Category: Public Safety

South Carolina/North Carolina Road Trip Scanning Report; 8-10 January 2019

Yesterday, I left Charlotte, NC for Columbia, SC to visit the Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens and the South Carolina Military Museum. Afterward, I came back to Savannah, ending the trip. I’ll be posting about the places I visited on the trip over the next few days: Musgrove Mill State Park, the BMW Zentrum, the Greenville Zoo, the Carolinas Aviation Museum, the North Carolina Transportation Museum, Riverbanks Zoo, and the South Carolina Military Museum. The list below builds on the previous two days to cover the entire trip through the Clinton, Greenville, Spartanburg, Charlotte, and Columbia areas. Yesterday, without a doubt was the best military monitoring day of the trip since I was close to both McEntire JNGB and Shaw AFB. I was able to firm up some 20th FW air-to-air frequencies that I’ve been tracking: 262.000 for the 77th FS and 270.900 at 276.150 for the 79th FS. I was also able to hear some VMFAT-501 F-35Bs from Beaufort doing pattern work at Shaw AFB. I was hoping to hear some activity on the Shaw AFB P25 TRS, but all I heard were a few transmissions on what RadioReference lists as the Police talkgroup. Most of the unencrypted traffic that I heard from Fort Jackson on the US Army P25 TRS was range control type traffic.

Penguins at the Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens in Columbia, SC
Well restored Bell H-13B at the South Carolina Military Museum in Columbia, SC

South Carolina Public Safety Conventional
453.075 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD A Repeater
453.175 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD B Repeater
453.025 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD C Repeater
453.425 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD D Repeater
453.900 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD E Repeater
154.235 (PL 94.8) – Bamberg County EMS Dispatch
154.370 (PL 162.2) – Bamberg County FD Dispatch
154.400 (PL 118.8) – Barnwell County FD Dispatch
154.250 (PL 127.3) – Berkeley County FD/EMS South Dispatch
151.025 (PL 118.8) – Calhoun County FD Dispatch
154.400 (PL 123.0) – Cherokee County FD Dispatch
155.0325 (DCS 051) – Cherokee County EMS Dispatch
150.935 (PL 114.8) – Edgefield County EMS Dispatch South
155.235 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County Fire Dispatch VHF
453.500 (PL 118.8) – Greenville County Fire Dispatch UHF
462.950 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County EMS Dispatch
462.975 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County EMS Tac 1
154.175 (PL 85.4) – Greer FD Dispatch 1 (Greenville Co)
154.100 (PL 85.4) – Greer FD 2 (Greenville Co)
452.500 (PL 141.3) – Berea FD Ch 2 (Greenville Co)
460.375 (PL 203.5) – Mauldin FD Dispatch (Greenville Co)
453.375 (DCS 331) – Parker FD (Greenville Co)
156.120 (PL 85.4) – Pelham-Batesville FD (Greenville Co)
154.205 (PL 192.8) – Laurens County FD Dispatch
154.130 (PL 162.2) – Lexington County FD Dispatch
154.220 (PL 141.3) – Newberry County FD Dispatch
155.625 (PL 91.5) – Orangeburg County FD Dispatch
154.995 (PL 141.3) – Saluda County FD Dispatch
155.385 (PL 141.3) – Saluda County EMS Dispatch
154.310 (PL 85.4) – Spartanburg County Fire Dispatch
154.025 (PL 85.4) – Spartanburg County Fire Ops
155.925 (PL 85.4) – Hilltop FD (Spartanburg Co)
154.445 (PL 127.3) – Union County FD Dispatch
155.175 (PL 203.5) – Union County EMS Dispatch

159.225 (DCS 306) – SC Forrestry Draytonville
159.330 (DCS 271) – SC Forestry Lake Murray
159.375 (DCS 116) – SC Forestry Hampton
159.405 (DCS 155) – SC Forestry Cottageville

Palmetto 800 P25
TG 704 – Beaufort County FD Dispatch 1
TG 6542 – Jasper FD Tac 1
TG 23541 – Kershaw County FD Dispatch
TG 24542 – Lexington County FD Dispatch
TG 24543 – Lexington County FD Admin
TG 25053 – Orangeburg County FD Dispatch
TG 25057 – Orangeburg County FD Dispatch
TG 25552 – Columbia FD Dispatch
TG 25569 – Richland County FD 5 HazMat
TG 26101 – Sumter County FD Dispatch
TG 27871 – SC National Guard
TG 28609 – SC LifeNet Medevac Helicopters
TG 40012 – SC Regional Gov’t 4
TG 44351 – Greenville FD Dispatch 1
TG 44385 – Greer FD (Greenville Co)
TG 48642 – Spartanburg County Regional 1
TG 51704 – MedTrans SC Medevac Helicopters

