[FedCom] Review GFMF -- Federal Frequency Directory Portion

Sun Oct 9 11:20:12 EDT 2005

Just an FYI, you can get some of the sources on that CD ROM on line:

Red Book
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/redbook/redbook.html
Flip
https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/index.cfm
One source for FAA info
http://www.airnav.com/
Many military trunking systems can be found at
radioreference.com
Lastly, I maintain a "verified" frequency file for those who monitor the 
Nellis ranges at hidesertscan yahoogroup.

October is the month that the FLIP was supposed to leave the net, so you 
may want to download it.

Ken wrote:
> Review:  "Grove Federal Frequency Directory" 2nd Edition
> 
> Which is now bundled as part of Grove's "Frequency Master File"
> 
> Website http://www.grove-ent.com/FREQMASFILE.html
> 
> 
> 
> Some Facts/Observations:
> 
> Author:  Larry Van Horn
> 
> Copyright Date:  2004 (believe it came out after 11/1/04)
> 
> Total pages:  783
> 
> Format:  CD-ROM,  PDF, acrobat reader needed
> 
> Portability:  File can be place on your hard drive for quicker search.  
> You can also save the entire file in text format which allows you to 
> build your own listing - However, remember that this is copyrighted 
> material
> 
> 
> 
> The first 24 pages is in introduction to using the guide as well as 
> common use VHF/UHF frequencies (10 1/4 pages) and HF frequencies by 
> agency/commons use (approx 55 agencies/common systems) listed.  This is 
> very similar to the lst edition, except additional updates of new Law 
> enforcement agencies & other common use frequencies have been listed.
> 
> 
> 
> Headings format are (with comments):
> 
> *General VHF/UHF Assignments (primarily a sampler of nationwide use feqs 
> mostly aero)
> 
> *Government Trunked System (older UHF standard format)
> 
> *New Federal Frequency Bands/Frequencies  (e.g.  Government Itinerant, 
> Common Use,
> 
> Law Enforcement Interagency,  National Disaster Medical System)
> 
> *HF Frequencies By Agency
> 
> 
> 
> *Federal Land Mobile (LMR) Frequency Assignments
> 
> The remain frequencies are listed in ascending frequency order format 
> (frequency, agencies, (agency location if applicable).
> 
> VHF Low Band:   27.575 to 50 mhz  -- pages 25 to 111 (approx 668 
> frequencies)
> 
> VHF Low Band:   50.0 to 76 mhz -- pages 112 to 113  (approx 39 frequencies)
> 
> VHF High Band:   138 to 144 mhz -- pages 114 to 335 (approx
> 
> VHF High Band:   148 to 150.8 mhz -- pages 336 to 446
> 
> VHF High Band:   162 to 174 mhz -- pages 447 to 604
> 
> UHF High Band:  406 to 420 mhz -- pages 605 to 783
> 
> 
> 
> Note:  Civilian Aero VHF Military Aero UHF bands are not covered in this 
> directory -- I'd like to see Van Horn .
> 
> 
> 
> Interestingly listed are approximately 832 frequencies listed as 
> "Spectrum Hole" in the VHF & UHF High Bands with no agencies currently 
> listed as users, and reflect the new narrow band splits which will be a 
> work in process to ID all users of these new frequencies.
> 
> 
> 
> Larry Van Horn has completely revised this section, major changes include:
> 
> 
> 
> *Made it much easier to read by only having one column for frequencies 
> (per horizontal line) (versus the lst edition which had two columns of 
> frequencies per horizontal line)
> 
> 
> 
> *Abbreviations of agencies has almost totally been eliminated example 
> (new edition "Fish & Wildlife Service" , old edition: "USFW") which 
> makes it VERY easy to read on a BY FREQUENCY READING BASIS via the 
> computer monitor screen.  However, if you are conducting a specific 
> agency search you must be careful how you enter the agency name in order 
> to get a complete frequency listing (see below for search terms)
> 
> 
> 
> *Geographic Location of agencies using the frequency listed.  Geographic 
> information is primarily listed for the armed services (US Army, US Air 
> Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard), limited Federal Prison 
> System,  & limited NASA.  I would have like to see even general location 
> data information presented for other agencies such as FBI, DEA, etc..., 
> even if it wasn't precise.  So for example if there anywhere on the net 
> OR a report to Larry was made, add it to the data base.
> 
> 
> 
> It's also important to remember that if you are doing a specific 
> frequency (ies) research using the acrobat reader format that you enter 
> the frequency to 4 decimal points for frequencies above 137 mhz (3 
> decimal points below 138 mhz)
> 
> 
> 
> To aid users of this data base & to give potential users an idea of the 
> scope of coverage, here's the major agencies listed (Search Terms in 
> reader) with total # of instances of hits (potential frequencies 
> allocated to that agency/department  or as indicated) in the extensive 
> data base:
> 
> 
> 
> Air Force (Air Force):  966 (frequencies allocated)
> 
> Architect of the Capitol (Architect):  2
> 
> Army (Army):  1607 (frequencies allocated)
> 
> Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &  'Explosives"  (Alcohol):  4
> 
> Bureau of Indian Affairs (Indian Affairs):  125
> 
> Bureau of Land Management (Land Management):  223
> 
> Bureau of the Mint (Mint):  10
> 
> Bureau of Mines (Mines):  27
> 
> Bureau of Prisons (Prisons):  145
> 
> Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation):    126
> 
> Census Bureau (Census):  9
> 
> Center for Disease Control & Prevention (Disease Control):  9
> 
> Central Intelligence Agency (CIA):  2 (actual locations)
> 
> Central Intelligence Agency (Central Intelligence):  5
> 
> Coast Guard also listed next to it "Dept of Homeland Security" (Coast 
> Guard):  326
> 
> Consumer Products Safety Commission (Products Safety):  1
> 
> Department of Agriculture (Agriculture):  219
> 
> Department of Commerce (Commerce):  82
> 
> Department of Education (Education):  13
> 
> Department of Energy (Energy Department):  433
