Gee, take a look at the CHP. They have used low-band VHF for many years and still do. Most of their comms are on 39 to 42 MHz with 769 for the mobile extenders.

You’ll find a complete listing on the Radio Reference website (http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=995).

73 de W3DRM - Don

From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Tourge Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2016 6:10 PM To: kc6iih; Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] trying to put in local police frequencies

Kinda off topic but our county used to use 33.90 for contacting fire dispatch. Several of us put up crossband repeaters that could all hear each other on 33.90. Effectively we had a countywide VHF system using 33.90 as the back haul.

On Sunday, September 4, 2016, kc6iih via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:

I live in California , Barstow in San Bernardino County to be exact.

Most of the county has gone to 800 my trunking radios.

The California Hiway Patrol is in low band 6 meters 42 - 48 mhz.

Jock KC6IIH

President

Barstow Amateur Radio Club WA6TST www.wa6tst.org

We again will be W6E for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event starting September 10 and ending on the 18 th.

See www.w6jbt.org for more information.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO

-------- Original message -------- From: Mike McRoberts Date:09/04/2016 4:38 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] trying to put in local police frequencies

I can't speak for the rest of the US, but in California, all of the County Communications centers have a low band VHF frequency they use for mutual aid in the event of a major disaster; such as an earthquake. Although seldom used, they are tested frequently.

Mike

Mike - about.me/kd6ftr

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Tom Consodine via chirp_users <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com'); > wrote:

The 30-50 MHz band is VHF, not HF. It is commonly called VHF Low Band. It is extensively used by the military and in the past was extensively used for private land mobile radio. Nowdays there are not that many public safety users there in many areas.

Tom ND5Y

On 09/02/2016 01:01 PM, Lee Houde wrote:

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Are you sure about that frequency? 39.82000 is a HF frequency; it is very unlikely any municipal agencies would use HF, more likely they would be using VHF, UHF or SHF. Maybe you meant 139.82000 or 439.82000?

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