[FedCom] Re: FedCom Digest, Vol 35, Issue 16

Wed Dec 27 10:58:14 EST 2006

I think the secret is that government CONTRACTORS, even if they're private, can be assigned frequencies from federal allocations.  This certainly includes the Postal Service but it also includes Amtrak (which had mobile phones between 406-420 MHz.), various military contractors (Army ammunition plants), etc.

Bob, w0nxn

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Correct me if im wrong but last I had heard was USPS had degovernised making it a private company but the mail is still gov regulated.

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   1. Re: 164.8125 MHz (Dennis)
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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:13:58 -0500
From: "Dennis" <den6n at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [FedCom] 164.8125 MHz
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I've heard USPS trucks using this freq in New Jersey, picking them up
well north of NYC...

Dennis
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From: "Steven Donnell" <radiodf at verizon.net>
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Subject: [FedCom] 164.8125 MHz

> Third try. 164.8125 MHz, 141.3 Hz tone analog  simplex. Anyone know who
> this might be? I caught this  last wk late one nite. It sounded like a
> cpl of truckers, w/ VERY casual/typical trucker type conversations. I
> think they were getting fuel at a local truckstop. At first I thought 
> they might be US Postal haulers as one seemed to be giving directions to
> a nearby postal distribution facility. But then I also thought they
> could be FEMA or Nat Guard equipment haulers. Another possibility being
> they were Canadian truckers as the location here is along the NE I95
> corridor. I have not heard anything more on the freq since then.
> Thanks,  Steve
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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:39:21 EST
From: MSDBM at aol.com
Subject: [FedCom] Re: 164.8125
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I don't know where you are located, but 164.8125 - DCS245 is a fairly new 
Postal Repeater in the NY/NJ area and is used by Postal trucks. The base answers
 to "Metro". Could be they use it as a "road" frequency as well with a PL 
tone. Trucks in NYC use 168.350 and in NJ, 165.05 as road frequencies. The 
discussions make for interesting listening, and it usually isn't about the 
traffic!

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:28:51 -0500
From: John Wilson <w4uvv at adelphia.net>
Subject: Re: [FedCom] 164.8125 MHz
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   It is USPS trucks.  USPS appears to be using this as a new frequency
for vehicle mail delivery/collection activity.  A few years ago USPS
installed a repeater near me in Petersburg, Va. on this frequency, pl
203.5.  Infrequent comms basically are to local small size mail
collection trucks.

Steven Donnell wrote:

> Third try. 164.8125 MHz, 141.3 Hz tone analog  simplex. Anyone know
> who this might be? I caught this  last wk late one nite. It sounded
> like a cpl of truckers, w/ VERY casual/typical trucker type
> conversations. I think they were getting fuel at a local truckstop. At
> first I thought  they might be US Postal haulers as one seemed to be
> giving directions to a nearby postal distribution facility. But then I
> also thought they could be FEMA or Nat Guard equipment haulers.
> Another possibility being they were Canadian truckers as the location
> here is along the NE I95 corridor. I have not heard anything more on
> the freq since then. Thanks,  Steve
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