Mohave County info needed

[rbuxton]

I am looking to confirm some gaps in my Mohave County freq listings.

Oatman Fire repeater? (AKA as Bullhead City FD Fire 14 - Oatman Fire Admin)

MCSO Channel 6 Kingman TAC ?
MCSO Channel 7 Oatman ?
MCSO Channel 8 Meadview ?
MCSO Channel 13 River ?
MCSO Channel 14 SAR Repeater ?

Also, does anyone know the usage of the following freqs? (found in FCC ULS):

158.745000
154.875000
154.755000
154.950000
158.760000
158.865000
460.250000
460.350000

Thanks.

 

[rbuxton]

Come to think of it,,,, I think my listing for MCSO needs some updating. Here's what I have.

Ch 1 Dist. 1 Kingman	156.150000 / 155.535 in	CTCSS 173.8Hz
Ch 2 Dist. 2 Mohave Valley	155.640000 / 154.815 in	CTCSS 192.8Hz
Ch 3 Dist. 3 Lake Havasu	155.040000 / 155.730 in	CTCSS 186.2Hz
Ch 4 Dist. 4 Dolan	155.655000 / 158.910 in	CTCSS 136.5Hz
Ch 5 Dist. 5 Strip West	155.910000 / 154.890 in	CTCSS 110.9Hz
Ch 6 Kingman TAC	155.580000	CTCSS 173.8Hz
Ch 7 Dist. 2 Oatman	??????
Ch 8 Dist. 4 Meadview	??????
Ch 9 Dist. 4 Wikieup	155.655000 / 158.910 in	CTCSS 173.8Hz
Ch 10 Dist. 5 Strip East	158.730000 / 155.190 in	CTCSS 110.9Hz
Ch 11 Kingman Admin (Animal Control)	155.880000 / 154.995 in	DCS 165
Ch 12 SAR (Car to Car)	155.160000	CTCSS 173.8Hz
Ch 13 River	??????
Ch 14 SAR Repeater (Jail?)	155.670000 / 159.015 in
Ch 15 Dist. 4 Dolan Springs	154.882500 / 159.360 in	CTCSS 162.2Hz
AIRS4	155.475000	CTCSS 173.8Hz

 

[avdrummerboy]

Where did you get the list? Pretty complete and I've not seen one. Only MCSO frequencies I know for sure is Ch.1 through 3 as well as Ch.15.

Oatman FD (Ch. 14 in the radios) I have as 154.4300/ 151.0850 PL-173.8. I have multiple frequency guides saying that but I have never heard anything on it. When I was dispatching, it was always a spotty repeater and Oatman FD usually came across on Ch.11 for Mohave valley FD

 

[rbuxton]

Where did you get the list? Pretty complete and I've not seen one. Only MCSO frequencies I know for sure is Ch.1 through 3 as well as Ch.15.

Oatman FD (Ch. 14 in the radios) I have as 154.4300/ 151.0850 PL-173.8. I have multiple frequency guides saying that but I have never heard anything on it. When I was dispatching, it was always a spotty repeater and Oatman FD usually came across on Ch.11 for Mohave valley FD

Thanks for the info. I was hoping you'd reply since u live here and I don't. I'm usually passing through with an overnight stay. I used to be here more often when my mom lived in Golden Valley. Anywho,,,,,,,,, the MCSO list came from its 2019 Strategic Plan (page 59).

https://resources.mohavecounty.us/file/Sheriff/Forms/MCSO-Strategic-Plan-2019-DIGITAL.pdf

https://forums.radioreference.com/attachments/mcsoradio-png.77414/

 

[avdrummerboy]

Can now also confirm that Ch.4 for Dolan Springs is correct as I used it for work out here a few days ago.

I am curious how you got 155.5800 as Kingman TAC as it is listed as dispatch/ ops on the site? Did you hear it used that way?

Also was curious how you got Ch.9's frequency pair since what you have as Ch.9 is different than what's in the DB but I have never heard anything on the frequencies listed in the DB and that repeater doesn't even key up in our work radios w/ that freq. pair.

Still trying to find anything about an Oatman or Meadview Repeater pair or perhaps a low level remote site in those areas.

 

[rbuxton]

Can now also confirm that Ch.4 for Dolan Springs is correct as I used it for work out here a few days ago.

I am curious how you got 155.5800 as Kingman TAC as it is listed as dispatch/ ops on the site? Did you hear it used that way?

Also was curious how you got Ch.9's frequency pair since what you have as Ch.9 is different than what's in the DB but I have never heard anything on the frequencies listed in the DB and that repeater doesn't even key up in our work radios w/ that freq. pair.

Still trying to find anything about an Oatman or Meadview Repeater pair or perhaps a low level remote site in those areas.

Reviewing the FCC database and using deductive guessing is how I came to list the frequency pairs as I have 'em. I have not heard 155.580 or the freq pair listed as Ch.9. Again, using the FCC database showing the transmitter/repeater sites and the map provided by MCSO is how I came to my list,,, which obviously needs some local confirmations.

 

[avdrummerboy]

I'll listen when I'm out in Kingman working. Put Ch.11 on in Bullhead City for an entire day and even with PL disables never heard anything at all. Only place I hear any activity on Ch.11 is in Kingman and it is definitely ACO (11A units) but is clearly Kingman area only. Not sure what other frequencies are used for ACO in the rest of the county so that's another unknown around here. I'll do some listening on the Kingman TAC and see if I can confirm anything about that as well as the Jail/ SAR Ch.14.

