[FedCom] Shrimpers on Fed VHF

[Daryll]

I thought I had some fedcom bootleggers about a month ago.  Passed a plain 
white van that was sitting along the road, and two guys were out setting up 
surveying equipment.  Had the PRO-83 set in the "Signal Stalker" mode, and 
watched as one guy started talking into his portable.  The PRO-83 
immediately got him on 169.825.  My first thought was that is a very weird 
freq for commercial surveyors to bootleg, and my second thought was "where 
did they get those portables programmed and why did they choose that freq?".

When I got home I checked up on that freq, and one of the legitimate users 
is the US Geological Survey.  Now I know why there were no company markings 
on the side of the van like most commercial surveyors have.  I've been into 
scanning for at least 35 years, and that frequency was a first for me.

Anybody else ever hear anything on 169.825 ??

Daryll
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mac McCormick III" <kf4lmt at comcast.net>
To: "ScanSavannah" <scansavannah at yahoogroups.com>; "Flacom" 
<flacom at yahoogroups.com>; "FedCom" <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:07 PM
Subject: [FedCom] Shrimpers on Fed VHF


> I'm catching shrimpers bootlegging on 167.900, which I have
> as USSS Hotel tonight.  VHF conditions are enhanced, so I'm
> not sure of a location.  They've been going at it pretty steady
> for awhile talking about the success of drags, size of shrimp,
> etc.  Interesting choice of a frequency to bootleg on...
>
> Mac McCormick                      "Green Comms Suck"
> Savannah, GA
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kf4lmt/index.html