York County P25 TRS
TG 49602 – York County FD Ops 2

North Carolina Public Safety Conventional
154.400 (PL 156.7) – Gaston County FD Dispatch

151.3625 (PL 94.8) – NC Forestry D12 Ops

NC VIPER P25 TRS
TG 15504 – Davie County FD Dispatch
TG 25005 – Iredell County Fire Dispatch
TG 50210 – NC HART Ops
TG 51581 – LZ West (Medevac Helicopters)
TG 51962 – Statewide Bravo 4
TG 51973 – Statewide Echo 3
TG 51985 – Statewide Hotel 3

Charlotte UASI P25 TRS
TG 413 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 6
TG 453 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Dispatch
TG 457 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 3
TG 459 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 4
TG 461 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 5
TG 463 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 13
TG 467 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Conference
TG 983 – Charlotte FD 1I (Tac/Fireground)
TG 1027 – Charlotte FD Alarm (automated voice dispatch)
TG 1029 – Charlotte FD 1B (Tac/Fireground)
TG 1031 – Charlotte FD 1C (Tac/Fireground)
TG 1033 – Charlotte FD 1D (Tac/Fireground)
TG 1035 – Charlotte FD 1E (Tac/Fireground)
TG 1037 – Charlotte FD 1F (Tac/Fireground)
TG 1039 – Charlotte FD 1G (Tac/Fireground)
TG 1041 – Charlotte FD 1H (Tac/Fireground)
TG 1247 – Mecklenburg County Event 23
TG 1249 – Mecklenburg County Event 24
TG 1251 – Mecklenburg County Event 25
TG 1253 – Mecklenburg County Event 26
TG 1255 – Mecklenburg County Event 27
TG 7047 – Concord FD Dispatch
TG 7058 – Concord FD Training 2
TG 7121 – Carrabus County EMS Mutual Aid
TG 18533 – Gastonia FD 2
TG 18554 – Gastonia FD Dispatch
TG 25119 – Moorseville FD Dispatch 1
TG 26988 – Kannapolis FD 2

Rowan County P25 TRS
TG 40521 – Salisbury FD Dispatch

Aviation/MilCom
119.300 – Charleston TRACON
120.700 – Charleston TRACON
349.400 – JB Charleston Ops

119.150 – Augusta TRACON
126.800 – Augusta TRACON

125.400 – Columbia TRACON
318.100 – Columbia TRACON
254.250 – Shaw AFB Tower
273.700 – 77th FS Ops
139.825 – 77th FS Air-to-Air
262.000 – 77th FS Air-to-Air
314.100 – 77th FS Air-to-Air
320.525 – 79th FS Ops
270.900 – 79th FS Air-to-Air
276.150 – 79th FS Air-to-Air
253.500 – McEntire JNGB Tower
41.300 – 1-151 AVN Ops
298.300 – 169th FW Ops
141.825 – 169th FW V14
140.125 – 169th FW V15
143.250 – 169th FW V16

120.100 – Greer Tower
119.900 – Greenville Downtown Tower
133.325 – Donaldson Tower
118.800 – Greer TRACON
119.400 – Greer TRACON
270.275 – Greer TRACON

118.100 – Charlotte Tower
126.400 – Charlotte Tower
133.350 – Charlotte Tower
119.000 – Charlotte TRACON
120.050 – Charlotte TRACON
124.000 – Charlotte TRACON
125.350 – Charlotte TRACON
126.150 – Charlotte TRACON
128.325 – Charlotte TRACON
135.600 – Charlotte TRACON
307.800 – Charlotte TRACON
292.250 – 145th AW Ops
173.4625 ($123) – 145th AW?; enc

343.750 – Bulldog MOA
264.700 – Poinsett Range
350.300 – Gamecock MOA

258.400 – DOUBLESHOT Discrete (W-161/177)
279.725 – DOUBLESHOT Discrete (W-161/177)

