Page Freq.. Driving me nuts 154.460 - 154.46125

[ranger2004]

Guys,

Can some one confirm they can hear this in Utah County.
In Payson it is causing me some issues.

Scanner is most important, but I can hear it on my cordless phones(2.4ghz)
Anything from 154-155.5 is almost useless.

I dont think paging is licensed in 154 area and FCC shows nothing for paging on that freq.
I am going to drive around and see if I can find a new tower. This just started maybe 3 or 4 days ago.


Brett

 

[Mick]

There are many licensed telemetry users on these allocated freqs that might be what is heard there:
154.45625
154.46375
154.47125
154.47875

 

[kd7rto]

Could you post an audio clip of the offending signal?

I did a geosearch for Utah and Juab counties on the FCC website,

License Search - Advanced License Search

154.445-154.49, and found nothing which looks like it could account account for your problem.

When you drive around the area, try removing the antenna from your receiver when you think you might be right on top of it.

 

[ranger2004]

You got me thinking about it.

From what I can tell, its 1200 baud, POCSAG but it is not normal paging.
example:

5/23/2009 4:38 PM CH1 1200 1206744 0 (Alpha) <EOT>FA0&Y@$U<ACK>

5/23/2009 4:40 PM CH1 1200 1206744 0 (Num ) 4036016440

 

[ranger2004]

http://www.xmission.com/~bprice/unk.wma

 

[RobKB1FJR]

A lot of restaurants and stores have paging systems (example some restaurants give you a hockey puck thing which is a pager that tells you when your table is ready also it is used in some stores).

Most of these systems I have spotted are in the UHF 467.MHz area and almost are always unlicensed.

This is definitely paging, it doesn't sound like telemetry data to me.

Any new stores open up anywhere near by? Those numbers could be Item numbers or something weird.

 

[Mick]

F2D licenses

I was able to locate some of the allocated telemetry frqs having licensees in Juab or Utah counties:

154.45625
WQEC753
Licensee: South Jordan City
Radios used to monitor/control city water supply. Water is being sold to the general public.

154.46375
WPQJ240
Licensee: BARNEYS CANYON MINE
City: BINGHAM CANYON, UT
County: SALT LAKE
90.35A1 - WE ARE IN THE COPPER MINING BUSINESS AND WE WILL USE RADIOS TO COORDINATE OUR ACTIVITIES.
WDF664
Licensee: PACIFICORP
Site: 1
Address: ENSIGN PEAK
County: SALT LAKE
WDN467
Licensee: PACIFICORP
Site: 1 Address: BACCHUS 16 MI WSW
County: SALT LAKE
WGN988
Licensee: PACIFICORP
Site: 1 Address: LAKE MOUNTAIN 8.75 MI SW
County: UTAH
WGT605
Licensee: PACIFICORP
Site: 1 Address: LEVAN PEAK 5 MI SE
County: JUAB
WPYQ239
Licensee: PACIFICORP
Site: 3 Address: WEST MOUNTAIN, UTCOM
County: UTAH

154.47125
WPMP513
Licensee: KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER CORPORATION
BINGHAM CANYON OPEN PIT MINE
County: SALT LAKE
90.35A1 - WE ARE IN THE MINING BUSINESS AND WE WILL USE RADIOS TO BETTER COORDINATE OUR ACTIVITIES
KNDP580
Licensee: PLEASANT GROVE, CITY OF
County: UTAH
WNBG367
Licensee: SALT LAKE, COUNTY OF
County: SALT LAKE
KD50414
Licensee: WEST VALLEY CITY, CITY OF
County: SALT LAKE

154.47875
WQIR346
Licensee: CITY OF BLUFFDALE
County: SALT LAKE
90.35(A)1 - RADIOS USED TO MONITOR/CONTROL CITY WATER SUPPLY. WATER IS BEING SOLD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ENGAGED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Could you post an audio clip of the offending signal?

I did a geosearch for Utah and Juab counties on the FCC website,

License Search - Advanced License Search

154.445-154.49, and found nothing which looks like it could account account for your problem.

When you drive around the area, try removing the antenna from your receiver when you think you might be right on top of it.