Lawton / Fort Sill - Newbie thread.

[commo]

No OHP trunking in lawton.

 

[crayon]

commo,

Welcome to the group!!

The good news is that you are not crazy.

You are going to be very hard pressed to monitor any OHP 800 MHz comms where you are at because you are too far away. For your area tune the OHP low band freqs.

I wouldnt pitch the radio out just yet, unless your willing to pitch it my way. Visit this link for some other frequenices local to your area:

http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&ctid=2143

See if you can tune the Goodyear plant's moto system. If you can .. then your well on your way.

HTH's

 

[commo]

t

thanks for the quick reply and help.

The salesman at the rat shack said i should pick them up fine. Of course he tried to sell me a cell phone and direct tv in the same breath.......

I don't see any low OHP freqs in that link you gave me. Also I'm only about 1-2 miles from the local OHP station, Wouldn't they be broadcasting?

I hear goodyear on pretty good
m: ID 41552 857.3875

thanks for the help!

 

[n5bew1]

Howdy there Lawton troop G uses 44.700 with the troopers using 44.900 to talk back to HQ. An antenna designed for low band freqs will work better for you. They use some remotely keyed base transmitters but you ought to hear something. Good luck Ken Norman

 

[commo]

Howdy there Lawton troop G uses 44.700 with the troopers using 44.900 to talk back to HQ. An antenna designed for low band freqs will work better for you. They use some remotely keyed base transmitters but you ought to hear something. Good luck Ken Norman

thank you sir!

 

[peterjmag]

Commo,
I did a seach for OHP in Comanche County and this is what I found. I think you will hear what you want to hear if you enter these in. Also since OHP and most other law enforcment in your area are on a lower frequency then 800, it might be a good idea to put the stock rubber duck antenna that came with the radio back on instead of the 800 antenna. Hope this helps and let us know what you hear. OHP is also notorious for talking on County as well as City radios so you might want to monitor Comanche County SO and Lawton PD. One more thing there doesn't seem to be any scanner hobbyists in the Lawton area on this website so keep us updated on what goes on over there. Glad to have you abord.

OHP Troop G Lawton

44.7
44.9
45.18
45.22
154.935
155.31
457.675

OSBI Lawton

154.83
154.785


P.J. Maguire

 

[commo]

will do and thanks.

I'm building quite a list with tags using ARC250.

Will post it when i get it cleaned up a bit.

 

[crayon]

I don't see any low OHP freqs in that link you gave me.

You won't, at least not on that page. If you'll notice while you are there on that page, top left, there is some links that you can click on:

US -> Oklahoma -> Comanche County

Click on the one that says, "Oklahoma". Once that page loads, under Oklahoma State Agencies click on OHP.

A lot of work has gone into what you'll find in the Oklahoma freq pages, so take the time to play around with it so you can always find what you are looking for!

 

[commo]

thanks for all the help guys!

Few more questions.

Peterjmag and n5bew1 said to put the stock antenna back on vs the rat shack 20-283 800 mhz i have on now. I've read that the 800 increases reception for all bands even though it's tuned more specifically to 800mhz.
(I seem to be hearing most of OHP fine now btw thanks to your guys help)

http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...me=CTLG_008_009_010_001&product_id=20-283

Is this true or not? Also I was looking at the 20-006 center load telescoping antenna. Is that the best antenna for handhelds?

http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...me=CTLG_008_009_001_002&product_id=20-006

For the house, I am looking at the 20-043 discone for my house. Will this increase my range significantly? How far can I reach out with an antenna such as this?

thanks again

 

[n5bew1]

Howdy Commo the tower location of Lawton's local 44.70, 155.67 and 155.31 radio is about 4.5 miles east of town out highway 7. The tower is 300 feet tall according to the FCC database. Also the 155.31 freq is likely used to access the 44.700 remote transmitter at the Maint yard north of Chickasha on the turnpike. So if you can't hear that 44.700 station you can hear its traffic being relayed up there on 155.31. That transmitter serves the northern end of troop G and I hear it well here in Norman. I use a Channel Master 30 to 800 mhz multiband vertical at about 28 ft and it works very well for low band. However it is not made anymore.

