FedGov logs from SoCal - updated 11/20/2009

[brandon]

These are my notes on activity heard in the Federal gov bands logged from Riverside County. This post will be updated on a regular basis with new logs and/or confirmed info.

More logs at the SoCalFedCom blog: FedGov - Southern California Activity in 2009 - SoCalFedCom

Highlighted entries updated on: 11/20/2009
$ = NAC code (P25 digital)

VHF 162-174 MHz

Freq - PL/DPL/NAC - Notes
162.0250 - 136.5 - JPL? Voyager, Dr Sagan, visitors center, museum
162.1625 - $353 -
162.6625 - 100.0 - US Customs Net-44. "Delta" and "India" units. Boarding vessels. Port operations?
162.7875 - $236 -
162.9500 - $146 - DHS/CBP usage? "Omaha 306 Alpha"
162.9625 - CSQ - NIFC Command 7 - used at Station Fire in LA County.
162.9875 - 123.0 - JPL Fire? 'engine#' 'maintenance' 'water tender'
163.0750 - 146.2 - BLM Colorado River - Cunningham Peak
163.0875 - 136.5 - Simulcast 4C from the Orange County CCCS during fires.
163.1000 - CSQ - USFS Common 2
163.1250 - CSQ - Fire aircraft
163.1500 - 146.2 - California Condor Monitoring Project
163.5625 - 206.5 - US National Guard. Mike ## callsigns
163.6250 - $141 - Border Patrol? Logged from Interstate 10 east of Indio. signal full scale.
163.6500 - $145 - CBP Wide Area 1
163.6750 - $217 - DHS/CBP? Logged on handheld scanner in the Moreno Valley area.
163.7125 - 71.9 - 'ridge' 'steam' 'shuttle'
163.7250 - $221 - Border Patrol?
163.7500 - $109 - CBP usage. 'Charlie100' 'Romeo Tango 51'. Simulcast with 168.975
163.7500 - P25 - Border Patrol Imperial Co or Blythe station? Logged full scale from Blythe.
163.7750 - $167 - FBI?
163.8625 - $167 - Technicians setting up video link system for Rose Bowl. Input to 167.5375.
164.1375 - CSQ - NIFC Tac 4
164.1500 - CSQ - Project Net
164.4000 - $001 - US Secret Service "Papa"
164.5250 - 167.9 - FBI (simplex or input?)
164.8000 - $217 -
164.8500 - $217 -
165.0375 - $186 - Border Patrol '823' station. Input to TEM West 170.6625
165.2375 - 100.0 - CBP Net-1
165.2875 - $650 - ATF Net 6. Palm Desert street names.
165.3000 - $110 - DHS/ICE?
165.3125 - CSQ - Discussion regarding the loading of passengers onto a boat
165.3750 - $001 - US Secret Service "Charlie"
165.4125 - 100.0 - CBP Net 13 w/ OTAR bursts.
165.4375 - 100.0 - CBP Net 14
165.7375 - 100.0 - CBP Tac 26 / "X-Ray". Used by air units.
165.8250 - $108 - CBP usage. 'Charlie100'. Alpha-4? Simulcast with 168.850.
165.9250 - $359 -
165.9500 - $009 - IRS Treasury surveillance 'Whiskey-6' calling '123'
166.3750 - 103.5 - BLM Admin Net. "Palm Springs"
166.4625 - CSQ - Surveillance (simplex)
166.5875 - 100.0 - CBP Net-3
166.6375 - $183 - Border Patrol - Temecula East
166.6750 - CSQ - "Air Tac" used during 2007 wild fires.
166.7250 - CSQ - NIFC Tac 5
166.7750 - CSQ - NIFC Tac 6. 'San Gabriel' 'Dozer Boss'. Used at Station Fire in LA County
166.8250 - CSQ - "Command" Used in 2007 wildfires. "Hwy 18", "Grass Valley Operations"
166.8750 - $373 -
166.8875 - $354 - Santiago Peak repeater. Appears to be fully encrypted.
166.9125 - $245 - CBP Wide Area 4 (Santiago Peak)
166.9500 - $294 -
167.1500 - $150 - Surveillance
167.1625 - $650 - ATF Net 1
167.2250 - $374 -
167.2875 - 167.9 - FBI "Alpha-1"
167.3125 - 167.9 - FBI "Bravo-7". Received via Close Call in Murrieta.
167.3375 - $167 - FBI. '907' '908'. San Bernardino and Orange County locations.
167.3500 - $240 -
167.3750 - $249 - CBP Wide Area 4 (Palomar). Simulcasts with 166.9125 and 167.525
167.4000 - $360 - "all units 10-22, lets meet up at rally point"
167.4250 - $167 - Surveillance. San Diego area.
167.4375 - 167.9 - FBI? Aircraft near Pt Mugu.
167.4625 - 167.9 - FBI "Alpha-5"
167.4625 - $167 - FBI. Crenshaw, LA area.
167.5250 - $247 - Border Patrol - Wide Area 4 (Otay Mtn)