364.200 – NORAD AICC

251.100/133.150 – Atlanta Center Locas Low
263.000/125.150 – Atlanta Center Wilkes Ultra Low
263.125/135.350 – Atlanta Center Unarm Low
269.100/125.625 – Atlanta Center Spartanburg High
290.200/134.550 – Atlanta Center Moped Low
291.750/125.025 – Atlanta Center High Rock Ultra High
307.050/126.425 – Atlanta Center Dublin High
307.350/132.975 – Atlanta Center Pulaski High
322.325/128.100 – Atlanta Center Augusta Low
323.025/124.425 – Atlanta Center Charlotte High
360.625/124.325 – Atlanta Center Clark Hill Ultra High
360.625/126.775 – Atlanta Center Baden Ultra High
379.200/128.800 – Atlanta Center Leeon Low
360.625/126.775 – Atlanta Center Baden Ultra High
269.550/124.700 – Jacksonville Center Columbia Low
278.300/134.975 – Jacksonville Center Ridgeway Ultra High
281.550 – Jax Center Georgetown High
306.300/133.450 – Jacksonville Center Florence Low
319.200/127.875 – Jacksonville Center Aiken High
322.450/118.925 – Washington Center Raleigh High
346.375/121.925 – Washington Center Wahoo Super High
363.225/132.225 – Washington Center Tar River High

US Army TRS – Fort Gordon
TG 2 – Fort Gordon PMO 1 (unenc)
TG 27 – Fort Gordon Range Control (unenc)
TG 44 – Fort Gordon unknown (unenc)
TG 75 – Fort Gordon unknown (unenc)

US Army TRS – Fort Jackson
TG 530 – Fort Jackson MPs (enc)
TG 555 – Fort Jackson FD Dispatch (enc)
TG 737 – Fort Jackson Range Control (unenc)
TG 780 – unknown (unenc)

Shaw AFB P25 TRS
TG 25 – Security Police (unenc)

FedCom
172.4500 ($140) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Fishers Peak Digital; unenc
172.7250 (DCS 051) NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mount Mitchell Analog; unenc
172.7250 ($120) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mount Mitchell Digital; unenc
172.7500 ($110) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mount Pisgah Digital; unenc
172.7500 ($130) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Doughton Mountain Digital; unenc
173.7625 ($130) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Rich Mountain Digital; unenc

171.5500 (PL 103.5) – USFS Pisgah District/Natnahala NF Zone 2; unenc

163.5375 ($067) – unknown; enc

406.5375 – USPS Processing & Distribution Center Charlotte (DMR Slot 1- Color 1)

Savannah River Site Motorola Type II
TG 48592 – unknown (unenc)
TG 49072 – unknown (unenc)
TG 50464 – unknown (unenc)

Savannah River Site P25
TG 3001 – unknown (enc)
TG 3005 – unknown (enc)
TG 3009 – unknown (enc)
TG 3023 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3027 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3031 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3035 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3037 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3087 – unknown (enc)

Note: Some talkgroups are multicast between the two SRS systems

Yesterday, my string of good luck in choosing restaurants continued. After visiting the zoo, I found an Italian restaurant, Delucca’s Italian Grill, nearby and went there for lunch. It’s a small restaurant in a small strip of stores, but it is very much worth a visit. The food is outstanding and the owner likes Blues music – so that’s what they have playing. The prices aren’t bad, either; I filled up on Chicken Parmesan with tea for $12.

The Chicken Parmesan at Delucca’s Italian Grill in Columbia, SC

South Carolina/North Carolina Road Trip Scanning Report; 9 January 2019

On the second day of my road trip, I traveled to Charlotte, NC to visit the Carolinas Aviation Museum and the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. Today’s list builds on yesterday’s list from the first day. Added to the list today were talkgroups from the NC VIPER P25 TRS and the Charlotte UASI P25 TRS. As conventional frequencies go, a few more National Park Service Blue Ridge Parkway P25 repeaters were added. Frequencies for Charlotte/Douglas IAP, Atlanta and Washington ARTCCs, and the NC Air National Guard were added in the aviation/MilCom category.

F-14D, Bu No 161166 at the Carolinas Aviation Museum
Atlantic Coast Lines No 1031, built in 1913, at the North Carolina Transportation Museum

After lunch at the excellent Niko’s Grill near Charlotte/Douglas IAP after visiting the Carolinas Air Museum, I hung out at the Charlotte Airport Overlook for a while and watched some of the airliners taking off. This is a great spot for plane spotters to watch airport activity and take photos of planes. If you’re primarily into military aviation spotting, don’t expect to see much, but you’ll see a lot of commercial traffic. The only problem is that you’re right next to the transmitter site for the airport so radio monitoring/scanning can be an issue; I ended up just turning off the Uniden Home Patrol 2 and the Whistler TRX-2 in my mobile station due to interference. Niko’s Grill, by the way, was a great choice for lunch; I had a delicious gyro with fries. If you go, avoid the lunch rush around noon, it fills up very quickly – it’s obviously a very popular place for lunch.

