Cleveland National Forest frequencies
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:49 pm
I live up in the Cleveland National Forest, in El Cariso Village. Here are the US Forest Service channels I have in my scanner. They use CTCSS tones to reduce interference and control the repeaters. The CTCSS tones are usually the ones listed below, but they change them occasionally as needed. Radio Reference has the full tone list and other information at http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=4301
* 168.15 MHz "Admin Net", CTCSS 103.5 Hz (tone 8) -- mostly used by the rangers. For example, I've heard them running the plates of vehicles they have stopped.
* 168.75 MHz "Forest Net", CTCSS 103.5 Hz (tone 8) -- used by the firefighters for fires as well as accidents on Ortega Highway.
* 171.425 MHz "Forest Net" CTCSS 127.3 Hz (tone 12) -- I think this is a new frequency for a local repeater, it came in very strong during a recent frequency sweep.
* 168.15 MHz "Admin Net", CTCSS 103.5 Hz (tone 8) -- mostly used by the rangers. For example, I've heard them running the plates of vehicles they have stopped.
* 168.75 MHz "Forest Net", CTCSS 103.5 Hz (tone 8) -- used by the firefighters for fires as well as accidents on Ortega Highway.
* 171.425 MHz "Forest Net" CTCSS 127.3 Hz (tone 12) -- I think this is a new frequency for a local repeater, it came in very strong during a recent frequency sweep.