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Re: Interesting L.A. Radio Transmission Heard
Author: Carol L. Voss
Date: 11-08-2008 - 17:15
David.Curlee Wrote:
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> 160.830 might be one of the channels used by the
> ICTF intermodal ramp. Did you hear a radio ID beep
> or chirp at the end of each transmission? It's
> common to hear non-railroad talk on these ICTF
> channels - they talk about sports, women, movies,
> vacations, etc. I think most of them are truck
> drivers moving containers or chassis around.
> Occasionally you'll hear reference to 20-footers
> or 40-footers or APL. Otherwise it doesn't sound
> railroad-related at all.
>
> I've heard 160.485 used by UP in Dolores, usually
> for radio tests. They give the engine number, then
> test 1 2 3...radio test, out.
>
> One frequency I'm curious about is 160.620. I've
> heard what sounds like the Maywood Police
> Department on many different occasions. Since
> Maywood PD is licensed on 153.620 (7 MHz lower), I
> thought my radio was bad. So I tried another with
> the same results. The police traffic comes and
> goes, but for a few weeks in February, the only
> time I heard anything was on Wednesday nights
> starting about 7:00pm. A couple months ago I heard
> them on a Saturday afternoon. This evening,
> however, the UP herders at East Los Angeles were
> using 160.620 with no police traffic to be heard.
> (by the way, Maywood is less than a mile south of
> UP's East LA yard)
>
> Keep these posts coming, I appreciate the info for
> the timetables.
>
> David
A few years ago while we were driving up I-5 from Bakersfield I all of a sudden was getting sheriff's department transmissions from (I think) Lemoore or somewhere south of Fresno. I was on a railroad channel. I asked, most likely on the internet, TO or etc. and was told that some of the rr frequencies are leased to law enforcement, fire, ambulance in some areas. I know that when I used to sit down at Newhall yard in San Jose I would also pick up ambulance calls.
C.
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> 160.830 might be one of the channels used by the
> ICTF intermodal ramp. Did you hear a radio ID beep
> or chirp at the end of each transmission? It's
> common to hear non-railroad talk on these ICTF
> channels - they talk about sports, women, movies,
> vacations, etc. I think most of them are truck
> drivers moving containers or chassis around.
> Occasionally you'll hear reference to 20-footers
> or 40-footers or APL. Otherwise it doesn't sound
> railroad-related at all.
>
> I've heard 160.485 used by UP in Dolores, usually
> for radio tests. They give the engine number, then
> test 1 2 3...radio test, out.
>
> One frequency I'm curious about is 160.620. I've
> heard what sounds like the Maywood Police
> Department on many different occasions. Since
> Maywood PD is licensed on 153.620 (7 MHz lower), I
> thought my radio was bad. So I tried another with
> the same results. The police traffic comes and
> goes, but for a few weeks in February, the only
> time I heard anything was on Wednesday nights
> starting about 7:00pm. A couple months ago I heard
> them on a Saturday afternoon. This evening,
> however, the UP herders at East Los Angeles were
> using 160.620 with no police traffic to be heard.
> (by the way, Maywood is less than a mile south of
> UP's East LA yard)
>
> Keep these posts coming, I appreciate the info for
> the timetables.
>
> David
A few years ago while we were driving up I-5 from Bakersfield I all of a sudden was getting sheriff's department transmissions from (I think) Lemoore or somewhere south of Fresno. I was on a railroad channel. I asked, most likely on the internet, TO or etc. and was told that some of the rr frequencies are leased to law enforcement, fire, ambulance in some areas. I know that when I used to sit down at Newhall yard in San Jose I would also pick up ambulance calls.
C.
