[FedCom] Pittsburg 410.00 mhz Simplex

[Jeff Kenyon]

Is there any kind of government data base where you can search these freqs
out and get more information on some of them?





On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Rankin, Robert L wrote:

> 410.000 is USAF phone patch at McConnell AFB in Wichita.  Input may indeed be 419.0 but uncertain.
>
> Bob, w0nxn
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> 	Hi Chris and the group.  I've heard things like that on the federal
> 	government freqs in my area too, and I am in the Detroit area, but my
> 	monitoring has been mainly on the VHF federal government band, 162-174
> 	MHz.  I've heard what you have discribed, and then some FBI stuff, but I
> 	haven't heard anything in recent weeks, and the UHF band has been a little
> 	tricky with Canada using some stuff there.  See my last post about the
> 	federal prisons, but there also is what appears to be a trunking system in
> 	the Detroit Area on the UHF band here, but again I'm not sure if it is
> 	something here or in Canada.
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> 	On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Signal Stalker wrote:
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> 	> Chris wrote:
> 	>
> 	> Anyone want to take a guess on this one?
> 	>
> 	> 410.0000 MHz, 100.0pl, simplex - Two guys in cars driving up the
> 	> Pennsylvania Turnpike near Pittsburgh. I caught them while searching in my
> 	> motel room near the turnpike and heard them talking about various locations
> 	> around the Pittsburgh area. No clue as to where they were headed or what
> 	> they were doing. Heard them for almost 10 minutes...
> 	>
> 	> Finding stuff like that while searching is kind of fun!
> 	>
> 	> - Chris
> 	>
> 	> Some other facts/comments:
> 	>
> 	> Well looking at Grove's "Federal Frequency Directory" 2nd edition, it indicates that this is channel 312 & actually could also be used as a repeater freq with an input of 419.000.  There 10 agencies listed as potential users of these freqs.
> 	>
> 	> Of course what Chris brings up is interesting.  Are most radios set up with the repeater talk around (simplex) programmed in case of repeater failure OR the units are out of range from the repeater BUT still want to be able to communicate mobile to mobile or with a portable base station.
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> 	> J
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