Aruba Loggings

[KF4ZTO]

These logs are from 19 December 2012 - 26 December 2012. Radio used was a RadioShack Pro-96 with a RHA-701 antenna.


153.0125 C88.5 - Taxi Repeater
156.0750 CSQ Marine Channel 61 - Delphi Watersports
156.1250 CSQ Marine Channel 62 - weak
156.3250 CSQ Marine Channel 66 - Red Sail Watersports
156.3750 CSQ Marine Channel 67 - Red Sail Watersports and unrelated private boat traffic
156.5500 CSQ Marine Channel 11 - active
156.7000 CSQ Marine Channel 14 - Delphi Watersports
157.0000 CSQ Marine Channel 20 - active
157.1000 CSQ Marine Channel 22 - active
157.1500 CSQ Marine Channel 23 - De Palm Tours
157.5000 D023 - American Airlines at Reina Beatrix International Airport
157.5750 D023 - American Airlines at Reina Beatrix International Airport
173.1500 C67.0 - Taxi Repeater (Voice Inversion) - very active
173.2000 C94.8 - Taxi Repeater
173.5000 C131.8 - Taxi Repeater (Voice Inversion) - also very active
173.7000 C114.8 - Taxi Repeater with telephone patch
391.1625 TETRA
391.1875 TETRA
391.3500 TETRA
391.6375 TETRA
391.6625 TETRA
391.7500 TETRA
394.0250 TETRA
394.1250 TETRA
394.2000 TETRA
394.3000 TETRA
450.1750 D051 - Hotel, possibly Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino
455.1750 D751 - Hotel, possibly Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino
457.1250 C210.7 - Repeater, Spanish Language, weak
457.5750 C123.0 Cruise Ship Repeater (paired with 467.5750)
467.7500 C123.0 Cruise Ship Repeater (paired with 467.7500)
458.3000 C77.0 - Tour Company (possibly De Palm Tours - noticed UHF mobile antennas on their vehicles
459.8250 C127.3 Repeater Keyups
460.1000 C100.0 - English Language "Dispatch to 21"
461.0000 C131.8 - Repeater Keyups
462.5625 C77.0 - Spanish Language - "the boat is on the right" (FRS Channel 1)
462.7125 C67.0 - English Language, kids playing with call tones (FRS Channel 7)
858.6500 CSQ - Data, continuous
855.5375 CSQ - Data, continuous, same as 868.650

I thought the amount of activity heard on the FRS frequencies was an interesting catch. With Aruba being 17 miles north of the Venezuelan coast and Venezuelan terrestrial analog television channels in our hotel rooms it wouldn't surprise me if some of what I heard was coming from Venezuela. I had the 859.6250 MHz frequency listed in the DB for Aruba programmed in but didn't hear anything. I talked to one of our taxi drivers about his radio and he mentioned how he can't listen to his scanner anymore because they switched to TETRA. My loggings of digital voice in the 390MHz band confirms this. Lowband was dead. As was 11 meters, save for some strong SSB heard in the 27.500 to 27.600 MHz area. My antenna is deaf below 150 MHz anyway.

Any insights, thoughts, etc?

 

[ecps92]

Any idea which Ships ?? were in port ??

These logs are from 19 December 2012 - 26 December 2012. Radio used was a RadioShack Pro-96 with a RHA-701 antenna.


457.5750 C123.0 Cruise Ship Repeater (paired with 467.5750)
467.7500 C123.0 Cruise Ship Repeater (paired with 467.7500)


Any insights, thoughts, etc?

 

[KF4ZTO]

Island Princess was one, there were a few others. One was with the Dutch American Line but I don't remember the name of the ship.

 

[ecps92]

Thanks, always looking to ID some of the lesser [non USA visitors] known shops..

Island Princess [2007 & 2012 Reports] didn't have 123.0 Hz

as for Dutch American, I assume you mean Holland America
yup, they do reply frequently on 123.0 Hz and D-343

Island Princess was one, there were a few others. One was with the Dutch American Line but I don't remember the name of the ship.

 

[KF4ZTO]

Yes, it was Holland America. There were so many ships I lost track of them after a certain point.

Of note is the fact that both the hotel staff and some of the cruise ship staff I saw were using MotoTRBO equipment.

 

[JohnBreen]

Most Spanish heard in Aruba is not originating in Aruba. Children are taught 4 languages and one of them is NOT Spanish. Also take a laptop and a TV Dongle with SDR# on board. This might interest you:

Osmocom TETRA

 

[Dispatrick]

Aruba

I know it's been a while since this thread was updated. I'm going to Aruba in a few weeks. I've programmed in all the freq's from the database and some stuff from the forum threads I've searched. Just looking to see if anyone has any more to share from any recent trips and or later. Thanks!

 

[Dispatrick]

Aruba logs:

421.000 I believe to be a TETRA control channel "close call" hit in the area of the Water and Energy Company Aruba (Water-En Energiebedrijf Aruba) while driving past. good signal. heard pretty much island wide.

418.100 RTTY

TETRA data heard on:
429.625
412.425
422.350
422.850
422.600


all of these frequencies were using a voice inversion and the same PL of 131.8. I believe their is a connection between them:
929.900
173.500
168.500


LOTS of CB radio traffic with US southern accents on:
27.025
27.075
27.185
27.205
27.285
27.425
Mentions of Alabama and Mississippi


856.1375 P25 Control channel (weak signal)

866.2875 P25 Control channel.

806.000 74.4 Hotel Ops (Spanish)

167.975 023 Unknown (Spanish)

480.250 74.4 Unknown Eng/Spanish

36.450 DCS 032 Unknown Spanish. I don't believe to be from the island, signal faded in and out.


770 AM RCN La Radio Bogota Colombia
810 AM Caracol Radio Bogota Colombia
940 AM WINZ Miami FL


Over all most of the activity I heard on the island seemed to be in the UHF bands. lots of digital radio.

a lot of MOTOTRBO data sound heard on the scanner in UHF

I can also confirm from KF4ZTO's initial post that some of the TETRA channels he has listed were active too.