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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Federal Protective Service (FPS) Changes?


I have been receiving  reports of some recent changes in the Federal Protective Service (FPS) radio channels in multiple cities. 

First, listeners were not hearing the normal FPS traffic on  410.8000, 410.7000, or 410.9000 MHz in the eastern Georgia region. After some additional monitoring, it was determined that they had changed  their P-25 Network Access Code (NAC) from N270 to N201. 

I also received word that a new FPS repeater on 410.8000 MHz, N201 was being used in the Chicago area. This seems to replace the long used FPS channel of 406.7000 MHz, N201.

Nashville, TN has also reported a new FPS presence on 410.8000 MHz, N201 as well, so maybe they are  attempting to coordinate everything into a regional or national channel plan. 

This may indicate other changes are afoot, so keep an ear on the federal UHF channels for any new activity.

 

 

Friday, August 22, 2008

Federal Protective Service Frequency Shift


The process of re-farming the federal UHF channels continues with the shuffling of radio frequencies used by the Federal Protective Service (FPS). The FPS is a division of ICE (Immigrations & Customs Enforcement) under the Department of Homeland Security.

In most areas, 415.2000 MHz, 417.2000 MHz and 419.1750 MHz serve as the primary radio frequencies used by the FPS. However, some areas have begun moving towards repeater output frequencies in the 407 - 410 MHz area. This is due in part to the federal requirement of a standard 9 MHz repeater offset, so input frequencies are +9 MHz.

I have noted changes in the FPS radio system in some eastern US cities over the last year or so, but changes recently came to the Pacific Northwest, where I make my home. In the last week the FPS has moved to repeaters on 407.0000 MHz, 408.2000 MHz and 410.8000 MHz in the Portland, OR area. Reports are that the Seattle / Tacoma area has or will follow soon. Keep the 415.2000 MHz and 417.2000 MHz channels in, as they may be used as simplex talk-around channels. And all these repeaters are APCO P-25 digital mode.

Keep an ear open in your area for FPS frequency changes!

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

FPS Adding VHF?


I have received reports from some areas that Federal Protective Service vehicles are beginning to sprout VHF hi-band antennas in addition to the normal UHF antennas used for the FPS radio system. So what are these antennas for? The FPS car pictured here seems to have a four-antenna array for LoJack tracking or something similar. The reports I've received are usually referring to single VHF quarter-wave or 5/8 wave gain antennas now showing up on vehicles.

Some suggest that they are getting VHF radios for multi-agency interop capability. Others have suggested that the FPS has been and is using the CBP Customs nationwide VHF radio network. I have not personally confirmed this and have not heard any traffic that could be FPS, so I'm not sure about this one.

The FPS, under Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in DHS, currently operates on a national UHF radio system that is dispatched from regional Mega-Centers. Most cities have switched to (or will soon) P-25 digital. Here are the known UHF frequencies utilized by the Federal Protective Service.

406.2000 MHz
406.4125 MHz
406.7000 MHz
407.0000 MHz
407.1750 MHz
407.2125 MHz
407.3625 MHz
408.2000 MHz
408.5375 MHz
410.8000 MHz
411.0375 MHz
413.4750 MHz

413.8750 MHz
413.9500 MHz
414.4750 MHz
415.1750 MHz
415.2000 MHz
416.0250 MHz
417.2000 MHz
417.2500 MHz
417.4250 MHz
417.6500 MHz
419.1500 MHz
419.1750 MHz
419.6500 MHz
419.8750 MHz.

Friday, January 16, 2015

FPS Atlanta Mystery

I am seeing reports on Radio Reference that the multi-site UHF trunked system managed by the Federal Protective Service (FPS) is not longer on the are in the metro Atlanta, GA area. Folks are asking what happened and where did the FPS operations go.