167.5375 - 167.9 - FBI "David-5"
167.5375 - $167 - FBI? Technicians setting up video feed for Rose Bowl activities in Pasadena.
167.5500 - $178 - Border Patrol - El Cajon 2
167.6375 - $167 - FBI? San Fernando Valley area.
167.6625 - 167.9 - FBI? Open carrier and data noises.
167.6625 - $167 - FBI. Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Wilshire. Referred to as A7. Also uses Ch 177 in LAPD radio.
167.6750 - $308 -
167.7000 - $176 - Border Patrol - San Clemente
167.7125 - $356 - FBI Mt Palomar?
167.7375 - 167.9 - FBI "Alpha-3"
167.7375 - $167 - FBI. Los Angeles area
167.7625 - $242 - FBI Poway?
167.7750 - $141 - Border Patrol? Logged from the eastern Coachella Valley
167.9500 - CSQ - BLM Air-to-Air used at fires.
167.9875 - CSQ - Air-to-Air used at Station Fire. 'Martin Mars' 'Diamond Valley'
168.0250 - 103.5 - Cleveland National Forest - Law Net Analog
168.0250 - $40B - Cleveland National Forest - Law Net Digital
168.1000 - CSQ - NIFC Command 2
168.2750 - 85.4 - CalFire MVU simulcast of 151.190 MHz
168.3500 - CSQ - USFS Common 1. Tac used in 2007 wildfire. "Cedar Camp"
168.3625 - 156.7 - Riverside National Cemetery, Operations
168.4750 - CSQ - NIFC Command 6
168.5000 - $199 - Border Patrol - El Cajon 1. '820' 'Echo units'
168.5250 - D023 - Riverside National Cemetery - Engineering, Grave digging, construction, maintenance.
168.5750 - 103.5 - Riverside National Cemetery, Veteran Honor's Program
168.6000 - CSQ - NIFC Tac 3
168.7375 - 167.9 - BLM Colorado River Fire Net, Cunningham Peak repeater
168.8000 - $170 - J/Ops MC for Metro San Diego. Alpha # c/s.
168.8250 - $104 - CBP usage. 'Charlie100' 'Witness Security Detail' 'I-15' 'Victorville'
168.8500 - $110 - DHS/ICE. "National Security agents". Simulcast with 165.825. Users switched to Alpha-7 (Santa Barbara repeater but freq is unknown)
168.8500 - $205 -
168.8750 - $118 - Surveillance
168.8750 - $228 -
168.9750 - $106 - DHS/ICE. "Switch to Charlie-8, Corona repeater". Simulcast with 163.750.
169.1125 - CSQ - Air-to-Ground 'East' at Station Fire in LA County
169.2875 - CSQ - Air-to-Air used at Station Fire in LA County.
169.4500 - 100.0 - CBP Net-2. Simplex traffic in the Pomona/Moreno Valley area. Maritime enforcement usage in San Diego.
169.6375 - $172 -
170.0625 - $193 - Border Patrol - Chula Vista 2. "switching back to Whiskey"
170.5500 - 110.9 - Los Padres National Forest, Forest Net
170.6625 - $185 - Border Patrol - Temecula West
170.6750 - $113 - CBP usage. 'Charlie100'. San Bernardino and LA county area.
170.6750 - $254 -
170.8000 - $293 -
170.9125 - $229 -
170.9625 - $650 - ATF Net 2. Test counts
171.0000 - 118.8 - JPL Security
171.3375 - $252 - Logged full scale from MoVal area.
171.5125 - $188 - Border Patrol
171.5375 - $180 - Border Patrol. 'Otay Lakes' 'Hwy94'
171.5500 - 110.9 - Los Padres NF Admin Net
171.6250 - $153 - Encrypted. Signal is full scale.
171.7875 - $196 - Border Patrol
172.0500 - 167.9 - FBI. San Bernardino area. Possible input to 173.6375
172.1875 - $195 - Border Patrol - Brown 2. 'Hwy94' 'Omaha' (air unit).
172.2125 - $187 - '59Whiskey'
172.4000 - $187 - Border Patrol - Imperial Beach 1
172.4500 - $148 - CBP Wide Area 1. 'Charlie100'.
172.4750 - CSQ - Air Tac used in October 2007 firestorm
172.6750 - 146.2 - Joshua Tree NP (input?). Dispatcher only and id's as 'San Bernardino'. Belle, White Tank and Sheep Pass campgrounds.
172.9000 - $001 - TSA. Ontario Intl Airport
173.1000 - 167.9 - FBI? Surveillance
173.1500 - 167.9 - FBI "Bravo-4"
173.4500 - $197 - Border Patrol. '827'
173.4750 - $189 -
173.6375 - 167.9 - FBI San Bernardino/Riverside area
173.8125 - 167.9 - 'Dozers'. Station Fire in LA County.
173.9750 - $191 - Border Patrol - Chula Vista 1
173.9625 - CSQ - USFS Region 5 Tac 5