  • The Charlotte Airport Overlook
  • The transmitter site that casuses radio interference issues at the Charlotte Airport Overlook

South Carolina Public Safety Conventional
453.075 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD A Repeater
453.175 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD B Repeater
453.025 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD C Repeater
453.425 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD D Repeater
453.900 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD E Repeater
154.235 (PL 94.8) – Bamberg County EMS Dispatch
154.370 (PL 162.2) – Bamberg County FD Dispatch
154.400 (PL 118.8) – Barnwell County FD Dispatch
154.250 (PL 127.3) – Berkeley County FD/EMS South Dispatch
154.400 (PL 123.0) – Cherokee County FD Dispatch
155.0325 (DCS 051) – Cherokee County EMS Dispatch
150.935 (PL 114.8) – Edgefield County EMS Dispatch South
155.235 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County Fire Dispatch VHF
453.500 (PL 118.8) – Greenville County Fire Dispatch UHF
462.950 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County EMS Dispatch
462.975 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County EMS Tac 1
154.175 (PL 85.4) – Greer FD Dispatch 1 (Greenville Co)
154.100 (PL 85.4) – Greer FD 2 (Greenville Co)
452.500 (PL 141.3) – Berea FD Ch 2 (Greenville Co)
460.375 (PL 203.5) – Mauldin FD Dispatch (Greenville Co)
453.375 (DCS 331) – Parker FD (Greenville Co)
156.120 (PL 85.4) – Pelham-Batesville FD (Greenville Co)
154.205 (PL 192.8) – Laurens County FD Dispatch
154.130 (PL 162.2) – Lexington County FD Dispatch
154.220 (PL 141.3) – Newberry County FD Dispatch
154.995 (PL 141.3) – Saluda County FD Dispatch
155.385 (PL 141.3) – Saluda County EMS Dispatch
154.310 (PL 85.4) – Spartanburg County Fire Dispatch
154.025 (PL 85.4) – Spartanburg County Fire Ops
155.925 (PL 85.4) – Hilltop FD (Spartanburg Co)
154.445 (PL 127.3) – Union County FD Dispatch
155.175 (PL 203.5) – Union County EMS Dispatch

159.225 (DCS 306) – SC Forrestry Draytonville
159.375 (DCS 116) – SC Forestry Hampton

Palmetto 800 P25
TG 704 – Beaufort County FD Dispatch 1
TG 6542 – Jasper FD Tac 1
TG 24542 – Lexington County FD Dispatch
TG 24543 – Lexington County FD Admin
TG 25552 – Columbia FD Dispatch
TG 25569 – Richland County FD 5 HazMat
TG 27871 – SC National Guard
TG 28609 – SC LifeNet Medevac Helicopters
TG 40012 – SC Regional Gov’t 4
TG 44351 – Greenville FD Dispatch 1
TG 44385 – Greer FD (Greenville Co)
TG 48642 – Spartanburg County Regional 1
TG 51704 – MedTrans SC Medevac Helicopters

York County P25 TRS
TG 49602 – York County FD Ops 2

North Carolina Public Safety Conventional
154.400 (PL 156.7) – Gaston County FD Dispatch

NC VIPER P25 TRS
TG 15504 – Davie County FD Dispatch
TG 25005 – Iredell County Fire Dispatch
TG 50210 – NC HART Ops
TG 51581 – LZ West (Medevac Helicopters)
TG 51962 – Statewide Bravo 4
TG 51973 – Statewide Echo 3
TG 51985 – Statewide Hotel 3

Charlotte UASI P25 TRS
TG 413 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 6
TG 453 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Dispatch
TG 457 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 3
TG 459 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 4
TG 461 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 5
TG 463 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Ops 13
TG 467 – Mecklenburg Co Fire/EMS Conference
TG 983 – Charlotte FD 1I
TG 1027 – Charlotte FD Alarm (automated voice dispatch)
TG 1029 – Charlotte FD 1B
TG 1031 – Charlotte FD 1C
TG 1033 – Charlotte FD 1D
TG 1035 – Charlotte FD 1E
TG 1037 – Charlotte FD 1F
TG 1039 – Charlotte FD 1G
TG 1041 – Charlotte FD 1H
TG 1247 – Mecklenburg County Event 23
TG 1249 – Mecklenburg County Event 24
TG 1251 – Mecklenburg County Event 25
TG 1253 – Mecklenburg County Event 26
TG 1255 – Mecklenburg County Event 27
TG 7047 – Concord FD Dispatch
TG 7058 – Concord FD Training 2
TG 7121 – Carrabus County EMS Mutual Aid
TG 18533 – Gastonia FD 2
TG 18554 – Gastonia FD Dispatch
TG 25119 – Moorseville FD Dispatch 1
TG 26988 – Kannapolis FD 2