I haven't been down in the Atlanta area in a few years, but when I was there last, the Federal Protective Service appeared to be running a 4 site UHF Motorola Type II trunked system with both analog and digital voice. One of the subscriber agencies appeared to be Dobbins Air Force Base.
Here are the system specs as I had them:

FPS Atlanta
Motorola Type II
System ID - 750d
Voice NAC - N0d0
Site 1 - Atlanta
406.4125, 407.2125, 408.5375, 410.1250
Site 2
406.5625, 407.1625, 408.5625, 410.3625, 410.5625
Site 3
407.3625, 408.3625, 408.7625, 409.3625, 410.7625
Site 4 - Dobbins AFB
406.7625, 406.9625, 407.5625, 407.8625, 408.9625

Since my last time monitoring the system, it appears that Dobbins AFB has built out their own 380 MHz P25 trunked radio system, so they were no longer using the FPAS managed system.

Reports on Radio Reference include some VHF channels (173.7125, 173.9125 and 173.9875 MHz) that claim to be "TRS control channels", but are very weak in downtown Atlanta.

I suspect that if the FPS decided to dismantle the trunked system, they have probably returned to conventional UHF channels, most likely APCO P25.

Can anyone in the Atlanta area offer any further information?

UPDATE:
A listener in the area reports that the FPS is using 410.8000 MHz, N201 for their operations and has been for some time now. I checked my logs from my last trip to the area in 2012 and I did not get any hits on that frequency.

Monday, December 03, 2012

FPS Updates

A couple of updates on the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security.

The FPS had been active on 417.2000 MHz in the Los Angeles area for some time, but recently the frequency went silent. They have moved to 410.8000 MHz, 127.3 PL, part of the reorganization of the federal 406-420 MHz band. They still have not moved to P-25 digital as of this week, when I heard them on the new frequency. Other cities in the Southern California area are reported to be using 406. 2000 MHz, also in analog. The inputs to these new repeater frequencies are +9 MHz, part of this new organization of the UHF band.

In the Pacific Northwest, the FPS has long been active on 408.2000 MHz, in P25 digital and not encrypted. At some point last week, nearly all the transmissions in the Portland, OR area on the FPS primary frequency have been encrypted. An occasional unit will transmit in the clear, but the response from the FPS MegaCenter dispatcher is encrypted.

Word was out that encryption was coming for some time. Some mobile units were occasionaly using encryption, but the dispatchers would usually respond in the clear. Some areas of the country have had encryption on the FPS channels since the switch over to new frequencies or P25 digital. But some areas remain in the clear.


Saturday, March 23, 2019

Super Bowl 53 Wrap Up




Here are the listings of frequencies I logged during my two weeks of work in Atlanta at Super Bowl 53. While not all of the activity was directly related to the Super Bowl game, nearly everything in the area was affected by the event and the surrounding security operations. If I was able to confidently identify the users, I have provided that information:

122.9500         AM                  Local Atlanta air traffic advisories
123.0250         AM                  Local Atlanta helicopters and banner flights over MB Stadium
139.8750         173.8PL          Civil Air Patrol
141.1750         AM                  USAF Thunderbirds
149.2750         141.3PL          Civil Air Patrol

