Kevin, in what General area was this heard/captured ?Nothing to do with federal monitoring, other than this was in the federal band.
Heard a couple of guys on 407.400 analog, no PL. Listened a little while and it was a tower crew.
Never can tell what you'll hear and where you'll hear it.
SE Texas. I'm no where near any federal facility and I could hear the guy on the ground so I suspect they were at either the self-supporter or the monopole about a 1/4 mile from me in different directions.
My thoughts for DoE would have been WAPA, which is an under reported NTIA allocation, as with some of the others, Bonneville et
Nope, not reading anything into it, just sharing my knowledge of the Freq/Use - nothing is out the possibility now-a-days
Potatoe - Potata
Alot of the Chinese radios have a default code plug that has "test" frequencies in the VHF and UHF bands out of the box and alot of folks just use the radios as is. I have a bank in one of my scanners with those programmed and you would not believe how many people just use the radio as is.Nothing to do with federal monitoring, other than this was in the federal band.
Heard a couple of guys on 407.400 analog, no PL. Listened a little while and it was a tower crew.
Never can tell what you'll hear and where you'll hear it.