UHF 406-420 MHz

Freq - PL/DPL/NAC - Notes
408.2125 - $1C2 - Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (part of trunking system)
408.4000 - $167 - Surveillance. LA area. "Switching to D6"
408.8125 - $1C2 - Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (part of trunking system)
409.0125 - $1C2 - Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (part of trunking system)
409.1875 - 103.5 - San Bernardino Forest Net link
409.2000 - 94.8 - Surveillance. Aircraft talking to unheard parties.
409.4125 - $1C2 - Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (part of trunking system)
409.7250 - $1C2 - Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (part of trunking system)
409.8750 - $1C2 - Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (part of trunking system)
410.2000 - $1C2 - Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (part of trunking system)
410.7875 - 103.5 - San Bernardino Admin Net link
411.8000 - CSQ - Helicopters air-to-air used at Station Fire. 'Helitanker 792' 'Helicopter Edison 7 Charlie Echo'
415.5500 - 103.5 - Air Guard Link. "Ryan Tower"
415.5750 - CSQ - San Bernardino Forest Net link
417.2000 - 127.3 - Federal Protective Service
417.5750 - 146.2 - Joshua Tree UHF link. As of 2008 no longer hearing activity.
418.6250 - 156.7 - DEA Ch-1
418.6750 - 156.7 - DEA Ch-4
418.7500 - 156.7 - DEA Ch-3
418.8250 - 156.7 - DEA Ch-5
418.9000 - 156.7 - DEA Ch-2.
418.9500 - 156.7 - DEA Ch-6. Referred to as 'Crestline Ch-6'
418.9750 - 156.7 - DEA Ch-7. 'San Diego 13' and 'Riverside DEA'
419.1750 - 118.8 - Simplex. Very scratchy! Need to confirm.

