2025 VHF Low Band Logs

[KF4ZTO]

39.5600 MHz FM 97.4 Hz PL is also used by Carroll County Virginia Sheriff's Office under license WNMX548.
Carroll County Virginia operates a linked base station network on VHF low band/VHF high band via UHF links.
Carroll County Fire/Rescue is dispatched on 39.5000 MHz FM with 114.8 Hz PL tone. Numerous counties in the southwest portion of Virginia use 39.50 MHz for fire dispatch or simulcast their fire/EMS dispatch on 39.500 MHz (with various tones) for mutual aid purposes. Carroll County's license for 39.500 MHz is KBP608.

Carroll County Fire/Rescue also use 39.1000 MHz FM and 39.9800 MHz FM (both with 114.8 Hz PL) for fireground, tactical and non-dispatch communications under KBP608 as well.

My list has long has New York State Parks and Carroll County Virginia Sheriff's Office as both using 39.560 MHz [97.4 Hz PL]. One of a handful of listings where multiple users use the same frequency and the same PL tone (and happen to both be in the same time zone in this case!).
The best way is to get a positive ID on the callsign. If you're hearing fire dispatch activity or other comms on 39.500 and/or are hearing law enforcement mutual aid comms on 39.5400 MHz FM [CSQ] coming out of Virginia then you're probably hearing Carroll County Virginia on 39.560 MHz.
Another good indicator is the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC / Virginia DOC) statewide system on 39.1200 MHz FM 136.5 Hz PL. Virginia DOC also use 39.5000 MHz FM CSQ as a secondary frequency statewide. The 39.120 MHz system is known to transmit CW IDs pretty frequently.

 

[d119]

39.56 97.4 State of New York Parks Dept/Hudson Valley

And the 39.180/192.8?

 

[d119]

39.5600 MHz FM 97.4 Hz PL is also used by Carroll County Virginia Sheriff's Office under license WNMX548.
Carroll County Virginia operates a linked base station network on VHF low band/VHF high band via UHF links.
Carroll County Fire/Rescue is dispatched on 39.5000 MHz FM with 114.8 Hz PL tone. Numerous counties in the southwest portion of Virginia use 39.50 MHz for fire dispatch or simulcast their fire/EMS dispatch on 39.500 MHz (with various tones) for mutual aid purposes. Carroll County's license for 39.500 MHz is KBP608.

Carroll County Fire/Rescue also use 39.1000 MHz FM and 39.9800 MHz FM (both with 114.8 Hz PL) for fireground, tactical and non-dispatch communications under KBP608 as well.

My list has long has New York State Parks and Carroll County Virginia Sheriff's Office as both using 39.560 MHz [97.4 Hz PL]. One of a handful of listings where multiple users use the same frequency and the same PL tone (and happen to both be in the same time zone in this case!).
The best way is to get a positive ID on the callsign. If you're hearing fire dispatch activity or other comms on 39.500 and/or are hearing law enforcement mutual aid comms on 39.5400 MHz FM [CSQ] coming out of Virginia then you're probably hearing Carroll County Virginia on 39.560 MHz.
Another good indicator is the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC / Virginia DOC) statewide system on 39.1200 MHz FM 136.5 Hz PL. Virginia DOC also use 39.5000 MHz FM CSQ as a secondary frequency statewide. The 39.120 MHz system is known to transmit CW IDs pretty frequently.

I hear VDOC regularly, but have never heard fire dispatch on the aforementioned frequencies. Based on the traffic I hear on 39.56, my guess is that it's NY.

 

[kc2asb]

The rest of you have been hitting it out the park lately! It's been quiet here in NJ. I'm only using a Firestik 11m groundplane in the attic for an antenna, but it's worked well in the past for VHF low skip.

Anyway, another very short log:

29.000 - some 10M AM simplex
46.100 - Nassau County NY fire departments dispatch/paging.

