Tucson/Pima County - MURS Quirkiness

[k7xta]

If you live in Pima County, you might find it entertaining to monitor MURS Frequency 1 - 151.8200.

I've been hearing a lot of informal traffic that doesn't fit the mold of business communications.
More like folks using it as a kind of personal telephone service or CB.

There's one Op who will make a couple hours of transmissions every day and is quite the character.
Given the power limitations of MURS (2 watts) I thought he lived nearby - but after he let slip his GMRS callsign,
I did the lookup and found he lived over 25 miles from my place -- in a house covered in antennas.

Clearly he's making the most of that 2 watts

So give a listen on 151.82!

Happy Monitoring,

KE7CYT

 

[GlobalNorth]

Not in the Pima County area, but there's a male voice in the Cornville area of Yavapai County who is reading 5 digit number groups [English language] on 154.6 infrequently.

I can only imagine the weirdness that he's probably into.

 

[KG7PBS]

Not in the Pima County area, but there's a male voice in the Cornville area of Yavapai County who is reading 5 digit number groups [English language] on 154.6 infrequently.

I can only imagine the weirdness that he's probably into.

You should report that to the FBI. could be Russian KGB operatives. I know during the cold war they would Broadcast in the clear coded messages like that

 

[k7xta]

Not in the Pima County area, but there's a male voice in the Cornville area of Yavapai County who is reading 5 digit number groups [English language] on 154.6 infrequently.

I can only imagine the weirdness that he's probably into.

That's a lot of work unless he made a recording and plays it over and over.

 

[GlobalNorth]

You should report that to the FBI. could be Russian KGB operatives. I know during the cold war they would Broadcast in the clear coded messages like that

It's probably some looney survivalist talking to his friends and using one time pads to avoid government "spies". Arizona has more than the average number of paranoid types.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Not in the Pima County area, but there's a male voice in the Cornville area of Yavapai County who is reading 5 digit number groups [English language] on 154.6 infrequently.

I can only imagine the weirdness that he's probably into.

That probably is illegal as it is not permitted to transmit coded messages in Part 95 services. Sounds like a survivalist clown.

 

[DanRollman]

Not in the Pima County area, but there's a male voice in the Cornville area of Yavapai County who is reading 5 digit number groups [English language] on 154.6 infrequently.

I can only imagine the weirdness that he's probably into.

Never thought of professional land surveying operations as especially weird, but....

 

[k7xta]

After some additional monitoring, it's clear that there's a burgening MURS movement here in S AZ. They call themselves the "151 clan" after the VHF frequencies they use.

There was quite a bit of chatter about antennas, amplifiers and a side interest in CB radio. This explains the reach of the station I was monitoring.

 

[es93546]

It's probably some looney survivalist talking to his friends and using one time pads to avoid government "spies". Arizona has more than the average number of paranoid types.

Arizona might have more than the average number of paranoid types, but I think Nevada might take first place. I should add the MURS 151 frequencies to one of my scan banks. I don't live in Nevada, but it is real close. I think Nye and Esmeralda might have the most in Nevada.

I don't listen to the 154 MHz MURS frequencies as their is a lot of unlicensed business use and some grandfathered fast food drive ups on it. I considered buying some MURS radios a few years back, as I heard so little on the 151 MHz frequencies. But if its going to turn into another CB mess I'm not interested.

 

[K7MFC]

They call themselves the "151 clan" after the VHF frequencies they use.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

 

[k7xta]

Great ID there, RFI-EMI-GUY!

 

[k7xta]

It's the characters that make monitoring fun.