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Anybody have any idea's as to the users of this frequency? I heard it today for the first time. Voice encryption is being used so nothing can be deciphered. It is loud and clear here in Victoria, BC.

Occasionally a tone of 88.5 shows up.

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Cory C.
Vancouver Island Scanner Reference
http://www.members.shaw.ca/bcscanner/

Nothing in Washington is licensed on 155.9500. :cry:

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3) Cut with an axe.

Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com

BC Licenses

150.965000 155.955000 USELESS MOUNTAIN BC DITIDAHT FIRST NATION
155.955000 150.955000 COWICHAN VALLEY BC Cowichan Valley Regional District SAR
155.955000 150.955000 COWICHAN VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT Cowichan Valley Regional District CVRD Emergency Program
155.955000 150.965000 NITINAHT BC POLICE OFFICE DITIDAHT FIRST NATION
155.955000 150.965000 NITINAHT LAKE, BC DITIDAHT FIRST NATION
155.955000 155.955000 FRASER LAKE BC (SAWMILL DECKMAN) West Fraser Mills Ltd Fraser Lake Sawmills Division
155.955000 155.955000 FRASER LAKE BC (SAWMILL HANDHELDS) West Fraser Mills Ltd Fraser Lake Sawmills Division
155.955000 155.955000 FRASER LAKE BC (SAWMILL MERCHANDSNG West Fraser Mills Ltd Fraser Lake Sawmills Division
155.955000 155.955000 TUMBLER RIDGE BC (24 KMS WEST) WESTERN CANADIAN COAL CORPORATION
155.955000 155.955000 VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC HIEX TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD


Otherwise Kitsap Co is on 155.955 also in the area...

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"A well regulated breakfast, being necessary to the healthy start of the day, the right of the people to keep and eat food shall not be infringed."

Doesn't seem like any of those BC licensees would be using encryption :roll:

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" SILENCE IS CONSENT "

Made to Government Specs:
1) Measured with a micrometer.
2) Marked with a chalk.
3) Cut with an axe.

Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com

A couple of SAR guys get a hold of something.... They will wear it to the bone. :mrgreen:


No clue otherwise...

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"A well regulated breakfast, being necessary to the healthy start of the day, the right of the people to keep and eat food shall not be infringed."

It was definitely on 155.9500, not 155.9550. I made sure to check on that. The signal came in clearer on 155.9500 than 155.9550.
It was 2 people talking back and forth for almost an hour. I'm wondering if it was some fishing vessels off the coast. They are often found in the 155mhz range, and wherever they were they were within a couple of miles of me, because the signal was extremely strong.

One of those mysteries, I guess.

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Cory C.
Vancouver Island Scanner Reference
http://www.members.shaw.ca/bcscanner/

Most likely -- Snoqualmie PD -- WPXN-230 with a 100 watt repeater and ERP of 250 watts from Rattlesnake Mtn +4,000' on 155.9475 R. Someone must be able to hear them.

I was thinking that as well, but it definitely sounded like simplex, not running through a repeater. One of the signals sounded like it was right outside my house, as it was full bars while the other fluctuated between one and three bars. I live right off the coast, so I am going to stick with my theory of it being some fishing vessels, using some sort of voice scramble so others don't hear where the good catch is?

If i was thinking I would have hit record to play it back.

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Cory C.
Vancouver Island Scanner Reference
http://www.members.shaw.ca/bcscanner/

Doing a little research on the internet I found 155.9500 listed as a channel 138 for the Furuno FM-8800 Marine Radiophone. This is an expensive marine radio used by many large international freighters. Otherwise, not much else on 155.9500 worldwide.

If anybody is interested
http://furuno.co.jp/en/product/marine/d ... dt_ome.pdf
(Page AP-7)

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Cory C.
Vancouver Island Scanner Reference
http://www.members.shaw.ca/bcscanner/

"155.9500 listed as a channel 138 for the Furuno FM-8800 Marine Radiophone"

Very interesting. That was probably what you were hearing.
I can imagine there are a lot of radios on ships from other countries
that come into Vancouver that have some strange frequencies in them.

Most other countries have very different band plans than we do in the US and Canada.
Very good detective work Cory. Thanks for sharing that info.

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" SILENCE IS CONSENT "

Made to Government Specs:
1) Measured with a micrometer.
2) Marked with a chalk.
3) Cut with an axe.

Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com

i can personally confirm negative on encryption

it is running 100 and will hit canada if your good

N7SNO is also in the same area

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If I had an antenna, I would; but I can only transmit on 160 meters.
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DE K7MHI