<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>I live in California , Barstow in San Bernardino County to be exact.</div><div>Most of the county has gone to 800 my trunking radios.</div><div>The California Hiway Patrol is in low band 6 meters 42 - 48 mhz.</div><div><br></div><div>Jock KC6IIH </div><div>President</div><div>Barstow Amateur Radio Club WA6TST www.wa6tst.org </div><div>We again will be W6E for the Route 66 On The Air Special Event starting September 10 and ending on the 18 th.</div><div>See www.w6jbt.org for more information.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Mike McRoberts <mike@mcrhome.com> <br>Date:09/04/2016 4:38 PM (GMT-08:00) <br>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> <br>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] trying to put in local police frequencies <br><br>I can't speak for the rest of the US, but in California, all of the<br>County Communications centers have a low band VHF frequency they use<br>for mutual aid in the event of a major disaster; such as an<br>earthquake. Although seldom used, they are tested frequently.<br><br>Mike<br><br>Mike<br>-<br>about.me/kd6ftr<br><br><br>On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Tom Consodine via chirp_users<br><chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:<br>> The 30-50 MHz band is VHF, not HF. It is commonly called VHF Low Band.<br>> It is extensively used by the military and in the past was extensively<br>> used for private land mobile radio. Nowdays there are not that many<br>> public safety users there in many areas.<br>><br>> Tom ND5Y<br>><br>> On 09/02/2016 01:01 PM, Lee Houde wrote:<br>>> Are you sure about that frequency? 39.82000 is a HF frequency; it is<br>>> very unlikely any municipal agencies would use HF, more likely they<br>>> would be using VHF, UHF or SHF. Maybe you meant 139.82000 or 439.82000?<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> chirp_users mailing list<br>> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com<br>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users<br>> This message was sent to Mike/KD6FTR at mike@mcrhome.com<br>> To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com<br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com<br>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users<br>This message was sent to Jock at kc6iih@aol.com<br>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com<br></body>