Saturday, August 25, 2012

Tampa RNC Updates



As the powers that be mull a possible delay in the start of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, due to Hurricane Isaac, some frequencies have been reported as active.

Secret Service and Coast Guard channels have been reported as active with both encrypted and clear communications.

I will not be in attendance this year, so hopefully some local monitors can pass along some active federal frequencies. And interesting updates will be posted here.

UPDATE:
I know it's a little late (but I tend to wait for these events to be over before posting), but here are a few active federal channels that were submitted by anonymous listeners in the Tampa area;

123.1000, AM - Intercepted civilian aircraft being warned out of restricted airspace
163.0500, N293 - USCG NET 112
163.0875, 131.8 PL
163.3125, N653 - Input to 171.6875 MHz
163.3625, 131.0 PL - VA Medical Center Police
164.3250, NE01
164.4000, N001 - USSS PAPA
164.4750, N167
164.6500, NAC 001 - USSS TANGO
164.8875, N001 - USSS OSCAR
165.2125
165.3750, N001 - USSS CHARLIE
165.5875
165.6375, N611
166.1875, N293  - USCG NET 124
166.4375, 100.0 - DHS CBP, input to 165.2375 MHz
166.4750, 94.8 PL - US Capitol Police
167.0375, N001 - USSS
167.0500, N1AF – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
167.2500, N68F - Federal Interoperability LE-2/LE-6
167.4625, N167 – Tampa FBI
167.5375, N167 - FBI
167.5625, N167 - FBI
167.5875, N167 – Tampa FBI
167.6875, N167 – Tampa FBI
168.3500, 77.0 PL - US Capitol Police
168.4250, N001
168.5875, N001
168.8500, 151.4 PL - US Capitol Police
169.4500, 100.0 PL - DHS CBP NET 2
169.5125
170.3375, NF00
170.4375, NF00
170.5875, N131
170.8000, N293
170.8500, N864
170.8625
171.2000, N293
171.5750, 146.2 PL
171.6875, N653 - Federal Interoperability, TAM FIO
171.9500, NE01
172.9000, N001 - TSA @ Tampa International Airport
173.0125, N650 - BATFE Tac 3
173.8750, 94.8 PL - US Capitol Police
406.1375, D371 - US Postal Service
406.5625, N4A0 - USCG Base
407.0000, N201
407.1375, N482 - USPS Postal Inspectors
409.0000, N293 - USCG
409.3375, N293
410.6500, 100.0 PL
410.8000, N201
411.8500
413.2125, 167.9 PL - Nationwide Interoperability, IR14
417.5500, N254
417.6125, D165
418.2000, N744 - Federal Protective Service

Friday, August 24, 2012

Las Vegas, Southern Nevada List

In the September Fed Files, I listed frequencies from my scanning trip around Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. Here is the list as published, so if you have any updates or corrections, please feel free to pass them along.


118.3000, AM            Creech AFB Tower
119.6750, AM            DoE Mercury Airstrip AWOS
134.1000, AM            DUDLEY 62 (UAV) inbound Creech
135.1000, AM
138.3750, AM            Air-to-air
139.9250, CSQ           Creech AFB, alarm data
143.8250, AM            Air-to-air

