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*From [[Military Monitoring Glossary]]
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Welcome to the Military Monitoring Glossary. Every service has its own slang; as listeners in the public safety sector,
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we hear it all the time - 10 codes, abbreviations and more. The military service is no different; but as you begin to
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listen to this realm more closely, you realize that their slang is a lot more involved and complex.
  
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== U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region (R5) Description and Radio Systems Information ==
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This page doesn't attempt to define all the things you might hear - it would easily take a whole book to define that. But
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some of the more common phrases are defined here, along with a basic description. Some terms will link to external
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sites, others to other Wiki pages. 
  
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'''DESCRIPTION OF THE REGION'''
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The format used here is very simple - on purpose. This page should be as easy to search as it is to read. To that end,
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if you add another term, please stick to the format as much as possible. Keep it in alphabetical order, and it will
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remain easy to search.
  
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The Pacific Southwest Region covers most of California with the following exceptions:  the California portions of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, on the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts located in the Intermountain Region (R4) at the eastern boundary of California and two small portions of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in the Pacific Northwest Region (R6) at the northern boundary of California north of the Klamath River. A portion of the Klamath National Forest (Region 5) extends into Oregon in one location west of Interstate 5, southwest of Grants Pass, Oregon.  R5 extends into Nevada in two places, first the Nevada portion of the Inyo National Forest north of Bishop and the eastern portion of the Lake Tahoe Basin on the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit west of Carson City and Reno Nevada. 
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*"Cold Nose" or "Nose is Cold"
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**{{Thread|military-monitoring-forum|352788-meaning-nose-cold.html|Meaning: Nose is cold?}}
  
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The Pacific Southwest Region of the US Forest Service manages 20 million acres of National Forest land in California and assists the State and Private forest landowners in California, Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.  Eighteen national forests are located in this region, in the North Coast, Cascade, and Sierra Nevada ranges and from Big Sur to the Mexican border in the south Coast range.
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==Glossary==
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''Fire Management''
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* '''[[A/A]]''':  Air to Air
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**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
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The workload of Region 5 is heavy and complex.  Its fire management program is well known, with approximately 50% of the U.S. Forest Service budget for fire management being spent in the region. The total budget for wildland fire management by all fire agencies in California is more than the rest of the United States combined.  Southern California has the most wildland-urban interface land area of any locality in the U.S. and California has more wildland-urban interface than any other state. The interrelationship and juxtaposition of direct protection areas for the federal, state, county and municipal fire agencies is exceedingly complex in California, not because of land ownership patterns alone, but because of the presence of some of the most volatile vegetation in the world.  National Forests contain 6 million of the total 9 million acres of highly volatile brushland in California found mainly in the foothill country where urban expansion is increasing and many developments lack adequate protection against wildfire. Large areas of the state is covered with heavy chaparral, which includes drought resistant, evergreen bush species that contain an oil like sap that is explosive.  It is prone to "area ignition," where large areas of fuel ignite like a pool of gasoline.  The climate is a huge factor and the lower elevation of California is characterized as a "Mediterranean Climate," with relatively mild winters with hot, dry and long summers.
 
  
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Forest conditions, especially in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada, are of particular concern in Region 5. Dense and overgrown areas combined with the influx of people into California’s wildlands have created the potential for disastrous wildfires. Emphasis is being placed on actively managing forests by reducing dangerous accumulations of hazardous fuels to protect people, watersheds, and habitat
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California has the highest population for a state in the U.S., estimated to be 38 million people in 2014.  More money is spent on tourism in California than any other state.  Public land recreation use is very heavy, the most for any state in the western U.S.  This results in the most human caused wildland fires for any state.  The state has the most homes, over 3.8 million, in wildland-urban interface areas than any other state.  From the standpoint of property damage the most destructive in U.S. history occurred in California in 1991, the Oakland Hills fire only burned 1,520 acres, but  destroyed 3,354 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium buildings. Casualties included 25 fatalities and 150 injuries.  The economic loss has been estimated at $1.5 billion (2.5 billion in 2012 dollars).  In terms of economic loss, 7 of the top 10 fires in U.S. history have occurred in California. Unfortunately, 31% (330) of the wildland firefighter fatalities (1075) in modern U.S. history (1911 to present) have occurred in California, the most of any state. The state has the most human caused fires of any in the country, averaging close to 7,400 per year.  There are 10 Geographical Area Coordination Centers (GACCs) in the U.S. and the workload in California is great enough that two of them exist, Operations Northern California and Operations Southern California.     
 
  
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Fire management is not alone in the region's heavy workload.  The other functions of the agency face heavy pressure as well.  California is the nation's most populous state and outdoor, public land based, recreation is heavy.  Of he Forest Service's 9 regions 25% of the recreation on National Forest land in the U.S. occurs in R5  and about half of the public wildland recreation in the state. National Parks and other federal, state, county and private lands provide the remainder.  This volume of visitor use necessitates a large law enforcement program, with more Forest Service law enforcement officers per National Forest than any region. In addition to fire management, recreation and law enforcement, National Forests manage timber, grazing, watershed (protection and use), wildlife (includes fisheries), soils, roads and trails, facilities (ranger stations, fire stations, lookouts and communication sites), minerals (exploration and extraction) as well as land use (exchanges, purchases and special uses).  The workload and complexity of managing these varies by National Forest due to differences in location, topography, vegetation, precipitation, proximity to urban areas, etc. In California management of watersheds, roads and trails, facilities and land use management have the highest or close to the highest workload of any Forest Service region. 
 
  
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''Watershed''
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Watershed management on National Forest land is extraordinarily important to the economy of the state and to food supply in the U.S. and abroad.  California produces more than 400 crops. Of those, the following are commercially produced only in California:  almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, raisins, kiwifruit, olives, clingstone peaches, pistachios, dried plums, pomegranates, sweet rice, ladino clover seed, and walnuts. California grows nearly half of the nation’s fruits, vegetables and nuts.  California is the nation’s top agricultural state, and has been for more than 50 years. Agriculture
 
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generates approximately $37.5 billion a year, more than any other state.  Surface water run-off in California averages 71 million acre-feet per year. Annual water use is about 37 million acre-feet, of which 80 percent is used to irrigate crops. National forests supply 50 percent of the water in California, include the watersheds of most major aqueducts and more than 2,400 of the reservoirs throughout the state. Managing watershed to insure high quality water is a major focus of the U.S. Forest Service and saves billions of dollars in potential construction and maintenance costs for water treatment plants. Contributing half of the water for agricultural production in California is a major benefit of watershed management on National Forest land. 
 
  
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Special Uses:  the large population and National Forests in proximity of urban areas creates a heavy demand for a variety of uses of these federal lands. These are the uses that don't fit into the major uses of National Forest land, those being timber, range, watershed, recreation and wildlife.  Often these diverse needs require specific approval. /Special uses are diverse and are too numerous to list here.  Examples are water storage, water transmission, powerlines, outfitting and guiding, recreation; special events such as foot and bicycle races, and large gatherings of people such as weddings, social gatherings of reunions, religious groups, or large youth encampments, such as Boy and Girl Scouts; organizational camps, ski areas, telecommunications (including electronic sites), research including permanent facilities such as the Barcroft Lab in the White Mountains on the Inyo National Forest, photography, video productions, the filming of major movies, gathering forest products such as mistletoe and pine cones (large quantities not for personal use) and granting road and utility rights-of-ways.
 
