[FedCom] 173 mHz assignments

Sun, 07 Apr 2002 12:14:45 -0700


>From: Chris Parris <[email protected]>
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>To: FEDCOM <[email protected]>
>Subject: [FedCom] FBI 173.1 mHz
>Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 08:01:48 -0700
>
>For quite a while, during my years in the Houston, TX area, I heard a
>fair amount of FBI activity both clear and encrypted on 173.1 mHz. I
>can't recall what they called that channel, if anything. But recently, I
>have heard the same frequency start getting active in the Portland, OR
>area. All the traffic I have heard on it has been in the clear, with a
>167.9 pl tone, and they are referring to it as "C-4". The traffic I have
>heard certainly sounds like it's the FBI, but I know I have heard this
>frequency active in other areas of the country with other agencies.
>Anyone else catch the FBI or someone else on 173.1?
>
>Chris Parris
>Beaverton, OR
>
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Here's what I've found in 173 D=DIRECT R=RPTR I=INPUT

173.000 D DOE NEST NATIONWIDE/CONFIRMED
173.025-173.175 FBI, with few exceptions at some military bases, and
                LOJACK.
173.0625 D USAF EILSON AFB AK.
173.075 LOJACK TRANSMITTERS
173.1875 I 167.975 R 167.9 PL FEMA REGIONAL EOC NET-1
173.1906,.1937,.1968 CA. EARTHQUAKE TELEMETRY
173.2125 DATA
173.225 MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY (USUALLY PORTABLES)
173.250 LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS/WATER DEPT'S
173.275 MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
173.275 WHCA PORTABLE REPEATER HEARD IN ALASKA
173.3-.350 TAXI'S
173.3125 DATA
173.3375 FBI BODY TAP
173.400  DATA
173.4125 USAF
173.425  R NEW BORDER PATROL DIGITAL
173.4375 USAF NUMEROUS BASES
173.450  R NEW BP DIG
173.4625 I NEW BP INPUT
173.475  R NEW BP DIG RPTR
173.4875 I/D/R MILITARY
173.4875 I 163.5625 R NAT'L GUARD OTAY MTN/SAN DIEGO CO, CA.
173.500  I 170.725 R CUSTOMS, BLAINE WA. C6
173.5125 USAF NATIONWIDE
173.5125 DATA
173.5375 USAF, USUALLY BASE FD
173.5625 USAF NW
173.5875 USAF NW
173.6125 USAF
173.6125 FBI
173.6375 USAF WHITEMAN AFB
173.6375 FBI
173.6625 R 162.975 I BP NEW DIG RPTR
173.6625 FBI
173.6875 NASA JOHNSON/KENNEDY SPACE CTR'S
173.7125 R FBI
173.7375 R 165.7125 I FBI L.A. B5 BANK DETAIL,POMONA/W.COVINA
173.7625 R 171.5625 I AGRICULTURE/PLANT INSPECTORS/LAX
173.7875 FLETC, GLENCO, GA. NW INVESTIGATOR TRNG
173.7875 FBI DISCRETE
173.8125 R 164.525 I FBI RIVERSIDE G2
173.8375 D UNIDENTIFIED TX/ L.A. AREA
173.8625 OPEN
173.8875 D ATF NATIONWIDE F10
173.8875 R 166.5375 I ATF PORTABLE REPEATER
173.9125 D USFS/BLM NIFC TAC-4
173.9375 R STRONG MEXICAN REPEATER, SoCal
173.9625 D USFS/BLM NIFC TAC-5
173.975  R INPUT UNIDENT/NEW BP DIG SYSTEM
173.9875 D USFS/BLM NIFC TAC-6

                That's mostly for SoCal, but NW are nationwide.
                hopefully helpful.. Ruff
(So the Justice Dept is taking more 173's, the 173.025-.175 are showing up 
all over, as are .6125,.6375,.6625,.7125,.7375,.8125,.975)

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