NE Tex Low-Band Help, Please?

[ka5lqj]

Hi,

Should anyone know of a "agency" (fire/police/ems/local government) that USED to use low-band
(30-50 mcs) for their communications and have either "changed" to a higher band, OR "abandoned"
that frequency, without telling the F.C.C., to correct the Federal Part 90 database, would you drop
me an e-mail to: KA5(dot)LQJ(at)gmail(dot)com. This hopefully will eliminate listening for "dead"
frequencies

Thanks in Advance,
73,

Don/KA5LQJ

 

[Ron Smith]

North Tex low band

It's been a while, but most of the state of Texas sheriff departments and police in small towns used 37.180 and 37.260. That was also when moble radios where 100 watts.

it was not uncommen for sheriff department and police to share those channels.

Many a night you could here Corpus Christi on 37.260 talking to units and the units responding all they way in San Antonio. Gainesville and Montage county shared 37.180 for a long time and you could here them when the skip was right in San Antonio.

The state of Texas used 42.90 (base) and 42.740 (car) and you could here transmissions from the panhandle many times in deep South Texas.

Ah, the good old days.

An old low band listener.

 

[ka5lqj]

Low-band, now, LOL!

It's been a while, but most of the state of Texas sheriff departments and police in small towns used 37.180 and 37.260. That was also when moble radios where 100 watts.

it was not uncommen for sheriff department and police to share those channels.......

The state of Texas used 42.90 (base) and 42.740 (car) and you could here transmissions from the panhandle many times in deep South Texas.

Ah, the good old days.

An old low band listener.

Yep,

I have been researching frequencies for a spreadsheet. This will include fire, police, ems, local and State governmental agencies, that ONLY will be 'monitored' during times of severe wx (tornado's, hurricanes), large fires, explosions, chemical spills..(when loss of life is immanent.). I'm hoping to eliminate agencies that no longer use those frequencies to increase scanner efficiency. I have a Pro-95, Pro-2042, and Pro-2051 that should cover certain frequencies. The 2042 will be a dedicated, home fire and ems monitor. The Pro-95 will have it all, including the local 800 mhz trunked, while the 2051, will have low-band, vhf hi-band, ham repeaters, uhf-low band (406-512 mhz) frequencies and go both mobile and as a base monitor.

Now, since MOST local hams, here, don't have scanners, or tall towers to monitor the Part 90 'traffic' (myself included), I'm hoping to get a set of antennas (quads) that will be dedicated Part 90 antennas. These will go in conjunction with the ham quads I'm planning on building as well to be used for both FM and SSB/Digital work. I'm not foolish enough to think a quad for 800 mhz is going to pull in stations much over 20 miles, so Longview, Tx at 62 miles is out-of-the-question, LOL! However, with the quads I hope to be able to hear stations as far out as 125 miles on hi-band vhf and no telling how far on low-band FM.

All of this will be used to 'relay' to the local NOAA Wx office of conditions in areas farther out than what they are normally privy to, information-wise. ;-) Having a long-boom, 2m quad, will also allow me to go to the 'input' of the local, long-range 2 meter repeater (146.67), 146.07 mhz and attempt to "hear" those far-out area stations, trying to report in on HT's and lower-powered rigs when the noise level is too great.

The main object is to give fair warning to those in the path of these storms, hopefully saving lives and property.

Respectfully submitted,
73,

Don/KA5LQJ