  
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Lands & Real Estate: with the high demand for recreation, existence of some special areas in private ownership within National Forest boundaries and other resources on National Forest land the region has a very active Lands & Real Estate. This program is tasked with the following:  purchasing land to protect critical resource areas and provide increased public recreation opportunities,
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* '''[[Alpha]]''': Pilots use this term when describing general maintenance status of an aircraft. Problems are referred to as '''Writeups'''. Fighter Aircraft use the term '''Code''' for the same purpose. The term is followed by a number to describe the severity of the writeup
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exchanging and conveying lands to achieve a desired national forest landownership pattern that supports forest land and resource goals and objectives, conveying administrative sites to allow the agency to realign and enhance its asset portfolio, surveying national forest boundaries to identify and protect private and public lands, determining the market value of lands purchased, exchanged, or conveyed, accepting donations of land to protect archeological or historical sites; maintaining records of national forest land areas, land transactions, land status, permitted uses, and easements; and
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Wildlife & Plants:  more than 600 of the 800 species of fish and wildlife in California inhabit the national forests, making the Forest Service the single largest habitat manager in the state. National forests are also home to nearly 4,000 of the 6,500 native plants in California. National Forest land comprises the bulk of wildlife habitat in many states, especially for large mammals and threatened and endangered species. A high population has led to the loss of habitat in much of the state, putting additional pressure on the habitat of public land.  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has jurisdiction of the animal and the hunting or fishing of it.  The U.S. Forest Service has jurisdiction of the habitat or homes of the animal.  This requires close cooperation between these agencies.
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Range:  the United States has about 770 million acres of rangelands. Private individuals own more than half of the Nation's rangelands. The federal government manages 43 percent of the rangelands. State and local governments manage the remainder.  The Forest Service administers approximately 191 million acres of National Forest Systems lands. About half of this acreage, 96 million acres, is rangelands.  The Forest Service has undergone many changes in its management of rangelands. In the early 1800s, free forage on unclaimed public domain lands allowed the building of cattle and sheep empires. The ranges soon became over-grazed, overstocked, and overcrowded. Congress stepped in the early 1900s and designated the Forest Service as the pioneer grazing control agency. By 1906 to 1907, the Forest Service had established its system of range regulation. This includes permits, limits on herd size, grazing seasons, allotments, and rental fees.  Heavy recreation use results in conflicts between grazing permittees and visitors, an issue that is not as prominent in other regions. 
 
  
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Forest Management:  the overriding objective of the Forest Service's forest management program is to ensure that the National Forests are managed in an ecologically sustainable manner. The National Forests were originally envisioned as working forests with multiple objectives: to improve and protect the forest, to secure favorable watershed conditions, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use of citizens of the United States. Forest management objectives have since expanded and evolved to include ecological restoration and protection, research and product development, fire hazard reduction, and the maintenance of healthy forests. Guided by law, regulation, and agency policy, Forest Service forest managers use timber sales, as well as other vegetation management techniques such as prescribed fire, to achieve these objectives. These activities have captured substantial public attention, and in some cases, become hotly debated issues.  There is a great deal of pressure on this management function as recreation, wildlife, open space and scenic resources are especially valuable in California.
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This complexity, size and pressure on all the management functions on the National Forests in Region 5 have resulted in complex radio systems.  Each National Forest has a "forest net" and an "administrative net," both utilizing repeaters.  The forest net is usually the main communication channel for a National Forest, although on some forests fire and law enforcement use forest net and all other functions use the admin net.  Some forests have a separate "fire net."  Most forests have a "service net," which is used for communications between the incident command post and forest dispatcher with most of that being logistical in nature.  Cell phones have replaced this net where coverage is available, but service net is still used in cell phone dead zones.  The service nets are also available as a command for initial attack of large incidents or for portions of National Forests during multiple fire starts on a forest.  Two National Forests, the Klamath and Shasta-Trinity, have management unit or ranger district nets. Some forests link repeaters and remote bases with UHF radio (406-420 MHz) only or microwave only and some use a combination of both.  Region 5, like most regions, has a dedicated project net (168.6625 MHz), which is one simplex channel for the entire region.  This frequency can be used for both fire and non-fire day to day uses. The region is also building a state wide Forest Service law enforcement repeater network as well, that at this time will use a single frequency pair.  Some forests already have multiple repeaters on this net and more will be built to provide nearly the same coverage that the forest and admin nets provide now.  The buildout of this system could take decades given the budget climate of the federal government.
 
  
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The region has been assigned 3 unique tactical frequencies.  These have been used as supplements on extended attack and large, national, incidents since they were assigned to the region and NIFC Tacs 1-3, especially Tac 2, have been used for initial attack for as long they have existed.  The federal wildland fire and land management agencies (National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) are beginning to phase out the use of the NIFC tacticals for initial attack.  Region 5 does not appear to have started this effort yet. The BLM and U.S. Forest Service are getting frequency allocations so that each Forest Service region and each BLM State Office have a least three unique tactical frequencies separate from the 6 NIFC tacticals.  The future use of the NIFC frequencies will be reserved for use on "National Fires" only.  These are fires where a national Type I or Type II incident management team is in command.  Less complex and smaller incidents are managed by Type III, IV, and V command organizations and use locally available communications systems. Type III teams can request use of NIFC frequencies and equipment if needed.  In Region 5 the complexity and number of simultaneously occurring large incidents in proximity to each other creates a high potential of interference on tactical frequencies.  The 6 NIFC and 3 regional tacticals are sometimes insufficient to provide clear and effective communications for all incidents.  Unlike other regions that now have regional tactical frequencies the predominate use of R5's tacticals has been to supplement the NIFC system on large incidents.  With the advent of high channel capacity radios in the last 10-15 years a few forests now use them as additional tacticals, but the demand for these continues to be for large "national incidents." At some point in the future additional tactical frequency assignments may be in the picture for R5. 
 
  
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NIFC has a goal to provide 2 air to ground frequencies for each of the 105 interagency dispatch centers in the country and in the west has met this goal everywhere except California.. California has  been assigned 7 air to ground frequencies to provide 2 for each of 4 zones configured from north to south. These frequencies are for use by all of the federal land management agencies in those zones.  These 7 frequencies have been assigned from the list of 73 national air to ground frequencies.  All other Geographical Area Coordination Centers use the 5 original air to air FM tactics.  In California each National Forest has been assigned 2 unique air-air FM tactics frequencies.  It is not confirmed, but it is believed that these frequencies can be used by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as well. 
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Intra-crew communications in the Pacific Southwest Region take place on the region's project net or on one of the 4 frequencies on the National Intra-crew Communications Plan. The  Primary, Secondary and Tertiary crew net frequencies are restricted to use at incident scenes and National Crew net can be used on the crews home unit.  Intra-crew communications must be logistical and not tactical in nature.  The 6 NIFC and 3 regional tactical frequencies may not be used for intra-crew communications.
 
  
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The brand of handheld radio used by the U.S. Forest Service (and most wildland fire agencies as well) is Bendix King.  The model of BK radios most commonly used have a capacity of 16 groups of 16 channels each.  "Command" models with greater capacity are available as well.  These radios allow the user to select a CTCSS tone independently for each channel by selecting a number on the radio's keypad.  In Region 5, for the purposes of brevity and efficient use of repeater nets the name of the repeater is not voiced, rather the CTCSS tone number is announced (e.g., "Tone 9" instead of "Pine Mountain").  Cal Fire uses the same procedure.  Other federal agencies in the state and other areas of the country use the name of the repeater in most cases, although the announcement of the tone only is beginning to catch on in other areas.
 
  
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Unit identifiers in R5 use two systems, the''' function name''', district number, position number, system (e.g "Recreation 21" and "Wildlife 32"); and the district number, '''function number''' and position number - system (e.g. "261" and "631").  Function numbers vary from forest to forest. A directive was issued for all forests to use the first system, but some forests did not follow this direction and are using the second system.  Fire management on all National Forests use the first system with Chief, Division, Battalion, Superintendent, Captain, Engineer, Fuels, Engine, Patrol, Water Tender (large water trucks) Prevention, Dozer, Crew, Boat (patrol boat), Lead (plane - 5 plus pilot number), Air Attack (plus National Forest number), Recon (air patrol plane - each forest issued a series of numbers), Tanker (aircraft that dump retardant), Jumper (5 plus number assigned to aircraft) and Helicopter (500 series numbered north to south).  Dispatch centers identify by the National Forest name (e.g. "Plumas") when the center is not co-located with Cal Fire, with the exception of the Sierra National Forest.  Those co-located with Cal Fire identify with the city the center is located in (e.g. "Redding"). Call signs are the FCC license format (even though the federal government is not issued licenses by the FCC), example: "KMB670" for the Inyo National Forest communications center.   
 
  
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All functions use "clear text" and not the 10 codes ("10-4") except law enforcement officers who use the ten code, eleven code and the California Penal and Vehicle codes.  This allows them to interface with state/local officers. 
 