162.0125         N653  
162.2250         NB10  ICE
162.9250         NB11  ICE
162.9750         N653  
163.1000         N1B3
163.1125         N272   TSA VIPR Units
163.4750         N309
163.4750         N293   CBP AIR 9
163.5250         N299  
163.6750         N152   DHS ICE
163.7000         N169   DHS ICE NAT TAC 1
163.7875         N167   FBI
163.8125         N864   US Marshals Service
164.1875         N293  
164.4000         N001   USSS PAPA
164.6500         N001   USSS TANGO
164.7875         N001   TSA @ ATL  
165.2875         N650   BATFE
165.3625         N167   FBI
165.7250         N293  
166.4750         NB10  ICE
166.9750         N167   FBI
167.1625         N650   BATFE
167.2125         N167   FBI
167.2375         N167   FBI
167.3875         N167   FBI
167.4875         N167   FBI
167.5125         N167   FBI
167.5375         N167   FBI
167.5625         N167   FBI
167.6375         N167   FBI
167.6750         N293   US Marshals Federal Courthouse
167.7125         N167   FBI
167.7375         N167   FBI
168.1125         N68F   NTIA LE-4
168.3500         N1B3 
168.4625         N68F   NTIA LE-5
168.5875         N001   CBP VACIS Operation
168.6375         N864   US Marshals Service
168.7500         N167   FBI
168.8375         N001   TSA @ ATL
168.8375         N293   CBP AIR 1
168.9000         N293  
169.1625         N293   CBP AIR 4
169.3750         NB10  ICE
169.6625         N292   CBP VACIS Operation
169.7375         NB10  ICE
169.8125         N293   MLK Center Atlanta - security
169.9125         NB10  ICE
170.1000         NB10  ICE
170.4375         NB10  ICE
170.4750         N653   Atlanta Federal Interoperability Repeater
170.5125         N864   US Marshals Service
170.6500         N156   DEA Simplex
170.7500         N293   US Marshals Federal Courthouse Security
170.7875         N272   TSA VIPR Units
170.8500         N864   US Marshals Service
170.8875         N167   FBI
170.9125         N167   FBI
170.9500         N156   DEA
170.9875         NB10  ICE
171.1875         NB10  ICE
171.2000         N293  
171.3250         N281   CBP VACIS Operations
171.3875         N001
171.5250         NB10  ICE
171.6250         N167   FBI
172.0500         N167   FBI
172.0625         N001  
172.1125         NB10  ICE
172.2250         N001  
172.2625         N281   CBP VACIS Operations
172.8750         N293   FAA "SOUTH COM"
172.9000         N001   TSA @ ATL
172.9750         N003
173.7875         NB10  ICE

406.1125         N3C1  System 3CD, Site 1-41
406.3375         N482   Postal Inspection Service
406.5000         N293  
406.7750         N3C0  System 3CD, Site 1-42
407.0000         N201   FPS Atlanta Operations
407.0125         N2B5  US Prison Atlanta TRS C92B
407.7250         N482   Postal Inspection Service
407.8125         N3C1  System 3CD, Site1-41
408.0000         N293   Security operation, gate checks
408.2500         N2B5  US Prison Atlanta TRS C92B
408.4375         N3C0  System 3CD, Site 1-42
408.6375         N3C0  System 3CD, Site 1-42
409.2125         N2B5  US Prison Atlanta TRS C92B
409.2625         N201   FPS Atlanta Area
409.3000         N3C1  System 3CD, Site 1-41
409.4125         N2B5  US Prison Atlanta TRS C92B
410.0375         N3C1  System 3CD, Site 1-41
410.8000         N201   FPS Atlanta
412.9625         N201   FPS Atlanta
413.9500         N201   FPS Atlanta
415.0500         N293   Postal Inspection Service
416.0000         N270  
416.7250         N482   Postal Inspection Service, input to 407.7250
419.8000         N201   FPS, input to 410.8

Many of the Super Bowl related federal operations were heard mostly unencrypted up until the day of the game, then most of the transmissions were fully encrypted.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

UPDATE - 409.4 MHz is Las Vegas FPS

Back in mid-September I reported on some activity on 409.4000 MHz, NAC 940 in the Las Vegas, NV area. Listeners had reported sporadic, clear activity on this frequency and had not been able to identify who it was.

I was in Las Vegas for a week and listened to that frequency when I could. I was only able to copy a few transmissions, but they all occurred in the mornings between 07:30 and 08:00 AM each day. A unit would call in to "DENVER" and report in service. DENVER would then acknowledge, and nothing else was heard by me. Others have reported hearing traffic stops and requests for backup from LV Metro PD units on this repeater.