 

[rbuxton]

I'll listen when I'm out in Kingman working. Put Ch.11 on in Bullhead City for an entire day and even with PL disables never heard anything at all. Only place I hear any activity on Ch.11 is in Kingman and it is definitely ACO (11A units) but is clearly Kingman area only. Not sure what other frequencies are used for ACO in the rest of the county so that's another unknown around here. I'll do some listening on the Kingman TAC and see if I can confirm anything about that as well as the Jail/ SAR Ch.14.

SAR repeater on my list was a bad guess. That freq pair is definitely the jail. Ch. 11 is fer sure Animal Control but I would take an educated guess that it is not only used by animal control. Based on my map and the FCC database I figured it was Kingman Admin (with a change to the input freq - 154.950 - which I determined while passing thru earlier this week.

Thanks for putting in the effort to get this figured out.

 

[BNSFscanner]

From my notes for several visits into the Mohave County area I found the following:

Simplex, unit to unit, 154.950 near or in Kingman, largely encrypted. I found an old reference to this channel as "Command One" with no channel number. It was active for several hours recently.

Their Channel 7 is for the Oatman area dispatching 155.580 Repeater, with an input of 154.845. I think the tone was 118.8.

 

[avdrummerboy]

Interesting, that 154.950 is the input to Ch.15, which is at the very least ACO but possibly an admin channel overall. Never heard any reference to command 1 but I'll try and do some listening and see what comes up. I'll give that channel 7 pair a try and see what comes up, my guess is they don't have units up there all too often so it might be a dead channel most of the time. That also calls begs the question what the frequency actually is for Kingman TAC.

 

[BNSFscanner]

Their Channel 13, the "River" is 154.875 Repeater, with an input of 155.610.

 

[avdrummerboy]

Since you seem to know a few of them, do you happen to know Ch. 8 (Meadview) or Ch. 14?

 

[rbuxton]

Here's my table taken from from RRDB, FCC ULS, my notes. BOLD is what I have confirmed by monitoring. Plenty needs confirming. Good luck!

Ch 1 Dist. 1 Kingman	156.150000 / 155.535 in	CTCSS 173.8Hz
Ch 2 Dist. 2 Mohave Valley	155.640000 / 154.815 in	CTCSS 192.8Hz
Ch 3 Dist. 3 Lake Havasu	155.040000 / 155.730 in	CTCSS 186.2Hz
Ch 4 Dist. 4 Dolan	155.655000 / 158.910 in	CTCSS 136.5Hz
Ch 5 Dist. 5 Strip West	155.910000 / 154.890 in	CTCSS 110.9Hz
Ch 6 Kingman TAC	0.000000	Search
Ch 7 Dist. 2 Oatman	0.000000	Search
Ch 8 Dist. 4 Meadview	0.000000	Search
Ch 9 Dist. 4 Wikieup	155.655000 / 158.910 in	CTCSS 173.8Hz
Ch 10 Dist. 5 Strip East (155.190 not licensed to Mohave County)	158.730000 / 155.190 in	CTCSS 110.9Hz
Ch 11 Kingman Admin (Animal Control)	155.880000 / 154.950 in	DCS 165
Ch 12 SAR (Car to Car)	155.160000	CTCSS 173.8Hz
Ch 13 River	154.875000 / 155.610 in	Search
Ch 14 SAR Repeater	0.000000	Search
Ch 14 Input	0.000000	Search
Ch 15 Dist. 4 Dolan Springs	154.882500 / 159.360 in	CTCSS 162.2Hz
V-AIRS4	155.475000	CTCSS 173.8Hz
U-AIRS#	460.375000	Search
District 4 - Wikieup ???	155.550000	Search
UNID Havasu Rptr	158.745000	Search
UNID Havasu input	154.770000	Search
UNID Kingman Rptr	154.755000	Search
UNID Hayden, Christmas Tree, Black Rock	158.760000	Search
UNID LE	158.865000	Search
UNID	460.250000	Search
UNID	460.350000	Search
UNID Wikieup Rptr Hayden Pk.	155.535000	Search
UNID Wikieup input	153.800000	Search
UNID Smith Pk., Aubrey Pk.	155.565000	Search
UNID LE mobile	154.025000	Search
UNID LE Scrub Pk.	154.665000	Search
UNID FB Hayden Pk.	153.860000	Search
UNID LE FB Kingman	154.740000	Search
UNID LE Mobile	154.650000	Search
UNID LE Scrub Pk.	155.940000	Search
UNID LE	156.240000	Search
UNID LE	154.995000	Search
UNID LE FB, MO	153.800000	Search
UNID LE MO	158.977500	Search
UNID LE MO	154.845000	Search
UNID LE Crossman Pk.	155.685000	Search

 

[avdrummerboy]

I can confirm the inputs and outputs as well as PL's for Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13 and 15. The PL for Ch 13 (River) is 110.9. Still trying to get any close call hits or other confirmations on Kingman TAC, Meadview Ch. 8 and if there is a SAR repeater or if Ch. 14 is the confirmed jail channel.

 

[rbuxton]

I can confirm the inputs and outputs as well as PL's for Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13 and 15. The PL for Ch 13 (River) is 110.9. Still trying to get any close call hits or other confirmations on Kingman TAC, Meadview Ch. 8 and if there is a SAR repeater or if Ch. 14 is the confirmed jail channel.

Take note that the latest table of mine has deleted some of the freqs from the first table. What was SAR repeater (on the first table) is Jail repeater (low power). Educated guess would be that Kingman TAC is a simplex freq. Keep up the good work!