  
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U.S. Forest Service voice procedure is to pronounce the unit being called first, followed by the unit that is calling. The net name or channel is then given and finally the repeater tone being used if applicable. The unit called will then answer the call with its identifier only. When the conversation ends each unit signs off with their unit identifier.  Example: '''"Wildlife 2, Recreation 21''' (usually abbreviated as Rec 21), '''North, Tone 3"''' - "Wildlife 2" - '''"be advised I heard a spotted owl call near Inyo Craters last night"''' - "Copy, I will send Wildlife 23 and 24 there tonight" - '''"Copy, Rec 21"''', "Thanks Wildlife 2." The channel is not considered clear for someone else to use until both units clear by announcing their unit identifier. Dispatcher centers will announce the time and use the assigned call sign to clear, example "1536, KMB660." 
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This background information should allow the reader to understand the systems of each National Forest as listed below.
 
  
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== List of Forest Pages ==
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* Forest #01, KME 2-2, [[Angeles National Forest (CA)]] >>>> (temp: [[User:QDP2012/11]])
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* Forest #02, KME 2-3, [[Cleveland National Forest (CA)]] >>>> (temp: [[User:QDP2012/12]])
 
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* Forest #03, KMB 6-6-0, [[Eldorado National Forest (CA)]] >>>> (temp: [[User:QDP2012/13]])
 
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* Forest #04, KMB 6-7-0, [[Inyo National Forest (CA)]] >>>> (temp: [[User:QDP2012/14]])
 
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* Forest #05, KMB 6-8-0, [[Klamath National Forest (CA)]] >>>> (temp: [[User:QDP2012/15]])
 
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* Forest #19, KMB 6-6-4, [[Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (CA)]] >>>> (temp: [[User:QDP2012/15]])
 
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* Forest #06, KMB 6-9-0, [[Lassen National Forest (CA)]] >>>> (temp:[[User:QDP2012/16]])
 
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* Forest #07, KME 2-1, [[Los Padres National Forest (CA)]] >>>> (temp: [[User:QDP2012/17]])
 
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* Forest #08, KMB 7-1-0, [[Mendocino National Forest (CA)]] >>>> (temp: [[User:QDP2012/18]])
 
  
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== '''Modoc National Forest (MDF - Forest #09) KMB 700''' ==
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“The Smiles of Gods” is what the Native Americans, who first settled this land, called it. The forest is named for the county in which the greater part of the forest is situated. The county, in turn, is named after the Native American tribe, the Modocs.  The history of the Modoc National Forest begins with the setting aside of the forest reserves by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 at the request of the local ranchers. The forest covers 1,654,392 acres and is located on the on the huge Modoc Plateau where vegetation tends to be sparse.  Recreation use is low as compared to the other 17 National Forests in California with approximately 175,000 visits.  There are single developed recreation sites on National Forest land in California that have more visits.
 
  
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Separated from the more heavily populated and intensively used areas of the Sacramento Valley by the main Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, the Modoc lies in the extreme northeast corner of California. The topography is diverse, ranging from the forested Warner Mountain range in the east, to the high plateaus dominated by sage steppe and ancient lava flows around Alturas, and culminating at the Medicine Highlands (the largest shield volcano in North America) in the west.  The high desert climate in the valley areas consists of four distinct seasons and an average precipitation of 13 inches, a large part of which comes in the form of snow during the winter months of December to March.  Elevation levels in the Modoc range from 9,906 feet at Eagle Peak in the South Warner Wilderness, to 4,000 feet in the valleys.
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The Modoc National Forest is divided into the Warner Mtn. (District 3), Big Valley (District 4), Devil's Garden (District 5) and Doublehead Ranger Districts, with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Alturas. The Devil's Garden Ranger District is located in the Forest Supervisor's Office. 
 
  
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The Modoc has a Forest Net, Admin Net and Service Net with only 6 repeater sites, the fewest of any National Forest in Region 5.  The is a repeater for each net at each electronic site.  The Modoc's gentle terrain is such that higher points, a few of which have electronic sites on them, sites can "see" a great deal of land.  At least some of the sites are linked by microwave, but not much is known by hobbyists about the location of remote base stations and other design features of the system.
 
  
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The Modoc National Forest averages 103 wildland fires per year. The Lower Klamath Basin and Modoc National Wildlife Refuges average 8.6 fires per year. The Lava Beds National Monument averages 3.8 fires per year.
 
  
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The unit identifier system for non-fire management is unknown.  The Modoc Interagency Communications Center coordinates and dispatches resources to respond to wildland fires and all risk incidents within the Modoc National Forest, Lava Beds National Monument and the Lower Klamath Basin and Modoc National Wildlife Refuges.  Ranger District identifiers use the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6.  Lava Beds National Monument use the number 7 and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses the number 8.  It is unknown what number the identifiers of non-fire employees of the Supervisor's Office are based on. The identifier of the Communications Center is "Modoc."
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|2||1-8||168.7500||170.1750||MDF2 FrstNet Rpt||Modoc NF Forest Net Repeater
 
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|3||1||173.7875||173.7875||MDF3 Adm Dir||Modoc NF Admin Net Direct
 
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|4||1-8||173.7875||162.4875||MDF4 Adm Rpt||Modoc NF Admin Net Repeater
 
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|6||||168.0500||168.0500||MDF6 NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 
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|12||1-8||171.6250||164.2500||MDF12 NODFireR||BLM Northern California District Fire Net Repeater
 
−
|-
 
−
|13||||151.2500||151.2500||MDF13 LMU Dir||Cal Fire Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Local Direct
 
−
|-
 
−
|14||xx||151.2500||159.405||MDF14 LMU Rpt||Cal Fire Lassen-Modoc-Plumas Local Repeater
 
  
−
|}
+
* '''[[CCX]]''':  Cross Country (flight)
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
On Channels 1 & 3 Tone 1 (110.9) must be used to contact dispatch or a Ranger District office.
 
  
 +
* '''[[CGAS]]''':  Coast Guard Air Station
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, Untied States Coast Guard
  
−
'''Tones'''
 
  
−
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+
* '''[[CNATRA]]''':   Chief of Naval Air Training
−
|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |MDF Repeaters
+
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
−
!Tone
 
−
!Location
 
−
!CTCSS Tone
 
−
|-
 
−
|1||Channels 1&3||110.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|2||Sugar Hill||123.0
 
−
|-
 
−
|3||Likely Mtn.||131.8
 
−
|-
 
−
|4||49 Mtn.||136.5
 
−
|-
 
−
|5||Grouse Mtn.||146.2
 
−
|-
 
−
|6||Fire Repeater||156.7
 
−
|-
 
−
|7||Red Shale Butte||167.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|8||Widow Mtn.||103.5
 
  
−
|}
 
  
−
== '''Plumas National Forest (PNF - Forest #11) KMD 7-8-0''' ==
+
* '''[[Cold]]''':  In context; attack geometry will result in a pass or roll out behind the target; or, on a leg of the CAP pointed away from the anticipated threats. Air-to-surface, dry or no-ordnance attack.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The Plumas National Forest occupies 1,146,000 acres of scenic mountain lands in the northern Sierra Nevada.  Management of the Plumas National Forest has been the responsibility of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, since the Forest was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905.  Situated in the Sierra Nevada, just south of the Cascade Range, the Plumas is versatile in its land features, uncrowded, and enhanced by a pleasant climate. Outdoor enthusiasts are attracted year round to its many streams and lakes, beautiful deep canyons, rich mountain valleys, meadows, and lofty peaks.  Beginning in the foothill country near Lake Oroville, the Plumas extends through heavily timbered slopes and into the rugged high country near U.S. Highway 395. State Highway 70 between Oroville and U.S. Highway 395 provide year round access, and State Highway 89 provides convenient connections through Tahoe.
 
  
−
The Plumas National Forest is divided into the Beckworth (District 1), Mt. Hough ("Huff") (District 2) and Feather River (District 3)  Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Quincy.
+
* '''[[Crab Ops]]''': (C-130J aircraft), Raven Ops for 104th Fighter Squadron A-10 aircraft at [http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&aid=1213 Martin State]
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
  
−
'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
+
* '''[[Crank]] (Direction)''':  F-Pole maneuver; implies illuminating target at radar gimbal limits.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The Forest has a Forest Net, an Admin Net, and a Service Net.  It is possible to use a direct (simplex) channel on the Service Net, but not on the other two repeater networks.  The Plumas used to link their repeaters with microwave and perhaps it is still in place, however,contacting the Ranger District offices and the dispatcher was possible on the simplex channel of each net.  The user selected the simplex net and the tone for the repeater site they were in range of allowing direct communications with all the offices and the Emergency Communications Center.  The radios could also switch to the repeater channel and use the same tone to key up the repeater.  Direct or simplex calling of the dispatcher and ranger stations is no longer available. 
 