162.7875, N167          FBI
163.1250, N4CE         Hoover Dam Police
163.2125, N100          Unknown agency
163.6250, N169          DHC ICE
163.7000, N169          DHS ICE
163.7500, N300          DHS ICE
163.8125, N167          FBI, input to167.6625?
163.9125, N167          FBI, input to 167.2125
163.9625, N167          FBI
163.9875, N167          FBI, input to 167.4375 MHz
164.4500, 114.8          Possible US Postal Service truck operations
164.6250, 146.2          BLM - Bumblebee Site (NV or AZ?)
164.6500, CSQ           Secret Service TANGO, body wire on someone doing surveillance near my location.
165.2375, 100.0          DHS CBP Net 1 - OTAR
165.2875, N650          BATFE NET 1
165.3750, N001          Secret Service CHARLIE
166.2375, 114.8          BLM, Mt. Charleston
166.2875, N002          TSA at LAS airport
166.3000, CSQ           Bureau of Reclamation, Lake Meade
166.3750, 100.0          Unknown agency, mentioned Kingston Wash
166.4625, N001          TSA at LAS airport
166.7875, N293          Unknown dispatch with radio checks
166.9000, CSQ           Lake Meade National Recreation Area
167.1250, 123.0
167.2125, N167          FBI
167.2625, N167          FBI (repeater on Mandalay Bay Hotel?)
167.3625, CSQ           Open carrier, with some P25 (N167) key ups
167.4375, N167          FBI
167.6625, N167          FBI
167.7625, N167          FBI
168.0875, N002          TSA at LAS airport
168.1625                     Unknown agency
168.5250, 107.2          BLM, Unknown Site, Weather Reports
168.6500, 110.9          USFS National Flight Following
168.4375, 114.8          Unknown agency
168.4875                     Unknown agency
168.5250, 107.2          USFS Fire/Weather reports
168.9625, N001          TSA at LAS airport
168.9625, N002          TSA at LAS airport
168.9625, N003          TSA at LAS airport
169.3000, N001          TSA at LAS airport
169.4000, 186.2          BLM, Southern Nevada - Hayford Peak
169.5500, N930          Unknown agency
169.6625                     Unknown agency
169.8000, 173.8          Lake Meade National Recreation Area (input to 170.050 MHz)
169.8750, 110.9          USFS Toiyabe NF, Mt. Charleston with LAS VEGAS (USFS HQ)
169.9125                     Unknown agency
170.0500, CSQ           Lake Meade National Recreation Area
170.0750, D051
170.1000, N300          Possible ICE operations
170.1000, NC03         Unknown
170.4750, 156.7          USFS, input to 169.8750 MHz
170.6250, N167          FBI
170.6625, N167          FBI
170.6750                     Unknown agency
170.7500, N293          US Marshals, Federal Courthouse Security
170.8000, N293          Unknown agency
171.3625, 88.5            Unknown agency
172.3500
172.6000, 173.8          Lake Meade National Recreation Area
172.6125, 156.7          Zion National Park South (analog)
172.6125, N637          Zion National Park South (digital)
172.7625, N301          Unknown, 14-xx units talking about heading to the office
172.9000, N001          DHS TSA at LAS airport
172.9000, N013          DHS TSA at LAS airport
173.2000, NCA6        Unknown agency
173.6750, N47C         BLM - “700” & “BLM Radio Maintenance” testing on “GRASS” or “BASS”
173.9875, CSQ           Data bursts
234.3250, AM             Air tactical, COYOTE Area
243.2750, AM             Creech AFB, approach?
281.0250, AM             Blackhawk helicopter departing Creech AFB
288.2250, AM
290.0000, AM
290.4500, AM             Creech AFB ATIS, mentioned 254.4 & 119.35 for Nellis Control
291.0500, AM
327.8000, AM
360.6250, AM             Creech AFB Tower
361.0250, AM
367.4000, AM             May be UAV Operations
377.8000, AM             UAV operations at Creech AFB

406.9375                     Las Vegas VA Medical Center, TRBO digital mode
407.3125, CSQ           Unknown, open microphone with PA in background
407.5250, D023          Unknown, conventional repeater
409.1125
409.1875, 100.0          Unknown agency
409.4000, N940          Federal Protective Service, Las Vegas
410.1000
410.3000, CSQ           Data bursts
410.9500, CSQ           Data bursts, LAS airport
413.6000, 103.5          US Postal Service
413.8000, CSQ           Data bursts
414.5250, 103.5          US Postal Service sorting facility
415.2750, 186.2          Unknown agency
415.5750, 186.2          US Postal Service, input to 418.1000
415.6500, CSQ           Possible DoE paging
416.0000                     Open carrier
418.6875
418.1000, 186.2          US Postal Service truck operations
418.7500, 156.7          DEA F3
418.9000, 156.7          DEA F2, OTAR data
419.5000, 156.7          DEA, Las Vegas local operations

