USFS V Tac 10 ? in Angeles National Forest

[WA6PMW]

I just heard a rescue in the Angeles National Forest say they were going to be using V Tac 10.
I have never heard them use V Tacs. Any idea of what they are or have a list of them.

 

[rkm1215]

Calling VCALL10 155.7525 155.7525 CSQ / 156.7 (
Tactical VTAC11 * 151.1375 151.1375 CSQ / 156.7
Tactical VTAC12 * 154.4525 154.4525 CSQ / 156.7
Tactical VTAC13 158.7375 158.7375 CSQ / 156.7
Tactical VTAC14 159.4725 159.4725 CSQ /156.7
Tac Rpt VTAC33 • 159.4725 151.1375 CSQ / 136.5
Tac Rpt VTAC34 • 158.7375 154.4525 CSQ / 136.5

Tac Rpt VTAC35 • 159.4725 158.7375 CSQ / 136.5
Tac Rpt VTAC36 • 151.1375 159.4725 CSQ / 136.5
Tac Rpt VTAC37 • 154.4525 158.7375 CSQ / 136.5
Tac Rpt VTAC38 • 158.7375 159.4725 CSQ / 136.5

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[E5911]

vtac10

V tacs are part of the national Interoperability plan

"White Nets" are out, "Vfire" is in

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/f...operability Field Operations Guide v1 6 1.pdf

If you are a federal user, or you use Fed money to purchase via a grant, you are required to program them
The letter tells you the band

L-Low band
V-VHF
U-UHF
7-700mhz
8-800 mhz

All are supposed to be in the clear however some are required to be p-25

 

[nd5y]

If you are trying to find them in the database
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=7742

 

[LZJSR]

In the ANF, they respond often with LACoFD, and use their channels. Here is the link to the LACoFD channels (VHF/White)...

Look under: VHF - Fire Ground Tac Configuration

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=201#cid-110

 

[norcalscan]

In the ANF, they respond often with LACoFD, and use their channels. Here is the link to the LACoFD channels (VHF/White)...

Look under: VHF - Fire Ground Tac Configuration

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=201#cid-110

Ahh this could be one of those conflicting naming conventions. There is no "VTAC10" in the standard interop naming conventions from 2007 (see Channel Naming ) It is actually VCALL10, then VTAC11 and so on. But LA County Fire has some very similar-named channels such as V-10D (what LZJSR mentioned above) used for tactical purposes. So someone probably meant V-10D (however they verbalize it...) and said verbally V Tac 10 instead. I doubt they meant the natl interop channel VCALL10, it is still rare for many end-users to know/reference those channels in their radio, especially USFS employees.