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Saturday, December 29, 2018
Friday, December 28, 2018
Tournament of Roses Parade
For the first time in a while I will not be working on the television coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California this year. This event has always had a fair amount of federal monitoring activity relate to it, as it was a large public gathering. So I decided to compile a listing of the federal frequencies I've logged over the years for this event.
2018
162.8250 N107 Unknown, radio ID 605xxxx
162.8500 N243 Input to WA-4, CBP Border Patrol,
radio ID 520xxxx
162.9875 N293 Jet Propulsion Labs Fire Response
163.1125 N169 ICE, radio ID 605xxxx
163.1375 N293 Coast Guard NET 113
163.5000 N310 Unknown, possible CBP aircraft,
mentioned the view of the B2 flyover
163.7500 N109 ICE, radio ID 605xxxx
163.8375 N167 FBI
163.8625 N167 FBI, input to 167.5375 MHz
repeater
163.9125 N167 FBI
164.4000 N001 US Secret Service PAPA, radio ID
802xxxx
165.8250 N108 ICE A-4, radio ID 605xxxx
166.7500 N455 BLM Law Enforcement
166.8875 N293 ICE, radio ID 605xxxx
166.9125 N245 WA-4 CBP Border Patrol, radio ID
524xxxx
167.4625 N167 FBI A-5
167.5375 N167 FBI/USMS Interoperability
repeater
167.6625 N167 FBI A-7
167.7000 N521 Unknown
168.5000 N199 Border
Patrol
168.8250 N104 ICE LA-1, radio ID 605xxxx
168.8375 N293 CBP AIR 1, communications between
the CBP aircraft
169.9125 N310 Unknown
170.7500 N293 US Marshals Service Federal
Courthouse
171.3250 N820 CBP Marine Common, radio ID
522xxxx
172.2125 N187 Border Patrol, radio ID 605xxxx, 606xxxx
172.7125 N820 CBP Marin Common, radio ID
516xxxx
173.1000 N293 Unknown
173.9750 N191 Border Patrol
2017
118.5750 AM Air Operations over Rose
Parade/Rose Bowl
162.8875 N653
162.9875 N293
163.1125 N769
163.1375 N293
163.7000 N164 ICE
163.7000 N169 ICE
163.8250 N111
163.8375 N167 FBI
163.9125 N167 FBI
164.7875 N169 ICE
164.8750 131.8
PL
165.8250 N108 ICE
166.7500 N455
166.9125 N245
167.1625 N650 BATFE
167.2875 N167 FBI
167.3125 N167 FBI
167.3375 N167 FBI
167.4500 N301 CBP
167.4625 N167 FBI
167.6625 N167 FBI
167.7375 N167 FBI
168.8250 N104
168.9625 N293 CBP
AIR 2 – OMAHA helicopter
169.9125
172.1875 N167 FBI
172.4125 N653 LA Federal Interoperability 2
172.7125 N820 CBP Marine Common System
173.1000 N293
284.7000 AM B2 Flyby with LA Center
341.7500 AM B2 Flyby Air to Air and coordination timing with ground
controller
351.9000 AM B2 Flyby with LA Center
2016
118.5750 AM Pasadena air traffic around
parade route
162.9875 N293 NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Fire Dispatch
163.7250 N169 Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
163.9125 N167 FBI, probable input to 167.4625
repeater
166.9125 N245 CBP Wide-Area repeater, Santiago
Peak
167.4625 N167 FBI Los Angeles, A-5 repeater
167.6625 N167 FBI Los Angeles
168.8375 N293 CBP Air 1
168.8500 N110 ICE, on location at parade
170.8000 N293 US Marshals
171.0000 N293 NASA JPL Security
172.3750 103.5
PL Angeline National Forest
The parade kicked
off with an exciting flyover of a B-2 stealth bomber, call sign SPIRIT 11.
There were actually two of the B-2 bombers in the area, but only one flew over
the parade route to kick things off, then they went out and refueled with a
tanker (GUCCI 61). Later, they came back around for the national anthem at the
Rose Bowl football game later in the afternoon, and SPIRIT 12 did that flyover.
I was unable to catch the B2 via radio on
the way into and out of the parade. But local military monitors were able to
track the flight on VHF and UHF air traffic control channels across Southern
California. Here are some frequencies they used as posted on the So Cal
Military Monitoring Yahoo group:
124.55
124.6
128.375
132.5
263.0
317.7
351.675
2015
118.5750 AM Air coordination with media,
IDAHO and OMAHA
163.8375 N167 FBI
163.9125 N167 FBI simplex
167.2375 N293 FBI repeater
167.5375 N167 FBI simplex
167.5625 N167 FBI simplex
167.7375 N167 FBI repeater
168.6000 Various
PL simplex
169.4500 100.0
PL CBP OMAHA aircraft
172.7125 N820 CBP “Marine Common System” (MCS)
The frequency of
163.9125 MHz appeared to be the primary operating frequency for the FBI units
that were at the parade command center. It was the most active frequency on New
Years Day. 167.2375 MHz became active during the parade and continued to be
busy afterwards as well. Whatever agency was using 168.6000 MHz appeared to be
trying this frequency with multiple channels on their radio looking for one
that worked. I caught multiple key-ups, each showing a different CTCSS tone squelch.
They finally settled on 103.5 PL for their operation. I suspect that it might
have been US Forest Service units from the Angeles National Forest, as I heard
them on their radio system mention they were coming into Pasadena to support
parade operations.
After the Rose
Parade was done, activities continued for the federal agency support at the
Rose Bowl football game later on New Years Day. The CBP OMAHA helicopter
continued to provide airspace surveillance and I still heard some occasional traffic
from the FBI on location and heard them chatting as they left the area after
the game was over.
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