Veg fire off Ortega Hwy - Riverside County

[brandon]

Called the "Lookout IC" ... 1-2 acres so far. Activity on RRU-2 151.175 and CDF Tac 22 159.405.

 

[brandon]

Fire is 3 acres, moderate rate of spread, potential of a couple hundred acres. IC is saying location is same of aircraft down call. Unknown if related at this time.

 

[brandon]

Doesn't sound like any aircraft was found.

 

[brandon]

Fire has made significant run... now at 75-100 acres. I went outside and can totally see it up on the mountain.

 

[brandon]

FYI... There is really good video on IA-6 11788 (V) SR 3979 - also on KCAL/CBS site for those that are interested or able to receive feeds.

 

[brandon]

Fire is contained and pretty much out.
Good job!

 

[AZScanner]

FYI... There is really good video on IA-6 11788 (V) SR 3979 - also on KCAL/CBS site for those that are interested or able to receive feeds.

Hey Brandon, clue me in - what's " IA-6 11788 (V) SR 3979" and how do I watch it?

-AZ

 

[brandon]

Hi AZ:

That is the freq to watch the raw feed from the helicopter. They had the microwave feed up-linked to IA-6 (a satellite), probably so major networks/affiliates could pick up the video.

IA-6 = Intelsat Americas 6 Satellite
11788 = Frequency (MHz)
V = Vertical Polarization
SR 3979 is the symbol rate for the video feed. Usually 3979 or 4232 for news feeds.

The feed scans in as "CBS NEWS LA1" and I see it used for CBS/KCAL helicopter feeds (pursuits, major events, fires, etc). In addition to video, you can hear the helicopter pilot talking to the assignment desk on it. I also scan 450-451 MHz to hear both sides.

You can get a Ku-band setup for pretty cheap. I got mine from www.sadoun.com It's awesome to watch the video for breaking events.

Feel free to PM me with any questions you have since this might be OT.

 

[scannerboy02]

Not to go off topic but we call that are L.A. Pipeline. It is called IA6, 3E to us. The KCBS/KCAL chopper is up on that feed normally between 6 and 7 a.m. every morning and we almost always have some type of video up during times of breaking news in the LA area.