> 
> Department of Health & Human Services (Health & Human/HHS):  1/17
> 
> Department Homeland Security (Homeland Security):   250
> 
> Department of Interior (Interior Department):  302
> 
> Department of Housing & Urban Development (Housing and Urban):  4
> 
> Department of Justice (Justice):  20
> 
> Department of Labor (Labor):  34
> 
> Department of State (State Department):  21
> 
> Department of Transportation (Transportation Department):  23
> 
> Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department):  24
> 
> Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Affairs):  167
> 
> Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA):  16
> 
> Drug Enforcement Agency (Drug):  82
> 
> Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Protection/EPA):  15/21
> 
> Environmental Research Lab (Environmental Research):  48
> 
> Federal Aviation Administration (Aviation Administration/FAA):  6/168
> 
> Federal Bureau of Investigation  (FBI):  367
> 
> Federal Communications Commission (FCC):  7
> 
> Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):  59
> 
> Federal Grains Inspection Service (Grain Inspection):  6
> 
> Federal Highway Administration (Highway Administration):  13
> 
> Federal Law Enforcement Training Facility (Enforcement Training):  28
> 
> Federal Law Enforcement Training Facility (FLETC) :  6 (shows actual 
> location)
> 
> Federal Railroad Administration (Railroad Administration):  8
> 
> Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve):  36
> 
> Food & Drug Administration (FDA/Drug Administration):  2/3
> 
> Food Safety & Inspection Service (Food Safety):  9
> 
> General Services Administration (General Services/GSA):  36/14 (shows 
> some actual locations)
> 
> Government Printing Office (Government Printing):  3
> 
> Health Resources & Services Administration (Health Resources):  2
> 
> House of Representatives (Representatives):  4
> 
> Immigration & Customs Service (Immigration):  75
> 
> Immigration & Customs Enforcement (Customs Enforcement/ICE):  61/12 
> (shows actual locations)
> 
> Indian Health Service (Indian Health):  14
> 
> Institute for Telecommunications Science (Telecommunications Science):  4
> 
> Internal Revenue Service (Internal Revenue/IRS):  4/34
> 
> International Boundary & Water Commission (International Boundary):  18
> 
> Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC):  1
> 
> Library of Congress (Library):  3
> 
> Maritime Administration (Maritime Administration):  10
> 
> Mine Safety and Health Administration (Mine Safety):  12
> 
> National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):  608
> 
> National Archives and Record Administration (National Archives):  1
> 
> National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service 
> (Environmental Satellite):  5
> 
> National Gallery of Art (National Gallery):  5
> 
> National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (National 
> Highway):  3
> 
> National Incident Radio Support Cache (Support Cache):  21
> 
> National Institutes of Health (National Institutes):  15
> 
> National Interagency Fire Center (National Interagency):  21
> 
> National Marine Fisheries Service (Marine Fisheries):  36
> 
> National Ocean Service (Ocean Service):  30
> 
> National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):  43
> 
> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Data Buoy Office (Data 
> Buoy):  1
> 
> National Park Service (National Park/NPS):  232/26 (some actual locations)
> 
> National Radio Astronomy Observatory (National Radio):  1
> 
> National Science Foundation (National Science):  29
> 
> National Security Agency (NSA):  4 (shows actual location)
> 
> National Technical Information Service (National Technical):  1
> 
> National Weather Service (National Weather):  56
> 
> Navy (Navy):  646 (frequencies allocated)
> 
> Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Nuclear Regulatory):  12
> 
> Office of Surface Mining (Surface Mining):  4
> 
> Office of Technological Assessment (Technological Assessment):  1
> 
> Patent & Trademark Office (Patent):  1
> 
> Railroad Transportation Test Center (Transportation Test):  13
> 
> Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (Seaway Development):  1
> 
> Senate (Senate):  3
> 
> Small Business Administration (Small Business):  2
> 
> Smithsonian Institute (Smithsonian):  21
> 
> Social Security Administration (Social Security):  12
> 
> Soil Conservation Service (Soil Conservation):  56
> 
> Supreme Court (Supreme Court):  1
> 
> Tennessee Valley Authority (Tennessee Valley/TVA):  1/130
> 
> United Nations (United Nations):  2
> 
> U.S. Air Force (USAF):  7084 (shows actual locations)
> 
> U.S. Army (USA):  6463 (shows actual locations)
> 
> US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps of Engineers):  139
> 
> U.S. Coast Guard (USCG):  291 (shows actual locations)
> 
> U.S. Courts (Courts):  3
> 
> U.S. Customs Service (Customs Service):  3
> 
> U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Wildlife Service):  124
> 
> U.S. Forestry Service (Forestry Service):  5
> 
> U.S. Geological Survey (Geological Survey):  119
> 
> U.S. Information Agency (Information Agency):  27
> 
> U.S. Marine Corps (USMC):  935
> 
> U.S. Marshals Service (Marshals Service):  26
> 
> U.S. Navy (USN):  2451 (shows actual locations)
> 
> U.S. Postal Service (Post Office/Postal Service/USPS):  189/5/6 (shows 
> actual locations)
> 
> U.S. Secret Service (Secret Service/USSS):  70/21 (shows actual locations)
> 
> White House Communications Agency (White House):  9
> 
> 
> 
> This is an excellent source of information for those hobbyists who 
> monitor both federal civilian government & military land mobile/base 
> support nets and want to get an idea of who might be using the 
> frequency(ies) found to be active.
> 
> 
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
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