Couple of finds recently

[N9JIG]

This last week I found a few interesting tidbits via CloseCall. I use a 996P2 in the car dedicated almost entirely to CloseCall just for this purpose.

462.5250, PL 100.0, USPS Post Office on Bell Road in Surprise for inside comms, all portables and apparently no license.

462.1250, PL 69.3, used by what appears to be an ATV club or something. I came across them in my neighborhood (an isolated area surrounded for 15 miles in any direction by desert). A couple of minutes later I found 3 4WD hi-rise trucks following each other chatting about nothing as they drove thru the neighborhood.

145.5000, CSQ, used by what appears to be hunters or a construction crew. Since my area is still in development and construction it very well could be one of the crews there. Obviously not hams!

The first (Post Office) were using Motorola CP200 or similar radios while the second and third appeared to be Baofeng types.

 

[IC-R20]

Haha very nice finds. I love scanning out the in low populated areas for oddities. One thing I have been finding a lot in my area is higher powered GMRS. Since Walmart started selling those midland Micromobiles people buy them and use just like CBs. I hear quite a few offroaders and some construction. Not sure if they still do but for a while midland had the 50 watt mobiles as well and the walmart also sold those too.

I wish my USPS had internal comms radios too. I miss listening to that when I used to live in a big city.

 

[kd7ckq]

The 462.1250 pl 69.3 is one the the default frequencies in Baofeng radios like the BF-888S. They probably just pulled them out of the box, picked a channel, and started using them.
Lots people think they are programmed with FRS/GMRS frequencies and don't bother checking programming or don't care.

 

[K7MFC]

The 462.1250 pl 69.3 is one the the default frequencies in Baofeng radios like the BF-888S.

Took at look at the default programming of a BF-888S I have, and 462.1250/69.3 is indeed in there. It's programmed as channel 4, the first channel that has a frequency assigned. I would suspect you are right, kd7ckq - they found the first working channel and used it. Probably picked a couple up from Amazon dirt cheap because they needed some walkie talkies.