Football Coach to Press Box frequencies?

[instrumentphilip]

I was interested in knowing what were the frequencies for the radio's that high school football coaches have on the field that they use to talk to the people on the press box at the top of the bleachers at a football game. I am going to my past high school's football game and am wondering if I can listen to what the coach and what the people in the box are saying to each other.

 

[wv_mountaineer]

Home team trickery...

I have read a post or two about this same subject. You may want to do a search and try to locate them, some interesting thoughts there. Some stating as much as encryption and 800 freq. trunking systems, and this is just for high school teams. This would be a good pet project if you have the time to just go to a game and try to listen and not really watch what is going on on the field.

 

[N9NRA]

Hey there, around this area they actually use the MURS channels, i have them loaded into both my `396T and my ham HT, and i can hear both the coach and the press box from my place (i`m not close to the field where the games happen, but i`m not that far ether), so you also could scan around the MURS and FRS channels to see what ya might hear there, know that this only applies to what i call "small time" games, like highschool ones. Now if it`s a more "big time" one, then it might get kinda intresting, as has been said elsewhere, some teams use encryption. However, it dosen`t hurt to try listening to the MURS and FRS channels, as i`d bet that`s what they`ll be using. Good luck. N9NRA

 

[Ronaldski]

All here at the wiki in my post, http://forums.radioreference.com/general-scanning-forum/188661-itinerant-frequencies.html

 

[newsphotog]

All of the schools and colleges in my area use CoachComm headset systems, which are wireless, operate in the 2.4 GHz band, and is frequency-hopping spread spectrum, meaning your chances of monitoring it is less than slim to none. Spread spectrum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[SAR923]

If you're in an area where high schools don't have a lot of money for things like communications, just scan from 464 to 467 Mhz and you'll get some hits if they are using the cheaper headsets. If it's a CoachComm headset, as has been said, you won't hear anything.

 

[instrumentphilip]

I cam back from the game disappointed over the fact that we lost, and the fact that I could not pick up anything on my scanner. They had the headsets and on their hips they had these black and white looking boxes. The boxes seemed from my distance anyway like they could have been 4 to 5 inches long and maybe an inch or so high. They might have been that CoachComm because they looked new.

Stupid Public Education Budget! Ha ha ha ha ha ha XD

 

[cubn]

I rarely find a school that I can listen to their coaches these days. Even smaller schools.

Many are using these Portaphone systems:
digicom system

 

[gewecke]

I rarely find a school that I can listen to their coaches these days. Even smaller schools.

Many are using these Portaphone systems:
digicom system

I suspect it won't be long before we see people in the "freelance drug trade" using these! Sorry,I hadta go there. :twisted:
n9zas

 

[SCPD]

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This thread brings up a question I've had for awhile. In the NFL, all the quarterbacks have a green oval disk on the back of their helmets. No other players have this disk. I've often wondered if this green disk was the antenna for their helmet radios.

 

[SCPD]

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This thread brings up a question I've had for awhile. In the NFL, all the quarterbacks have a green oval disk on the back of their helmets. No other players have this disk. I've often wondered if this green disk was the antenna for their helmet radios.

 

[gewecke]

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This thread brings up a question I've had for awhile. In the NFL, all the quarterbacks have a green oval disk on the back of their helmets. No other players have this disk. I've often wondered if this green disk was the antenna for their helmet radios.

Maybe this is some kind of rf transponder to determine if/ how close the players are following the playlist or strategies? Positions could be fed to a laptop somwhere?
n9zas

 

[instrumentphilip]

Yeah I like the free lance drug using these radios!!! Ha hahahahahaha haaha!!!!

 

[W2NJS]

The NFL uses Telex wireless systems that are digital AND encrypted. When you see Motorola on the headset it's an advertising stunt and has nothing to do with whose equipment is in use.

 

[mikey60]

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This thread brings up a question I've had for awhile. In the NFL, all the quarterbacks have a green oval disk on the back of their helmets. No other players have this disk. I've often wondered if this green disk was the antenna for their helmet radios.

It's just an indicator for the Referees so that they can verify that there is only one player on the field with the helmet radio. There is also one Defensive player now with the same marker.

Mike

 

[W2NJS]

One further thought on the subject. At one time it was common to see a guy who always trailed the coach up and down the sideline who kept the cable for the coach's intercom set cable from getting tangled. In such cases, which might very well still be in use in some areas, the whole system was hardwired, usually with multiple channels, and nobody's every going to do any unauthorized monitoring of those kinds of systems. In the trade these systems are made by companies such as Clear-Com and Telex, and are know as Production Intercom Systems and are also commonly used backstage in theaters.ca

 

[N9NRA]

One further thought on the subject. At one time it was common to see a guy who always trailed the coach up and down the sideline who kept the cable for the coach's intercom set cable from getting tangled. In such cases, which might very well still be in use in some areas, the whole system was hardwired, usually with multiple channels, and nobody's every going to do any unauthorized monitoring of those kinds of systems. In the trade these systems are made by companies such as Clear-Com and Telex, and are know as Production Intercom Systems and are also commonly used backstage in theaters.ca

And we used to use those back when i worked at a local cable access station too...and i frankly wasn`t very fond of them ether . Back on topic, as i said, i can hear both the coach and press box from my place rather well, so i really don`t need to listen to the radio broadcast of the game all that much, back when i was working at that access station i would listen to the coach and press box guys when i worked games, quite handy for following what was happening when the guy calling our shots would fall asleep at the boards, which happened kinda often. This also brings up an intresting question that`s been nagging at me, wouldn`t one think that the opponent could steal plays just by monitoring the coach-to-pres box traffic somehow? Now that would make the game REALLY intresting ! N9NRA

 

[MtnBiker2005]

HME
System Specifications
RF Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . .2400-2483.5 MHz
Frequency Response . . . . . . . . . .200 Hz to 3.5 kHz
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64-Bit Encryption
Temperature Range . . . . . . . . . . .-4 to 131°F (-20 to 55°C) Typ.
Transmit/Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frequency Hopping,Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
FCC License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .None Required
FCC Acceptance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Part 15
Wireless Headset Specifications
Transmit Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 mW
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Internal
http://www.hme.com/
http://www.hme.com/proCoach.cfm
http://www.hme.com/pdfs/DX300-Partial-User-List.pdf