 

[sprman1955]

Todays logs:
32.180 pl 77.0 Spanish taxi Costa Rica
32.940 pl 141.3 Spanish taxi Costa Rica
30.770 csq Asian fishing fleet japanes heard
36.500 pl 74.4 Spanish taxi Mexico
Band was good this morning here.Angelo

 

[kkn50]

San Antonio TX
996XT Scanner w/ 35 MHz Dipole
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33.1000 123.0 Public Works - Riverhead, NY
33.4400 179.9 Fire - Tolland Co CT
33.4800 114.8 Fire Dispatch - Barnstable MA
33.4800 179.9 Fire - Tolland Co CT
33.5600 100.0 Fire Dispatch - Easton 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
33.7000 131.8 Mid State Mutual Aid Ch. 1, MA
33.7200 179.9 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Franklin CT
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
33.8800 127.3 Fire Dispatch - Bethleham CT
33.8800 179.0 EMS Dispatch - Possible New London county or Windham county CT
33.9000 136.5 EMS Dispatch - Radner PA
33.9200 CSQ FD/EMS Dispatch
33.9400 179.9 Fire Dispatch - Waterford CT w/ callsign ID
33.9600 127.3 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Westminster MA
37.0200 146.2 Police Dispatch - West Milford, NJ
41.8600 77.0 Taxi dispatch, San Ramón, Costa Rica w/ very strong signals.
43.4400 77.0 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX - During business hours this frequency is a good indicator for band openings to south Texas
43.5200 77.0 Ingram Readymix, San Antonio TX

 

[kkn50]

The best way is to get a positive ID on the callsign.

And by the accents. Big difference in NY and VA.

 

[marvinsuggs]

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

33.48 114.8 Barnstable, MA FD

33.58 114.8 Yarmouth, MA FD

33.64 114.8 Bourne, MA FD

33.80 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

37.12 74.4 SCADA/Contra Costa Co, CA

44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system

 

[marvinsuggs]

And the 39.180/192.8?

I've never logged that one.

 

[d119]

Today's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
33.800	179.9	KXV431	Windham Co, CT Fire Dispatch (QVEC)	Freq/PL/Traffic (brief/noisy)
33.780	77.0	KCE579	SW NH Fire Mutual Aid	Freq/PL/Traffic (as KCF415)
33.440	179.9	KCD346	Tolland Co, CT Fire Ops South	Freq/PL/Traffic (Noisy, courtesy tone heard)
33.900	Carrier	KNFQ946	Noble Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic (MDC on dispatch)
35.040	141.3	KVW581	Northern Clearing Ashland, WI	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.080	141.3	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.740	Carrier	KLB621	W.L. Roenigk, Inc (Western PA)	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.060	123.0	WQAH877	Thomas Bus Service Burlington, WI	Freq/PL/Traffic
37.020	146.2	KZM737	W. Milford, NJ Police Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.200	91.5	WQPM979	Central HVAC Mountain Home, AR	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.640	118.8	KFG780	Havin Materials Union, MO	Freq/PL/Traffic (expired license)
31.480	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic (beautiful signal toady!)
35.060	136.5	KCD451	Trudeau Sand & Gravel Saranac Lake, NY	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.960	103.5	WPEN207	Vic's Towing, Inc. Sonora, CA	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.140	156.7	WRFM852	Lee Cardice Monticello, FL	Freq/PL/Traffic (brief/noisy)
33.860	77.0	KGC676	Washington Co, MD FIre Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
37.580	D412	KGA845	Potomac Electric Power Co Washington, DC	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
35.100	146.2	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice: "Another, one hell of a lot easier."
33.680	Carrier	KBH343	Morgan Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.880	82.5	KQH904	Licking Co, OH Fire F2	Freq/PL/Traffic ("Fire Control")
39.980	88.5	KGL481	Greene Co, NC Fire/EMS 1	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.820	127.3	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice guiding a truck.
37.440	131.8	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (Beaconing CWID)
35.900	82.5	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice: "How are you gonna do it?" (MaxTrac heard)
33.920	Carrier	WNKC982	Lancaster Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
44.580	Carrier	Multiple	BNSF HLCS	Freq/No PL/Traffic

 

[sprman1955]

Todays logs:
32.940 pl 141.3 spanish taxi Costa Rica
30.450 pl 151.4 Fort Hood Range control
32.180 pl 77.0 spanish taxi Costa Rica
31.320 csq French polytones
31.750 csq Pocsag loud
36.500 pl 74.4 spanish taxi Mexico
Band was slow not much traffic today here in TN.Angelo

 

[marvinsuggs]

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

31.24 D131 First Student, Norwich, CT

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

31.82 D712 Educational Bus Transportation, Suffolk Co, NY

33.44 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.48 114.8 Barnstable, MA FD

33.64 114.8 Bourne, MA FD

33.80 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system

 

[kkn50]

