Thanks!

A sincere thanks to all the Fed Files blog fans out there. I appreciate the updates to the frequency lists that I've been posting and I'll make sure the updates get incorporated in to the frequency lists.

Just a reminder that as a rule, I will NOT use your name as the source of any information unless you give me explicit permission!

Thanks again!

- Chris

US Coast Guard???

I spotted this info posted on Radio Reference a while back. It seems someone was programming up a bunch of HT1000 radios for "a Coast Guard unit" in the San Francisco Bay area. The frequencies are extremely bizarre to say the least:

430.5250
431.5250
432.7350
434.5250
436.7650
437.6250
438.5750
440.5325
440.5850
449.7125
450.5250
451.7625
455.5150
460.7750
465.5250
461.5250

Not only are these not allocated to Coast Guard usage, some of these frequencies aren't even valid US channel assignments!

Anyone want to have a guess at what they were using these for, or even if this is for real?

New York City Quick Scan

I'm spending a few days in the New York City area and have had some time searching the federal bands. Here's a quick rundown on what I've logged so far:












164.3375 D251 Repeater
166.3250 136.5 Repeater
167.1500 167.9 FBI - repeater with squelch noise, not DES
168.8250 P-25 Unknown - clear/encrypted surveillance
169.4125 P-25
170.4250 P-25
170.4500 P-25
172.4750 167.9
172.8250 P-25 FAA @ JFK
172.9000 P-25 TSA @ JFK
173.2000 Telemetry
173.6625 P-25 "Operations - Alpha 1"
406.1500 P-25
407.8125 Motorola control channel – Trunked System B12E
408.0000 151.4 Repeater
408.1000 P-25
408.1250 P-25
409.0250 110.9 Repeater
409.2750 127.3 Repeater
410.2000 127.3 USPS
410.9500 CSQ FAA Data
413.7000
413.8625 Paging
415.9500
417.2500 Analog repeater
418.2500 156.7 DEA (?)
418.3500 Motorola control channel – Trunked System 3517
418.9500 156.7 DEA - OTAR
417.2000 P-25 DHS Federal Protective Service