SEPTEMBER 1976
Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 GMT, QSLed
5-2: 1437, N5152 133.9 ov Cape May,NJ(CBS,Inc.;Grumman Gulf-Stream
II,2-jet,22-seat; 39000 feet)
6-5: 1339, N9602J 122.4 vic Richmond, VA (H.H. Weinhardt,Inc.;
Piper, 1-engine, 4-seat)
---- ---- N6618J 122.8 Ches. Bay Br.(D.S. Avionics,Inc.;Piper Cher-
okee, 1-engine, 2-seat; 10 watts)
11: 2144, N501PS 133.9 (Gates Lear Jet Acceptance Corp.; Lear 25B,
2-engine, 10-seat; 41,500 feet)
12: 1622, N800J 133.8 20 mi sw Kenton,DE(Johnson & Johnson Corp.;
Lockheed Jet Star, 4-e, 8-s; 29,500 feet)
the following, except *, are not yet QSLed and were in various ways
connected with the Operation Sail '76 (tall ships/escorts)
7-10: 1731, CG30595 157.075 Ches. Bay Buoy 73 (C.G.,30' SAR;25w *)
1743, NRKK 157.075 (Chinook, CGC)
11: 1012, NRCB 156.55/.65/.8 Plum Pt, MD (10-m s of cottage)
(Eagle, C.G. Barque)
1013, IABJ 156.65 nearby in bay (Amerigo Vespucci)
1018, OXDK 156.6/.65/.8 " (Danmark)
17: 1845, CCES 156.60 Poplar Is-Holland Pt(in view)(Esmeralda)
CG40572 156.6/.8 nr Holland Pt(C.G., escort Esmeralda)
19: 0400 NRKC 156.8 passed cottage @ 0430 (Apalachee, CGC;
157.15/.075 escort Dar Pomorza)
0406 SPCB 156.80 off Ches. Bay,MD (Dar Pomorza)
Mark S. Lucas, 724 E. Mulberry St., Lancaster, OH 43130 Bearcat 101;GP
6-7: 7-19:
KUS 285 43.22 New Orleans, LA-pg KDX 459 33.54 Medway, MA-f
- 35.58 OK City, OK-pg KCE 358 33.54 Shelburne, ME-cf
KKO 742 39.74 Monroe, LA-cp KCD 298 33.54 Athol, MA-f
KBA 860 45.22 Carthage, MS-p KCF 589 33.86 New Fairfield,CT-f
KRO 267 45.22 Durant, MS-p KYF 457 33.70 New Hartford, CT-f
KAA 644 39.46 Wichita, KS-sp KCN 689 33.54 Norfolk, MA-f
KAB 295 39.46 Iola, KS-cp KCF 601 33.86 Sherman, CT-f
KXU 223 39.96 Curtis, NE-p KFN 716 33.70 Arundel, ME-f
KEV 458 45.22 Forest, MS-cp KCF 330 33.70 Milford, CT-f
6-27: KCE 271 33.70 Harwich, MA-f
KEV 458 " " " " KCG 581 33.70 Bantam, CT-vf
KBA 860 KCF 460 33.70 Warren, CT-vf
KDU 578 45.22 Clinton, MS-p KEC 601 33.86 Georgetown,CT-f
KFY 409 45.22 Cleveland, MS-cp KCD 845 33.70 Brewster, MA-f
KGJ 667 45.22 Hattiesburg,MS-cp KRY 988 33.86 Dar ien, CT-f
KJA 922 45.22 Meridian, MS-cp KGC 755 33.90 Lancaster,PA-cf
KJG 851 45.22 Tupelo, MS-cp KGC 754 33.90 Ephrata, PA-f
KKA 929 45.22 Jackson, MS-sp KWV 807 33.54 Warwick, MA-f
KRZ 372 45.22 Biloxi, MS-cp KBK 814 33.86 Springvale, ME-f
KXM 871 45.22 Como, MS-p KCE 869 33.86 Prospect, CT-vf
7-19: KCE 457 33.86 Newtown,MA-f
KBK 815 33.86 Sanford, ME-f KCL 224 33.86 Limerick, CT-f
KCD 306 33.70 York, ME-f KCG 449 33.86 Hershey, PA-f
pg-pager, cp-sheriff, p-police, sp-state police, f-fire, cf-county fire,
vf-volunteer fire
VHF UTILITY DX SEPTEMBER 1976 Now, my loggings. Hammarlund SP-600-JX-10, Allied A-2586; 30' wires at 12', run ne-sw, nw-se; all are Es unless noted, * F2, bs-backscatter; new underlined; GMT used; VOR logged with Allied 426/Archer V-100 @ 20' 7-11: 1900, KSC 645 35.58 Chicago, IL (tone pager) 12: 1500, L Ang-a 35.38 Los Angeles, CA (mobile phone) 1530, KIF 651 35.58 Ft Lauderdale, FL (tone pager) 16: 0544, KIE 953 35.58 Atlanta, GA (tone pager) 0746, KSC 645 1703, Detroit 35.50 Detroit, MI (mobile phone) 25: 1604, KME 438 35.22 Orange, CA (tone pager) 29: 1728, "IGM" 108.8 Kingman, AZ (VOR, voice and code ID's) 30: 1941, L Ang-a 1943, L Ang-b 35.46 8-3: 1924, 32.82 * 8: 0015, 32.000 * 35.58 *bs 9: 2342, OK City 35.58 Oklahoma City, OK (voice pager) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In recent letters from members I've noticed several inquiries about the "weird tones" in the 35.22/.58 (and 43.22/.58) spots. Thus it seems a review of the tone pager system is in order (see also my column of Feb 1973). Back in 1967 when I started 30-50 MHz monitoring, the vast majority of 35-MHz pagers used voice tape loops (e.g., like OK City still does). With that one could obtain an ID in as little as 15 seconds, or, at the worst, in about a minute. Since then (particularly since 1971) the tone pagers with their Morse A2 ID's have "taken over". With them the ID's are supposed to occur at 30-minute intervals, They are often sent at such a high speed that it takes more than one run to decipher. The advantage to the subscriber of the paging service in using a tone system is twofold: (i) with the pocket receiver he carries only activ- ated (producing a steady tone beep) when it receives his special 2, 3, or 4-tone code, he just simply phones into the service to get the message - he doesn't have to constantly monitor a voice loop for any messages, and (ii) the element of privacy is increased since just anyone who tunes in now no longer can tell what's going on. With the tape loop voice system there was a coding system used, usually numbers or even colors! For example, KCC 482 had a "76" and an "81", one of which was a vending machine repair service and the other a pediatri- cian. Some systems now apparently use tones to "key" the subscriber's receiver on and then deliver a voice message over the air to him. With the information now available to me, it is not possible to ID the pagers solely by the types of tones they use. Some stations in different locations sound much alike (e.g., KAI 927 and KIQ 999). If anyone has more detailed information on the systems (tone combinations etc.) used by different pagers, I and others would appreciate hearing about it. Not to be confused with the 35-MHz pagers are the mobile phones that operate in the same range (though seldom on the same freqs). They use a set of tones to activate the mobile ringing circuit in the desired unit. They're distinctive enough once heard though. I hope that this answer most of the inquiries I've been getting on these. What used to be about the easiest DX to ID has now turned into almost the most difficult (though still the most often heard). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More bad news for WWV - it seems as though WWV may discontinue the 14- min after propagation forecasts by October this year. They claim that most former users now rely on satellites. 73,
WA5IYX