Some have suggested this is the Federal Protective Service. At first glance that might make sense, but I have some concerns:

A) The frequency is not one used by FPS in any other region or city that I have found.

B) Every other FPS Region does regular check ins with units during shifts.

C) The total lack of traffic other than checking in each morning is also baffling. And only seems like one or possibly two units on duty.

Still not enough information to positively identify the agency yet, but we'll keep listening.

UPDATE - I have received some reliable information that this is indeed the Federal Protective Service repeater for the Las Vegas area. The FPS apparently has a very small presence in the LV Metro area and that explains the lack of radio traffic and the lack of roll calls. FPS MegaCenter in Denver is indeed the dispatch point for the LV repeater.

Saturday, November 01, 2014

South Florida FPS Changes

In addition to the upgrades to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) radio network in Florida, it appears that the Federal Protective Service (FPS) has also upgraded to P25 digital.

410.8 MHz, N201 is now being used by the FPS in the Miami area. The same frequency is most likely used through out this FPS region. Some sites may have different NAC's.

You can read more about the CBP upgrades and frequency changes in the latest edition of The Spectrum Monitor, http://www.thespectrummonitor.com/index.aspx



Thursday, September 06, 2007

FPS Chicago & Other Cities

I have received word that the Federal Protective Service (FPS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security under Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has changed frequencies.

406.7000 MHz, P-25 with no encryption, with an input of 415.7000 MHz, now seems to be the primary FPS channel in Chicago. The old analog repeater on 415.2000 MHz appears to be no longer in use.

UPDATE! - Both Cleveland and Toledo, OH have recently switched from 415.2000 MHz to 407.0000 MHz, P-25. Minneapolis, MN also reports that FPS has changed from 415.2000 MHz to 407.0000 MHz, P-25 within the last month.

Look for additional changes in the UHF federal bands as the NTIA band re-shuffling continues.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

More on FPS

And speaking of the Federal Protective Service;
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/07/gao_finds_major_security_flaws.html?hpid=topnews

According to the above linked article, the FPS is under fire for not providing the level of protection that Congress is expecting. Testimony indicates that investigators have been able to walk around freely in federal building and even smuggled simulated explosives past security checkpoints.

Further down in the article there is mention that the FPS will be transferred out of the juristiction of ICE and become part of the National Protection and Programs Directorate, a collection of agencies tasked with assessing security risks;
http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0794.shtm

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

FPS Operation Shield

I heard some Federal Protective Service units on roll call this morning report that they were participating in "Operation Shield" activities. Roll call was on 408.2 MHz here in the Portland, OR area.

A quick search of the Internet told me that Operation Shield is an ongoing program that is part of the FPS operation. Here is a link to see what they are up to:

http://www.ice.gov/doclib/pi/fps/pdf/fps_02_08_newsletter.pdf

Friday, October 30, 2009

FPS moving from ICE to NPPD


As was rumored to be the case, DHS announced today that the Federal Protective Service (FPS) will be moved from Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the National Protections and Programs Directorate (NPPD). The announcement can be found here:

http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1256829032272.shtm

More information on the NPPD can be found here:

http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0794.shtm

"The realignment allows FPS to focus on its primary mission—securing General Services Administration (GSA)-owned and leased federal buildings by performing building security assessments and deploying appropriate countermeasures—while enabling ICE to focus on the smart and effective enforcement of immigration and customs laws."

Thursday, November 18, 2010

FPS Chnges & Updates Continue

UPDATE - Reports from the Northeast US are that many cites in FPS Region 1 (New England) have switched over to 408.2000 MHz repeaters from 417.2000 MHz. It also appears the region is now using a P-25 NAC of N201. Some stragglers may still be using 417.2000 MHz, but should change soon. These moves are to update the repeater frequencies to a new standard 9 MHz offset, meaning the repeater inputs should now be 9 MHz from the repeater output.

Besides the primary region-wide repeaters, be on the lookout for simplex or stand-alone repeaters that might be in use in some specialized federal properties.

