2025 VHF Low Band Logs

[W1KNE]

A good day today. Caught the french for the most part. CHP was active but didn't record any. Did get .--. .. ..--- -... --- --.. PI2BOZ on 29.650.

The YouTube videos are good, but it would be helpful for us to see an actual log as well. (For searching in the forums!)

 

[W1KNE]

QTH: Bristol County, MA.
BCD996P2

Pro scan logs, edited.

39.2200	C 192.8	314	10/25/25 17:44:16	CHP	Los Angeles	White 3
39.4000	C 186.2	349	10/25/25 17:39:26	CHP	Los Angeles	Gold 2
39.2600	C 118.8	331	10/25/25 17:27:43	CHP	Inland	Copper B
39.6800	C 118.8	322	10/25/25 17:12:37	CHP	Inland	Turquois B
39.3600	C 162.2	326	10/25/25 17:07:45	CHP	Orange County	Green B
39.7200	C 162.2	359	10/25/25 17:06:19	CHP	Orange County	Grey B
39.8800	C 118.8	331	10/25/25 16:42:57	CHP	Inland	Beige B
26.1100		431	10/25/25 16:30:29	CHP	Other	KOVR
39.8000	C 162.2	334	10/25/25 16:21:43	CHP	Border	Tan B
42.5600	C 118.8	421	10/25/25 15:18:41	CHP	North Division	White INL B
42.4400	C 100.0	421	10/25/25 15:02:30	CHP	North Division	Red 2 N-B
44.8000	C 103.5	334	10/25/25 14:48:01	CHP	Golden Gate	Emerald 4 B
31.8000	D 074	440	10/25/25 13:54:06	CHP	Other	See Note Below
42.1200	C 118.8	417	10/25/25 13:45:19	CHP	Bishop Dispatch	Gold B
30.5000		433	10/25/25 13:30:42	CHP	Other	Loud Music Playing??
35.5500		346	10/25/25 12:54:19	CHP	FRENCH HIGH	French Hwy

* This 31.8000 sounded local to me. I heard one end clear, one end scratchy, and not a moment of any other skip.

 

[d119]

Guess I forgot to hit enter on this! Yesterday's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
31.280	123.0	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, noisy/unintelligible.
35.140	156.7	WRFM852	Lee Cardice Monticello, FL	Freq/PL/Traffic (noisy/unreadable)
35.740	Carrier	KLB621	WL Roenigk, Inc. (Western PA)	Freq/No PL/Traffic
31.480	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.580	D412	KGA845	Potomac Electric Power Co. Washington, DC	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
33.740	Carrier	KYL829	King William Co, VA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
31.640	D546	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, mention of "Cavalier Pharmacy". (Alamo, TN?)
39.960	82.5	WNHH912	Randolph Co, WV Sheriff's Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (Address confirmed)
35.820	127.3	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.060	136.5	KCD451	Trudeau Sand & Gravel Saranac Lake, NY	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.060	110.9	Unknown	Unknown	Male voices, personal conversation about American flag.
39.500	131.8	WNJL806	Lee Co, VA Government A	Freq/PL/Traffic (Address confirmed)
35.080	114.8	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, sounds like trucks working.
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
35.960	131.8	Unknown	Unknown - Nashville, TN area?	Male voice "Well, welcome to New York".
37.440	131.8	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.920	136.5	Unknown	Unknown	Male voices, mention of "Evansville".
39.980	88.5	KGL481	Greene Co, NC Fire/EMS 1	Freq/PL/Traffic (noisy/brief)
39.120	136.5	KNFM345	State of Virginia - VDOC	Freq/PL/Traffic (noisy CWID)
35.900	82.5	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, personal conversation.
31.900	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown - Asian fishery?	Foreign language.
37.020	146.2	KZM737	W. Milford, NJ Police Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (Fleetsync heard) (Unusually good signal)
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (Beaconing CWID)
33.880	82.5	KQH904	Licking Co, OH Fire F2	Freq/PL/Traffic ("Fire Control")
31.800	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, unreadable/noisy.
33.860	77.0	KGC676	Washington Co, MD Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
44.580	Carrier	Multiple	BNSF HLCS	Freq/No PL/Traffic
31.700	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown - Asian fishery?	Foreign language.
39.520	79.7	WQAW220	Craig Co, VA Sheriff's Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (MDC heard)

 

[d119]

QTH: Bristol County, MA.
BCD996P2

Pro scan logs, edited.

