Six Flags Marine World / Trip Report

[b52hbuff]

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/marineworld/
Went to Six Flags on 5/27/2006. Brought scanner with me inside the park. No problems with security.

Six Flags Marine World Licenses
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License/Class Frequency Ch# Description
WPWA775/FB2 461.0500 ?? Security Repeater Out
wpwa775/MO 466.0500 ?? Security Repeater In
WPWA775/MO 452.0750 ?? Unknown
WPWA775/MO 461.3000 ?? Ride Ops
WPWA775/MO 461.6250 #5 Chat channel

KB84202/MO 464.6875 ?? Foods Repeater Out
kb84202/MO 469.6875 ?? Foods Repeater In
KB84202/MO 461.7375 #2 Security Chat
WPNX437/MO 462.2375 #8 Chat from 461.300
wpnx437/MO 467.2375 ?? Tram?

Units Description
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200 Unknown
400 Foods?
500 Security
800 Ops?

Frequencies were monitored on 5/27/2006.

All channels use DCS 265. Frequencies entered in tone search with alert enabled. As frequency was heard, DCS tone was applied and alert tone was removed.



Raw Notes
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461.050 - repeater out / 466.050
Discussions of animal protesters out front
500 Units => Security

467.2375 - Tram??

461.625 - Channel #5 (probably simplex)
Used as a chat channel

464.6875 - repeater out / 469.6875
Foods
400 Unit => Foods?

461.7375 - Channel #2 (probably simplex)
Security chat

462.2375 - Channel #8
Chat channel from 461.300

461.3 - ride ops

 

[RolnCode3]

If only Uncle Dave Thornton would let us have one of their radios!

Nice work on figuring it out. Have only been there once (especially after I saw ticket prices).

 

[b52hbuff]

If only Uncle Dave Thornton would let us have one of their radios!

Nice work on figuring it out. Have only been there once (especially after I saw ticket prices).

I usually get the references. Don't get the one about Dave.

You don't need to go in to listen to the radio.

 

[RolnCode3]

I know. I actually had to look up the name as well.

He was the owner of the amusement park in Beverly Hills Cop III.

 

[kma371]

I know. I actually had to look up the name as well.

He was the owner of the amusement park in Beverly Hills Cop III.

That would be Paramounts Great America
That was where is was filmed anyhow.

 

[b52hbuff]

Second visit / 7/20/2006

License/Class	Frequency	Ch#	Description
WPWA775/FB2	461.0500	#1	Security Repeater Out
wpwa775/MO	466.0500	na	Security Repeater In
KB84202/MO	461.7375	#2	Security Chat
WPWA775/MO	461.3000	#4	Ride Ops
WPWA775/MO	461.6250	#5	Chat channel
KB84202/MO	464.6875	#6	Food Ops
kb84202/MO	469.6875	#7	Food Ops/ Chat
WPNX437/MO	462.2375	#8	Ride Ops/Chat (from 461.300)

wpnx437/MO	467.2375	??	Tram
WPWA775/MO	452.0750	??	Unknown park ops

Took a second visit out to Marine World yesterday. I scouted around the perimeter of the park and found a park on the other side of the lagoon. It provides pretty decent view and elevation from the park and best all, it's free!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...58,-122.241096&spn=0.007747,0.019891&t=h&om=1

I wanted to see if I could fill in missing information. The table above is my latest update. As before, all of the tones are 265. I managed to pick up several more channel numbers. I also figured out that my understanding of the 'Food Ops' channel was wrong. It wasn't a repeater, but simply two simplex channels. The 'repeater out' was for Ops and the 'repeater in' for chat.

None of the missing repeater splits from the licensed frequencies were active. None of the other frequencies from Kelty's old Industrial Radio Systems were active.

I'm still unable to ID 452.075. I am guessing it is either something to do with park ops or with the animal side of the park. Of all of the identified frequencies, it is one of the least used. I heard two types of tranmissions. One was something to do about when an animal was born (hence the guess about the animal side of the house).

The other transmission I heard on 452.075 was the hourly park capacity announcement. I was also heard on the tram, ride ops and security channels. They call out a 10-50 and a 10-51 count. The 10-50 is the number of people through the gates for the day and the other number is the number of folks in the park at the time of the call. I was surprised that during a summer day, there were only ~5k people in the park. It doesn't sound very crowded...

 

[ShadowKnight]

Thanks for the update. It has been a long time since I've been out there. I hope to head out there soon though.