[Scan-DC] Pike Electric of Mt. Airy NC Utility Crew

[John Wilson]

  Pike Electric is a major semi-permanent subcontractor to Va. Power and 
Appalachian Power.  After the last hurricane they were the ones who did 
99% of the power restoration work in my area of southside Va.  They did 
an excellent job reinstalling damaged power poles/cable in swamy areas.  
They use several on site crews in an area who are very active with truck 
radios on various 49 mhz. frequencies using pl 67.0.  A local on site 
supervisor typically uses one of the 49 mhz. frequencies as a temporary 
repeater for all the crews comms. Individual crews use other 49 mhz. 
frequencies simplex.   Because they do so much work in Va. they have a 
couple of permanent 49 mhz. repeaters in SW Va. on Brumley Mountain.   A 
radio tech makes a weekly circuit to various on site crew locations to 
repair, replace or deal with any radio problems.  49 mhz. seemed to 
suffice for all their on site comms.  I never saw any HTs or heard any 
UHF comms.  I had a chance to talk to the crew who was working on 
restoring power on my street and check out their radios.  Their only 
radio activity was on 49 mhz.

b_thom at juno.com wrote:

>I haven't seen them, but I'm sure there around. Thanks to my policy of
>never throwing anything away, I can post this message again, with a
>little editing.
>
>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: b_thom at juno.com
>To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:14:28 -0400
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Pike Electric of Mt. Airy NC Utility Crew
>
>On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:56:40 -0400 b_thom at juno.com writes:
>
>A power line repair organization often seen in these parts in the
>aftermath of strong storms is Pike Electric of Mt. Airy NC. Mt. Airy is
>in Surry County, North Carolina. Gullfoss
>shows that Pike Electric has the call signs KCZ795, WPTF384,  WNFM258 ,
>and  WNFE468 for service type IG.
>
>http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/genmen/index.hts
>
>http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/genmen/state_county.hts
>
>Let's see what's there:
>
>KCZ795
>49.46
>49.48
>49.50
>49.52
>49.54
>49.58
>
>WPTF384
>461.0375
>461.0625
>461.0875
>461.1125
>461.1375
>461.1625
>461.1875
>461.2125
>461.2375
>461.2625
>461.2875
>461.3125
>461.3375
>466.3625
>461.3625
>
>WNFM258
>452.20
>49.52
>49.54
>49.58
>
>WNFE468
>461.225
>464.025
>
>Watch out for falling trees.
>
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