Texas federal government monitoring

[texasemt13]

I'm hearing key-ups on 165.6875MHz this morning in San Antonio. I got this off a CBP frequency list from someone (or somewhere) and can't find a channel/net designator for it. The key-ups are showing a CT 100.0 (typical CBP) and I'm hearing the ever-present MDC squelch tail (typical of CBP also) at the end of the key-ups. No voice yet, but it won't be long. This doesn't seem to be an input to any of the known repeaters around here. I've got one scanner paused on this as another rolls through the fed band. Keep your ears peeled...

That being said, has anyone been catching the new season of Border Wars on NatGeo? I love catching little tidbits of audio from this show- and I have heard them using P25 voice (and see the digital XTS radios). There is P25 voice on our Texas border, so we need the people down there with the capabilities to start listening in P25 open modes.

 

[ecps92]

165.6875 was being used at DFW by the Inspectors.
Channel was A-08 and the input [not confirmed] might be 166.2750

I'm hearing key-ups on 165.6875MHz this morning in San Antonio. I got this off a CBP frequency list from someone (or somewhere) and can't find a channel/net designator for it. The key-ups are showing a CT 100.0 (typical CBP) and I'm hearing the ever-present MDC squelch tail (typical of CBP also) at the end of the key-ups. No voice yet, but it won't be long. This doesn't seem to be an input to any of the known repeaters around here. I've got one scanner paused on this as another rolls through the fed band. Keep your ears peeled...

That being said, has anyone been catching the new season of Border Wars on NatGeo? I love catching little tidbits of audio from this show- and I have heard them using P25 voice (and see the digital XTS radios). There is P25 voice on our Texas border, so we need the people down there with the capabilities to start listening in P25 open modes.

 

[nd5y]

165.6875 was being used at DFW by the Inspectors.
Channel was A-08 and the input [not confirmed] might be 166.2750

When I lived there several years ago the input was 166.225.
I don't know if it still is or if they ever went P25.

 

[nd5y]

There is P25 voice on our Texas border, so we need the people down there with the capabilities to start listening in P25 open modes.

Sort of strange because the very first federal P25 signal I ever heard back in the mid-late 90's was the Border Patrol repeater on 163.625 in the DFW area.

 

[texasemt13]

I'm simply stating this so listeners near the border, with the capability, will start listening and submitting. We have no P25 submissions from the border region and they have been documented using this. So I'd like to pin this information down.

 

[al95]

I'm hearing key-ups on 165.6875MHz this morning in San Antonio. I got this off a CBP frequency list from someone (or somewhere) and can't find a channel/net designator for it. The key-ups are showing a CT 100.0 (typical CBP) and I'm hearing the ever-present MDC squelch tail (typical of CBP also) at the end of the key-ups. No voice yet, but it won't be long. This doesn't seem to be an input to any of the known repeaters around here. I've got one scanner paused on this as another rolls through the fed band. Keep your ears peeled...

That being said, has anyone been catching the new season of Border Wars on NatGeo? I love catching little tidbits of audio from this show- and I have heard them using P25 voice (and see the digital XTS radios). There is P25 voice on our Texas border, so we need the people down there with the capabilities to start listening in P25 open modes.

I have my scanners searching the federal bands and have some new P25 frequencies. I will post them soon here.

 

[texasemt13]

al95- Thank You!

As for my earlier post- I have heard voice on 165.6875 now. After about 100 key-ups I heard voice, but my boss was talking to me so I couldn't pay attention to the sentence (it was one transmission) or the context. He's nice enough to allow me to keep the scanner running in my office, so while he's talking to me I should at least pay the scanner no mind. It's still paused on this frequency so we'll see. In the meantime, I'd say this is about 99% confirmed to be used in the San Antonio area- I'll try to see if the context puts it solely at SAT (since they have a CBP inspection station at SAT) or not.

 

[al95]

I just found my paper of thesome new and used frequencies I have heard lately here they are:
409.9375 P25 482(ENC)
170.7500 P25 293
168.5875 P25 169
416.1250 P25 200
168.6375 P25 100
172.4000 P25 2c2 IWBC International Water Boundary Commision used alot doing last hurricane
170.8000 P25 293
170.9250 P25 167
172.7500 P25 120

I will post their descripition as to who is using it.

 

[texasemt13]

409.9375 P25 482(ENC)- USPS Postal Inspectors
170.7500 P25 293- USMS- Federal Courthouse security perhaps at the Federal District Court
168.5875 P25 169- ICE?
416.1250 P25 200- no clue
168.6375 P25 100- CBP?
172.4000 P25 2c2 IWBC International Water Boundary Commision used alot doing last hurricane, awesome catch!
170.8000 P25 293- USMS
170.9250 P25 167- known Federal Bureau of Prisons frequency, but the NAC screams FBI...
172.7500 P25 120- this is an unknown frequency and has been logged in KY with the same NAC- need context here...

So these are my best "guesses" as to what these go to. When you've identified them please submit them to the database for your county. Once there I'll make sure they get in to the Federal Wiki.

