[kahn]

leave the CB pissing match elsewhere on this, ok.

I was thinking those of us w/ the equipment and knowledge should keep a few frequencies programmed in times of crisis other than the selected "call" frequencies where we know that most likely we'd be reaching each other, also only to utilize these at :15 and :45 after the hour (stick to standard call frequencies at top and bottom of the hour) This is so that infomation can be shared as to what is happening and the extent of whatever event. I suggest the following:

Regional comms:

1.995 LSB

3.995 LSB (primary day / night for lower bands)

Intermediate comms:

5330.5 USB (60m ch 1,) (primary day/night for intermediate bands)(seems to be least used on 60m)

7.295 LSB (day only, broadcast stations dominate 40m at night)

Long haul:

14.395 USB (day)

(Due to sporadic propagation conditions, no HF above 20m is significantly reliable)

Short Range:

53.950 FM / USB

147.585 FM / USB

449.950 (FM)

also
154.600 MHz (MURS secondary basis)

462.7125 MHZ (GMRS Secondary basis)
If you don't have the proper license you can use 154.600 on a MURS radio and 462.7125 on a FRS radio.

 

[madden]

Depending on where you live, listening to the police "white channel" communication will give you a car-to-car vocal discussion of where the sirens are going and what the cops see and hear. If you are in a major city, though, a lot of that has been digitized and you need a terminal node controller WITH the encryption password to listen in. But in many areas, it's still analog. (regular radio car-to-car)

Another big source of zero-second info is police HELICOPTER transmissions over big-small cities. The reason these are such good listening is that they get up high in the air, so they can be received from just about anywhere in the geographical area, plus they always have the best view of a trouble spot.

If they use 10 codes, it'll sound like gibberish for a couple of hours, but just get a code sheet and all will be revealed.

I don't live near a city anymore, but I believe white channel freqs were around 100-105mhz where I lived. (just scan for them)

 

[kahn]

100-105 mhz are FM broadcast freqs, you're thinking 150-155mhz and 455-465mhz

 

[madden]

100-105 mhz are FM broadcast freqs, you're thinking 150-155mhz and 455-465mhz

Yeah, mebbe it was 150mhz. I had one of those handheld radio shack scanners that had the resistor clipped and would receive 1.9ghz cell calls. It was too much fun, and better entertainment than TV.

But if you haven't already, find the white channel freqs for your area, and see what's on. One time I was listening and recognized an address of my buddy's house. I called him and told him, "you're about to have your party raided" and from then on, I never got his answering machine once! :

 

[AffairAtLexington]

tell me more about this white noise stuff

 

[kahn]

it's called static.....

 

[Dwind]

it's called static.....

 

[t00sl0w]

i like the idea...just getting into ham radio....