Rowan County P25 TRS
TG 40521 – Salisbury FD Dispatch

Aviation/MilCom
120.700 – Charleston TRACON

119.150 – Augusta TRACON
126.800 – Augusta TRACON

125.400 – Columbia TRACON
318.100 – Columbia TRACON
141.825 – 169th FW V14
140.125 – 169th FW V15

120.100 – Greer Tower
119.900 – Greenville Downtown Tower
133.325 – Donaldson Tower
118.800 – Greer TRACON
119.400 – Greer TRACON
270.275 – Greer TRACON

126.400 – Charlotte Tower
133.350 – Charlotte Tower
120.050 – Charlotte TRACON
124.000 – Charlotte TRACON
125.350 – Charlotte TRACON
126.150 – Charlotte TRACON
128.325 – Charlotte TRACON
135.600 – Charlotte TRACON
307.800 – Charlotte TRACON
292.250 – 145th AW Ops
173.4625 ($123) – 145th AW?; enc

343.750 – Bulldog MOA
264.700 – Poinsett Range

258.400 – DOUBLESHOT Discrete (W-161/177)
279.725 – DOUBLESHOT Discrete (W-161/177)

364.200 – NORAD AICC

251.100/133.150 – Atlanta Center Locas Low
263.000/125.150 – Atlanta Center Wilkes Ultra Low
263.125/135.350 – Atlanta Center Unarm Low
269.100/125.625 – Atlanta Center Spartanburg High
290.200/134.550 – Atlanta Center Moped Low
291.750/125.025 – Atlanta Center High Rock Ultra High
307.050/126.425 – Atlanta Center Dublin High
307.350/132.975 – Atlanta Center Pulaski High
322.325/128.100 – Atlanta Center Augusta Low
323.025/124.425 – Atlanta Center Charlotte High
360.625/124.325 – Atlanta Center Clark Hill Ultra High
360.625/126.775 – Atlanta Center Baden Ultra High
379.200/128.800 – Atlanta Center Leeon Low
360.625/126.775 – Atlanta Center Baden Ultra High
269.550/124.700 – Jacksonville Center Columbia Low
319.200/127.875 – Jacksonville Center Aiken High
322.450/118.925 – Washington Center Raleigh High
346.375/121.925 – Washington Center Wahoo Super High
363.225/132.225 – Washington Center Tar River High

US Army TRS – Fort Gordon
TG 2 – Fort Gordon PMO 1 (unenc)
TG 27 – Fort Gordon Range Control (unenc)
TG 44 – Fort Gordon unknown (unenc)
TG 75 – Fort Gordon unknown (unenc)

US Army TRS – Fort Jackson
TG 737 – Fort Jackson Range Control (unenc)

FedCom
172.450 ($140) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Fishers Peak Digital; unenc
172.725 (DCS 051) NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mount Mitchell Analog; unenc
172.725 ($120) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mount Mitchell Digital; unenc
172.750 ($110) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Mount Pisgah Digital; unenc
172.750 ($130) – NPS Blue Ridge Pkwy, Doughton Mountain Digital; unenc

171.550 (PL 103.5) – USFS Pisgah District/Natnahala NF Zone 2; unenc

163.5375 ($067) – unknown; enc

Savannah River Site Motorola Type II
TG 48592 – unknown (unenc)
TG 49072 – unknown (unenc)
TG 50464 – unknown (unenc)

Savannah River Site P25
TG 3001 – unknown (enc)
TG 3005 – unknown (enc)
TG 3009 – unknown (enc)
TG 3023 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3027 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3031 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3035 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3037 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3087 – unknown (enc)

Note: Some talkgroups are multicast between the two SRS systems

Miguel’s Mexican/American Restaurant, don’t let appearances fool you

Tucked away off of I-85 Exit 32 in Charlotte, is Miguel’s Mexican/American Restaurant. Don’t let the small, decidedly unfancy appearance of Miguel’s fool you, the food is outstanding. They serve both Mexican and American cuisine; I don’t know about the American part, but the Mexican is outstanding. For supper tonight, I had shrimp enchiladas (grilled shrimp with grilled peppers and onions) and they might just have been the best enchiladas I’ve ever eaten. If you’re around Charlotte/Douglas Airport, you’ve got to eat at Miguel’s!