Despite some areas of the country already using new frequencies and P-25 digital radio, some areas of the Federal Protective Service are still awaiting updates to the communications systems. Here is a recent request for bids on replacing and upgrading radio gear for FPS Region 7, which includes sites in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c7a1f275c2f159ee8ac22a9e024608fb&tab=core&tabmode=list&=

Thursday, June 16, 2022

FPS Los Ageles Update

I recently received word that the Federal Protective Service (FPS) in Los Angeles has finally upgraded their UHF repeater to be P-25 digital. The LA operation had been one of the few FPS locations that was still analog as of a few weeks ago. 

The LA area repeater is now using 410.8000 MHz, using a NAC of N201. 

The Orange County repeater on Santiago Peak is now using 406.2000 MHz, N201.  

And encryption was utilized when the radios were updated. 

The General Services Administration (GSA) federal building maintenance repeater on 415.2 MHz remains analog. 




Monday, September 21, 2009

409.4 MHz - Las Vegas

A while back, a poster on Radio Reference asked about who might be using 409.4000 MHz, P-25 in the Las Vegas area. Several suggestions were posted about is possibly being part of the NNSA UHF trunked system, federal contractors, etc..

The UHF federal band, 406.1 to 420 MHz, is pretty saturated in southern Nevada. The NNSA trunked sites, as well as the NTTR EDACS sites take up a lot of available channels, and there are some conventional users as well. But I had never logged any activity on this frequency in my past visits to Las Vegas.

One poster on Radio Reference says that one party on a previously heard transmission may have used DENVER as their call sign. That made me think of the Federal Protective Service dispatch center in Denver. But, this frequency has not been previously associated with FPS operations in any other areas. The frequency itself has been used as part of many federal and military UHF trunked systems, as well as conventional assignments to the VA and Department of Energy.

I purposely set up one scanner just on 409.4 during my visit to LV this past week. I only caught two brief transmissions, and was able to confirm a P-25 NAC of 940. This indicates to me that this is not a normal FPS dispatch channel, as they often run routine check ins and units are always calling in service.

Anyone want to see if they can figure out who is using 409.4 in the Las Vegas area? Let me know what you hear!

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Ft. Lauderdale Frederal Frequencies

As I was in the Miami area for over two weeks for the Super Bowl, I spent a fair amount of my down time at my hotel, which was located in Fort Lauderdale. Even though I didn’t think I would catch much Super Bowl related communications from there, I figured it would give me a chance to check out routine federal activity in the Broward County area.




I set up a couple of antennas on my hotel room balcony. Many people who spotted my antenna setup on my Twitter posts wondered what kind of antennas they were and how they worked. I ended up doing a lot of Coast Guard and marine traffic monitoring as I had a front row seat at the entrance to Port Everglades.

Here are the active frequencies I logged from my hotel room monitoring setup:

162.6250         N303               CBP Miami Area
163.0500         N293               US Coast Guard NET 112
163.8375         N167               FBI
165.3125         N293               US Coast Guard NET 121
165.7875         N001               US Secret Service BRAVO
165.9250        
167.3375         N167               FBI
167.5375         N167               FBI
167.6125         N293               US Marshals Service
167.6625         N167               FBI
167.7625         N167               FBI
167.8625         CSQ                VAMC Paging
168.0000         100.0 pl          
168.4625         N68F               Federal Interoperability LE-5
169.2625         N293               CBP OAM AIR-3
169.2625         N61A
170.1625         N375               ICE
170.2375         156.7 pl          
170.3750         N200               ICE
170.6000         N301               CBP
170.7375         N200               ICE
171.1875         N303               CBP Miami Area
171.3250         N296               CBP
171.3875         N300               ICE
171.6875         N167               FBI Miami Area
171.7625         N303               CBP
171.9875         N167               FBI OPS 2
172.1875         N167               FBI OPS 4
172.2875         N167               FBI OPS 3
172.4125         N303               CBP
172.7125         N283               CBP Port Everglades
172.9000         N013               TSA @ FLL airport
172.9000         N019               TSA @ MIA airport
173.0750         CSQ                LOJACK data bursts
173.3625        
173.6500         N156               DEA
173.7250         N650               BATFE
173.8000         N286               CBP
173.8750         N1D3              EPA or possibly US Capitol Police?

