The Last Few Nights Have Been Some Good Ducting

[peterjmag]

I have been hearing some distant and unkown stations at night these past few days. Last night I heard OKC EMSA clear as can be as well as OCPD and OCFD and I am in East Tulsa. Anyone else hearing anything interesting?


P.J. Maguire

 

[GlacierClipper]

Heard alot of activity on an LTR system form somewhere on 452.150. The users were a security guards. The signals were very weak.

 

[RandyB]

I have noticed a little enhancement overnight during the last few days though it hasn’t been quite as good as some of the ducting events that we experienced in the past. Hopefully it will improve over the next few days. Of course summer is the peak ducting season, and as always, I’m looking forward to it.

Ducting events are a lot of fun. Probably one of the best ducting events that I remember here in Oklahoma was in late spring of last year when I was able to hear NOAA Weather Radio Stations from Kerrville, Texas and Clovis, New Mexico. I was hearing Dallas and Amarillo Police as well. Though, being a native of Tennessee, I must say that the band openings in the southeast part of the country can be much more frequent and are often more significant. While I was back in Tennessee for the summer last year I was able to make contacts on 2 meters from near Atlanta to just south of Chicago during one major band opening in June. Contacts were being made on 52 simplex from greater than 500 miles away according to other stations I had talked to. At one point I was able to bring up more than one repeater on almost every 2 meter repeater pair using an omni directional antenna. A friend later told me that he was able to faintly hear buoy reports on one NOAA Weather Radio channel during the opening from his location along the Tennessee/Kentucky border. Apparently this station was broadcasting from the Great Lakes region.

You’ll find that the most significant and widespread band openings happen in August and July when the VHF/UHF ducting season usually peaks although openings can occur any time of the year. Hopefully we’ll have the chance to experience another mega-band-opening, similar to the one last June, once again this summer.

A friend of mine (who is just as much of a band opening nut as I am) and I have created a Yahoo group for discussion about band openings / ducting. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VHFUHFDucting/

So far, I'm not hearing a great deal of distant signals out there tonight but I've got the 780XLT scanning and will post any interesting findings.

 

[RandyB]

I’m hearing Amarillo Police this morning from my location in Norman.

154.86 PL 192.8
155.19 PL 192.8
155.25 PL 192.8

The band seems to be mainly open to my west. I’m noticing a few other distant signals in the VHF band and am trying to identify them now.

Randy

 

[peterjmag]

That's cool Randy. Let us know what you hear. I haven't heard much of anything lately.


P.J. Maguire

 

[peterjmag]

The ducting is up once again. I am hearing Enid, Poca City, and Stillwater units on a rubber ducky on my Pro-97 here in Tulsa. Anyone else picking up any good far off stations. A good place to start would be all 7 of the NOAA weather radio channels.


P.J. Maguire

 

[Freqed]

Not bad, getting 3 out of 7 on the weather! Also some non-TCSO traffic on 155.070.

 

[Chad_Okc]

Hey guys, this is my first time on here but a few nights ago I heard NOAA radio in Winfield, KS on 162.500 and Osage Co. Sheriff from my house in Okc.

 

[Gilligan]

About 2 weeks ago, I had my BC246T in Close Call mode and it picked up Grady County Sheriff's Department. I live in OKC (location was about 10th & Meridian) and that's about 40 miles w/ Close Call! I'm going to start listening for VHF DX at night.

 

[SignalSweeper]

Heard Allen County Kansas EMS Tonight

Heard several calls on Med 8 from Allen County Kansas tonight. One of the calls mentioned Humbolt and talk of a transfer patient going to ACH. Not too bad to pick up from Collinsville, OK.

Jerry

 

[tkjr4160]

I have been hearing some County Sheriff on Coweta Fire - I thought it was coming from Missouri but now I am thinking New Mexico. Talk about a Flying J's

When I figure out who it is I will update you guys

 

[car2back]

ducting on OCSO repeater

Does anyone know who the agency is that is coming in across on the Osage County repeaters? It is definitely law enforcement and most of the tags being ran are out of south central Missouri.

 

[Freqed]

Throw a freq in with that request, I know most of my Freqs by numbers not locations.

 

[car2back]

OCSO

sorry
repeater is on 156.21, input is 154.65

 

[foster_006]

Most likely Jasper Co. Sheriff on 156.21. Southwest Missouri.

On a drive through TUL I was able to start listening to them a little ways up the Will Rogers Turnpike on my way to Joplin. They've got a pretty powerful system. I think there was another thread in this forum regarding that info.. Might be something worth searching for.

 

[KOK5CY]

osage and jasper co

jasper has the same input freq and output freq as osage . there have been times where both dispatchers have covered each other and the deputy had to ask the dispatch to repeat there self . this is very common since both reapeaters are at the same altitude . reason i know this i use to live in osage co and use to ride along with a deputy .