464.8125 Who? Aircraft mentioned

[CZ]

Heard this today (24th, about 1:20AM; Fresno area) on 464.8125.

One station called another 3 or 4 times with no contact then another station broke in and said in effect, "He probably cant hear ya, all he has for the channel is a handheld when he's up in the air."

Whereupon, the first station came back and said they'd talk to him when he got back to the airstrip.

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Judging from near full scale strength, it had to be a repeater. Also has annoying "pop" about every 2 seconds.

Checked the RR freq. list & couldn't find anything that seemed to match what I heard. Any ideas on who it is & where?

 

[linuxwrangler]

Doubt it's a repeater - I think that's a simplex channel and a aircraft to repeater should work pretty well even with a handheld.

Probably a couple nearby base or mobile units. Most non public-safety ops that spring to mind are those that I doubt operate much at night (crop-dusting, pipeline/tower patrol, etc.) What small airstrips are nearby?

 

[CZ]

Chandler (5 or so miles West of me), and Fresno-Yosemite International (Which is the largest airport in this area; 5 or 6 miles East), but don't think either has 'dusters based there. Anyone know if they do?

 

[mkewman]

both have dusters. there are also private airstrips in the area. i have heard duster ops in the 464mhz area. many use handhelds.

 

[zz0468]

Most non public-safety ops that spring to mind are those that I doubt operate much at night (crop-dusting, pipeline/tower patrol, etc.) What small airstrips are nearby?

Crop dusting is frequently done at night. The air less turbulant so the application goes where the pilot puts it.