[FedCom] US Postal Service Frequencies?

[Ken]

Hmm, sounds like another great project for a hobby related magazine 
columist(s) & this fine group of "frequency sleuths" to undertake, 
developing a nationwide listing of USPS frequencies in use.

Grove's "Federal Frequency Directory" 2nd edition, lists the potential of 
approximately 189 frequencies being used by the "Post Office" (search term): 
86 VHF band, & 103 UHF band.
Further breakdown
"Postal Inspectors" 2  VHF highband frequencies
"Postal Inspections" 2 nationwide UHF frequency pairs
"Postal Security" 2 nationwide UHF repeater pairs

I would think that US Postal Service Radio Systems could be categorized in 
the the following general categories:

Facility specific -- Such as Mail Sorting/Processing Facilities, e.g. 
Operations, Management, & Security.  These would most likely be geographic 
specific coordinated frequencies.

Geographic Area Specific ---  Primarily bulk mail transportation operations 
of some sort.  In my geographic area, local route postal delivery vehicles 
do not have radio comms installed.  This may be primarily used in large 
metropolitian areas (e.g. NYC, Boston, SF, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, 
Miami, etc....

Nationwide Assignments --  Perhaps this would be the US Postal Inspection 
Service, where both repeater pairs & simplex freqs are predefined channels 
in the mobile & portable radios.
See:  http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/heathadvo.htm
http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/presroom.htm

Chris Parris columnist 'The Fed Files', "Monitoring Times" magazine has had 
some frequencies listed, based upon his travels & monitoring in specific US 
geographic areas.   Additionally, it appears that those "spectrum holes" 
(listed as such in Grove's frequency directory) has seen some USPS current 
usage (e.g. Springfield MA BMC)

Tom Kneitel's "The 'Top Secret' Registry of U.S. Government Radio 
Frequencies", 8th edition (1993), lists the following states with frequency 
information (format State: number of locations, number of frequencies):
AK:   1, 1 (VHF)
AL:   1, 1, (VHF)
AZ:   2, 4, (VHF & UHF)
CA:  11, 43, (VHf & UHF)
CO: 2, 5, (VHF)
CT: 2, 3, (VHF & UHF)
DC: 2, 3 (VHF)
FL: 5, 15 (VHF, UHF)
GA: 1, 10 (VHF, UHF)
IA:  2, 6 (VHF & UHF)
IL:  3, 17 (VHF & UHF)
IN:  1, 2 (VHF, UHF)
KS:  1, 1 (VHF)
KY: 3, 3 (VHF & UHF)
LA:  1, 3 (VHF & UHF)
MA:  2, 13 (VHF & UHF)
MD:  4, 10 (VHF & UHF)
ME: 1, 1 (VHF)
MI: 2, 5 (VHF & UHF)
MN: 3, 13 (VHF & UHF)
MO: 2, 7 (VHF & UHF)
NC: 2, 6 (VHF & UHF)
NE: 1, 4 (VHF)
NJ: 5, 13 (VHF & UHF)
NY: 9, 24 (VHF & UHF)
OH: 5, 24 (VHF & UHF)
OK: 3, 4 (VHF & UHF)
OR: 1, 2 (VHF)
PA: 7, 17 (VHF & UHF)
SC: 1, 1 (VHF)
TN: 4, 11 (VHF)
TX:  4, 23 (VHF & UHF)
UT: 1, 2 (VHF & UHF)
VA: 4, 7 (VHF & UHF)
WA: 2, 3 (VHF & UHF)
PR: 1, 1 (VHF)
All areas, 20 freqs (5 VHF, 15 UHF)
Postal Inspectors & Security nationwide:  5 VHF, 3 UHF repeater pairs, 3 UHF 
simplex
So as you can see there's some states that are missing from his list but 
definitely have US Postal sorting facilities, etc....

So please post your findings to the list!

Ken