[FedCom] New USCG Operating Frequency in Savannah, GA

[Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT]

Bah!  I have the NIFOG printed out and in a notebook here in the shack.  I
didn't even think of looking in it!  Chris - you're right they're using the
LE ALPHA interop freq!

Lesson learned: next time pull down the book and use it to help search as
well.

Mac  KF4LMT
Savannah, GA 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:fedcom-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chris Parris
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:38 AM
> To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] New USCG Operating Frequency in Savannah, GA
> 
> Nice catch, Mac.
> 
> Just FYI, the LE-Alpha is one of the federal interoperability
> frequencies that all federal agencies have access to. I knew that the
> Coast Guard had these frequencies in their radios but had not
> encountered any use of them yet.
> 
> The complete list can be found in the National Interoperability Field
> Operations Guide here:
> 
> http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dhsr/EMS/pdf/NIFOG.pdf
> 
> - Chris
> 
> 
> On May 31, 2009, at 7:20 AM, Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday I received word from a reliable source that the Coast
> > Guard was
> > using a new frequency for operations in the Savannah area; it was
> > referred
> > to as "LE ALPHA" but the frequency was unknown. The source also
> > added that
> > helicopter operations would continue to be on Ch. 21 (157.050) as in
> > the
> > past. I haven't had much radio time recently, but this information
> did
> > prompt me to realize that I haven't heard much traffic on Ch. 21
> > recently.
> > Friday morning, I had some free time so I set some of the radios on
> > search
> > mode in the federal and military VHF assignments.
> >
> > In no time at all, I picked up Station Tybee working 25524 on
> > 167.0875 in
> > unencrypted analog FM. After a few more transmissions, Station Tybee
> > identified themselves as transmitting on "LE ALPHA." If you were
> > listening
> > to Station Tybee and Savannah area Coast Guard activity on 157.050,
> > LE ALPHA
> > is definitely one you'll want to program in your scanner.
> >
> > Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
> > Savannah, GA
> > http://kf4lmt.blogspot.com/
> > http://home.comcast.net/~kf4lmt/
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