discussion of Arby's burgers & fish frys.
33.680	Carrier	KBH343	Morgan Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic (18:00 paging test, noisy).
39.120	136.5	KNFM345	State of Virginia - VDOC	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (Beaconing CWID)
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
31.640	118.8	KFG780	Havin Materials Union, MO	Freq/PL/Traffic (expired license)
31.640	D546	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, unreadable.
33.920	Carrierq	WNKC982	Lancaster Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.880	82.5	KQH904	Licking Co, OH Fire F2	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.860	77.0	KGC676	Washington Co, MD Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.980	88.5	KGL481	Greene Co, NC Fire/EMS 1	Freq/PL/Traffic
44.580	Carrier	Multiple	BNSF HLCS	Freq/No PL/Traffic

 

[W1KNE]

What is the 418 in that string? Also the 36?

418 is the RSSI. 36 is the hit counter, but don't go by that number, The first hit number was "31", even though I only had heard six transmissions. It was definitely Russian as I know a little language but not enough to actually understand what is said. (Being a fan of Russian history you tend to pick up things.)

@KF4ZTO That explanation was excellent. Thank You! I haven't heard it since. Just as I mentioned for a very brief moment, after California had faded out. I've heard the Asian ships here as well, but this didn't sound the same. It was very different from anything else I've ever heard to be honest. But who knows, I wish it had lasted longer.

 

[KF4ZTO]

418 is the RSSI. 36 is the hit counter, but don't go by that number, The first hit number was "31", even though I only had heard six transmissions. It was definitely Russian as I know a little language but not enough to actually understand what is said. (Being a fan of Russian history you tend to pick up things.)

@KF4ZTO That explanation was excellent. Thank You! I haven't heard it since. Just as I mentioned for a very brief moment, after California had faded out. I've heard the Asian ships here as well, but this didn't sound the same. It was very different from anything else I've ever heard to be honest. But who knows, I wish it had lasted longer.

Thank you W1KNE, its a good catch either way - the lower part of the band, that is, 29.7 to 33 (ish) is full of interesting systems, including land mobile and military systems. You'd probably not be surprised to hear that it is not uncommon for somebody to leave a radio keyed up on 30.000 MHz or 30.025 MHz (with the tell-tale 150 Hz military tone squelch hum and wider-than-usual FM deviation), either as part of radio testing or other military operations. 30.000, 30.025, 30.050, 30.075, 30.100 and the other low-end frequencies are very popular for obvious reasons. There appears to be at least one paging system (sometimes using a narrow-deviation variation of POCSAG, other times using multi-tone CCIR pager modes) operating on, you guessed it, 30.100 MHz. Usually when 30.100 paging signals are coming in, 29.800 MHz, 29.900 MHz, 30.875 MHz and 30.900 MHz are coming in. They seem to come in when the known Spanish on-site and wide-area paging networks on 40.825 MHz, 40.850 MHz, 40.875 MHz and 40.900 MHz are active when the MUF is high enough. My guess would be the paging signals on 30.100 are coming out of Spain or that general part of the world.
Tuning around European-based SDRs this morning (well, morning here on the U.S. East Coast - roughly 1230 UTC) on 17 October 2025, I am hearing a mix of Asian fishermen on 29.875 MHz FM, 29.925 MHz FM, 30.475 MHz FM, 30.775 MHz FM, and several others, a Russian taxi cab dispatcher on 29.855 MHz FM and U.S. land mobile (school bus or other transportation dispatcher) on 31.120 MHz. C.W. Wright (out of my neck of the woods) coming in on 30.580 MHz FM as well as another U.S. land mobile user on 30.640 MHz.

POCSAG signals popping up on 29.8 MHz and 29.9 MHz, starting to fade in. There's also an unmodulated military FM (with the 150 Hz tone) right above the noise floor on 30.025 MHz (at 1228 UTC).

 

[kc2asb]

There's also an unmodulated military FM (with the 150 Hz tone) right above the noise floor on 30.025 MHz (at 1228 UTC).

Interesting. I remember my old BC-210XLT stopping on unmodulated carriers in this range and I often skipped over them, thinking they were local interference.

 

[W1KNE]

31.1200 is used by a school bus/transportation company out of Western Massachusetts. If you received a PL of 100.0, that would be them.

Also this morning hearing the French traffic signaling systems on 35.4500 and 35.5500 again. Haven't heard them since last year.

 

[sprman1955]

Todays logs:
31.750 UK Pocsag
31.320 French polytones
36.05 pl 110.9 French heard
35.640 pl 1`18.9 beeps heard and french heard
35.810 pl 118.8 many beeps very strong here
French traffic system blasting in here so many.Got Internet fiber yesterday !Angelo

 

[d119]

I routinely have a varying signal strength unmodulated carrier appear on 37.700MHz. It's not anything internal to the radio and I don't think it's nearby interference based on the durations and signal strengths. I've mentioned it out here before, and I'm curious if anyone else has logged it.

On the subject of POCSAG, while it may still be taboo, I'm curious if anyone's ever tried running PDW or some similar thing with a data slicer on these POCSAG signals to see if anything decodes, and if it might indicate where it's originating from.

 

[GMB2711]

all California low band CHP good today her at Fort Bragg, NC 39.000mhz part of it