406.2000         N201               FPS
406.3500        
407.1375         N482               US Postal Inspection Service
407.9500
408.0000         N3C0              VAMC trunked system Miami
408.7500
408.7625
409.5250         N293               US Department of State (DoS)
409.6000
410.0750         CSQ                FAA Data
410.1000
410.7625         N254               ? RADIO ID 56693, TG 52976
410.8000         N201               FPS
410.9500
412.6750
412.7250
413.0250         N293               USCG NET 411
413.4750        
418.6750         156.7 pl           DEA
418.7000
418.7500         156.7 pl           DEA
419.0250        
419.5250         156.7 pl           DEA
419.8000

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Atlanta P-25 UHF System

Over a month ago I was working north of Atlanta and found what appeared to be a multi-site, P-25 trunked system in the federal 406-420 MHz UHF band.

There are two UHF systems in the Atlanta metro area currently - a 4 site Motorola Type II system operated by the Federal Protective Service and used by Dobbins Air Reserve Base, and another Motorola Type II system operated by the Bureau of Prisons.

This new system is showing that it has 4 networked sites on the air. The site info I have so far:

System ID - 3B9
WACN - BEE00
NAC - 3B1
Site 101 - 406.1125, 407.8125, 409.3000, 410. 0375
Site 102 - 408.8375
Site 103 - 406.7750, 408.4375, 408.6375
Site 104 - 408.8375
(Yes, both sites 102 and 104 show the same frequency for the control channel. They must be located far enough apart to re-use some frequencies.)

Traffic monitored so far has only used two talk groups, TG 100 and TG 200. The users are still unknown but traffic so far is mostly security checks to various building numbers. Radio procedure sounds possibly military. Also the broadcast band plan of the trunked system shows a 380 MHz channel level, so more circumstantial evidence of it being possibly DoD.

While there are several US Army installations around the Atlanta area, including Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem, they were reported to be using the FPS trunked system. Monitoring of the FPS trunked system showed no connectivity or patches to this P-25 system.

More information as it becomes available.




Wednesday, May 20, 2009

FPS UPdates



I've recently received information that both Houston and Dallas Federal Protective Service radios have switched to new frequencies and are now P-25 digital. The Dallas FPS is reported to be using 410.8000 MHz, NAC 201. Houston is also on 410.8000 MHz, but no confirmation on the NAC yet (but I'll bet it's also 201). Input to these repeaters should be 419.8000 MHz, now following a standard 9 MHz repeater offset in the federal 406-420 MHz band.

Saturday, July 18, 2020

West Palm Beach Monitoring

 



Since Donald Trump became President, there has been much speculation about frequencies in use at Mar-A- Lago, Trump’s compound near West Palm Beach, Florida. Many local listeners have claimed the Secret Service wasn’t using their usual VHF or UHF radio frequencies as none of those had been heard active when the President was on location. However, I had an associate who happened to be in West Palm Beach and just a short distance from the Trump compound. He managed to log quite a few known Secret Service and White House Communications Agency (WHCA) channels active prior to a POTUS arrival, so I think the rumors of a new, super-secret, GHz band radio system in use there may be premature.

