CHP "Future Use" Frequencies

[officer_415]

The CHP areas below currently have 2 frequencies listed in the DB. For the frequencies listed in red, I was unable to find any forum posts indicating traffic has been seen on that frequency. For the frequency pairs listed in blue, traffic has been reported on both frequencies. Pink/Pink2, Purple/Purple2, and Red2/Red3 have all recently been reported in concurrent use. However, the most recent report of Amber/Amber2A being in concurrent use was in 2016.

Can anyone advise if Amber/Amber2A are still in concurrent use, and/or if any of the red frequencies have been observed? Thanks.

42.60 Turquoise - Buttonwillow (117) / Fort Tejon (102)
39.12 Turquoise 2 - Base - Buttonwillow (117) / Fort Tejon (102)

42.44 Pink - Porterville (40) / Visalia (67)
45.10 Pink 2 - Porterville (40) / Visalia (67)

42.54 Green - Santa Barbara (29)
45.28 Lime - Santa Barbara (29)

42.40 Purple - Ventura (31) / Moorpark (54)
45.40 Purple 2 - Ventura (31) / Moorpark (54)

42.44 Red 2 - Redding (37) / Red Bluff (36) / Trinity River (90)
45.14 Red 3 - Redding (37) / Red Bluff (36) / Trinity River (90)

42.08 Amber 2 - Susanville (38) / Quincy (20) / Alturas (60)
45.10 Amber 2A - Susanville (38) / Quincy (20) / Alturas (60)

42.56 White - Ukiah (18) / Clear Lake (07)
44.92 White 2 - Ukiah (18) / Clear Lake (07)

 

[markclark]

I once heard Amber 2 from Susanville. That was about 3 years ago at Hallelujah Junction - US395/SR70 - in southern Lassen County. It was a radio check. I believe that Peavine Peak was the radio site. I've never heard Amber 2 since.

Amber 2 may be used up in northern Lassen or Modoc Counties. Perhaps Modoc county listeners hear Amber 2 used.

 

[kg6nlw]

I'll leave a scanner tuned to 44.920 (White 2) for a few days and see what pops up. It has a higher antenna than the 6m radio I use primarily for CHP.

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[CopperWhopper67]

I went back in my scanner archives and found recordings of Amber 2 from November of 2018 when I visited my grandparents in Portola for thanksgiving that year. I usually visit twice a year and have scanned every time I have visited since 2018 when I first started scanning. I remember hearing some traffic in more recent years but can't find newer scanner files to corroborate my memory.

 

[officer_415]

I once heard Amber 2 from Susanville. That was about 3 years ago at Hallelujah Junction - US395/SR70 - in southern Lassen County. It was a radio check. I believe that Peavine Peak was the radio site. I've never heard Amber 2 since.

Amber 2 may be used up in northern Lassen or Modoc Counties. Perhaps Modoc county listeners hear Amber 2 used.

I went back in my scanner archives and found recordings of Amber 2 from November of 2018 when I visited my grandparents in Portola for thanksgiving that year. I usually visit twice a year and have scanned every time I have visited since 2018 when I first started scanning. I remember hearing some traffic in more recent years but can't find newer scanner files to corroborate my memory.

Sounds good, that's enough to leave Amber 2/2A in the database. I'm more curious about whether the red frequencies have ever been heard.

 

[iscanvnc2]

39.12 Turquoise 2 - Base - Buttonwillow (117) / Fort Tejon (102)
is alive and well. Monitoring it here in Ventura as I type this. Not much activity.

The RR DB shows the call sign is KUU356 with the transmitter on Frazier Mtn (El 8,013 feet) which is in Ventura county just south of the Kern/Ventura county line. Monitoring shows 39.12 provides coverage of southwest Kern county, a very rural area.

At times, like this instant, a unit will be heard rebroadcast on 39.12 but not dispatch which must be using another site/frequency.

 

[officer_415]

Cool. It sounds like 45.28 Lime has never been heard, so that just leaves 44.92 White 2. @franks_ham any update on that one?

 

[kg6nlw]

Cool. It sounds like 45.28 Lime has never been heard, so that just leaves 44.92 White 2. @franks_ham any update on that one?

Not yet...Either my location isn't ideal for its useable area, or they aren't using it or the White anymore, which I really doubt.

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[markclark]

I went back in my scanner archives and found recordings of Amber 2 from November of 2018 when I visited my grandparents in Portola for thanksgiving that year. I usually visit twice a year and have scanned every time I have visited since 2018 when I first started scanning. I remember hearing some traffic in more recent years but can't find newer scanner files to corroborate my memory.

Do you know what radio sites were used?

 

[CopperWhopper67]

Do you know what radio sites were used?

Unfortunately I do not know the actual electronic sites in use at the time. This was back when my interest in radio was in its infancy; it was not something I ever though to look up.

 

[officer_415]

Just found the thread below about White/White2, looks like both frequencies were in use as of March 2013. Can anyone in the area advise if that's still the case?

Ukiah CHP on Blue-2

We got 6"+ snow at my place overnight... Ukiah CHP is dispatching on Coast Blue-2 (44.92mhz)... I don't know if White channel is down...

forums.radioreference.com

 

[kg6nlw]

Just a small update. All I hear is dispatch on White, and mobile units on UHF at this point which is odd for me...White 2 might not be for the Southern Mendo area.

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[kg6nlw]

I saw this in the weekly updates from the FCC...I will be making a trip through the area either tomorrow or Tuesday. Check out the bold line.

KDA712	California, State Of (CHP)	39.46000	FB	03/08/2022	Renewal	WFM	Public Safety (PW)	Ukiah	Mendocino
KDA712	California, State Of (CHP)	42.34000	FB	03/08/2022	Renewal	WFM	Public Safety (PW)	Ukiah	Mendocino
KDA712	California, State Of (CHP)	42.56000	FB	03/08/2022	Renewal	WFM	Public Safety (PW)	Ukiah	Mendocino
KDA712	California, State Of (CHP)	44.92000	FB	03/08/2022	Renewal	WFM	Public Safety (PW)	Ukiah	Mendocino
KDA712	California, State Of (CHP)	44.98000	FB	03/08/2022	Renewal	WFM	Public Safety (PW)	Ukiah	Mendocino
KDA712	California, State Of (CHP)	45.86000	FB	03/08/2022	Renewal	WFM	Public Safety (PW)	Ukiah	Mendocino

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[kg6nlw]

While I was out and about in the Mendocino County area, I had White 2 and White in constant scan mode. Only White came across. Northern White is the *ONLY* frequency for the Ukiah/Clear Lake area on low band. I happened to be filling up while another officer was and asked about it.

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[officer_415]

While I was out and about in the Mendocino County area, I had White 2 and White in constant scan mode. Only White came across. Northern White is the *ONLY* frequency for the Ukiah/Clear Lake area on low band. I happened to be filling up while another officer was and asked about it.

Thanks. I'm going to leave both in the DB for now, since White 2 has been heard before.