[FedCom] US Postal Service Additional Frequencies in Use?

[Bill]

Best way to know if they are Cross-Band Links, would be to check +9 Mhz.

Much of the new Federal [Narrow banding] Information points to +9Mhz for 
input/output splits.

Bill Dunn    N1KUG
Cruise Ship Frequencies
http://home.earthlink.net/~ecps92/cruise_ships.htm  [Updated]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
To: <ScanWesternMass at yahoogroups.com>; "Discussion of Federal Government 
Communications" <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:26 AM
Subject: [FedCom] US Postal Service Additional Frequencies in Use?


> Last evening (5/13/07) before going to bed I had the BC296D (with Grove's 
> Telescoping antenna extended to approx 11 inches) in the federal 
> frequencies range search mode (2300 to 2400 hrs local) and discovered the 
> following frequencies in use which I believe are located in the US Postal 
> Sorting Facility, junction of Worcester St (route 141) Fiberloid St, 
> Springfield MA.
>
> 406.5375 Repeater (CTCSS 173.8)  Appeared to be Management/Supervisory 
> Coordination
> 407.9375 Repeater (CTCSS 173.8)  Sorting Machine Maintenance 
> Dispatch/Operations
> 408.1375 Repeater (CTCSS 173.8)  Transportation, trailer switching to 
> loading docks?
>
> I wasn't able to confirm that the above or the frequencies below (which 
> have been reported before) may have been cross band repeaters.  I would 
> assume that UHF radios are being used within the facility rather than VHF, 
> so now the mystery is why the potential cross band operation?
>
> 164.3875 Repeater (110.9) Sorting Machine Maintenance  (very active)
> 165.0500 Repeater (114.8)  Management/Superivsory Coordination, Hazmat 
> Response Team  (very active)
> 166.1625 Repeater (114.8)  Mail Transportation (area wide) (occassionally 
> active)
> 172.30 Simplex (94.8), Trailer Switching in Yard (not monitored last 
> evening) (usually very active)
>
> Grove Enteprise's "Federal Frequency Directory" 2nd edition was consulted 
> and indicated:
> 406.5375 was not listed as a USPS assignment
> 407.9375 was listed as a "spectrum hole", so at least locally it's a US 
> Postal Service assignment.
> 408.1375 was listed as a "spectrum hole", so at least locally it's a US 
> Postal Service assignment.
>
> For those of you that travel in that area (including getting off or 
> traveling  by the Mass Turnpike (Interstate 90) at Exit 6 
> (Springfield/Chicopee), Interstate 291 (BTW I've actually gotten "Signal 
> Stalker" hits on the VHF freqs with the RS Pro 83 just sitting in my 
> vehicle's beverage cup holder), please monitor those frequencies to 
> confirm use at that location.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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