[MilCom] Army National Guard Radio Nets?

Ken rfinder1 at verizon.net
Sun Apr 2 13:51:49 EDT 2006


Another under reported, or should I say not reported to the list! is the 
various States Army National Guard Radio Nets.

We know for example that the MA Army National Guard uses 142.35 Repeater as 
a statewide linking system.  I'd assume that every state has a stateside 
network that links all national guard armories with the state 
headquarters/emergency operations center.

One of the first nationwide publications to identify potential states ARNG 
radio networks by state was Grove's "Military Frequency Directory" 2nd 
edition.

So here's the potential frequency ranges by states:  (VHF low band:  30-60 
mhz, VHF high band (12.5 khz spacing) 138-144, 148-150.8 mhz)  Also see: 
http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtMilVHF.html

Additionally Tom Kneitel's "The 'Top Secret' Registry of U.S. Government 
Radio Frequencies" 8th edition indicates that 17 VHF high band radio 
frequencies were allocated nationwide to Army National Guard units.  Mobile 
convoys would be operating on the VHF low band.

Alaska:  unknown, may be primairly a SSB HF net, with mix of low band VHF & 
highband VHF
Alabama:  VHF high band
Arizona:  VHF high band
California:  VHF high band, UHF aero NFM authorizations
Colorado:  VHF high band
Connecticut:  VHF high band
Delaware:  VHF high band
District of Columbia:  Washington Area Trunked Radio System?
Florida:  VHF high band
Georgia:  VHF low band & VHF high band
Hawaii:  unknown, islands where going to be linked by a new SSB HF system
Idaho:  UHF, probably a mix VHF low/high band
Illinois:  unknown, but may be VHF low band
Indiana:  VHF high band
Iowa:  VHF high band
Kansas:  VHF high band
Kentucky:  unknown, possibly VHF high band
Louisiana:  VHF high band
Maine:  VHF high band
Maryland:  VHF high band
Massachusetts:  VHF low band repeaters/simplex, VHF highband repeater cross 
band links, also sprint/nextel, MSP trunk, FRS radios for tactical training.
Michigan:  unknown, but probably VHF high band as well as MSP trunk radio 
system
Minnesota:  VHF high band
Mississippi:  VHF high band
Missouri:  VHF low band, perhaps some tie ins/cross band to VHF high band?
Montana:  VHF high band
Nevada:  unknown, but most likely mixture of VHF low band & VHF high band
New Hampshire:  VHF high band
New Jersey:  VHF high band, probably has talk group on NJSP trunking system
New Mexico:  unknown. probably a mixture of VHF low band & VHF high band
New York:  VHF high band
North Carolina:  VHF high band
North Dakota:  VHF high band
Ohio:  unknown, probably VHF high band
Oklahoma:  VHF high band
Oregon:  VHF high band
Pennsylvania:  VHF high band
Rhode Island:  VHF high band
South Carolina:  VHF high band
South Dakota:  VHF high band
Tennessee:  VHF low band & VHF high band
Texas:  VHF high band
Utah:  VHF high band
Vermont:  unknown, but may be VHF high band
Virginia:  VHF high band
Washington:  VHF high band
West Virginia:  VHF high band
Wisconsin:  unknown, but most likely VHF low band

Remember in previous posts I've provided potential ARNG aviation frequencies 
(air/ground).  Also a simple google search for XXXX Army National Guard 
(XXXX= appropriate state) should provide you with a link that may show the 
actual unit locations.  Generally I would suspect that the best time to 
monitor for potential ground base radio nets frequencies would be during 
weekend training.  Aero training take place also during the week. 
Additionally there is a full time ARNG staff both as technicians & special 
active duty that provides maintenance, security, & administration during the 
week, so it is also possible that some of the nets will be active.

Please post your findings to this list, especially the ARNG ground based 
nets.  Should be an interesting monitoring challenge for all!!!

Ken


 




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