[FedCom] Agricultural inspectors

Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:08:21 -0500

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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