Thursday, June 28, 2007

Postal Inspectors Update



I recently had a nice email from a Fed Files reader who was interested in finding the US Postal Inspectors active frequencies. As we have noted here, the Postal Inspectors are in the process of changing around some of their frequencies and upgrading to P-25 digital radios. Some cities are still analog with DES encryption, others have moved to P-25 digital and some have both!

I thought I would compile what I currently had logged and share them. If anyone has some additional info, please feel free to pass it along!

Atlanta - 407.7250, P-25

Boston - 407.7750, 409.9375, 414.7500

Chicago - 406.3375, 414.7500, 415.0500

Cleveland - 409.9375, 414.7500

Dallas - 414.7500, 417.6000

Houston - 407.1375, 407.7250, 414.7500

Little Rock - 406.9625 (Not Confirmed Yet)

Los Angeles - 415.0500

Memphis - 407.1375, 407.7750

Miami - 407.7750

Minneapolis - 407.7250, 407.7750

NYC - 414.7500, 415.0500, 416.2250 + UHF trunked system on Manhattan

Newark - 407.7250

Oklahoma City - 417.7000

Orlando - 406.3375

Philadelphia - 406.8125, 409.3250, 409.9375

Pittsburgh - 406.3375, 407.1375, 407.7250, 407.7750, 415.0500

Portland - 407.1375, 407.7750, 415.0500 - P25

San Jose, CA - 413.6000, 414.1500, 414.7500, 415.0500

Tampa - 407.1375, 415.0500

Washington DC - 407.7750

In most cases, the 406 through 409 MHz repeaters are P-25 digital and the inputs to those repeaters should be +9 MHz. The 414 and 415 MHz repeaters are still analog, most with DES or AES encryption. In areas that have moved to new 406 or 407 MHz P-25 repeaters, keep listening to the 414.7500 and 415.0500 frequencies, as they can still show up as simplex surveillance channels!

UPDATE - Several Fed Files fans have provided some updates to the list I posted. Thanks for all the information! I will continue to update this blog entry as more information is received!