39.2200	C 192.8	314	10/25/25 17:44:16	CHP	Los Angeles	White 3
39.4000	C 186.2	349	10/25/25 17:39:26	CHP	Los Angeles	Gold 2

Do you build your tables manually or can you import the data into the forum here in table format?

I enter everything into a log file for each year, and for each day, I manually build each days table by hand. Is there a better way? Can I just dump the section of the log for the day into the forum in table format? I've tried, I can't seem to make it happen.

I use notepad for the primary data entry. Should I be using something like Excel to make the tables work? Would love to not have to do this twice anymore!

 

[217]

The YouTube videos are good, but it would be helpful for us to see an actual log as well. (For searching in the forums!)

I get it. I'm doing other things so I can't sit and write down the freqs most times. If one following along regularly, one would know what freqs are being received. My logs would almost mirror Angelo's logs since we are only separated by 300 miles. If you need logs, program the freqs and log them.

 

[d119]

Today's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
31.560	D532	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, unreadable.
31.480	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.440	131.8	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.900	82.5	Unknown	Unknown	Male voices, personal conversation.
35.860	156.7	Unknown	Unknown	Male voices, unreadable.
35.820	127.3	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.080	114.8	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice: "Figure out where they want to dig." (MaxTrac heard)
39.500	131.8	WNJL806	Lee Co, VA Government A	Freq/PL/Traffic ("Jonesville Rescue Squad)" as KNC972
35.920	136.5	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice "OK". (MaxTrac heard)
39.980	88.5	KGL481	Greene Co, NC Fire/EMS 1	Freq/PL/Traffic (Sta. 51 tones heard)
35.100	146.2	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
37.360	110.9	KNAG223	State of Illinois - IDOC Statewide	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.800	D074	Unknown	Unknown	Noisy/unreadable.
39.120	136.5	KNFM345	State of Virginia - VDOC	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID w/ garbled voice)
37.580	D412	KGA845	Potomac Electric Power Co - Washington, DC	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
31.640	D546	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, southern accent.
31.040	D466	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice: "Alright."
33.760	151.4	KEX264	Imperial VFD - Clinton, PA	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.600	150.0	Military	Military traffic	Male voice: "Zero Roger Over".
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (Beaconing CWID)
37.020	146.2	KZM737	W. Milford, NJ Police Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (Fleetsync heard)
37.700	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown	Intermittent dead carrier. Strong today.
33.860	77.0	KGC676	Washington Co, MD Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.880	82.5	KQH904	Licking Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic ("Fire Control")
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic (varying signal)
44.580	Carrier	Multiple	BNSF HLCS	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.740	Carrier	KYL829	King William Co, VA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.520	79.7	WQAW220	Craig Co, VA Sheriff's Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (MDC heard)

 

[W1KNE]

Do you build your tables manually or can you import the data into the forum here in table format?

I enter everything into a log file for each year, and for each day, I manually build each days table by hand. Is there a better way? Can I just dump the section of the log for the day into the forum in table format? I've tried, I can't seem to make it happen.

I use notepad for the primary data entry. Should I be using something like Excel to make the tables work? Would love to not have to do this twice anymore!

Honestly, I just copy the whole log entry from Pro Scan (select top left corner box), do a CTRL C , CTRL V. The Xenforo forum software automatically parses it in the non BB code mode. You can click on a column here on Xenforo, and select to delete a column or row. So I delete the non pertinente columns (Hit counters, start time, number tags, etc). I "delete all rows" from the Pro Scan software each day, to prevent duplicates. I then go into BB mode to add the top lines like location, etc. I also delete rows of the entries that are known to be interference.
Plus because you can sort in ProScan, you can have it sort to frequency order.