good luck Ken

 

[commo]

Howdy Commo the tower location of Lawton's local 44.70, 155.67 and 155.31 radio is about 4.5 miles east of town out highway 7. The tower is 300 feet tall according to the FCC database. Also the 155.31 freq is likely used to access the 44.700 remote transmitter at the Maint yard north of Chickasha on the turnpike. So if you can't hear that 44.700 station you can hear its traffic being relayed up there on 155.31. That transmitter serves the northern end of troop G and I hear it well here in Norman. I use a Channel Master 30 to 800 mhz multiband vertical at about 28 ft and it works very well for low band. However it is not made anymore.

good luck Ken

Holy cow, that 155.31 comes in loud and clear, I didn't know about that one. Thanks for the info.

I found this antenna and am very close to buying it. http://www.antennawarehouse.com/Scanner/Scantenna.htm

 

[nd5y]

With my PRO-95, the Radio Shack 800 MHz antenna is no good at all
on low band and worse than the stock antenna on high band.

The telescoping antenna with the center loading coil works best on
low band, but the coil reduces its effectiveness on other bands.

Tom ND5Y

 

[n5bew1]

Hey Commo that antenna that you put in you last post is very close to my old Channel Master that would be a killer on the OHP low band freqs and higher also. I have an old Pro 2022 just dedicated to OHP and its relays and a Pro 2067 for trunking . have fun Ken KC5OU

 

[commo]

Hey Commo that antenna that you put in you last post is very close to my old Channel Master that would be a killer on the OHP low band freqs and higher also. I have an old Pro 2022 just dedicated to OHP and its relays and a Pro 2067 for trunking . have fun Ken KC5OU

im gonna order it, its a good price and comes with cable too.

 

[commo]

Here is my preliminary, very rough draft, not finished yet, list of freqs from lawton.

It is a combination of web searches and verified freqs and tags.

It's very very rough and not particularily banked the best way, but it's a start.

Exported from Arc250 Pro into a .csv, renamed to txt.

For some reason when you download it, it is renamed to module.php, just save it and rename it to Lawton.csv

 

[GlacierClipper]

Lawton & Fort Sill

Army CID and MPI at Fort Sill also use a few frequencies in the 406-420 Mhz range.

MPI - is military police investigators, they work with CID at Fort Sill. They
don't wear a military uniform.

Range Control is also in the 400 range.

 

[commo]

thank you sir.

I am going to call the post frequency manager and see if he will release the list of freqs to me, i'm pretty sure its releasable but who knows.

The drill sergeants at the basic training also carry little motorolas around as well, it would be kind of cool to hear them as well.

 

[GlacierClipper]

I don't believe the Installation Frequency Manager will release the frequency information. There is alot of regulations within the Dept. of the Army and Fort Sill regulations that keeps alot of information from being released even when the Freedon of Information Act is used for obtaining the information. Since 9/11 alot of things have changed.

The best way to find the frequencies is to go out near Fort Sill and search the bands for the frequencies. The searches can uncover alot frequencies.
Especially during the days Monday thur Friday, or when there is alot of activity in the areas of interest.


Good Luck!

 

[commo]

I don't believe the Installation Frequency Manager will release the frequency information. There is alot of regulations within the Dept. of the Army and Fort Sill regulations that keeps alot of information from being released even when the Freedon of Information Act is used for obtaining the information. Since 9/11 alot of things have changed.

The best way to find the frequencies is to go out near Fort Sill and search the bands for the frequencies. The searches can uncover alot frequencies.
Especially during the days Monday thur Friday, or when there is alot of activity in the areas of interest.


Good Luck!

Talked to him today, he said all freqs are open to the public so i will be getting with him on monday!

 

[commo]

Still haven't got with freq manager yet, but I have a question?

453.1000 PROFESSIONAL LICENSING CONSULTANTS INC; COMANCHE COUNTY OF

I listen to this channel and hear stuff like:
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"121 master control south ladder."

"121 master control north ladder."

"Master control access 129b to let officer leave"

"Master control close south ladder open north ladder."

"126 Master control access 108a"

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Is this the county jail ???

thanks