South Carolina/North Carolina Road Trip Scanning Report; 8 January 2019

I’m on the first day of a three-day trip through parts of South Carolina and North Carolina. Today’s travels took me through the Clinton, Greenville, and Spartanburg areas. I was originally planning to visit the Ninety Six battlefield today, but since it is closed due to the government shutdown, I visited the Musgrove Mill State Park in Clinton, SC, the BMW Zentrum in Spartanburg, SC, and the Greenville Zoo in Greenville, SC.

Horseshoe Falls at Musgrove Mill State Park; in August 1870, a Revolutionary War battle took place near these falls
The BMW M3 GT2 car campaigned in the American Le Mans Series from 2009-2012 on display at the BMW Zentrum in Spartanburg, SC
Bornean Orangutan at the Greenville Zoo

I let the Uniden Home Patrol 2 and the Whistler TRX-2 scan, log, and record while I did the driving and both were very productive. There was a lot of VHF/UHF public safety conventional and a lot of public safety activity on the Palmetto 800 P25 statewide trunked repeater system in South Carolina. F-16s from the 20th FW and the 169th FW were heard working in the Bulldog MOA and at Poinsett Range and 20th FW F-16s were also working in W-161/177 with an E-3 AWACS. There were a couple of surprises, too – with the government shutdown in effect, I didn’t expect to hear any National Park Service or US Forestry activity, but there were a few brief catches on some of their frequencies.

South Carolina Public Safety Conventional
453.075 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD A Repeater
453.175 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD B Repeater
453.025 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD C Repeater
453.425 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD D Repeater
453.900 (PL 118.8) – Aiken County FD E Repeater
154.235 (PL 94.8) – Bamberg County EMS Dispatch
154.370 (PL 162.2) – Bamberg County FD Dispatch
154.400 (PL 118.8) – Barnwell County FD Dispatch
154.250 (PL 127.3) – Berkeley County FD/EMS South Dispatch
154.400 (PL 123.0) – Cherokee County FD Dispatch
155.0325 (DCS 051) – Cherokee County EMS Dispatch
150.935 (PL 114.8) – Edgefield County EMS Dispatch South
155.235 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County Fire Dispatch VHF
453.500 (PL 118.8) – Greenville County Fire Dispatch UHF
462.950 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County EMS Dispatch
462.975 (PL 123.0) – Greenville County EMS Tac 1
154.175 (PL 85.4) – Greer FD Dispatch 1 (Greenville Co)
154.100 (PL 85.4) – Greer FD 2 (Greenville Co)
452.500 (PL 141.3) – Berea FD Ch 2 (Greenville Co)
460.375 (PL 203.5) – Mauldin FD Dispatch (Greenville Co)
453.375 (DCS 331) – Parker FD (Greenville Co)
156.120 (PL 85.4) – Pelham-Batesville FD (Greenville Co)
154.205 (PL 192.8) – Laurens County FD Dispatch
154.130 (PL 162.2) – Lexington County FD Dispatch
154.220 (PL 141.3) – Newberry County FD Dispatch
154.995 (PL 141.3) – Saluda County FD Dispatch
155.385 (PL 141.3) – Saluda County EMS Dispatch
154.310 (PL 85.4) – Spartanburg County Fire Dispatch
154.025 (PL 85.4) – Spartanburg County Fire Ops
155.925 (PL 85.4) – Hilltop FD (Spartanburg Co)
154.445 (PL 127.3) – Union County FD Dispatch
155.175 (PL 203.5) – Union County EMS Dispatch

159.225 (DCS 306) – SC Forrestry Draytonville
159.375 (DCS 116) – SC Forestry Hampton

Palmetto 800 P25
TG 704 – Beaufort County FD Dispatch 1
TG 6542 – Jasper FD Tac 1
TG 24542 – Lexington County FD Dispatch
TG 24543 – Lexington County FD Admin
TG 25552 – Columbia FD Dispatch
TG 25569 – Richland County FD 5 HazMat
TG 27871 – SC National Guard
TG 28609 – SC LifeNet Medevac Helicopter
TG 40012 – SC Regional Gov’t 4
TG 44351 – Greenville FD Dispatch 1
TG 44385 – Greer FD
TG 51704 – MedTrans SC Medevac Helicopter

North Carolina Public Safety Conventional
154.400 (PL 156.7) – Gaston County FD Dispatch

