Finding non ARMER frequencies/businesses related to them...

[Jennifer_rose]

Was wondering the best place or how to find if an analog frequency is in use and who uses it in a given area. As an example I hear traffic on 462.3250 in the St Cloud region. I have not been successful in finding out the business using it (dock operations for a trucking/loading company). Just curious as to some of the businesses associated with things I am hearing and knowing how far away they are.

I was browsing the This and the FCC site. Here they wanted a paid subscription to access some info. Since I am not sure how populated or outdated the info here is I dont want to risk the cost. The FCC was not the easiest to navigate and I was not able to narrow down the business on the above frequency.

Just curious, nothing life or death.

 

[natedawg1604]

I believe you are looking for the FCC ULS database. It's often best to use the "geosearch" feature, this helps you filter by geographic location of a radio site. It's totally free to use.

 

[mmckenna]

Well, using the info you provided:
Frequency: 462.325
City: St. Cloud
State: Minnesota

It's likely these guys: ULS License - Industrial/Business Pool, Conventional License - WQEG986 - Bluestem

As @natedawg1604 said, the FCC database is a good option: License Search - Advanced License Search

Using that database search page can be a challenge. You need to know what info to put in, what info -not- to put in, and sometimes you have to dig through a lot of licenses to find the right one.
And then you run into the challenge of either finding wrong info, or not finding anything at all. While it would be ideal for all users to be licensed, that's not always the case. Not uncommon to not find users simply because they don't have a license, their license expired, or they moved and never updated it. Reading the license info can be a skill, also. There's a lot of info to digest, but it's not too hard. Click on the "Frequencies" tab and you'll see some good info.

The Radio Reference database can be hit or miss since a lot of it relies on user provided info. Not uncommon to not find what you need there. But, if you can positively identify a user, it's good to submit that info.

 

[Jennifer_rose]

I believe you are looking for the FCC ULS database. It's often best to use the "geosearch" feature, this helps you filter by geographic location of a radio site. It's totally free to use.

Thanks, looking it up...

Well, using the info you provided:
Frequency: 462.325
City: St. Cloud
State: Minnesota

It's likely these guys: ULS License - Industrial/Business Pool, Conventional License - WQEG986 - Bluestem

As @natedawg1604 said, the FCC database is a good option: License Search - Advanced License Search

Using that database search page can be a challenge. You need to know what info to put in, what info -not- to put in, and sometimes you have to dig through a lot of licenses to find the right one.
And then you run into the challenge of either finding wrong info, or not finding anything at all. While it would be ideal for all users to be licensed, that's not always the case. Not uncommon to not find users simply because they don't have a license, their license expired, or they moved and never updated it. Reading the license info can be a skill, also. There's a lot of info to digest, but it's not too hard. Click on the "Frequencies" tab and you'll see some good info.

The Radio Reference database can be hit or miss since a lot of it relies on user provided info. Not uncommon to not find what you need there. But, if you can positively identify a user, it's good to submit that info.

Probably is, Thank you. St Cloud is an interesting region. The city is in 3 different counties so searching for stuff can be more challenging. I have been searching the business bands in the 400+ range recently. Figured it would be easier to look up info on a given frequency though. Guess I will need to learn to navigate the site that both of you posted. Thanks for the replies.

 

[bearcatrp]

Found this out about Bluestem.

Bluestem Brands

Bluestem Brands is the parent company of Fingerhut and Orchard Brands

www.bluestem.com

 

[sonm10]

Businesses (Stearns County) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Businesses (Stearns County)

www.radioreference.com

Looks like you found one of the missing channels. What was the PL? I'm guessing 110.9.

 

[Jennifer_rose]

Businesses (Stearns County) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Businesses (Stearns County)

www.radioreference.com

What was the PL? I'm guessing 110.9.

Not sure what that is or how to find it. Just picked it up during general scanning.

 

[chrismol1]

If you ever want to trying finding things and see some cool stuff on a map with advanced search features try this site maprad.io shows EVERYTHING! Its quite a powerful search tool

 

[ToddWilkinson]

Anyone scanning DMR or NXDN down there? That's my favorite thing to do

 

[sonm10]

@Jennifer_rose Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System - The RadioReference Wiki

@ToddWilkinson Mine too! I'm about 50 miles west of St Cloud and looking for DMR/NXDN all the time.

 

[bearcatrp]

You folks scanning for frequencies turn on all your services in a gives set of frequencies or just target frequencies that use DMR and NXDN? Am getting ready to start logging once I decide how I want to do this. Already have the DMR upgrade. Debating on getting NXDN before I start this. Figure using small frequency ranges and work my way up. Finally got my coax into the house recently and bought a mini circuits FM filter.

 

[Jennifer_rose]

@Jennifer_rose Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System - The RadioReference Wiki

Looks like you need to run a program to find the answer. Not something I need or interested in but thanks for posting the link.

 

[sonm10]

Looks like you need to run a program to find the answer. Not something I need or interested in but thanks for posting the link.

Not true at all. This info will be displayed on your scanner.