[FedCom] Agricultural inspectors

Fri, 1 Feb 2002 00:59:02 -0500

In Miami, USDA Inspectors used UHF frequencies. USDA Inspectors at the Miami
Seaport gave up their radios almost 1 year ago in exchange for Nextel.

Joe H
Sunrise, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Van Horn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 3:08 PM
Subject: RE: [FedCom] Agricultural inspectors

> Hello Tom and the entire Fedcom group.
>
> The service within the Department of Agriculture that has jurisdiction
over
> these matters is the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
> Sorta eerie from my point of view, but my March "The Fed Files" column in
> Monitoring Times magazine (at the printer right now) has a nationwide
> profile on the APHIS.
>
> Down in your area of Florida the APHIS Pest Control gang have been heard
on
> 171.525 and 172.350 MHz out of Fort Lauderdale using the callsign KQC 306.
> This was used for operations with the citrus blackfly so I assume it could
> also be used with the citrus canker. You should also watch 163.100 and
> 168.350 MHz for simplex ops. Aircraft spraying frequencies associated with
> the APHIS include 122.90 and 122.925 MHz in the civilian aero band.
>
> Some other freqs for the APHIS reported in Florida include:
> 164.9375, 170.450, 171.475, 172.275, 411.225, 411.275, 415.225, and
415.275
> MHz
>
> So let us know what you hear,
>
> 73 and good hunting,
>
> Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
> WUN Government/Military Columnist
> Monitoring Times Assistant Editor, Fed File, Milcom, Service Search
> Columnist
> Grove Enterprises, the publisher of Monitoring Times Magazine
> Telephone: V-828-837-9200/F-828-837-2216/800-438-8155
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Tom Hirsch
> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 1:25 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [FedCom] Agricultural inspectors
> >
> >
> > For 2 reasons, we're all interested in the discovery of citrus canker in
> > Palm Bay, Florida.   Palm Bay is in the south part of Brevard County
> > (the county from which space shuttles launch at the Kennedy Space
> > Center, and unmanned rockets launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force
> > Station).
> >    The first reason for our interest is the USDA is inspecting trees in
> > a sizeable area, along with the Florida Dept of Agriculture and Consumer
> > Services.   This provides opportunity for federal monitoring.  Has
> > anyone logged any frequencies for citrus canker, medfly or other
> > agricultural pest operations?   I have found about 19 frequencies for
> > the USDA & its Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service listed in the
> > ARTSCI federal frequency directory.
> >    Second, if the citrus canker is not quickly stopped, it will cause
> > the destruction of thousands of orange, grapefruit, and tangerine
> > trees.  That will make those healthy, delicious fruits (and fruit
> > juices) perhaps a bit more expensive and a bit less abundant.  The area
> > of the citrus canker find is one of the top grapefruit-producing areas.
> >
> >
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