Aviation/MilCom
120.700 – Charleston App/Dep

119.150 – Augusta App/Dep
126.800 – Augusta App/Dep

125.400 – Columbia App/Dep
318.100 – Columbia App/Dep
141.825 – 169th FW V14
140.125 – 169th FW V15

120.100 – Greer Tower
119.900 – Greenville Downtown Tower
133.325 – Donaldson Tower
118.800 – Greer App/Dep
119.400 – Greer App/Dep
270.275 – Greer App/Dep

343.750 – Bulldog MOA
264.700 – Poinsett Range

258.400 – DOUBLESHOT Discrete (W-161/177)
279.725 – DOUBLESHOT Discrete (W-161/177)

364.200 – NORAD AICC

263.125/135.350 – Atlanta Center Unarm Low
269.100/125.625 – Atlanta Center Spartanburg High
291.750/125.025 – Atlanta Center High Rock Ultra High
322.325/128.100 – Atlanta Center Augusta Low
360.625/124.325 – Atlanta Center Clark Hill Ultra High
269.550/124.700 – Jacksonville Center Columbia Low
319.200/127.875 – Jacksonville Center Aiken High


TG 27 – Fort Gordon Range Control (unenc)
TG 44 – Fort Gordon unknown (unenc)
TG 75 – Fort Gordon unknown (unenc)

US Army TRS – Fort Jackson
TG 737 – Fort Jackson Range Control (unenc)

FedCom
172.750 ($110) – NPS Blue Ridge Mountains, Mount Pisgah Digital

171.550 (PL 103.5) – USFS Pisgah District/Natnahala NF Zone 2

Savannah River Site Motorola Type II
TG 48592 – unknown (unenc)
TG 49072 – unknown (unenc)
TG 50464 – unknown (unenc)

Savannah River Site P25
TG 3001 – unknown (enc)
TG 3005 – unknown (enc)
TG 3009 – unknown (enc)
TG 3023 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3027 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3031 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3035 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3037 – unknown (unenc)
TG 3087 – unknown (enc)

Note: Some talkgroups are multicast between the two SRS systems

For supper tonight, I stopped at Southern Barbecue in Spartanburg. I love North Carolina style vinegar based barbecue and Southern Barbecue is the best I’ve had since Don’s BBQ in Pooler, GA closed. If you find yourself around I-85 and US-221 in Spartanburg, it’s well worth the stop for great food and friendly service.

Mini-Road Trip Report: Savannah to Forsyth and Back; 24 October 2018

Savannah – Yesterday, I had to make a short road trip from Savannah to Forsyth and back to Savannah for work. As I usually do, I let the HP2 and TRX-2 record what they heard for logging after the trip. The early morning drive from Savannah to Forsyth wasn’t all that productive, but the drive back in the afternoon provided some good logs from the radios and some interesting listening. As always, these logs don’t include any law enforcement activity (or at least activity that I know to be law enforcement).

Public Safety

My main interest in public safety monitoring/logging during the trip was Laurens County. I’m never able to spend an extended period of time in Laurens County, it usually just consists of driving through or stopping for gas or meal in Dublin, but on my last few times through I began getting the suspicion that the county’s DMR radio system wasn’t conventional, but trunked. For this trip, I had their DMR frequencies programmed into the TRX-2 as both conventional and trunked and things seemed to be trunked. I hope to get some more opportunities in the near future to listen to this system and try to figure it out more. It also turned out to be a good opportunity to catch hear activity on the CGIRRS system used by Macon-Bibb County and the Tattnall County NXDN TRS (which can be heard from parts of I-16).

154.3550 (PL 141.3) – Butts County FD Dispatch
453.9000 (PL 131.8) – Lamar County FD/EMS Dispatch
159.1950 (PL 100.0) – Upson EMS Dispatch

159.2250 (PL 123.0) – GFC D3 Repeater
159.1200 (DCS 47) – GFC D4 Repeater

Bulloch County TRS
TG 2704 – Bulloch Co FD FG1

Central Georgia Interoperable Regional Radio System
TG 132 – Macon-Bibb Co FD Dispatch 1
TG 134 – Macon-Bibb Co FD Scene 2
TG 135 – Macon-Bibb Co FD Scene 3
TG 152 – Macon-Bibb Co FD Event 2
TG 1101 – Monroe County FD Dispatch

Houston-Peach Regional Radio System
TG 16 – Houston County FD Dispatch
TG 61 – Warner Robins FD Dispatch

Laurens County DMR TRS
TG 100 – Laurens County EMS?
TG 300 – Laurens County FD?