  
−
'''Other'''   
+
* '''[[CRTC]]''':   Combat Readiness Training Center
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The unit identifier system for non-fire personnel on the Plumas is the function name, district number, position number system.  The Plumas National Forest Emergency Communications Center provides service to the Plumas NF only. It is only one of two such federal centers in California that do not provide service to other federal agencies or co-located with a Cal Fire ECC. The other dispatch center similar is the Stanislaus National Forest Dispatch Center.  The identifier used by the center is "Plumas."
+
===D===
 +
* '''[[Drag]]''' /Dragging (Direction): Bogey/Bandit maneuvering to 60 degress or less aspect.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
 +
===F===
 +
* '''[[F-Pole]]''':  The distance from the launching aircraft to the target at missile impact.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
'''Channel Plan'''
+
* '''[[FAC]]''':  Forward Air Controller
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
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+
* '''[[FACSFAC]]''': Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility -- See the [[Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility Virginia Capes|Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility Virginia Capes]] page
−
|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Plumas National Forest Channel Lineup'''
+
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
−
|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
−
|-
 
−
|1||1-14||170.5500||169.9000||PNF1 FrstRep||Plumas NF Forest Net Repeater
 
−
|-
 
−
|2||1-14||171.4250||172.3500||PNF2 AdmRpt||Plumas NF Admin Net Repeater
 
−
|-
 
−
|3||1-14||164.1250||164.8250||PNF3 Serv Rpt||Plumas NF Service Net Repeater
 
−
|-
 
−
|4||||164.1250||164.1250||PNF4 Serv Dir||Plumas NF Service Net Direct
 
−
|-
 
−
|5||||168.2000||168.2000||PNF5 NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
−
|-
 
−
|6||||167.5000||167.5000||PNF6 A/G14 CA2  P||National Air-Ground 14 CA2 Zone Primary
 
−
|-
 
−
|7||||168.0500||168.0500||PNF7 NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 
−
|-
 
−
|8||||168.6000||168.6000||PNF8 NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 3
 
−
|-
 
−
|9||||168.6625||168.6625||PNF9 R5 Proj||Region 5 Project
 
  
−
|}
+
* '''[[FSS]]''':    Flight Service Station
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
 +
===G===
 +
* '''[[Giant Killer]]''': Also written as Giantkiller; Callsign for the ground controller of the airspace within the [[FACSFAC]]
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
'''Repeaters'''
+
* '''[[Guard Frequency]]''': Emergency/Distress frequencies - 121.5/243.0
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, Aviation Frequencies, Military Frequencies
  
−
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+
===H===
−
|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |Plumas NF Repeaters
+
* '''[[Head Butt]]''': Command for an intercepting fighter to push an intruding aircraft toward a specific direction, e.g., head butt west/east etc.
−
!Tone
+
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
−
!Location
 
−
!CTCSS Tone
 
−
|-
 
−
|1||Black Mtn.||110.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|2||Sage Mtn.||123.0
 
−
|-
 
−
|3||Thompson Peak||131.8
 
−
|-
 
−
|4||Mills Peak||136.5
 
−
|-
 
−
|5||Kettle Rock||146.2
 
−
|-
 
−
|6||Mt. Hough||156.7
 
−
|-
 
−
|7||Dixie Mtn.||167.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|8||Claremont||103.5
 
−
|-
 
−
|9||Bloomer||100.0
 
−
|-
 
−
|10||Big Bar||107.2
 
−
|-
 
−
|11||Sunset||114.8
 
−
|-
 
−
|12||Pike Country||127.3
 
−
|-
 
−
|13||Lexington||141.3
 
−
|-
 
−
|14||Red Hill||151.4
 
  
−
|}
+
* '''[[Hot (slang)]]''':    In context; attack geometry will result in rollout in front of the target; or on a leg of the CAP pointing toward the anticipated threats (A/A). Ordnance employment authorized, expected, or completed (A/G).
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
== '''San Bernardino National Forest (BDF - Forest #12) KME 2-0''' ==
+
* '''[[Huntress]]''':  Static Callsign for the NORAD North East Air Defense Sector, Headquartered in Rome, NY.  Their official Website is [http://www.neads.ang.af.mil/ here.]
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
 +
===J===
 +
* '''[[JOSA]]''': Joint Operations Support Airlift. Coordinated and scheduled by JOSAC at HQ USTRANSCOM (United States Transportation Command) at Scott AFB, Illinois. Their official website is [https://josac.transcom.mil/ here]
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The Forest Reserve Act was passed in 1891, giving the president authority to "set apart and reserve, in any state or territory having public land bearing forests . . ..as public reservations."  From this act was born the San Bernardino Forest Reserve, which became the San Bernardino National Forest in 1907. The San Bernardino National Forest as public land was set aside for the conservation of natural resources such as trees, water, minerals, livestock range, recreation, or wildlife.
+
* '''[[Joker (fuel)]]''':  Prebriefed fuel state above Bingo at which separation/bugout/event termination should begin.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The San Bernardino National Forest encompasses 677,982 acres and is made up of two main divisions, the San Bernardino Mountains on the easternmost of the Transverse Ranges, and the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains on the northernmost of the Peninsular Ranges. Elevations range from 2,000 to 11,499 feet (600 to 3505 m). The forest includes five wilderness areas: San Gorgonio, Cucamonga, San Jacinto, Santa Rosa and Bighorn Mountain.
+
* '''[[JRB]]''':   Joint Reserve Base
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument is located on the southern portion of the Forest. The National Monument’s boundary encompasses about 280,000 acres, including 67,000 acres within the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest, and 97,000 acres within the Bureau of Land Management’s California Desert Conservation Area. The National Monument includes two federal wilderness areas-- the Santa Rosa Wilderness and the San Jacinto Wilderness--as well as lands owned and administered by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, municipalities of the Coachella Valley and private landowners.
+
===K===
 +
* '''[[KIO]]''':  Knock It Off - Terminate all in progress engagements.  
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The Forest is divided into the Frontcountry (District 1), Mountain Top (District 3) and San Jacinto (District 5) Ranger Districts. A consolidation reduced the number of districts from 5 to 3 in 1996.  The Frontcountry District (Lytle Creek Ranger Station) is a combination of the former Cajon (D3 - Lytle Creek) and San Gorgonio (D4 - Mill Creek Ranger Station) districts.  The Mill Creek ranger station is still being maintained and used for public information and as a work center.  The Mountain Top District (Fawnskin Ranger Station) is a combination of the former Arrowhead (D1 - Skyforest Ranger Station) and the Big Bear District (D2 - Fawnskin) districts. The Skyforest Ranger Station is still being maintained as a fire station.  The Forest Supervisor's Office is located in San Bernardino just west of the airport. 
+
===L===
 +
* '''[[Lima Charlie]]''':  Loud and Clear
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
+
===M===
 +
* '''[[Metro]]''': The place pilots call in for weather and landing information. Mostly a military term, as a civilian pilot might call a Flight Service Station for similar information. '''Meteo''' is a similar term.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
Most of the radios on the forest have the first 11 frequencies in common.  Each ranger district works with different state and local agencies so their channel lineups will be different. For example the Frontcountry Ranger District borders the direct protection area of the Cal Fire San Bernardino Unit and the San Jacinto Ranger District borders the direct protection of the Cal Fire Riverside Unit. Many fires start out in a local jurisdiction, move uphill into Cal Fire protected land and eventually to the National Forest. This forest has Forest, Admin and Service Nets, the latter being shared between the Angeles, San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests. The Forest Net is the only net with the capability for direct or simplex communication.  Two channels allow repeater communication with the Angeles and Cleveland National Forests.
+
* '''[[MARSA]]''': '''M'''ilitary '''A'''ssumes '''R'''esponsibility for '''S'''eparation of '''A'''ircraft - usually a tower or Unicom freq will keep 2 or more aircraft from getting too close to one another. When this announcement is given, a military unit assumes command of these aircraft and performs the same function.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
'''Other'''
+
* '''[[MIL Power]]''': Military Power - The maximum power setting of a military jet aircraft without afterburner
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The San Bernardino National Forest is dispatched by the San Bernardino Federal Interagency Communications Center located in the Forest Supervisor's Office.  This is the most active federal land management dispatch facility in the U.S.  It provides all risk, 24 hour per day, 365 day dispatching for the San Bernardino National Forest, the BLM California Desert District, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Death Valley National Park each of which host heavy recreation use, not only in the summer, but in the winter as well; and the BIA Southern California Agency, a group of small Indian Reservations. It also provides night coverage for the Inyo National Forest.  The area served by the FICC covers approximately 30 million acres in five separate counties, reaching to the Arizona, Nevada and Mexico borders. These are the resources the center dispatches 100 + Law Enforcement Officers, 7 Special Agents, 35 Fire Stations, 7 Active Fire Lookouts, 20 Fire Prevention Units, 6 Hand Crews, 1 Fuels Crew, 3 Helicopters, 2 Air Tankers, 1 Helitanker, 1 Air Attack, 1 LE Patrol Plane, 1 Dozer and 1 Air Tanker Base.  Law enforcement activities tend to be busiest in the winter and spring, and fire activities are busiest in the summer and fall months.  The identifier for the federal center is "San Bernardino." 
+
* '''[[MOA]]''': Military Operations Area
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
 +
* '''[[MOC]]''':  Maintenance Operations Command
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
 +
* '''[[Mussel Ops]]''':  Callsign used by the helicopters of the 1st Helo Squadron at Andrews
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, (match categories on Andrews article)
  
