Hello All;
What are the Cal Trans Frequencies for the snow plows guys????????
Thanks, I am in Lancaster Ca and should be able to hear some of those guys.
Jay
I also don't know the third number in the callusing for each station. The third number indicates the station.
The thrid number sequence is actually the employee. The station is nowhere in the radio call sign.
The title of the position you spoke of, exsmokey, is actually "Leadworker"; just for FYI. And yes, the radio call sign would actually be 9-3-11 (eleven), but they say "one-one" for clarity. So the supervisor would be 9-3-1, leadworker: 9-3-11, next person in señority - likely Caltrans Equipment Operator II: 9-3-12, so on and so forth. And this would depend on the number of crews in the Region. For example: If more than nine crews, the supervisor of crew ten would be 9-3-110 (nine-three-one ten). Crews typically have 7 people assigned, but as many as 9. You may not hear every call sign in the sequence due to vacancies. And you may hear more than these if an employee is borrowed from another crew, region, or district.
And as I alluded to in my previous post, the third number (in my examples above: 1, 11, 12, 110) is the employee. The second number (the one after the district number) isn't actually a territory. Some crews -- such as striping, signs, overhead signs, mudjacking, storm water -- operate district-wide, so do not have a territory. (Or at least, not in the sense that you mean.) The second number in the call sign sequence is actually the Region. And a Region isn't necessarily geographic; it is based on how the District decides how to group the crews. Often it is which crews are assigned to which Area Superintendent. And another FYI: the superintendent for the examples above is likely 9-3 or 9-3-0. But I doubt you will ever hear him on the radio!
Again again, the station is nowhere in the call sign. Since many maintenance stations in Caltrans have numerous crews that operate out of them, the numbering is actually based on the district, superintendents/regions, crew/call center. The maintenance manager may even come into play!
I no longer have ties to districts 7, 8, and 12, so I do not have access to the details you wanted.
D9's territories used to be Mono, Inyo, and eastern Kern, with call signs of 9-3-0, 9-2-0, and 9-1-0 for the supervisor or superintendent of each territory. Those have been consolidated into the Mountain and Desert Regions, not territories as I previously stated. There is only one Region Manager, not two as one would expect, another result of cutbacks.
If another crew is transferred to a station, what happens to that theory? When only one crew works out of a station, yes the numbering will appear to be assigned to the station. But believe me - it isn't. I have worked on numerous crews that are the only one in a station. District 9 is not unique in this respect. I have also worked in stations that had crews from multiple regions. Since call signs are based on regions, the theory of calls being assigned to a station cannot work. It may in District 9 at preset. But that is coincidental. As you said, D9 is small - so small that they apparently do not need to share stations. Once they do, though, I am positive the numbering scheme will not follow the station theory. It is impossible.The numbering system for the maintenance personnel all has a second number of 1, 2, or 3. Since 9-3-1 is the supervisor of the McGee station, the 9-3-1 numbers are assigned to the station. This may vary in other Caltrans districts, but it the system here. I have obtained copies of the D9 list from time to time and that is why I can tell you this for certain.
In the case of a person being the tenth or greater employee at a station they are 9-3-1-12, pronounced "nine, three, one, twelve" and not "nine, three, one, one, two." D9 may be one of the smallest districts in terms of personnel and the numbering system may vary.
I no longer have ties to districts 7, 8, and 12, so I do not have access to the details you wanted.
What about the District 4 trunking system?
Thanks for the unit ID description. It makes sense. CalTrans tow trucks on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge identify as "4-2-ZZ" on the trunking system. Example "4-2-204." So one could reasonably expect that Region 2 of District 4 could correspond either geographically to the Bay Bridge or generally to the towing function of the vehicles in general?
EDIT: Sorry to thread-hijack and we can spin this off to the SF Bay sub-forum if appropriate.
Hello All: Just verified that Angles National Forest has shut down access to highway 2 that connects La Cresenta, Tujunga, and Palmdale together. Due to the Station Fire leaving a lot of grounds burnt and such, and incoming rains and snow.
This should be intresting to listen to.
Here are the frequencies I have retrieved out of the data base for Cal Trans in the ANF area.
868.0375 and 858.9875 Mt Lukens
860.9875 and 859.7375 Mt Pinetoes
857.7375 Hauser in Palmdale
856.9875 Oat Mt
8569875 car to car
853.9125 ?
858.7375 near Gorman