Tattnall County NXDN TRS
TG 7 – Unknown (NXDN 48)
TG 00-0003 – Unknown (NXDN48-D)
TG 00-0007 – Unknown (NXDN48-D)

 

MilCom

While the drive to Forsyth was devoid of any MilCom activity except for some traffic on the US Army TRS at Fort Stewart and the USAF TRS at Robins AFB, the drive back to Savannah in the afternoon provided some highly interesting listening. There was some good SEAD/DEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses) training from 77th FS F-16 flights PINION ## and JACKPOT ## in the Bulldog MOA, but the most interesting traffic came from Townsend/Range Coastal MOA. For much of the drive down I-16 from Macon to Savannah, I could hear HAWK 8# (F/A-18D, VMFA-533), COWBOY 2# (F/A-18A+, VMFA-112), FANG 0# (F-15C, 125th FW), and GATOR 0# (F-15C, 125th FW) doing FAC-A and forward air controller training (more information in a future post). The USAF TRS site at Robins AFB can be heard from parts of I-16 and I-75 near Macon and it’s worth mentioning that this is the second trip in a row that all of the activity that I’ve heard from Robins site has been encrypted.

133.225 – Robins AFB Tower
257.975 – Robins AFB Tower
119.600 – Atlanta TRACON
124.200 – Atlanta TRACON
279.600 – Atlanta TRACON
322.325 – Atlanta Center Augusta Low
310.200 – VMFA(AW)-533 Base
234.075 – VMFA(AW)-553 Tac 1
250.300 – VMFA-112 Air-to-Air
234.800 – 125th FW Aux 5
253.700 – 125th FW Aux 6
298.300 – 169th FW Ops
141.825 – 169th FW V14
228.400 – Townsend Range/Coastal MOA
252.900 – Townsend Range/Coastal MOA
226.975 – Townsend Range/Coastal MOA
343.750 – Bulldog MOA

US Air Force TRS (Robins AFB)
TG 56084 – unknown; enc
TG 56102 – Robins AFB ALC; enc
TG 56123 – Robins AFB Crash/Fire; enc
TG 56141 – 116th/461st ACW; enc
TG 56257 – unknown; enc

US Army TRS (Fort Stewart)
TG 169 – 4-64 Armor?
TG 1001 – unknown

 

New SEGARRN Site in Candler County

Metter – A few weeks ago, I came across something interesting while looking through the FCC database: 700 MHz trunking frequencies licensed to Candler County: 769.10625, 769.80625, 770.60625, and 771.33125 under license WRBT983. Shortly thereafter, I began hearing some Candler County related activity on the SEGARRN system that is used by Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, and Liberty counties (and also has a site in Bulloch County). Yesterday I had the opportunity to take a ride up to Metter and check things out. I found that the frequencies licensed under WRBT983 are definitely a SEGARRN site; 771.33125 is the control channel and the site ID is 02C5-0108. Both in the Savannah area and while I was in Metter, I only heard law enforcement related traffic – no fire or EMS related traffic. For that reason, I’m sorry – but I can’t post any talkgroups I heard (for those not familiar, I don’t post law enforcement related information due to the nature of my employment). Should I start hearing some fire/EMS related traffic I’ll definitely pass it on. If you’re in the Savannah, Pembroke, Statesboro, or Metter areas, put your trunk tracking scanner in search mode and I’m sure you’ll come about them quickly enough.

I wonder if this means we’ll see Bulloch County make another try to transition from their old SmartZone system to the SEGARRN at some point in the future? Surely Motorola isn’t going to support the older equipment forever and with most of the surrounding agencies on the SEGARRN, it could force their hand.

The view from Bevrick’s Char House Grille in Metter, GA
I found a nice shady spot under a lakeside pear tree in Metter by Bevrick’s Char House Grille to monitor the new Candler County SEGARRN site

Food always goes good with radio and I had a great meal at Bevrick’s Char House Grille in Metter near where I found a nice shady spot under a lakeside pear tree to monitor the new Candler County SEGARRN site. Bevrick’s is a steakhouse type restaurant alongside a lake just off of I-16 Exit 104 in Metter. The prices are pretty good, the view of the lake is good, and the food I had was excellent. I tried the “Junkyard Chicken,” which is a grilled chicken breast smothered with cheese, bacon, grilled onions and peppers, jalapenos, and diced tomatoes. There are a number of good restaurants in Metter just off of I-16 including Jomax BBQ and Papa Buck’s BBQ and I’d definitely add Bevrick’s to that list. Any of the three are good places to stop if you find yourself around Metter and meal time.