Morse Code on VTAC 3 - Need help

[PMJ2kx]

I can't figure this one out - on 158.73750 PL 103.5, there's this Morse code...it gives it five times, then two (data?) bursts, then repeats itself. This is done every 60 seconds or so. I don't know Morse code myself, but I tried to see if I could decipher it - and it what I got (K5XM) doesn't match anything around here. It does match a HAM vanity from somebody in Texas, but at this point I'm still confused.

I also know that both Washington and Clackamas Counties are licensed for use of multiple mobile units - countywide - with high output.

As I was driving to work, I noticed the signal seemed to have the same quality and strength as Yamhill County's UHF system, so I figured it was coming from the west of Sherwood (Mountain Top or Bald Peak). However, it really could be anywhere. I commute between Sherwood an Tualatin - the signal was stronger in Sherwood.

Anyway, here's the loop I recorded of the sound. Any help would be appreciated.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5...MmU1Yy00OThmLTlhOWItNTQ0MTY2NmU0NzBi&hl=en_US

 

[Keith_W7KEW]

The Morse Code I copied was KOLM. The digital bursts sound like ANI.

 

[mardor]

The morse code is the FCCs identifier.

 

[KE7JFF]

I think one of the agencies out there does have a repeater on VTAC3....

 

[nd5y]

The morse code is the FCCs identifier.

KOLM is NOT a valid callsign for a private land mobile radio system in the US, but that would not be the first time I have heard a CW ID that wasn't a real callsign.

 

[Gezelle007]

Could be from WQCH252. It shows VTAC3 licensed on High Heaven, McMinnville Fire and Doane Creek. So High Heaven is probably the best bet if its anything from Yamhill County. I never monitor the VTAC's but Ill add them and try to hear something.

I think one of the agencies out there does have a repeater on VTAC3....

I thought these were only for simplex use?

 

[KE7JFF]

They can be used for repeater uses; if you look at the NIFOG from DHS, it suggests possible inputs.

 

[Gezelle007]

They can be used for repeater uses; if you look at the NIFOG from DHS, it suggests possible inputs.

I looked it up- Thanks. I'll have to add that reference to my favorites.

 

[PMJ2kx]

I can't hear it now...it's completely gone.

Thanks for the response, everybody. I'll post back if I hear it again, or if I hear something different.

 

[Gezelle007]

Those bursts at the end almost sound like long Fleetsync messages.

 

[KE7JFF]

I heard it the other day when I was down down in Polk County clear as day.