 

[ecps92]

Thanks, could be a typo in my notes. Should be back that way definately in May 2011 if not earlier. :wink:

When I lived there several years ago the input was 166.225.
I don't know if it still is or if they ever went P25.

 

[al95]

I was doing some limited search in the 153-156mhz. I heard US CBP/ICE on 154.1525 DC 023. Is this possible. I here them loud and clear "port 1 10 hits" is what i'm hearing right now.

 

[ecps92]

If you are near-by, its an image.

I commonly get a Taxi from 152's on a 164 Mhz channel.

When they talk see if you also hear them on the previously reported
162.9000, 163.7000, 165.9000, 168.8250 or 170.6750

I'm gonna guess you are right on-top of the 163.7000 Repeat er.

I was doing some limited search in the 153-156mhz. I heard US CBP/ICE on 154.1525 DC 023. Is this possible. I here them loud and clear "port 1 10 hits" is what i'm hearing right now.

 

[texasemt13]

In the past year I've been hearing an "Omaha 37A" out of San Antonio, usually on the Judson Tower (163.775 ct 151.4), and have never identified the aircraft. I use this list from Aeroflight to confirm my catches. But I never could find a "37A."

Yesterday, on my way in to work I saw an AS-350B sitting outside the Customs hangar (not unusual, I've logged 87C and 8AE there before). Yesterday afternoon however, I heard "37A" again, calling 940 (Laredo Base) saying he was departing San Antonio, wondering if there were any open tickets.

So mes thinks to meself, I gotta find that bird. So I thought I'd start with the Aeroflight page, and found 34A and 35A both had an n-number starting with N393xA (where x=an integer; 4 or 5 in this case). So I went to the FAA website and searched for N3937A to see if it hit, and sure enough, it comes back to an AS-350B3 operated by DHS. Got it.

 

[texasemt13]

I've been hearing some good long distance VHF this morning (some skip, some just better propagation).

I was hearing "Whiskey 321" talking to 940 on 163.775 (normally BP in San Antonio is what I hear). They were working near Valley Wells, TX (yep that's in Dimmit County, NW of Laredo). The "Whiskey" callsign follows the naming convention of the Laredo West Station if my tip holds true.

Also, for the first time ever (I keep a pretty extensive log) I heard HAMMER on "Net 3" in San Antonio (165.2375, A2 repeater) calling for "Omaha 34K." I've never heard HAMMER on a VHF repeater in San Antonio. 34K never responded, so I parked on Blue-3 (350.025MHz).

About an hour later, HAMMER got on Blue-3 and called for "26A," a Eurocopter EC-120B Colibri, with no response from Omaha.

Now if I could only get the n-number of the Cessna 182 that is sitting outside the hangar (I try not to be that guy with a telescope on the fence line).

 

[texasemt13]

Leaving work by SAT yesterday, I watched N125MN land, a conspicuously non-descript, white MD-83. After poking around a little, and looking here I see this was a JPATS aircraft. More than likely it was going to Allied Aviation, where I have seen many GEO Transport buses lined up through the years, which I can only assume are headed to the South Texas Detention Center in Pearsall. I wish someone had an SAT feed, I'd love to hear if they use a tail number or callsign to call in to the tower.

 

[texasemt13]

In San Antonio (with a lot of good propagation this morning), I'm getting the FBI National Emergency frequency (167.5375) with NAC 167. This signal is weak, definitely has digital voice, but is too far off to receive well. I've never heard this frequency active- anyone else actually getting something?

 

[nd5y]

I used to hear it sometimes when I lived in Tarrant Co. several years ago.

 

[mongoose]

Leaving work by SAT yesterday, I watched N125MN land, a conspicuously non-descript, white MD-83. After poking around a little, and looking here I see this was a JPATS aircraft. More than likely it was going to Allied Aviation, where I have seen many GEO Transport buses lined up through the years, which I can only assume are headed to the South Texas Detention Center in Pearsall. I wish someone had an SAT feed, I'd love to hear if they use a tail number or callsign to call in to the tower.

Per a Wall Street Journal article I saw earlier in the year regarding illegal aliens in Texas, there are about six of these flights coming in and out of S.A. International a day. The callsigns according to the article is "Repatriot XXX". They are basically flying illegal aliens back to their native countries. I think the article said there is even a flight to Honduras. I have heard them returning in the early evening on the tower frequency (119.8) usually between 17:30-20:00. Listen up for them. I hope this helps.
Mongoose

 

[texasemt13]

Mongoose, thanks for the post. I think I've seen this plane, or a similar one, near the Customs inspection point gate. I'll listen out.

 

[al95]

Mongoose, thanks for the post. I think I've seen this plane, or a similar one, near the Customs inspection point gate. I'll listen out.

I saw this on my local news less then a month ago. Here is a link to the story: Special Report: ICE Air - KRGV CHANNEL 5 NEWS - The Rio Grande Valley's News Channel - Breaking News, Breaking Stories - RGV News

I always so the arm man but never knew that it was ICE .