 

[d119]

Honestly, I just copy the whole log entry from Pro Scan (select top left corner box), do a CTRL C , CTRL V. The Xenforo forum software automatically parses it in the non BB code mode. You can click on a column here on Xenforo, and select to delete a column or row. So I delete the non pertinente columns (Hit counters, start time, number tags, etc). I "delete all rows" from the Pro Scan software each day, to prevent duplicates. I then go into BB mode to add the top lines like location, etc. I also delete rows of the entries that are known to be interference.
Plus because you can sort in ProScan, you can have it sort to frequency order.

I'll have to experiment with it. I'm running ProScan as well.

 

[W1KNE]

When you select a box, the following pop up comes on. You can insert or delete using those hamburgers. It's pretty self explanatory. Good luck!!

 

[sprman1955]

Todays logs:
35.550 pl 123.0 Beeps french traffic system
31.320 csq French polytones
35.950 pl 110.9 Beeps french traffic system
35.640 pl 110.9 beeps french traffic system
35.510 pl 136.5 French heard
36.150 pl 110.9 French heard
36.050 pl 110.9 beeps heard
33.780 pl 114.8 FD MA Barnstable
33.040 pl 114.8 FD MA
31.750 UK POCSAG
30.000 pl 151.4 Mil Coms
Nice opening here.Angelo

 

[sprman1955]

I get it. I'm doing other things so I can't sit and write down the freqs most times. If one following along regularly, one would know what freqs are being received. My logs would almost mirror Angelo's logs since we are only separated by 300 miles. If you need logs, program the freqs and log them.

Wait someone hears about what i hear?? Haha!

 

[kkn50]

San Antonio, TX
996XT w/ 35 MHz Dipole
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30.2500 150.0 US MIL
33.1000 118.8 Chestnut Ridge Transport, Spring Valley NY
33.2000 150.0 US MIL - a convoy
33.4400 179.9 Fire - Tolland Co CT
33.4800 114.8 Fire Dispatch - Barnstable MA
33.4800 179.9 Fire - Tolland Co CT
33.5800 114.8 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Yarmouth MA
33.6400 114.8 Fire Dispatch - Bourne MA
33.7000 114.8 Fire Dispatch - Farnsville, Chatham MA
33.7200 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Franklin CT
33.7400 CSQ Fire Dispatch - West Point VA?
33.7800 77.0 South Western New Hampshire Fire Mutual Aid
33.7800 114.8 EMS Dispatch - Bourne MA
33.7800 179.9 Fire Dispatch - Tollard Co CT
33.8000 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Windham Co CT
33.8600 77.0 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co MD
33.8600 179.9 Fire - Tollard Co CT
33.8800 127.3 Fire Dispatch - Bethleham CT
33.9000 136.5 EMS Dispatch - Radner PA
33.9600 127.3 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Westminster MA
35.7200 136.5 Montauk Bus Service, Hampton Bays NY
35.8400 192.8 Bonded Concrete Inc, West Sand Lake NY
35.9800 146.2 Carroll Concrete Co, NH & VT
36.5000 74.4 Taxi dispatch in Spanish
36.8000 150.0 US MIL
37.0200 146.2 Police Dispatch - West Milford, NJ
39.0125 67.0 Taxi Lider, Macapá, Amapá. Brazil.

 

[W1KNE]

QTH: Bristol County, MA RX BCD996P2 ProScan logs (edited)

Frequency	Tone	RSSI	End Date / Time	System / Site	Group	Channel/Notes (added)
39.6800	C 118.8	365	10/26/25 17:52:01	CHP	Inland	Turquois B
39.7200	C 162.2	326	10/26/25 17:47:06	CHP	Orange County	Grey B
39.4000	C 186.2	344	10/26/25 17:26:46	CHP	Los Angeles	Gold 2
39.8000	C 162.2	334	10/26/25 16:54:01	CHP	Border	Tan B
39.2600	C 118.8	316	10/26/25 16:43:36	CHP	Inland	Copper B
39.8800	C 118.8	397	10/26/25 16:42:37	CHP	Inland	Beige B
39.4400	C 146.2	365	10/26/25 16:36:16	CHP	Orange County	Purple 2 B
39.3600	C 162.2	352	10/26/25 16:35:00	CHP	Orange County	Green B
39.2200	C 192.8	346	10/26/25 16:23:21	CHP	Los Angeles	White 3
39.3400	C 162.2	330	10/26/25 15:28:03	CHP	Border	Brown B
30.1000		331	10/26/25 14:42:27	CHP	Other	Asian Music

