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I happened upon a Tuesday night net for the City of Medina, not sure when it started but in the 1830+ time frame. I heard them on 156.075/D174... not listed to Medina in the FCC records. (Sounded like simplex, not like intermod, same place on two dissimilar radios).

They were using tactical callsigns "Victor number number", so I'm guessing it's a volunteer group such as CERT.

Marine channel #61

156.075/160.675

Perhaps a USCG training exercise?

61 isn't legal in the US. The US marine band starts at 156.250 (one exception... 156.050 is used in the midwest).

156.075 is also used statewide in California, as CALCORD, a mutual aid channel...Or as a BS channel in certain rural areas :roll:

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I read somewheres that in some non coastal states, the marine band is authorized for yakkin'.
Like the Mid-West area I think.

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Here's all the places in the state that are licensed for it:

Callsign: KNIY599 Licensee: ADAMS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS City: RITZVILLE, WA Radio Service: PW Public Safety Pool, Conventional Status: Active Grant Date: 07/22/2004 Expiration: 06/22/2014
Site: 4 State: WA County: ADAMS
Frequency: 156.07500000

Callsign: WQDM447 Licensee: BREMERTON HOUSING AUTHORITY City: BREMERTON, WA Radio Service: PW Public Safety Pool, Conventional Status: Active Grant Date: 09/29/2005 Expiration: 09/29/2015
Site: 1 City: BREMERTON, WA County: KITSAP Coordinates: 47° 33' 52.3" N, 122° 40' 37.5" W
Frequency: 156.07500000

Callsign: WQGT587 Licensee: HOQUIAM, CITY OF City: HOQUIAM, WA Radio Service: PW Public Safety Pool, Conventional Status: Active Grant Date: 04/12/2007 Expiration: 04/12/2017
Site: 2 Area of Operation: KMRA around a Fixed Location City: HOQUIAM, WA County: GRAYS HARBOR Coordinates: 46° 58' 29.9" N, 123° 53' 12.7" W
Frequency: 156.07500000

Callsign: WQGT765 Licensee: HOQUIAM, CITY OF City: HOQUIAM, WA Radio Service: PW Public Safety Pool, Conventional Status: Active Grant Date: 04/13/2007 Expiration: 04/13/2017
Site: 3 City: HOQUIAM, WA County: GRAYS HARBOR Coordinates: 46° 58' 29.6" N, 123° 53' 12.7" W
Frequency: 156.07500000

Callsign: KLO348 Licensee: THURSTON, COUNTY OF City: OLYMPIA, WA Radio Service: PW Public Safety Pool, Conventional Status: Active Grant Date: 08/05/2003 Expiration: 09/15/2013
Site: 5 State: WA County: THURSTON
Frequency: 156.07500000

Callsign: KA5287 Licensee: WASHINGTON, STATE OF City: BELLEVUE, WA Radio Service: PW Public Safety Pool, Conventional Status: Active Grant Date: 07/07/2005 Expiration: 09/28/2015
Site: 1 State: WA
Frequency: 156.07500000

And to put it all onto a map...

http://interceptradio.com/fcc.php?z=1&ccity=1&ccounty=1&cmap=1&sstate=WA&sf=156.075

Looks like none of them are near Medina.

Ummm, Bellevue and Medina are right next to each other....

WSP's address in Bellevue is a contact/mailing address, not a licensed transmitter location for 156.075.

The above map shows licensed transmitter locations, though as a caveat I should mention that WSP has a generic mobile statewide license for that frequency.

Come on Rich, that was worth a smiley face :-)

:mrgreen:

Wonder if this is related to this:

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/Applica ... ID=5466127

Which is likely this:

http://www.ci.hunts-point.wa.us/pdf_fil ... letter.pdf

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Well, maybe not, since the Hunt's Point freqs are labelled MotoTrbo.

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OTOH, Medina's Emergency Plan includes this:

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Those nets are now on Sundays at 1830. The radios were issued to voluteers like CERT, Hams, neighborhood folks. The system uses a repeater located in the city. KE7MYV and K6HVI (me) act as net control. The radios holders are issued a V call. Mine is V61 and Doug's call is V58. After the service radio check-in the hams have a net at about 1845 on 146.44. The ham group is called Medina Amateur Radio Emergency Net (MAREN) and the public service radio people are called Medina Public Service Radio Group (MPSRG). - Gary (K6HVI)