CHP Northern Div licenses 97% finished (36 out of 37)
According to the FCC database, the CHP Northern Division's radio licenses have finally been modified for the CHPERS configuration. All except one, at the Inspection Station on s/b I-5 near Mt Shasta, which has been pending about 7 weeks, so it should be out shortly. The FCC's been taking about two months lately.
Here are the callsigns and locations for all the modified licenses, and I can't think of any TX sites that are missing... anyone?
GREEN 45.22R / 42.68m
Del Norte, Humboldt, northern Mendocino
KCQ239 - Horse Mtn
KCR954 - Garberville ofc
KME382 - Arcata ofc
KME383 - Mt Pierce
KME385 - Crescent City office
KME386 - Red Mtn
KMG428 - Mt. Pratt
KYD952 - Humboldt Dispatch Center
WNFD721 - Little River Scale
WNFD723 - Buckhorn Scale
WPLX456 - near SR 199 in Gasquet
WZR248 - Camp Six Lookout
RED: 45.14R / 42.64m
Trinity, Shasta, Tehama
KCT227 - Tuscan Butte
KDE673 - Hatchet Mtn & Big Valley Mtn
KFA407 - Sugarloaf (Delta)
KKR345 - Colby (plus 45.10 & 42.08)
KMD493 - Red Bluff office
KMD494 - Redding Dispatch Center & area office
KMH791 - Hoadley Peak
KUG589 - Trinity River office
WNFD716 - Whiskeytown Scale
WNFE777 - Cottonwood Scales
WHITE: 44.92R / 44.52m
Lake, Mendocino Counties (mostly)
KDA712 - Ukiah Ofc
KME318 - Laughlin Ridge, Cahto, Spanish Mtn, Cold Springs Mtn, Point Arena, Seigler Mtn (add 44.92 only)
KMH231 - add 44.98 ("Blue") at above sites except not at Pt Arena
KME320 - Clear Lake Ofc
WNFD717 - Willits Scales
PURPLE: 45.42R / 42.78m
Siskiyou County (and part of Modoc?)
KBN486 - Mt Hamaker, OR
KCR953 - Mt Shasta ofc
KGJ687 - Slater Butte
KGT444 - Antelope Pk
KME263 - Yreka Dispatch Center & Butcher Hill
KME600 - Soda Ridge
KMH527 - Gunsight Pk
WNUR786 - Sheepy Ridge & Mt Hamaker, OR (again?)
WPGB992 - Eddy Gulch
The most common frequency list floating around hints that Susanville Dispatch may move off Amber2 (42.08/42.76m) and go to "Amber 2A" (45.10/42.62m), but *none* of Susanville's dozen or so sites' licenses have any modification applications in the hopper, so maybe they're staying put.
Also, the list shows Northern Division getting a Gray pair and a Brown pair, which are identical to Valley Division's new Gray (Truckee - 45.60/42.88m) and Brown (Chico - 44.70/42.40m). Kind of odd, except that those two areas border Northern Division, partially in some pretty rugged terrain. We'll just have to see.
Here are two little items I just found that suggest the new stuff isn't quite ready to go online just yet, but with a project this size, and budget crunches, things like this are to be expected:
CHP Enhanced Radio System Replace Towers and Vaults Siskiyou CA -- Tower/Signal System, Communication Lines California Construction Project -- Construction Jobs in Siskiyou California
Department of General Services- CHP Enhanced Radio System