Tower crane radio freq.

[moonbounce]

Anyone know the radio frequencies used on tower cranes? I have one near me and another about to go up, thought they would be
interesting to listen to.

TIA

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Check common & itinerant business frequencies. I have them all programmed into a FL on a few of my scanners. I've had a few major construction projects by me. Lots of "cable down...cable down..." Pretty mundane if you ask me

 

[RaleighGuy]

Anyone know the radio frequencies used on tower cranes? I have one near me and another about to go up, thought they would be
interesting to listen to.

TIA

With you being in Canada I doubt this answer will apply, but in the US you can often find them on the DOT channels, unless the construction company has a dedicated assigned frequency. @Whiskey3JMC provided the link above. Maybe Canada has something similar.

 

[moonbounce]

I have done a bit of searching and haven't come across anything, just wondering if they would be digital or analog.

 

[ecps92]

I have done a bit of searching and haven't come across anything, just wondering if they would be digital or analog.

Yes and Yes - depends on who bought the radios

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Wouldn't hurt if you know the name of the construction company to search for a license to see if any company specific license(s) / frequency(ies) exist.

Lastly don't forget to check your region's radio shop systems. They could be leasing radios & repeater coverage. A few generically named "Construction" talkgroups exist on all of the following:

Areawide Trunking Systems in Ontario​

System Name	Type
BearCom Canada - PushPlus Network	DMR Motorola Connect Plus (TRBO)
FleetConnect	DMR Motorola Connect Plus (TRBO)
OnQ Network	NXDN NEXEDGE 4800

 

[mciupa]

Anyone from Ontario want to chime in?

 

[gary123]

My suggestion would be the UHF LPU frequencies. Also look at (ugg) Baofeng default frequencies. My experience though is that many of the bigger companies use a discrete frequency for safety reasons. Analog with PL/DPL. Crane operators do not like the constant chirps of DMR nor the time delayed echos from the 'ground guy". If you can get near the cement trucks or canteen truck with a Close Call radio you should hit gold.

 

[Saint]

I find them using the GMRS, FRS AND LPU frequencies in and around Fort Erie Ont. and Buffalo NY area.
Also put in the
Common Itinerant and Business frequencies they show up on them too.
Steve

 

[mikewazowski]

UHF LPU is where you will usually find them. Forget about finding them leasing radios. You don't need a repeater to talk from a crane above a construction site to the guys below and you certainly wouldn't want to be paying for the air time.

Here's one I found a couple of years ago:

452.450

M

331 DPL

CRANES

Cranes @ construction site on Collier Street

 

[BC_Scan]

On the best coast we have a crane everywhere you look Vancouver to Hope. I'm not sure if Ontario has same schedule A4, but those freq's are so easy to find basically here from 406- 470 you will find in simplex mode A (nb) or D ,I have never heard in digital but it doesn't mean it does not exist

A4 — UHF Tower Crane and Hoisting Device Voice Frequencies in the Province of British Columbia

Conditions of Licence - Land Mobile / Aeronautical / Maritime: Appendix 4 — UHF Tower Crane and Hoisting Device Voice Frequencies in the Province of British Columbia

ised-isde.canada.ca

 

[mciupa]

A lot of those frequency listings a part of trunk systems here in Ontario (LTR, DMR, NXDN) other than the 469's. But, I agree to search 406-470 , guaranteed something will show up.

 

[iMONITOR]

A lot of those frequency listings a part of trunk systems here in Ontario (LTR, DMR, NXDN) other than the 469's. But, I agree to search 406-470 , guaranteed something will show up.

Have you gone to the site and tried "Close Call"?

 

[IdleMonitor]

You'll know when you find them. Short quick transmissions, up/down, left/right, repetitive comms all day long.

I found some in my town here when some apartment buildings were built and cranes were brought in.

 

[mbstone99]

My suggestion would be the UHF LPU frequencies. Also look at (ugg) Baofeng default frequencies. My experience though is that many of the bigger companies use a discrete frequency for safety reasons. Analog with PL/DPL. Crane operators do not like the constant chirps of DMR nor the time delayed echos from the 'ground guy". If you can get near the cement trucks or canteen truck with a Close Call radio you should hit gold.

Ya agree the UHF LPU frequencies are the place where you would find them more often then anything.

Matt

 

[Forts]

There are a couple in use at my work in North London and they are simplex DMR in the 450's... I don't recall the exact freq. TAFL also shows a whack of frequencies down in the low end of the UHF band for rentals etc (406ish).