EMPORIA RADIO

WEB SITE OF SCANNERS AND AMATEUR RADIO IN KS

created in  October  2002   By Eric Burris, KC0LDT.  Updates will be done as I find more good frequencies, etc
Updated last on Febuary 6, 2009

 The purpose of this site is to present information about my favorite scanners and ham radio equipment,  antennas, and radio frequencies for Lyon county area. Make sure to visit the links at the bottom of the page for more info on antennas,  frequencies, and radios.

Here's a list of  frequencies for the Lyon county area.  Also will be surrounding counties within range of a base antenna in Emporia. Repeater outputs listed before the inputs, than the pl tones if found.  [ 000.000/ 000.000 pl 131.8 ] for example

THIS IS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER RAILFANS WHILE RAILFANNING.

154.570 Railfan 1/Blue (MURS Wideband) (Fanning Tac.)
151.880 Railfan 2/Red (MURS Narrowband) (Fanning Tac.)
462.6125 Railfan 3/Green (FRS/GMRS Ch3/Code 12) (Fanning Tac.)
462.6375 Railfan 4/Orange (FRS/GMRS Ch4/Code 25) (Fanning Tac.)
462.6625 Railfan 5/Purple (FRS/GMRS Ch5/Code 33) (Shows Common)
146.490 Railfan 6/Black (2 Meter)(Fanning Tac.)
146.565 Railfan 7/Tan (2 Meter)(Shows Common)
446.050 Railfan 9/Silver (440) (Fanning Tac.)
27.075 Railfan 10/Yellow (CB Channel-10)(Fanning Tac.)
223.630 Railfan 11/Gold (220)(Fanning Tac.)
1294.425 Railfan 12/White (1.2)(Fanning Tac.)

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway  (BNSF)

BNSF 160.650 CH36 Emporia subdivision
BNSF 161.145 CH69 Topeka subdivision
BNSF 161.055 CH63 (new channel) La Junta subdivision, (old ch55 160.935)
BNSF 161.370 CH84 Emporia yard ch.

BNSF 452.900 tower repeater from Olivet, Ks radio. It relays most areas between Kansas City and Emporia. This repeater link is on a beam antenna from Olivet, KS to Emporia, if you are not in the path of the signal you won't hear it.

BNSF  160.425  PBX  CHANNEL (phone patch)  sometimes simplex two way talk .  This is used from Emporia west on the Emporia sub.
160.335  PBX used east of Emporia.
BNSF  CH60  161.010  Maintenance channel for times of  heavy maintenace

VTR (Voice Train Reporting) 160.620 repeater output.  This is for submitting train info through a voice recognition computer system.  TX CH90 RX CH15

PUBLIC SERVICE

Note:  KHP and KDOT are on the new digital trunking system now.
only the latest top of the line scanners will receive this.
See Radio Reference at the bottom of page for more information.

LYON COUNTY SHERIFF 453.400 / 458.400 PL179.9
NORTHERN LYCO SHERIFF AND FIRE 453.025 / 458.025 PL192.8
EMPORIA POLICE PRIMARY 460.200 / 465.200 PL156.7
EMPORIA POLICE TAC1  453.925  / 458.925 PL156.7
EMPORIA POLICE INVESTIGATIONS 453.100 PL131.8
EMPORIA POLICE ADMINISTRATION 453.625 PL146.2
EMPORIA FIRE/EMS PRIMARY 453.775 / 458.775 PL102.8
EMPORIA FIRE/EMS TAC1 SIMPLEX (DIRECT)460.050  PL97.4
EMPORIA FIRE/EMS TAC2 REPEATER 460.400 / 464.400 PL ?
EMPORIA EMS 460.125 / 465.125 PL103.5

UNUSED NOW  CH 3 EMPORIA POLICE 453.650 / 458.650 PL156.7

ESU POLICE 155.055 / 153.185 PL77.0
TURNPIKE HIGHWAY PATROL 154.680 / 158.910 PL151.4
MUTUAL AID STATEWIDE 155.475

AMATEUR RADIO
VHF-UHF

Ham radio is very important for emergency communications and for weather spotting.  Mainly useful for the radio hobbyist  to talk  and meet other people around the  world and experiment with radios and antennas.  For more info for beginners view this page at ARRL

Here is the Kansas Amateur Repeater Council they have the up to date repeater listings.

Missouri Amateur Repeater Council

2 meters ham radio is 144-148Mhz
EMPORIA (K0HAM) EARS [Emporia Amateur Radio Society]  146.985 - repeater
EMPORIA K0HAM SUNFLOWER INTERLINK REPEATER  443.975+  pl tone 131.8

146.520 National Simplex , also the nightly ragchew  frequency for the (not EARS related) group from  Emporia to Topeka from 7pm to 10pm every night.

other popluar simplex frequencies are:  146.415, 146.490, 146.565
146.580 

147.540 KC0LDT EMPORIA ECHOLINK simplex link station with a node #30541.  I talk around the World while portable with the use of Echolink, that goes through the internet to connect to other stations on the computer, on other radio link systems, and Echolinked repeaters.  This link is open to others that are courtious and who follows the rules.  My Echolink is a part time station.

Here is some courtesy beeps for Echolink:  repeater beep1,   beep2,   beep3, beep4, beep5, beep6, beep7,  beep8, Railroad Chirping Beep    if you have some please email them to me.  I love to have more to choose from.