VHF and UHF Aero

Freq - PL/DPL/NAC - Notes
120.775 - Flint air unit calling Flint Base. DEA air-to-air Victor 2?
136.375 - DHS air-to-air
282.425 - DHS AMID Blue-1. Mostly test counts.
350.025 - DHS AMID Blue-3. 'Hammer' 'Omaha' unit

High Frequency (HF) (some may originate outside of SoCal) - Frequencies in kHz

2670 USB - USCG marine info broadcasts. 'Sector Los Angeles'
4585 USB - California and Pacific Region CAP Net. 'Yosemite' callsigns.
4627 USB - Arizona CAP Net. 'Red Rock' callsigns.
4730 USB - TISCOM ALE Net. 'COMSTA Kodiak' 'Rescue 1708'
5253.5 USB - USCG Auxiliary Pacific Area Contingency Communications Net. 'NF114AG' 'NF114EC' 'NF114BV'
5693 USB - USCG Pacific Region? ANDVT comms.
5696 USB - USCG Air Ops. "5 megs". 'CAMSPAC' 'Sector Los Angeles'
5732 USB - COTHEN ALE Net 1. 'Zulu29 (Sector San Diego)' 'Juliet23' 'CAMSPAC' '1716' 'Omaha S423' 'Service Center'
6709 USB - TISCOM ALE Net. 'COMSTA Kodiak' 'Rescue 1714' '1708' '1700' '6007' '6005' '1704'
7527 USB - COTHEN ALE Net 2. 'CAMSPAC' 'Juliet21' 'Juliet06' '1705'
8912 USB - COTHEN ALE Net 3. 'Zulu29' 'Juliet16' 'Hammer' '1705' 'CAMSPAC'
8983 USB - USCG Air Ops. "8 megs"
11196 USB - TISCOM ALE Net. 'COMSTA Kodiak' '6005'
11202 USB - USCG Air Ops. "11 megs". 'Sector Honolulu'. Used during Samoa earthquake/tsunami.
12222 USB - Hammer wkg Omaha 621. Likely new COTHEN freq.
13312 USB - CAMSPAC wkg Kilo 85 for flight ops.

COTHEN is used primarily by the CBP and US Coast Guard. Additional COTHEN frequencies can be found here.

Government aircraft logged on AirNav RadarBox ADS-B / Mode-S 1090 MHz receiver

User - Mode S - Registration - Aircraft
Civil Air Patrol - A99A05 - N718CP - Cessna 182T
Civil Air Patrol - A9FDEF - N743CP - Cessna 182T
Civil Air Patrol - AC3816 - N887CP - Cessna 182T
Civil Air Patrol - AD2B20 - N948CP - Cessna 182T
Customs & Border Protection - A4C246 - N4055L - Eurocopter AS-350B-2 (photos)
Customs & Border Protection - A7E847 - N6087C - Eurocopter AS-350B-2
Customs & Border Protection - A0E055 - N1559 - Beech A200 Super King Air (photos)
Customs & Border Protection - A9717A - N7074G - Beech A200 Super King Air
Federal Aviation Administration - A00001 - N1 - Gulfstream IV (photos)
Federal Aviation Administration - A18D50 - N2 - Cessna 560XL Citation Excel (photos)
Federal Aviation Administration - A5BEC0 - N47 - Bombardier BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 (photos)
Federal Aviation Administration - AB5600 - N83 - Beech Super King Air 300 (photos)
NASA - AB248A - N817NA - McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 (photos)
NASA - ACD5A1 - N926NA - Martin/General Dynamics RB/WB-57F (photos)
NASA - AD20E8 - N945NA - Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II/STA (photos)
NASA - AD2856 - N947NA - Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II/STA (photos)
US Department of Homeland Security - AD2367 - N94590 - Cessna 182Q (photos)
US Department of Interior - A60F58 - N49SJ - Dehavilland DHC-6-300
US Department of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs) - A01524 - N104SD - Bell UH-1H
US Forest Service - A0B014 - N143Z - Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (photos)
US Marshal's Service - A19FC6 - N2032 - British Aerospace 125-800A (photos)