−
'''Channel Plan'''
+
===N===
 +
* '''[[NORAD]]''': See the [[North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)]] page
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary (match categories on NORAD article
  
 +
===P===
 +
* '''[[POL]]''':  Petroleum, Oils and Luibricants. These are the guys the fuel the aircraft and maintain the vehicle fleet fuel supply IE Gasoline
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
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+
===R===
−
|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''San Bernardino National Forest Channel Lineup'''
+
* '''[[RDR]]''':  Radar
−
|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
+
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
−
|-
 
−
|1||||171.4750||171.4750||BDF1 FrstDir||San Bernardino NF Forest Net Direct
 
−
|-
 
−
|2||2-9,11-14||171.4750||169.8750||BDF2 FrstRpt||San Bernardino NF Forest Net Repeater
 
−
|-
 
−
|3||2-9,11-14||172.2250||169.9250||BDF3 AdmRpt||San Bernardino NF Admin Net Repeater
 
−
|-
 
−
|4||2,3,6||164.1250||164.8250||BDF4 ServRpt||San Bernardino NF Service Net Repeater
 
−
|-
 
−
|5||||167.6625||168.6625||BDF5 R5 Prjct||Region 5 Project Net
 
−
|-
 
−
|6||||169.1125||169.1125||A/G 59 CA4 P||National Air-Ground CA Zone 4 Primary
 
−
|-
 
−
|7||||168.0500||168.0500||NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 
−
|-
 
−
|8||||168.2000||168.2000||NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
−
|-
 
−
|9||||168.6000||168.6000||NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
 
−
|-
 
−
|10||ANF 1-4, 6-14||172.3750||169.9500||ANF Frst Rpt||Angeles NF Forest Net Repeater
 
−
|-
 
−
|11||CNF 1-12||168.7500||171.4250||CNF Frst Rpt||Cleveland NF Forest Net Repeater
 
  
−
|}
+
* '''[[RTB]]''':  Return to Base (The abbreviation is used as a verb...I'm RTBing, He RTBed)
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
 +
===S===
 +
* '''[[Sparkle]]''':  Target marking by incendiary rounds or infrared pointer.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
'''Repeaters'''
+
* '''[[Shackle]]''':  One weave; a single crossing of flight paths; maneuver to adjust/ regain formation parameters.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
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+
* '''[[SUA]]''':   Special Use Airpsace
−
|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |BDF Repeaters
+
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
−
!Tone
 
−
!Location
 
−
!CTCSS Tone
 
−
|-
 
−
|1||Not Assigned||110.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|2||Cajon||123.0
 
−
|-
 
−
|3||Strawberry||131.8
 
−
|-
 
−
|4||Keller||136.5
 
−
|-
 
−
|5||Bertha||146.2
 
−
|-
 
−
|6||Onyx||146.7
 
−
|-
 
−
|7||Santa Rosa||167.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|8||Black||103.5
 
−
|-
 
−
|9||San Sevaine||100.0
 
−
|-
 
−
|10||Not Assigned||107.2
 
−
|-
 
−
|11||Tahquitz||114.8
 
−
|-
 
−
|12||Rodman||127.3
 
−
|-
 
−
|13||Santiago||141.3
 
−
|-
 
−
||14||Pine Cove||151.4
 
  
−
|}
+
===T===
 +
* '''[[Tac]]''':  Tactical freqs mentioned in this manner could have any number of uses.... mostly as assigned freqs to a particular squadron. For instance, the DC-ANG at Andrews has its own list of squadron tac freqs it uses on a regular basis and are preset in their VHF radios. Used for chat between aircraft while operating on another freq or used for operations when not being controlled by another facility.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, (other glossaries like Law Enforcement, Medical, Fire Services, etc.)
  
