[FedCom] Search Results: 162-174 MHz Band - Brasstown NC

Sun Apr 2 10:19:56 EDT 2006

I always have radios searching here in Btown. Most are working the Milcom 
bands (put that is for the other list I founded) ;-))) Here is an activity 
reportt from this week. I have only included the confirmed stuff, and left 
off the I thinks and I don't knows.

163.2000    GA US Marshals Service repeater output - Atlanta (136.5 Hz)
                   NC KRD670 US Marshals Service repeater output (input 
163.8125) - Asheville
                   TN KRD681 US Marshals Service repeater output (input 
163.8125) -  Chattanooga/Bean Mtn
163.2500    TN KNIN875 Chattanooga/Hamilton Co Hospital Authority 
digital/voice paging system - Chattanooga (CSQ)
163.4125    GA Army Corps of Engineers Park Patrol - Lake Lanier [Hall Co]
163.5125    TN Air Force Arnold AS (AEDC) central paging system. Also 
carries NOAA weather radio broadcast from   Nashville-Tullahoma/McMinnville 
area Beech Grove repeater. It serves a dual
                    purpose of providing the base with early weather warning 
and as an indication of the range of the pagers.
163.6250    GA Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Atlanta (100.0 Hz) 
Frequencies 163.625/.675/.725/.775 all keyed  simultaneously with several 
pulsing signals.
164.2000    GA WUC658 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Carters Powerhouse base 
output - Carters Lake (CE206U) mentioned WUC  659 - Pine Log several times 
and might have been working them                     duplex on 163.0 or 
163.4375 MHz. This is just east of Calhoun, GA [Gordon Co]
164.2250    TN KFW676 Oak Ridge Labs Common Law Enforcement/Security Net 
repeater output (input 164.675) - Oak Ridge (203.5 Hz) [Chestnut or McKinney 
Repeater?]
164.3500    TN KID238 (CW ID) Department of Energy maintenance/operations 
net repeater output (input 164.775) - Oak Ridge [Repeaters at Buffalo 
Mountain and Chestnut Ridge] Dispatch="OROC                     Oak Ridge 
Operations Center"
164.6250     TN KIE500 (CW ID) Bureau of Indian Affairs (DoI) repeater 
output (input 165.3375) - Cherokee (Fire uppression   and Management: 
providing support for wildfires in area)
164.7750    TN KID238 Department of Energy General Security Net repeater 
input (output 164.775) - Oak Ridge
165.2375    ICE repeaters in Birmingham (AL), Atlanta (GA), Chattanooga (TN) 
and McMinnville (TN), all using 100.0 Hz PL
165.2875    GA KAE206 ATF repeater output/simplex (input 166.5375) - 
Brasstown Bald Mountain (100.0 Hz)
                   TN KAE268 ATF repeater output (input 166.5375) - 
Knoxville (100.0 Hz)
                    One of the repeaters here is using APCO-25 (it breaks up 
a bit and drops to digital so probably Knoxville).
166.3000    GA Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area repeater output 
(input 166.900) (162.2 Hz) Voting system with   some DES encryption.
167.1500    NC National Park Service (DoI) Great Smokey Mountain law 
enforcement and management repeater output (input 166.350) (173.8 Hz)
167.1750    NC National Park Service (DoI) Blue Ridge Parkway law 
enforcement repeater output (input 166.375) (151.4 Hz)
167.5875    GA FBI repeater output (input 162.7625) - Brasstown Bald 
Mountain (167.9 Hz)
168.0250    GA USFS Chattahoochee NF Law Enforcement net simplex/repeater 
output (input 164.125) (136.5 Hz)  <LE-8>
                   TN USFS Cherokee NF Law Enforcement net simplex/repeater 
output (input 172.400) (123.0 Hz)  <LE-8>
168.2250    TN TVA Law Enforcement repeater output (input 171.750) UHF link 
416.1125 (DVP)
168.3250    TN National Park Service Chickamauga/Chattanooga National 
Military Parks (DoI) repeater output (input 167.075) - Lookout Mountain 
