Buzzing

[cajunjerry]

I have been searching the 162.56 to 175 mhz band for a week
No voice just a buzzing on a freq
I think it's in the 171 range. Does not buzz all the time so I can't get the freq. Is this a control channel? Sounds the same as other CC when you turn off trunks
Thanks jerry

 

[nd5y]

If it isn't there all the time it isn't a trunking control channel.
It's probably a conventional P25 repeater.
Posting the frequency and NAC will help identify it.

 

[sflmonitor]

If it's not a constant buzz, maybe you are hearing a vote scan system. Vote scan systems have intermittent transmissions with a buzzing sound.

 

[cajunjerry]

Ok thanks, I will try to catch the freq

 

[cajunjerry]

I am in a small town in NW Louisiana on the la ar line approximately 30 air miles N of Shreveport. So possible I would hear any federal frequencies

 

[ecps92]

Depends, on the target/agency and event. Monitoring the FEDS is not as simple as your Local PD/FD/EMS, activity will vary. Even in the Big Cities and don't rule out Holidays for something going on.

Do you have a Scanner that handles P25??

I am in a small town in NW Louisiana on the la ar line approximately 30 air miles N of Shreveport. So possible I would hear any federal frequencies

 

[ecps92]

Don't skip over the 162.0125 - 162.3875, which is just below the NWS

I have been searching the 162.56 to 175 mhz band for a week
No voice just a buzzing on a freq
I think it's in the 171 range. Does not buzz all the time so I can't get the freq. Is this a control channel? Sounds the same as other CC when you turn off trunks
Thanks jerry

 

[spacellamaman]

Don't skip over the 162.0125 - 162.3875, which is just below the NWS

speaking of which, much ever encountered there? any general assumptions on users? i have logged hits but very few and far between and due to limitations of equipment and custom scanner search quirks, scan that area much less than i would like. i am also waaay to close to a master blaster NWS tower and often don't like going lower than 165mhz due to bleed over. which also makes me suspect of any hits i log with analog search and store.

 

[cajunjerry]

Thanks on the non skipping over the Fed I failed to see. .and yes my scanner can handle P25

 

[ecps92]

Tones, just a quick look into my log book :wink:
ACoE, BP, BLM, CBP, DoA, DoE, DoL, FBI, FAA, FIO, FLETC, IBWC, NASA, NMF, NPS, USSS, NIFC, TSA, USCP, USCG, USFW, USFS, ICE, USPS, VA and a few mystery agencies

speaking of which, much ever encountered there? any general assumptions on users? i have logged hits but very few and far between and due to limitations of equipment and custom scanner search quirks, scan that area much less than i would like. i am also waaay to close to a master blaster NWS tower and often don't like going lower than 165mhz due to bleed over. which also makes me suspect of any hits i log with analog search and store.

 

[spacellamaman]

Tones, just a quick look into my log book :wink:
ACoE, BP, BLM, CBP, DoA, DoE, DoL, FBI, FAA, FIO, FLETC, IBWC, NASA, NMF, NPS, USSS, NIFC, TSA, USCP, USCG, USFW, USFS, ICE, USPS, VA and a few mystery agencies

oh good that narrows it down, i guess i should have expected that. and a few mystery agencies?? well you listed a few to me. already tried and failed on basic googling for NMF and FIO. i can only imagine how riveting the fast paced action is with the IBWC.

 

[ecps92]

NMF = National Marine Fisheries
FIO = Federal InterOps
IBWC = International Boundry and Water Commission
Mystery Agencies = Those that we don't know who is using the Freq/PL, Freq/NAC combination in the region/area it was heard

oh good that narrows it down, i guess i should have expected that. and a few mystery agencies?? well you listed a few to me. already tried and failed on basic googling for NMF and FIO. i can only imagine how riveting the fast paced action is with the IBWC.

 

[spacellamaman]

much obliged

NMF = National Marine Fisheries
FIO = Federal InterOps

guess i should have guessed those, still getting the shorthand down pat.

and i did manage to figure out IBWC, hence:

" i can only imagine how riveting the fast paced action is with the IBWC"

I bet that is one of the rarest agencies to ever log hearing

Think ill see if i can cobble together my list of under NWS freqs logged, tho i am starting to think i may have imagined it altogether now.

Thanks again

 

[ecps92]

that and WPA might be on the Rare List

NMF = National Marine Fisheries
FIO = Federal InterOps

guess i should have guessed those, still getting the shorthand down pat.

and i did manage to figure out IBWC, hence:

" i can only imagine how riveting the fast paced action is with the IBWC"

I bet that is one of the rarest agencies to ever log hearing

Think ill see if i can cobble together my list of under NWS freqs logged, tho i am starting to think i may have imagined it altogether now.

Thanks again

 

[spacellamaman]

WPA...Ha!

not much i read on here makes me laugh, but that did.

My scanner doesn't receive spark gap transmissions very well though