10 meters ham radio is 28Mhz to 29.7Mhz and Phone(voice) is from 28.3 to 29.7 and  National FM simplex is 29.6Mhz
most 10m  FM repeaters are on 29.62, 29.68,  29.66, 29.64 

The best time to monitor 10 meters is during the winter as the conditions causes the band to "open up" and the "skip" rolls in from thousands of miles, same as the 11meter (CB) band.

6 meters is from 50-54mhz  and  national  FM simplex is 52.525.  Monitor 6m when the solar activity increases as solar activity causes the signals to propagate up to thousands of miles, the same with 10m or lower frequencies in the HF and Shortwave bands.

1.25 meters band is from 222-225Mhz.  While not as popular as 2m , 6m, 10m is still in use in some areas.  223.5 is the FM simplex.

BUSINESS BAND FREQUENCIES FOR EMPORIA, KS **UPDATED**

* means interesting ones

Roadside Inn Express 154.570 PL74.4
BLUESTEM FARM & RANCH  467.8750
*CABLE ONE 151.835 PL162.2
*Westar Gas and Electricity Motarola 900mhz Trunk frequences: 935.9750, 936.0000, 936.3875, 936.4000, 936.4875, 936.5000, 936.9000

found talkgroups are: 12368, 58928, 12336, 12496, 13264,

* SHELLERS LANDSCAPING  461.950 / 466.950 (I mistaken they still use their radios alot. they also do snow removal)
 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 464.700 / 469.700 [ if you rent from them it's nice to know what the maintenance and management is doing ;)] The company downsized as the head maintenance guy quit and the owner relied on him for much of the financial bookwork.  They don't manage but a few houses and Broadview Towers.  I don't think they use the radios at all anymore.

C & C COMMUNICATIONS 463.200  / 468.200 (ACTUAL USER UNKOWN)
* WILLIAMS AUTOMOTIVE / TOWING 452.750 / 457.750 PL192.8
* WALMART 154.570, they now use 154.600
McDONALDS OF EMPORIA 154.600 OUTPUT
HARDEES FOOD SYSTEMS 460.8875 / 465.8875
NEWMAN'S HOSPITAL SECURITY MOSTLY INVERSION SCRAMBLED (STRAWDER SECURITY AT THE HOSPITAL ) 460.700
USD 253 BUSES 155.175 / 158.88 INPUT
USD 253 154.515 MAINTENANCE
* USD 253 EMPORIA HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SECURITY 152.270 /  157.530  PL136.5
USD 253 (USES UNKNOWN POSSIBLY MAINTENANCE)159.975, 157.590, 158.385,  159.525
LYON CO ROAD AND BRIDGE 156.195
EMPORIA UTILITIES 155.760 / 153.965
D & Z CAB COMPANY 464.975 / 469.975 

NOTE:  THERE ARE MANY MORE BUSINESS FREQUENCIES ON THE FCC DATABASE, I AM ONLY PUTTING THE MORE INTERESTING ONES HERE.  THERE ARE ALSO BUSINESS THAT MIGHT NOT BE LICENSED AS THEY ARE NOT FOUND IN THE FCC DATABASE.  BLUSTEM IS NOT FOUND, WATTS CAB IS NOW D&Z CAB BUT LICENSE NOT UPDATED.

MURS (MULTI -USE RADIO SERVICE) LICENSE FREE FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS USE
2 watts power output
151.820, 151.88, 151.940, 154.570, 154.600

WIRELESS MICROPHONES USED BY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS AUCTIONEERS, D.J.S, CHURCHES
169.445, 169.505, 170.245, 170.305, 171.045, 171.105, 171.845, 171.905

Other railroad frequencies that can be heard when the troposheric ducting  is right is:

UP 160.410 Coffeyville sub ch20
UP 160.470 Cherokee sub ch24
UP 160.515 Kansas City sub ch27
UP 161.550 Herington sub ch96
BNSF 160.695 Fort Scott sub ch39
BNSF 160.590 Arkansas City sub ch30
BNSF 161.160 St. Joseph sub
KCS 160.260 Pittsburg sub  dispatcher to train  ch10
KCS 160.350 Pittsburg sub train to dispatcher  ch16

USEFULL MILITARY FREQUENCIES FOR KANSAS AND MISSOURI

Frequencies in bold are known to be active and can be heard from 50 miles away or more  when they are airborne.  Also these are the ones I hear the most from Emporia, KS

ALL THE FREQUENCIES ARE "AM" MODE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  MOST SCANNERS WON'T GO ON AM AT THESE FREQUENCIES.

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OTHER SITES WITH USEFUL INFORMATION:
THE RADIO REFERENCE · DPD Productions · LIVE RAILROAD RADIO · SCANNER TIPS FOR THE RAILFAN! · STRONG SIGNALS (SCANNER SITE) · NATIONAL ELECTRONICS · HAMCITY · The Antenna Farm · SMILEY ANTENNA CO  · AC6V AMATUER RADIO ENCYCLOPEDIA · AMATEUR ELECTRONICS SUPPLY · EHAM (AMATUER RADIO INFORMATION SITE) · Echolink · FCC FREQUENCY DATABASE SEARCHES ·  MOBILE SCANNER AND RADAR DETECTOR LAWS · The Antennawarehouse

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