(173.8 Hz) Units: 402 Lookout Mtn unit
168.4500    TN KFW647 Department of Energy Construction Net repeater output 
(input 172.300) - Oak Ridge (CSQ)
168.5000    TN Office of Surface Mining (DoI) repeater output - Required for 
mine inspection, management, and safety.  KOJ900 Knoxville office 
dispatch/KOJ912 Chattanooga office dispatch
168.5750    TN TVA KID812 Knoxville dispatch repeater output (input 
166.6375, controlled by 414.975) - English Mtn (103.5 Hz)
                   TN TVA KID 904 Chattanooga dispatch repeater output 
(input 166.6375, controlled by 419.775) - Oswald Dome Unit passed KID 969 
during comms
168.7500    NC/TN USFS: Fire Net (1230 daily) Also Region 8 Aerial Detection 
Net - Asheville (Air tankers/USFS aircraft)
168.7750    GA Georgia forestry service - Gainesville Dispatch, Heard Blue 
Ridge mentioned.
169.4625    NC IFLOWS Radio Network Cherokee Co, Clay Co, and Graham Co EOCs 
to Joanna Bald p/w 171.9125 (voice).
169.5000    Hydrologic rain gauge data reported here NC gages to Hawshaw 
Mtn, Soco Gap, and Glassrock.
169.9250    TN KID315 USFS Cherokee NF Southern units repeater output (input 
166.675 or 164.125) - Ocoee/Tellico areas (103.5 Hz)
170.0750    TN TVA Chattanooga/Knoxville service area repeater output (input 
170.075) - Roosevelt Mountain (Service to the Chattanooga area, Kingston, 
Roane, Watt's Bar, Watt's Bar Nuclear Plant,                     and 
Knoxville area. Required for operation, control and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities).
170.2450    NC McDonald's restaurant kiosk (duplex with 154.570) - Murphy NC
170.4000    TN KPS774 US Postal Service Vehicle Operations Supervisors 
repeater output (input 166.975) - Chattanooga (203.5 Hz)
171.0250    NC IFLOWS Radio Network Joanna Bald to Cherokee Co, Clay Co, and 
Graham Co EOCs (Hydro Flood Sensors: data burst signals).
171.4750    NC KID 349 USFS Nantahala NF Asheville Supervisor Office: 
Tusquitee repeater output (input 168.125) (103.5 Hz) <Ch 2>/Simplex 
Talk-Around <Ch 1> Tusquitee/Asheville
                    Dispatch/Asheville Air Tac/Helicopter Base. Fire weather 
broadcast at 0905.
171.7500    TN TVA Law Enforcement repeater input (output 168.225) UHF link 
416.1125 (110.9 tone?/DVP)
171.9125    NC IFLOWS radio network Joanna Bald to Cherokee Co, Clay Co, and 
Graham Co EOCs p/w 169.4625 (voice)
171.9750    GA USFS Chattahoochee NF Ranger repeater output (input 
168.150) - Various locations (186.2 Hz)
172.4250    TN KPA299 TVA voice/digital paging (one way paging) - Signal 
Mountain/Oswald Dome (CSQ)
172.6250    TN TVA Chattanooga Area Power Distribution Maintenance repeater 
output (input 163.150) - Chattanooga/Lookout Mountain [Hamilton Co]. (186.2 
Hz)
172.6500    TN TVA HP Emergency Network repeater output (input 171.650) - 
Signal Mountain/Oswald Dome/Roosevelt Mountain/Mont Lake/Watts Bar (94.8 Hz) 
Admin/operations with autopatch                         and TSC up Tuesday 
at 10:30 am for weekly radio check.

Equipment used for this search: Grove Scantenna (RG-6 cable to Magnavox TV 
Preamp) to Icom R-7100, BC-895/BC-898/BC-796D.
You can see my complete confirmed list of frequencies monitored on the 
Monitoring Times Frequency Exchange pages at http://www.monitoringtimes.com/ 
It is in pdf format.
Lots of activity this week as we always get. Not bad for a rural area eh?

73 all and good hunting,

The Chief (El Jefe)

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
Milcom/Fedcom/Trunkcom Founding Father
MT Milcom/Help Desk Columnist
Assistant Editor Monitoring Times

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
Milcom/Fedcom Founding Father
MT Milcom/Help Desk Columnist
Assistant Editor Monitoring Times