Central Alabama
SDS200 w/ ST2 antenna
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29.8750 CSQ Asian Fishing Fleet
30.6400 110.9 Thomas Bennett & Hunter Inc, multiple locations in MD & WV
31.2000 D432 Thomas Bennett & Hunter Inc, multiple locations in MD & WV
31.4800 CSQ Unidentified US Business
31.6750 CSQ Asian Fishing Fleet
32.1800 77.0 Taxi - Costa Rica
32.3500 150.0 US MIL - "Dismount, dismount, dismount"
32.9400 141.3 Taxi - Costa Rica

 

[d119]

Today's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
31.600	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, southern accent: "You can just follow me."
37.140	100.0	KMK457	Orange Co, CA OA Net 2	Freq/PL/Traffic (Monthly net roll-call)
35.040	141.3	KVW581	Northern Clearing Ashland, WI	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.900	136.5	KGB393	Radnor Twp, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.480	Carrier	WPCC379	Los Angeles County, CA	Freq/No PL/Traffic (EAS RWT)
33.780	77.0	KCE579	SW NH Fire Mutual Aid	Freq/PL/Traffic (As KCF415)
33.720	179.9	WNHI321	Lebanon, CT Fire Operations	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.920	Carrier	WNKC982	Lancaster Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
39.840	88.5	KMK457	Orange County, CA WEROC	Freq/PL/Traffic (EAS RWT)
35.060	136.5	KCD451	Trudeau Sand & Gravel Saranac Lake, NY	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.740	Carrier	KYL829	King William Co, VA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.380	114.8	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.980	Carrier	KLB621	W.L. Roenigk, Inc. (Western PA)	Freq/No PL/Traffic
31.800	D703	Unknown	Unknown trucking/escort?	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.720	D156	WQIG620	A.J. Myers & Sons Harmony, PA	Freq/PL/Traffic
35.080	141.3	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.480	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/No PL/Traffic
35.800	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown business.
31.880	114.8	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, unintelligible.
35.740	Carrier	KLB621	W.L. Roenigk, Inc. (Western PA)	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.580	D412	KGA845	Potomac Electric Power Co Washington, DC	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
35.900	82.5	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice: "Hard as a rock up here." (MaxTrac heard)
31.200	91.5	WQPM979	Central HVAC Mountain Home, AR	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.880	82.5	KQH904	Licking Co, OH Fire F2	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.060	123.0	WQAH877	Thomas Bus Service Burlington, WI	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.020	146.2	KZM737	W. Milford, NJ Police Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (CWID)
31.640	118.8	KFG780	Havin Materials Union, MO	Freq/PL/Traffic (Expired license)
44.580	Carrier	Multiple	BNSF HLCS	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.940	151.4	WQFH624	Rim of the World USD SBCo, CA	Freq/PL/Traffic ("Rim Base")
31.680	67.0	Unknown	Unknown	Male voice, southern accent.
33.860	77.0	KGC676	Washington Co, MD Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (Callsign given)

 

[KF4ZTO]

37.380

114.8

Unknown

Unknown materials company.

Freq/PL/Traffic

Duncan's Haulage - Perth, Ontario Canada - 37.3800 MHz FM 114.8 Hz PL C114.8 - Perth, ON

 

[kkn50]

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.

 

[d119]

37.380

114.8

Unknown

Unknown materials company.

Freq/PL/Traffic

Duncan's Haulage - Perth, Ontario Canada - 37.3800 MHz FM 114.8 Hz PL C114.8 - Perth, ON

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

 

[d119]

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.

33.040/179.9 is the Mohegan Sun TFD, so that's confirmed.

It's possible that the CDFA frequency has been reassigned to CalTrans and that's what you're hearing.

37.580/KGA845 is the Potomac Electric Power Company in Washington, DC. Usually has a 412 DPL on it. There are other stations on the same frequency for this company that CWID with a different callsign, so be aware of that.

37.240 may be the input to 37.040 (split site I'd imagine) for W. Milford, NJ Police. If you're hearing MDC on it but no dispatcher response, that's what it is.

33.900/203.5 is Guernsey Co, OH Fire Dispatch.

 

[kkn50]

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

 

[sprman1955]

Todays logs:
31.320 csq French polytones
31.200 pl 203.5 spanish taxi Costa Rica
32.940 pl 141.3 spanish taxi Costa Rica
30.350 pl 151.4 Mil Coms
30.000 pl 151.4 Mil Coms
Not much heard today.Angelo