25 Cities Project Federal Interoperability - San Francisco Area

[Oakland_Tower]

Heard some interesting traffic on 171.6125 today on P25 in the clear. After weeks/months of nothing, heard "F13 and Z10 conducting a radio test" on "Fed V CTac 91".
Also heard ID "WETA testing with Cal OES". They also mentioned "San Francisco Dispatcher" or something similar. Not sure what WETA stands for, but may have those wrong. Wonder if this is related to the October 4th FEMA testing. Good copy from my post here in Fremont. You might take a listen on Wednesday and see if there is any activity.

 

[Hooligan]

I lived in San Mateo/Redwood City for several years after the VHF (& UHF) federal interop repeaters were installed, and was always disgusted at how they were never used, during major SF, Bay Area, statewide & federal-level disaster response exercises & the occasional real-world event necessitating federal interop, so I'm glad you're hearing some, albeit little, traffic these days. Search 406-411MHz federal repeater output spectrum and maybe someday you'll catch the UHF link. It's been 10+ years since I GTFO of the SF Bay area, but I recall one or both of those federal interop repeaters was at the City/County of SF Twin Peaks LMR site (which also has a small emergency comms center in the building, I've been told...), though one may have been on the nearby Sutro Tower.

 

[Oakland_Tower]

Interesting you mentioned the UHF link, because I'm sure they said "Fed U CTac 91", but I was hearing then on VHF. So maybe they were using UHF frequencies and linked to VHF. And I agree the radio site was probably in SF County.

 

[ScanRafael]

Not sure what WETA stands for, but may have those wrong.

Water Emergency Transportation Authority

 

[ecps92]

Interesting you mentioned the UHF link, because I'm sure they said "Fed U CTac 91", but I was hearing then on VHF. So maybe they were using UHF frequencies and linked to VHF. And I agree the radio site was probably in SF County.

next time you hear them on VHF see what you get on the UHF channels as well

Justice Department "25 Cities Project"

I've written about the DoJ "25 Cities" federal interoperability project in several Fed Files columns, but thought I would post some info...

mt-fedfiles.blogspot.com

 

[officer_415]

We have them listed here:

Federal Operations (Statewide or Regional) (California) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Federal Operations (Statewide or Regional) (California)

www.radioreference.com

 

[ecps92]

We have them listed here:

Federal Operations (Statewide or Regional) (California) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Federal Operations (Statewide or Regional) (California)

www.radioreference.com

Also here

Federal/Non-Federal Interoperability - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

but LA only shows 2 of the 3 records

 

[officer_415]

Also here

Federal/Non-Federal Interoperability - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

but LA only shows 2 of the 3 records

It's linked to the Dallas frequencies instead of LA. I'll fix it.

 

[ecps92]

It's linked to the Dallas frequencies instead of LA. I'll fix it.

my bad, thanks for the 2nd set of eyes

So many are missing being linked to the Wiki

 

[officer_415]

Heard some interesting traffic on 171.6125 today on P25 in the clear...Wonder if this is related to the October 4th FEMA testing.

Could have something to do with the upcoming APEC summit...

 

[Oakland_Tower]

Could have something to do with the upcoming APEC summit...

This is a good week to monitor Federal freqs. Lots of security ops going on. Most low power I presume. Also lots of international attendees and associated security in various languages. Hopefully not all is encrypted.

 

[kf6olc]

San Francisco APEC Summit: 1,000-Plus Outside Cops To Come

 

[officer_415]

I listened for a while today, not much to report except some encrypted traffic on Secret Service Papa.