[FedCom] High Hill Mobile Fed Monitoring Report

[Ken]

Well got to spend about 1 1/2 hrs today at
Quabbin Reservation Hill Tower Parking Area
Quabbin Reservoir
Ware/Belchertown, MA..

The parking area is at approx 1000 feet MSL.

As a side not this Reservoir is the major water supply for the Boston/Boston 
Metro and some other areas in the Central/WMass, providing drinking water to 
over 2.2 million people .  It has a holding capacity of 412 billion gallons 
of water.  It is 39.4 square mileage of area surface.  118 miles of 
shoreline.Every inch of rain adds 750 million gallons.   (see 
http://www.mwra.com  for additional information) Of course strong Homeland 
Security procedures have been implemented but this doesn't impeded radio 
monitoring in any way.

Concentrated on Federal Government potential P25 Digital signals.

Here's what was active:
National Wx Service, all frequencies: 162.40, 162.425, 162.45, 162.475,
162.50, 162.525, 162.55 -- I think that there was some skip coming in.

Other Fed/Military freqs:
163.625 Encrypted   possibly FBI, or INS
164.3875 Repeater (CTCSS 110.9), USPS Springfield
165.05 Repeater (no CTCSS), USPS Springfield
163.675 (DCS 043) INS nationwide
167.5125 Repeater, encrypted probably FBI
168.525 Transmitter ID , unk federal agency?
168.875 INS (nationwide)
169.1125 Repeater (CTCSS 110.9), appeared to be some sort of federal pax 
transportation dept, with mention of Expressway & dispatch to (buses?).
170.625 Encrypted INS (nationwide)
171.1  Transmitter link (hydrologic channel, data)
172.3 (CTCSS 94.8), USPS Springfield
172.9 (P25 Digital) TSA, Bradley International Airport.

Also scanned 406-420 mhz and didn't get any voice radio transmissions.

Furthermore, scanned 138-144, 148-150.8, and except for Westover's new 
digital systems, didn't pickup any additional frequencies.

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area