NCAA Final Four 2011

This pages relates to the 2011 NCAA Final Four that occurred in Houston, Texas on March 31 through April 4, 2011.

Public Safety

154.9500  M  127.3 PL  Texas Law 2 (downtown, weak/broken voice)
155.4750  M            Texas Law 3 (downtown, weak/broken voice, analog)
158.7375  M            P25?
161.2050  M  146.2 PL  Amtrak Police Car-to-Car (bomb detection canines)
460.2250  M  123.0 PL  Houston Police Ch. A8/B8 Car-to-Car (setting up helicopter video downlink to GRB)
460.3500  R  123.0 PL  Houston Police Ch. A7/B7 Special Operations (downtown)
460.3750  M  123.0 PL  Houston Police Ch. B2 Tactical 1 (30-Y-xx units downtown, 79-Y-02 downtown, Reliant Park command post)
460.5250  R  123.0 PL  Houston Police Ch. B3 Tactical (patched with 170.725, Reliant Park command post)
460.5750  R  127.3 PL  Houston Fire/EMS Ch. A5 Tactical (GRB command post, Reliant Park command post)

Federal

165.8250  M   060 NAC  ICE?
165.8375  M     CSQ    ICE? DHS Common, downtown
167.1625  M   650 NAC  ATFE Tactical 1, downtown
167.2375  M   167 NAC  FBI downtown, encrypted
168.7625  M   167 NAC  FBI downtown, encrypted
170.3750  M   167 NAC  FBI, encrypted
170.7250  R   653 NAC  Federal Interoperability Houston Command (FBI Ch. L1)
170.8625  M   167 NAC  FBI*, some encryption
171.2000  M            DOE? NEST? downtown (analog voice, also P25?)
171.4375  R   653 NAC  Federal Interoperability Houston Patch (FBI Ch. L2) - tested but not used for interop
171.6125  M   167 NAC  FBI* downtown, some encryption
171.6875  M   167 NAC  FBI* downtown, some encryption
172.2125  R   167 NAC  FBI* units working at Final Four venues, some encryption
172.2875  M?  167 NAC  FBI* units working at Final Four venues

(* These FBI frequencies appear to all transmit together.)

Reliant Park Events

123.3250  M     CSQ    MetLife Blimp "Snoopy 2"

Downtown Events

Downtown Attraction Conventional Frequencies

461.0375  M   205 DPL  NCAA Final Four Dribble
461.0625  M   223 DPL  NCAA Final Four Dribble
461.1375  M   152 DPL  CSC Event Security (Discovery Green)
464.3250  M   732 DPL  stage setup, production (Discovery Green)
464.4875  M   413 DPL  vendor (Discovery Green)
464.6000  M   072 DPL  ? (4/4/2011)

FleetTalk (Downtown Houston #3) Trunked Radio System

0-01-160  buses "transportation office"
0-01-190  buses to/from GRB
0-01-197  buses to/from Reliant Park

Miscellaneous

Private buses using their own bus-to-bus frequencies:

464.5500  M   023 DPL  buses
467.8125  M   445 DPL  buses