 

[marvinsuggs]

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

33.44 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.78 114.8 Falmouth, MA FD

33.80 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

33.86 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.96 127.3 Westminster, MA

44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system

 

[d119]

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When you select a box, the following pop up comes on. You can insert or delete using those hamburgers. It's pretty self explanatory. Good luck!!

That's how I build the tables I use. I'll figure something out. Speaking of tables...

Today's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
39.980	88.5	KGL481	Greene Co, NC Fire/EMS 1	Freq/PL/Traffic (noisy)
35.100	146.2	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Unreadable.
37.700	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown	Intermittent dead carriers, varying signal strength.
33.880	82.5	KQH904	Licking Co, OH Fire F2	Freq/PL/Traffic (noisy)
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.680	Carrier	KBH343	Morgan Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
39.120	136.5	KNFM345	State of Virginia - VDOC	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
44.580	Carrier	Multiple	BNSF HLCS	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (Beaconing CWID)
37.020	146.2	KZM737	W. Milford, NJ Police Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (noisy)
33.900	Carrier	KNFQ946	Noble Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic (MDC on dispatch)
33.860	77.0	KGC676	Washington Co, MD Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.860	146.2	KBH343	Morgan Co, OH Fire Tactical	Freq/PL/Traffic

 

[kc2asb]

Some very impressive loggings in recent days from all of you! I am hearing nothing here in NJ, beyond 10M AM & FM simplex / repeaters and local VHF fire paging above 30 MHz. Part of the problem is the very high noise floor I have locally.

I know my antennas are fine, an attic 27MHz groundplaneand an outdoor sloper - I have heard DX with these antennas before. The attic groundplane brought in plenty of VHF low DX going back to Cycle 22. Receivers are mainly a BCT-15X and a Bearcat 210XLT.

I'll keep searching!

 

[marvinsuggs]

Some very impressive loggings in recent days from all of you! I am hearing nothing here in NJ, beyond 10M AM & FM simplex / repeaters and local VHF fire paging above 30 MHz. Part of the problem is the very high noise floor I have locally.

I know my antennas are fine, an attic 27MHz groundplaneand an outdoor sloper - I have heard DX with these antennas before. The attic groundplane brought in plenty of VHF low DX going back to Cycle 22. Receivers are mainly a BCT-15X and a Bearcat 210XLT.

I'll keep searching!

Good 👍luck sir.

 

[marvinsuggs]

Some very impressive loggings in recent days from all of you! I am hearing nothing here in NJ, beyond 10M AM & FM simplex / repeaters and local VHF fire paging above 30 MHz. Part of the problem is the very high noise floor I have locally.

I know my antennas are fine, an attic 27MHz groundplaneand an outdoor sloper - I have heard DX with these antennas before. The attic groundplane brought in plenty of VHF low DX going back to Cycle 22. Receivers are mainly a BCT-15X and a Bearcat 210XLT.

I'll keep searching!

Are you using logging software? Low Band is like a crock pot, you have to set it and forget it 🤔
,

 

[kc2asb]

Are you using logging software? Low Band is like a crock pot, you have to set it and forget it 🤔
,

Nothing that elaborate here. I just have the radios searching/scanning while I'm home, starting in the early morning. I think a lot of it is due to local interference that is mostly beyond my control.

 

[K9KLC]

I am enjoying these logging posts. While I normally don't monitor much VHF low these days, reminds me of talking DX out of my police vehicle in 1979 and 1980 on 39.5. Was pretty neat stuff. (ya kind of got in trouble for it too but hey).