[FedCom] Shrimpers on Fed VHF, Same in La.

[Duane Donovan]

Tom;What's the freq for the Customs repeater? I Live
in Morganza but My sister lives in Laf. and I visit a
lot. 
Duane KF4ELJ
--- "Tom M." <courir26 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> It is the same story in the Gulf of Mexico off La.
> 
> They are all over the VHF band, mostly Vietnamese.
> 
> Sometimes hear Spanish on the Customs repeater. 
> They even use the same PL as
> Customs.
> 
> Tom
> --- ed <bernies at netaxs.com> wrote:
> > back in the 80's i picked up a pair of gov't
> surplus motorola HT's at a 
> > hamfest dirt cheap.  turns out they were
> crystalled on a US Army Corp of 
> > Engineers VHF freq.  when i turned one on near
> philadelphia, i heard 
> > foreign fishing boats bootlegging on that
> frequency.
> > 
> > -ed
> > 
> > 
> > At 06:41 AM 5/13/05 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Hi Mac,
> > >Hamfests are popular places to 'acquire' surplus
> radio gear for private
> > >communications (marine and otherwise).  This
> could have been the source
> > >of the equipment being used on 167.900 MHz.
> > >
> > >Just curious, do you see a CTCSS tone present in
> the comms you are
> > >monitoring?  I seem to remember that USSS used
> 103.5 Hz as 'their'
> > >standard on most of their other channels (IE:
> Charlie, Baker, etc.)
> > >
> > >
> > >One other idea:
> > >
> > >Check 157.200 MHz for comms.  This is the ship
> transmit side of Marine
> > >Channel #24 (Shore side is 161.800 MHz).
> > >
> > >167.900 - 10.7 = 157.200
> > >
> > >Now that most vhf-marine operators have left the
> air, I have heard
> > >reports of fishermen running semi-private comms
> on the ship side of
> > >this channel pair and the other unused PUBLIC
> CORRESPONDENCE
> > >frequencies.  MariTel
> <http://www.maritelusa.com/> has shut-down all
> > >public coorispondence (marine telephone operator)
> services nationwide.
> > >(MariTel discontinued marine operations a couple
> of years ago in an
> > >attempt to reuse the nationwide frequency pairs
> for other uses like
> > >data and private wireless.)
> > >
> > >Most marine radios can't listen to the ship side.
>  It is a legitimate
> > >marine frequency, mostly unused, and I guess ok
> in their minds to use.
> > >
> > >Just a thought...
> > >
> > >73,
> > >Mark Cobbeldick, KB4CVN
> > >Virginia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Message: 1
> > >Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 20:07:37 -0400
> > >From: "Mac McCormick III" <kf4lmt at comcast.net>
> > >Subject: [FedCom] Shrimpers on Fed VHF
> > >To: "ScanSavannah"
> <scansavannah at yahoogroups.com>,"Flacom"
> > ><flacom at yahoogroups.com>, "FedCom"
> <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
> > >
> > >
> > >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
> > >
> > >------------------------------
> > >Message: 7
> > >Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 21:02:50 -0400
> > >From: "Mac McCormick III" <kf4lmt at comcast.net>
> > >Subject: [FedCom] Re: Shrimpers on Fed VHF
> > >To: "ScanSavannah"
> >
>
><scansavannah at yahoogroups.com>,"Flacom"<flacom at yahoogroups.com>,
> > >"FedCom" <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Mac McCormick III" <kf4lmt at comcast.net>
> > > > I'm catching shrimpers bootlegging on 167.900
> > >
> > >     One of them mentioned Mayport, so I'm
> guessing this
> > >     bunch must be around the Jacksonville, FL
> area.
> > >
> > >Mac
> > >Savannah, GA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Duane  deep in the swamps of Morganza Louisiana. Pro-95  Uniden SC150
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