−
== '''Sequoia National Forest (SQF - Forest #13) KMB 7-4-0''' ==
+
* '''[[Tango]]''':  Thanks! / Thank you
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
On July 1, 1908 Theodore Roosevelt established the Sequoia National Forest from a portion of Sierra Forest Reserve by Presidential Proclamation. Because the Sierra Forest at that time was over six million acres, the Sequoia was administered as a separate unit known then as the Sierra South Reserve. In 1910 President Taft cut off the southern half of the Sierra and proclaimed it the Kern National Forest.  Five years later President Woodrow Wilson abolished the Kern Forest, drastically reduced its lands and designated what remained the Sequoia National Forest.and now the Forest covers 1,193,315 acres.  On April 15, 2000 Bill Clinton, by Presidential Proclamation, created the Giant Sequoia National Monument on two portions of the Sequoia National Forest, totaling 328,000 acres to be administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Forest. 
+
* '''[[TOI]]''': Target of Interest. An aircraft that has strayed into a restricted space, or more commonly, during an exercise, an aircraft selected by a controller to use as a practice for tracking
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The Sequoia is one of 18 National Forests in California. It takes its name from the giant sequoia, the world's largest tree, which grows in more than 30 groves in the forest's lower elevation slopes. The Sequoia's landscape is as spectacular as its trees. Soaring granite monoliths, glacier-carved canyons, roaring whitewater, and more await your discovery at the Sierra Nevada's southern end. Elevations range from 1,000 feet in the foothill region to peaks over 12,000 feet in the rugged high country, providing visitors with some of the most spectacular views of mountainous landscape in the entire west. It takes its name from the giant sequoia, the world's largest tree, which grows in more than 30 groves in the forest's lower elevation slopes. The greatest concentration of giant sequoia groves in the world. .  Protected within the Giant Sequoia National Monument, these groves and the areas around them are managed by the U.S. Forest Service for today and for future generations.  The Giant Sequoia (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'') groves are part of this National Forest's 196,000 acres of old growth forests.  The Sequoia's landscape is as spectacular as its trees. Soaring granite monoliths, glacier-carved canyons, roaring whitewater, and more await your discovery at the Sierra Nevada's southern end. Elevations range from 1,000 feet in the foothill region to peaks over 12,000 feet in the rugged high country, providing visitors with some of the most spectacular views of mountainous landscape in the entire west.
+
* '''[[TRACON]]''': Terminal Radar Approach Control. See the [[Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control]] page.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The names Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument, and Sequoia - Kings Canyon National Parks are confusing to the people. The National Monument is split in two by Sequoia National Park, the northern portion located on the Hume Lake Ranger District of the Forest, which nearly encloses the Grant Grove Village area of Kings Canyon National Park. The southern portion of the monument is located on the western boundary of the forest just east of the small foothill community of Springville. Who manages which and where, the folks in the grey shirts (NPS) or the people in the khaki shirts (USFS)? Many people don't know of the difference between the two agencies or that they are actually separate agencies. There is also the conception that all National Monuments are managed by the National Park Service. Giant Sequoia National Monument is a monument within a forest and administered by the men and women with the khaki shirts. With all that your scanner hobby has allowed you to be well informed, better than most and certainly not confused.
+
===U===
 +
* '''[[U (Abbreviation)]]''' (or '''Uniform''') freq: Usually refers to a UHF frequency (225-399.975 Mhz) in a radio of a fighter; see also V Freq. A pilot may say, Push U-12 meaning: Switch to UHF radio button 12 preset in your radio.
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The Forest is divided into the Western Divide (District 2), the Hume Lake (District 3) and the Kern River Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Porterville, on the east side of the Porterville Airport.
+
===V===
 +
* '''[[V (Abbreviation)]]''' (or '''Victor''') freq:  Usually refers to a VHF frequency (118-150 Mhz) in a radio of a fighter; see also U Freq
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
 +
===W===
 +
* '''[[Washington Center]]''': The name of the ARTCC center local to the Delmarva region. Each center has it's own name, which reflects the region it serves. See the Washington ARTCC [http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&aid=2247 page] 
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
+
* '''[[Winchester (slang)]]''': Out of ammunition
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
The Sequoia NF has microwave linked remote base stations at Parkridge Lookout, Jordan Peak Lookout, Sherman Peak, Tobias Peak and Breckenridge Mountain.  All of these sites have repeaters as well. The forest has a few UHF frequencies assigned to it, but it is not known how they are used.   It has 3 nets, the Emergency Net, the Fire Net and the Admin Net.  There are no repeaters on the Admin Net, units use simplex to reach the nearest remote base radio to speak to the Communications Center or a District Ranger Station.  The Emergency and Fire Nets can be used in a direct or simplex mode and can be used to reach the Comm Center or a Ranger District Station.  Each of these nets have 13 repeaters.  It is unknown how radio traffic is categorized and assigned to each of the repeater nets. 
+
===Z===
 +
* '''[[ZDC]]''': [[ARTCC]] [[Washington (ZDC) Air Route Traffic Control Center|Washington Center]]; Common Abbreviation for Washington Center frequencies; also written with the sector name it serves; i.e. ZDC Kenton, ZDC Snow Hill, ZDC Salisbury, ZDC Swann, etc.  
 +
**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  
−
'''Other'''
+
* '''[[ZNY]]''': [[ARTCC]] {{DB|a|2246|New York Center}}; Common Abbreviation for NY Center frequencies; also written with the sector name it serves.  See the NY Center {{DB|a|2246|page}}
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**RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
 +
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The unit identifier system for non-fire personnel on the Sequoia National Forest is unknown.  Before the function name, district number, position number system was prescribed the function numbering was as follows: 1 District Ranger and various positions such as assistant District Ranger, PIO and planning, 3 Recreation, 4 Maintenance, 5 Timber Management, 6 Resources, 7 Timber Pre-Sale, 8 Range and Wildlife, and 9 Administrative.  The Central California Communications Center in Porterville, located on the west side of the Porterville Airport, provides dispatch services for the Sequoia National Forest; the Bakersfield, Hollister and Mother Lode Field Offices of the Central California District of the BLM; and the Tule Indian Reservation Fire Department.  BLM units have a 4 digit identifier that begins with a 3 (California), followed by a 1 (Central California District), followed by the type of apparatus or person; 0 for chiefs, division chiefs, 1 for battalion chiefs, 3 for Type III engines, 4 for Type VI engines, 5 for prevention and misc., 8 for dozers and 9 for water tenders. Tule Indian Reservation Fire Department units have a 2 digit format with the first digit being 9, except for a Type III engine, Engine 392.  The identifier for the Center is "Porterville." 
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==Terminology and Callsign Links==
 +
The following links, while not all-inclusive will help get you started learning MilAir terminology:
  
 +
* [https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog-ws/view/100.ATSC/3FF35714-A65E-4934-AC83-03B64373CFB0-1423683720285/adrp1_02xx1x.pdf Army Doctrine Reference Publication 1-02 (ADRP 1-02) - Terms and Military Symbols (February 2015)] .pdf file
 +
* [http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a404426.pdf Multiservice Brevity Codes (February 2002)] .pdf file
 +
* [http://www.tailhook.net/AVSLANG.htm Military Aviator Slang] 
 +
* [http://www.the-guide.nl/callsign/call/open.php?page=f Military Callsigns] 
 +
* [http://users.rcn.com/jeremy.k/serialSearch.html Military Aircraft Serial Numbers] 
 +
* [http://www.airnav.com/ AirNav.com - Airport and/or Navaid Search]
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'''Channel Plan'''
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==Other ARTCC Sites==
  
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All 20 sectors can be viewed as links from the [[ARTCC]] article
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|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Sequoia National Forest Channel Lineup'''
 
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|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
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|1||8||168.6750||168.6750||SQF F1||Emergency Net Direct
 
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|2||1-14||167.67500||170.5750||SQF F2||Emergency Repeater Net
 
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|3||8||168.7750||168.7750||SQF F3||Fire Net Direct
 
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|4||1-14||168.7750||170.6000||SQF F4||Fire Repeater Net
 
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|-
 
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|5||8||168.1750||168.1750||SQF F5||Admin Net Direct
 
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|6||||169.7250||169.7250||SQF F6||BLM Central CA DIstrict Admin Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|7||4,5,8||169.7250||165.450||SQF F7||BLM Central CA District Admin Repeater
 
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|8||||169.7750||169.7750||SQF F8||BLM Central CA District Fire Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|9||2-8||169.7750||163.0250||SQF F9||BLM Central CA District Fire Repeater Net
 
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'''Tones'''
 