 

Here is what was heard in West Palm Beach:

 

162.7000         N293               US Marshals Federal Courthouse

163.0500         N293               USCG NET 112

163.1125         N169               ICE National TAC 3

164.8875         N001               USSS OSCAR

165.3125         N293               USCG NET 121

165.3750         N001               USSS CHARLIE

166.5125         N001               USSS/WHCA SIERRA/ALPHA

166.7000         N001               WHCA NOVEMBER

166.7375         N0D0              PBI TSA input to 172.1500

167.0375         N001               USSS Presidential Protection Detail

167.4875         N167               FBI A-3

167.6125         N293               US Marshals Service

167.7375         N167               FBI A-2

167.7625         N167               FBI A-1

168.2750         N001              

169.1625         N293               CBP AIR 4

169.2625         N293               CBP AIR 3

169.3000         N013               TSA at FLL

169.9125         N167               FBI

169.6000         N200               ICE     

170.1625         N375               ICE

170.3750         N200               ICE

170.5500         N001              

170.6000         N301               DHS HSI

170.7250         N301               DHS HSI DNET-36

170.7375         N200               CBP

170.7500         N293               US Marshals Federal Courthouse

170.8375         N167               FBI Palm Beach

171.1875         N303               CBP Miami

171.3250         N296               CBP Miami

171.4375         N653               Federal Interoperability

171.6875         N167               FBI

171.7625         N303               DHS HSI

171.9625         N282               CBP West Palm Beach Port of Entry

171.9875         N167               FBI

172.1500         N0D0              TSA @ PBI Airport

172.1875         N167               FBI

172.2375         N301               CBP

172.2875         N167               FBI Miami C-2

172.7125         N283               CBP Port Everglades

172.7625         N200               ICE

173.1875         N301               CBP

173.6500         N156               DEA

173.7250         N650               BATFE

173.9260         N650               BATFE

 

406.2000         N201               Federal Protective Service (FPS)

407.1375         N482               US Postal Inspection Service

410.8000         N201               FPS

413.0250         N293               USCG NET 411

Friday, January 25, 2019

Super Bowl 53 Updates

Once again I am at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, Georgia. I will post some limited updates on federal activity here, but nothing on active operations during the events.

I can confirm a few things that haven't been updated in a while. For some time there was a UHF trunked system in the Atlanta area that was used and manged by the Federal Protective Service, and had leased space used by the various military bases around Atlanta. This system is  no longer on the air, but FPS is using 410.8000 MHz, N201 for conventional operations. I've also heard the FPS on  409.2625 MHz, N201 and 413.9500 MHz, N210.The military bases have moved over to a 380 MHz trunked system,  https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=7895

I'm hearing the Federal Interoperability repeater on 170.4750, N653 is in operation.

168.8375, N293, CBP AIR 1, was busy with traffic about checking a live video downlink.

Tonight I found a multi-site P25 Phase II UHF trunked system. It shares the same system ID as the Department of Veterans Affairs system in the Orlando and Miami areas. Might be networked with Florida:

System ID             : 3CD
System Name           : SOUTHEASTERN US VA MEDICAL CENTERS
WACN                  : BEE00
Tower Number (Decimal): 1-41
Tower Number (Hex)    : T0129
Tower Description     : 1-41 ATLANTA
Control Capabilities  : Data,Voice,Registration
Flavor                : Phase 2

-Frequencies
#Format: Channel,Usage,Frequency(/Slot),Input Channel,Input Frequency(/Slot),Input Explicit(1/0),Hit Count
"07-0009","c",406.11250,"07-0009",415.11250,0,0
"07-0145","a",407.81250,"07-0145",416.81250,0,0
"07-0264","a",409.30000,"07-0264",418.30000,0,0
"07-0323","a",410.03750,"07-0323",410.03750,1,0

-Neighbors
#Format: TowerID,TowerIDHex,System ID,Channel,Frequency,Tower Name
101,"T0101",3cd,"02-0532",386.65000,""
142,"T012A",3cd,"07-0062",406.77500,""
143,"T012B",3cd,"07-0227",408.83750,""
144,"T012C",3cd,"07-0227",408.83750,""

I'll update this posting as more becomes available...