NNSA Trunked System
Motorola Type II, System ID: 7526 NAC: 264
Site 01 - Mercury
406.5000, 406.7875, 407.1875, 407.3000, 407.5000, 407.8625, 408.1500, 409.1125, 409.5625
Site 02 - Red Mountain, Checkpoint Pass
406.9875, 407.3500, 408.3625, 409.3125, 409.5250, 409.9125, 410.1625
Site 03 - Yucca Pass
406.1375, 407.3625, 408.1875, 409.1250, 409.3500, 409.5500, 409.7875
Site 04 - Las Vegas DOE Facility
406.4000, 406.9875, 407.3625, 408.3625, 409.5250, 409.9250, 410.1625
Site 05 - Skull Mountain
406.1500, 406.9750, 407.5500, 408.1000
Site 06 - Angel Peak
406.1125, 406.5500, 407.4250
Site 07 - Rainier Mesa
407.1625, 407.4000, 407.7875, 408.3875
Site 08 - Shoshone Mountain
407.3875, 407.8125, 408.4250, 409.3750, 410.1750, 410.6500

Nellis AFB System
System ID: 00F WACN: 58544 NAC: 00F
Site 01 - Nellis AFB
406.5000, 406.7875, 407.1875, 407.3000, 407.5000, 407.8625, 408.1500, 408.9625, 409.1125, 409.5625, 409.7125, 410.6500
Site 02 - Creech AFB
406.3625, 407.0750, 407.5875, 408.1750, 408.7000
Site 10 - Angel Peak
409.3000, 409.6000, 410.5500

NTTR EDACS Trunked System
Site 01 – Tonopah
[1] 406.5625 [2] 409.5625 [3] 410.7000
Site 02 – Antelope Peak
[1] 406.1500 [2] 407.2500 [3] 407.9500 [4] 408.5875 [5] 410.1500
Site 03 – Cedar Peak
[1] 406.9625 [2] 407.5625 [3] 407.7625 [4] 408.1250 [5] 409.1625 [6] 409.8875
Site 04 – Halligan Mesa  
[1] 406.7625 [2] 409.3625 [3] 409.7625
Site 05 – Bald Mountain
[1] 406.7750 [2] 407.8875 [3] 408.9625 [4] 410.3500 [5] 410.7625
Site 06 – Papoose Mountain
[1] 406.1875 [2] 408.1625 [3] 408.5625 [4] 409.5875 [5] 410.7000
Site 07 – Angel Peak
[1] 406.5625 [2] 408.0500 [3] 409.0250 [4] 409.9625 [5] 410.9000
Site 08 – Black Mountain
[1] 406.3625 [2] 407.0750 [3] 407.5875 [4] 408.1750 [5] 409.6375
Site 09 – Creech AFB
[1] 406.1500 [2] 407.2500 [3] 407.9500 [4] 408.5875 [5] 410.1500

Las Vegas, Nevada Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
System ID: 49D WACN: BEE00 NAC: 490
407.83750 408.23750 409.51250

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

TSA Frequencies - One Stop Shopping!

While preparing some information for an upcoming Fed Files column, I noticed that I had some "competing" blog posts with different updates on the various TSA frequencies used throughout the US. I decided to combine them all into one list, which can be found by clicking the "TSA Frequency Updates" button on the red bar running across the top of the Fed Files blog. From now on I will be updating that paget with any TSA updates.

Monday, August 20, 2012

CBP Inks Deal for Covert Antennas

According to this recent item, the CBP has signed a deal for "covert" mobile antennas with Antenna Authority, Inc., of Douglasville, GA.

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/27026?c=border_security

Both the CBP and Antenna Authority are apparently reluctant to reveal exactly what the contacted antennas are to be used for, (see photo below).