  
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!Tone
 
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!Location
 
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!CTCSS Tone
 
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|1
 
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|Delilah Lookout
 
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|110.9
 
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|-
 
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|2
 
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|Buckrock Lookout
 
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|123.0
 
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|-
 
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|3
 
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|Mule Peak Lookout
 
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|131.8
 
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|-
 
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|4
 
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|Baker Point
 
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|136.5
 
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|-
 
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|5
 
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|Oakflat
 
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|146.2
 
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|-
 
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|6
 
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|Piute BM
 
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|156.7
 
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|-
 
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|7
 
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|Chimney Peak
 
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|167.9
 
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|-
 
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|8
 
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|Jordan Peak Lookout
 
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|103.5
 
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|-
 
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|9
 
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|Sherman Peak
 
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|100.0
 
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|-
 
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|10
 
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|Tobias Peak
 
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|107.2
 
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|-
 
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|11
 
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|Breckenridge
 
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|114.8
 
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|-
 
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|12
 
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|Parkridge
 
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|127.3
 
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|-
 
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|13
 
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|Converse
 
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|141.3
 
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|-
 
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|14
 
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|Olancha
 
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|151.4
 
  
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== '''Shasta-Trinity National Forests (SHF - Forest #14) KME 2-5''' ==
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[[Category:RR Glossary]]
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[[Category:Military Glossary]]
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[[Category:Receivers Glossary]]
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The Shasta-Trinity National Forest, the largest of the 18 National Forests in California, was established by President Theodore Roosevelt’s proclamation of 1905. Initially, there were two forests; the Trinity National Forest (headquartered in Weaverville) and the Shasta National Forest (headquartered in Mt. Shasta City). The two forests were administratively combined into one in 1954. Forest Service employees, both on this forest and from National Forests all over the west, refer to the Shasta-Trinity National Forest as "the Shasta-T" 
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[[Category:Scanners Glossary]]
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[[Category:Signal Analysis and Decoding Glossary]]
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The more westerly section of the forest (formerly the Trinity National Forest) is located in the eastern portions of the California Coast Ranges, with an area of 1,043,677 acres. The more easterly part of the forest (formerly the Shasta National Forest) section is located between California's Central Valley and the Shasta Valley to the north, with an area of 1,166,155 acres. This is a total of 2.1 million acres with over 6,278 miles of streams and rivers ad well as hundreds of lakes. It ranges from 1,000 in elevation (Shasta Lake and its general area) to the spectacular Mt. Shasta with its impressive elevation of 14,162 feet.  The Shasta–Trinity NF lies at the intersection of the eastern Klamath Mountains and the southern Cascades and is largely forested, though at low elevations there are areas of chaparral, woodland, and grassland. At high elevations in the Trinity Alps, Eddys, and Mt. Shasta, forest gives way once again to montane chaparral, subalpine woodlands, and ultimately to alpine rock and scree.The SHF includes portions of five designated Wilderness Areas: Castle Crags, Chanchellulla, Mount Shasta, Trinity Alps and Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel. The main branch of the Trinity River is a designated Wild and Scenic River which runs through the forest. Shasta Lake's 365 miles of shoreline made-up of many arms and inlets make it a paradise for explorers and boaters alike. The four major arms of the lake, Sacramento, McCloud, Squaw Creek and Pit offer spectacular scenery as well as unusual geologic and historic areas of interest. Lewiston Lake lies just downstream from the Trinity Dam and just north of the town of Lewiston. It lies within the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, with an area of 246,807 acres. 
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[[Category:Air National Guard]]
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[[Category:Army National Guard]]
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Congress established the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA November 8, 1965. Each of the units encompasses a large reservoir (man-made lake) and its surrounding natural features, habitats, and terrain. Whiskeytown NRA, managed by the National Park Service, is comprised of 42,503 acres including the 6,209-foot Shasta Bally. The U.S. Forest Service manages the Shasta-Trinity units. Trinity Lake area can be divided into four subunits: Lewiston lake, Trinity Dam, Stuart Fork, and North Lake areas. The Shasta Lake area includes three arms: Sacramento, McCloud, and Squaw / Pit. Each is a wonderland of scenic beauty and phenomenal outdoor recreation.  This NRA was established to manage the recreation use the lakes attract.  The dams forming these lakes are a part of the greater Central Valley Project, built to provide irrigation water for both the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. 
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[[Category:United States Air Force]]
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[[Category:United States Army]]
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The forest is divided into management units and Ranger Districts, those being:  the South Fork Management Unit consisting of the Yolla Bolla (District 1) and Hayfork (District 2) Ranger Districts; the Trinity River Management Unit consisting of the Big Bar (District 3) and Weaverville (District 4) Ranger Districts; Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity Management Unit consisting of the Shasta Lake (District 5) Ranger District; and the Shasta-McCloud Management Unit consisting of the Mt. Shasta (District 6) and McCloud (District 7) Ranger Districts. The Forest Supervisor's Office is located in Redding.
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[[Category:United States Coast Guard]]
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[[Category:United States Navy]]
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'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
 
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The Shasta-Trinity National Forest radio system is not like any other in Region 5.  There are two net with repeaters, the Forest Net and the Service Net.  The Forest does not have a net called "admin."  However, there are 4 management area nets.  Local reports are needed to understand how the management area nets are used.  For example, is there ever any fire traffic on the management unit nets?  How do field units communicate with each other when they are unable to do so on a management unit net, if at the same time, the Forest Net is saturated with fire traffic?  How is the Service Net used?  Other features of the forest's radio system are needed as well.  Are repeaters and/or remote bases linked with microwave, UHF or some combination of such?  It is also not known how many remote bases exist on the Forest and where they are located. 
 
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'''Other'''
 
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Non fire personnel are assigned identifiers using the district number, function number and position number system.  Redding Interagency Command Center provides dispatch services for the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit.  It is located the the Cal Fire unit headquarters in Redding.
 
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'''Channel Plan'''
 
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|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Shasta-Trinity National Forests Channel Lineup'''
 
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|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
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|-
 
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|1||||171.5750||171.5750||SHF1 Frst Dir||Shasta-Trinity NF Forest Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|2||1-15||171.5750||169.1000||SHF2 Frst Rpt||Shasta-Trinity NF Forest Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|3||7||170.4875||170.4875||SHF3 S Fork||Shasta-Trinity NF - South Fork Management Unit
 
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|-
 
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|4||7||172.2750||172.2750||SHF4 T Riv||Shasta-Trinity NF - Trinity River Management Unit
 
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|-
 
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|5||7||172.3750||172.3750||SHF5 ShstMcC||Shasta-Trinity NF - Shasta McLoud Management Unit
 
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|-
 
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|6||7||169.8750||169.8750||SHF6 NRA||Shasta-Trinity NF - National Recreation Area
 
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|-
 
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|7||1||154.3400||154.3400||SHF7 Med-A||Med-Alph (Old Medical Net)
 
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|-
 
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|8||6||156.0750||156.0750||SHF8 Clcd||Calcord Tone 6 Rx and Tx Sides
 
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|-
 
−
|9||||164.1250||164.1250||SHF9 Svc Dir||Shasta-Trinity NF Service Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|10||1,4,6,12||164.1250||164.8250||SHF10 Svc Rpt||Shasta-Trinity NF Service Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
−
|11||||168.0500||168.050||SHF11 NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 
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|-
 
−
|12||||168.2000||168.2000||SHF12 NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
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|-'''Bold text'''
 
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|13||||168.6000||168.6000||SHF13 NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
 
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|-
 
−
|14||||167.6000||167.6000||A/G43 CA1 P||National Air-Ground 43 CA Zone 1 Primary
 
−
 
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
Tone 7 must be used on Channels 3-6 to transmit to any District Office on these frequencies.
 
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−
 
 
−
'''Tones'''
 
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|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |SHF Repeaters
 
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!Tone
 
−
!Location
 
−
!CTCSS Tone
 
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|-
 
−
|||Bonanza King||110.9
 
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|-
 
−
|2||Hogback||123.0
 
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|-
 
−
|3||Grizzly Peak||131.8
 
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|-
 
−
|4||Hayfork Bally||136.5
 
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|-
 
−
|5||Ironsides||146.2
 
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|-
 
−
|6||Grey Butte||156.7
 
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|-
 
−
|7||Bully Choop||167.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|8||Pickett Peak||103.5
 
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|-
 
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|9||Oregon Mtn.||100.0
 
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|-
 
−
|10||Sugarloaf||107.2
 
−
|-
 
−
|11||Plummer Peak||114.8
 
−
|-
 
−
|12||McFarland||127.3
 
−
|-
 
−
|13||Bass||141.3
 
−
|-
 
−
|14||Tomhead||151.4
 
−
|-
 
−
|15||Antelope||162.2
 
−
 
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
== '''Sierra National Forest (SNF - Forest #15) KME 2-6''' ==
 
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−
 
 
−
National Forests were called "Forest Reserves" when they were first established by Presidential Proclamation under the Forest Reserve Act of 1891.  The U.S. Forest Service was established in 1905 and in 1907, the "Forest Reserves" were all renamed "National Forests."  The Sierra Forest Reserve was established in 1993 and was 6 million acres in size.  It covered lands that are now part of Yosemite National Park, Kings Canyon National Park: and the Stanislaus, Toiyabe, Inyo and Sequoia National Forest.  The large size of this reserve was too large to manage and the "Sierra South Forest Reserve" was established in 1910, covering the land south of the Kings River.  Other portions of this original forest reserve were eventually split up between the Sierra, Toiyabe, Inyo and Sequoia National Forests.  The remaining National Forest land became the present Sierra National Forest.  Located on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada, it is known for its spectacular mountain scenery and abundant natural resources. The Sierra National Forest encompasses more than 1.3 million acres between 900 and 13,986 feet in elevation. The terrain includes rolling, oak-covered foothills, heavily forested middle  elevation slopes and the starkly beautiful alpine landscape of the High Sierra. Abundant fish and wildlife, varied mountain flora and fauna and numerous recreational opportunities make the Sierra National Forest an outdoor lover's paradise.  The Forest's many rugged wilderness areas makes it one of the most popular National Forests in the United States.
 
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−
Approximately 383,000 acres of the forest are old growth, containing Lodgepole Pine (''Pinus contorta''), Red Fir (''Abies magnifica'').  The Sierra National Forest has two Giant Sequoia groves, the Nelder Grove and the McKinley Grove. 
 
