DOD Live Fire Warning 166.5?

[vagrant]

Around 13:25 PM local time (20:15 UTC), there was an automated warning on 166.5 MHz. The voice was clearly robotic sounding and it repeated the warning several times. I didn't record it, but it warned about "DOD" live fire training in the area. It also gave a time when the live firing would end. The recording used the letters DOD. For California, the data base has 166.5 MHz listed for USFS Region 5.

I have never heard that warning before, automated or otherwise. The recording did not provide coordinates, but the signal was loud and clear. Not sure if this post belongs in the Federal, Military, or otherwise. Anyways, has anyone heard audio like that, even if on a different frequency? This recording is new to me, so just curious.

BTW: Still monitoring the 166.5 frequency and no further heard transmissions after 15 minutes.

 

[dave3825]

Might have something to do with this?

CHP vehicle near struck by shrapnel near Camp Pendleton

California Highway Patrol officials say that a patrol vehicle was struck by shrapnel from an artillery round that was fired during Saturday's live-fire event at Camp Pendleton to celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps' 250th anniversary.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Marcy57]

Around 13:25 PM local time (20:15 UTC), there was an automated warning on 166.5 MHz. The voice was clearly robotic sounding and it repeated the warning several times. I didn't record it, but it warned about "DOD" live fire training in the area. It also gave a time when the live firing would end. The recording used the letters DOD. For California, the data base has 166.5 MHz listed for USFS Region 5.

I have never heard that warning before, automated or otherwise. The recording did not provide coordinates, but the signal was loud and clear. Not sure if this post belongs in the Federal, Military, or otherwise. Anyways, has anyone heard audio like that, even if on a different frequency? This recording is new to me, so just curious.

BTW: Still monitoring the 166.5 frequency and no further heard transmissions after 15 minutes.

Nice catch! "Vagrant" very interesting...73,s marcy

 

[vagrant]

They may have decided to dial up various main freqs and TX the warning because of that incident. I’m not sure how one would prevent being hit by shrapnel unless told the location and given time to move away.

The thing is I monitor many different freqs on different scanners, but only heard it on one which was sweeping Fed VHF frequencies.

 

[ecps92]

Around 13:25 PM local time (20:15 UTC), there was an automated warning on 166.5 MHz. The voice was clearly robotic sounding and it repeated the warning several times. I didn't record it, but it warned about "DOD" live fire training in the area. It also gave a time when the live firing would end. The recording used the letters DOD. For California, the data base has 166.5 MHz listed for USFS Region 5.

I have never heard that warning before, automated or otherwise. The recording did not provide coordinates, but the signal was loud and clear. Not sure if this post belongs in the Federal, Military, or otherwise. Anyways, has anyone heard audio like that, even if on a different frequency? This recording is new to me, so just curious.

BTW: Still monitoring the 166.5 frequency and no further heard transmissions after 15 minutes.

Most of my known assignments for that freq are VA Hospitals.
Altho in Ohio it is an A/G USFS channel - A/G 90

Nice Catch

 

[nd5y]

Back in the late 70's (before synthesized voice) in El Paso I could hear something with an AFSK data stream with a tape loop superimposed that slowly repeated about every 30 seconds.

Warning.
Check your position.
You are approaching White Sands missile firing range.

This was on one of the old 454 MHz air phone channels (or an image). I think it ran 24/7.
It almost sounded robotic because it sounded like old magnetic tape with wow, flutter, etc. I have no idea where it was. Could have been El Paso or one of the mountain tops closer to WSMR.