[FedCom] High Hill Mobile Fed Monitoring Report

[*Bill]

163.6250 Mhz Former INS, now ICE, look for DPL tones when in the Clear
168.5250 Mhz Veteran's Hospital, Northampton [100.0 Hz], Bridgeport [141.3
Hz]
169.1125 Mhz, caught this in the NJ/NY City Area in years past



Bill Dunn   N1KUG
http://home.earthlink.net/~ecps92/cruise_ships.htm [Updated]



Original Message --------
> Subject: [FedCom] High Hill Mobile Fed Monitoring Report
> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:22:58 -0400
> From: Ken <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
> Reply-To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications
> <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
> To: <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
>
> 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