[FedCom] New Southern Arizona CBP Border Patrol

[Chris Parris]

Since this past spring, there have been a number of new VHF P-25  
repeaters popping up that appear to be a new CBP Border Patrol  
network. On my previous visit several months ago, I caught 6 or so new  
frequencies but not much activity on them. But currently there appear  
to be many new frequencies and much more activity.

http://mt-fedfiles.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-border-patrol-in-arizona.html

These new frequencies now appear to carry the bulk of the Border  
Patrol traffic in the Southeastern Arizona area. The original 163 &  
168 MHz repeaters are still active but fairly quiet now. The 171.3250,  
173.1875 and 173.500 frequencies are almost constantly busy. Here is  
what is hopping currently,

168.8250 MHz, N302 - RED MOUNTAIN
168.8250 MHz, N330 - WIDE AREA
168.8250 MHz, N710 - WIDE AREA
169.5500 MHz, N203 - TUBAC AREA BORDER PATROL ON 1-19
169.9375 MHz, N653 - GILIO 1
170.3500 MHz, N130 - WIDE AREA INTEROP
170.3500 MHz, N20C - WIDE AREA INTEROP
170.3500 MHz, N230 - WIDE AREA INTEROP (Nogalas, AZ)
170.3500 MHz, N340 - WIDE AREA INTEROP
170.4375 MHz, N301 - AJO
170.4375 MHz, N130 - AJO
170.4375 MHz, N230 - Far East Arizona
171.0375 MHz, N201
171.1875 MHz, N110
171.3250 MHz, N20C
172.0625 MHz, N20A
172.7625 MHz, N210
173.1750 MHz, N209
173.1875 MHz, N110
173.1875 MHz, N230 - INTEROP MT. LEMMON
173.5000 MHz, N20B
173.6125 MHz - May be input or simplex, called SCAN 3
173.7375 MHz, N130

There may be more out there, so folks in Southern Arizona should start  
using the SEARCH function and see.

- Chris
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Chris Parris
Fed Files Columnist
Monitoring Times Magazine
chrisparris at monitoringtimes.com
http://www.monitoringtimes.com
http://mt-fedfiles.blogspot.com/