−
 
 
−
The Sierra National Forest is divided into the Bass Lake (north of the San Joaquin River) and High Sierra (south of the River) Ranger Districts.  The Forest Supervisor's Office is in Clovis. The district numbers are to be determined, but it is believed that the Bass Lake District is District 2 and the High Sierra District is District 3. 
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
 
−
 
 
−
The Sierra National Forest has an "Emergency Net" and an "Admin Net."  The emergency net is used by fire management and law enforcement.  The admin net is for all other functions.  It is likely that a repeater or more of the regional law enforcement net has been installed on this forest.  Channels have been provided to enable direct or simplex communications on each net.  The installation of 5 of 11 of the NIFC command frequencies in the primary group of channel assignments is unusual.  Another unusual feature of the forest's radio system is that the repeater input or access tone is not transmitted on the output frequency, instead a different set of tones is transmitted on the output.  For example, the input tone for the Shuteye Peak repeater is Tone 5 - 146.2, but the tone transmitted on the output frequency is 82.5.  The assignment of the output tones of the remaining repeaters has not been determined.  They are all in the lower frequency range of CTCSS tones, such as 71.9 and 77.0.  The linking system the forest uses is to be determined.  The system's hub remote base is likely on Musick Mountain or Mt. Givens. 
 
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−
'''Other'''
 
−
 
 
−
The Sierra uses the district number,''' function number''', position number identifier system for non fire management personnel.  A consolidation of the Mariposa Ranger District and the Minarets Ranger District into what is now called the "Bass Lake Ranger District); and the consolidation of the Pineridge Ranger District and Kings River Ranger District into what is now called the "High Sierra Ranger District" occurred in the late 1990s.  The fire management function is organized into battalions based on the old ranger districts.  Battalion 1 (the old Mariposa RD) is used for the Jerseydale, Midpines, Westfall and Batterson stations.  Battalion 3 (old Pineridge RD) is used for the Mountain Rest and Big Creek stations.  Battalion 4 (old Kings River RD) is used for the Trimmer, Blue Canyon and Dinkey stations.  Finally, Battalion 5 (old Minarets RD) is used for the North Fork, Clearwater and Minarets stations. It is believed that non fire employees are assigned identifiers with the first number of 1 if they work on the Bass Lake RD and the number 3 if they work on the High Sierra District.  San Luis National Refuge personnel identify in the 8100 series.  3 of their engines are assigned number in the 3100 series and one in the 8100 series.
 
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−
The Sierra National Forest Emergency Command Center provides service to the Sierra National Forest and the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex located adjacent to the San Joaquin River in the Central Valley.  The San Luis NWR Complex includes the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), the Merced NWR, San Joaquin River NWR, and Grasslands Wildlife Management Area. The Complex office is in Los Banos. The Command Center is located at the Fresno Air Attack Base, an interagency Forest Service - Cal Fire facility at the Fresno Airport.  The center is co located with Cal Fire's Fresno-Kings Unit Emergency Command Center.  The two agencies have automatic initial attack dispatch areas in each jurisdiction.  The Forest Service dispatchers use the identifier of "Sierra." 
 
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'''Channel Plan'''
 
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|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
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|-
 
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|||||171.4750||171.4750||SNF1 Adm Dir||Sierra NF - Admin Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|2||1-9,12||171..4750||169.8750||SNF2 Adm Rpt||Sierra NF - Admin Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|3||||172.2250||172.2250||SNF3 Emer Dir||Sierra NF - Emergency Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|4||1-9||172.2250||169.9250||SNF4 Emer Rpt||Sierra NF - Emergency Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|5||||168.6625||168.6625||SNF5 R5 Proj||R5 Project
 
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|-
 
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|6||||168.0500||168.0500||NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 
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|-
 
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|7||||168.2000||168.2000||NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
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|-
 
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|8||||168.6000||168.6000||NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
 
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|-
 
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|9||||167.4750||167.4750||A/G 41 CA3 P||National Air-Ground 41 CA Zone 3 Primary
 
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|-
 
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|10||||168.6375||168.6375||A/G 24 CA3 S||National Air-Ground 24 CA Zone 3 Secondary
 
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|-
 
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|11||1-4||168.7000||170.9750||NIFC C1 Rpt||NIFC Command 1 Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|12||1-4||168.1000||170.4500||NIFC C2 Rpt||NIFC Command 2 Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|13||1-4||168.0750||170.4250||NIFC C3 Rpt||NIFC Command 3 Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|14||1-4||166.6125||168.4000||NIFC C4 Rpt||NIFC Command 4 Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|15||1-4||167.1000||169.7500||NIFC C5 Rpt||NIFC Command 5 Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|16||1||168.6250||168.6250||Natl Air Grd||National Air Guard - Tone 1 Rx & Tx Side
 
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|}
 
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−
Note:  Tones for channels 11-15, NIFC Commands 1-5, are for NIFC portable command repeaters used on large or "national" incidents.  The tones are used if adjacent incidents are causing interference. 
 
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'''Tones'''
 
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!CTCSS Tone
 
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|-
 
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|1||Mt. Bullion||110.9
 
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|-
 
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|2||Signal Peak||123.0
 
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|-
 
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|3||Musick Mtn.||131.8
 
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|-
 
−
|4||Patterson Mtn.||136.5
 
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|-
 
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|5||Shuteye Peak||146.2
 
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|-
 
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|6||Black Mtn.||156.7
 
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|-
 
−
|7||Mt. Tom||167.9
 
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|-
 
−
|8||Delilah||103.5
 
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|-
 
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|9||Mt. Givens||100.0 - for use on Channel 2, Admin Net
 
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|-
 
−
|9||Whitebark Vista||100.0 - for use on Channel 4, Emergency Net
 
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|-
 
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|10||Not Assigned||107.2
 
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|-
 
−
|11||Not Assigned||114.8
 
−
|-
 
−
|12||Fence Meadow||127.3 - for use on Channel 2, Admin Net ONLY
 
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|}
 
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−
== '''Six Rivers National Forest (SRF - Forest #10) KMB 7-5-5''' ==
 
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The Six Rivers National Forest was established on June 3, 1947 by U.S. President Harry S. Truman from portions of Klamath, Siskiyou and Trinity National Forests.The Six Rivers National Forest includes 957,590 acres of mountainous land that stretches from the Oregon border south for approximately 140 miles.  The Six Rivers also manages the Klamath National Forest's Ukonom Ranger District, bringing the total land under Six Rivers' management to 1,080,000 acres. The designation of the forest had been discussed for 20 years or more before action was finally taken 2 years after the end of World War II.  One issue that delayed it for some years was what to name it.  25 names were suggested by various local governments, public interest groups and Forest Service employees, some who had worked on the concept of this new National Forest for many years, and consensus was not being reached.  It was found that the name "Six Rivers" was the least objectionable.  A name had to be included in the Presidential Proclamation or it would be further delayed and could not be signed.  The name "Six Rivers" was inserted and intended to be temporary until all those interested could reach consensus on a better name.  Now 67 years later (2014), the forest has the same name.  Forest Service employees often shorten the name to the "6 Cricks." 
 
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The Six Rivers National Forest is named for the six major rivers that run within its boundaries: the Smith, Klamath, Trinity, Mad, Van Duzen, and Eel. The Smith, Klamath, Trinity, and Eel Rivers comprise over 365 miles of designated Wild and Scenic River. (The Salmon River in the Ukonom Ranger District is also a Wild and Scenic River.)  The Smith River is the only major undammed, naturally flowing river remaining in California. The Six Rivers also has more than 1,500 miles of streams, constituting 9 percent of California's total freshwater runoff.  The federally designated Smith River National Recreation Area consists of 307,973 acres of the northernmost section of the Forest.
 
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Elevations across the Forest range from nearly sea-level to approximately 7,000 feet. As a result, the Six Rivers supports diverse ecosystems and landscapes. The Forest is composed of extensive stands of coniferous forest, with moderate amounts of oak woodland and grassland in the southern part of the Forest. These ecosystems provide habitat for eight federally classified threatened and endangered species, including the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon. In addition, 32 plant, 2 bird, 1 fish, and 2 mammal species found in the Six Rivers are designated as Forest Service sensitive species.
 
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The Six Rivers National Forest contains 137,000 acres of old-growth forests that include these species:  Coast Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii''), Tanoak (''Lithocarpus densiflorus''), Pacific madrone (''Arbutus menziesii''), and White Fir (''Abies concolor'').
 
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The Six Rivers National Forest is divided into the Gasquet (District 1) including the Smith River National Recreation Area, Orleans ( District 2), Lower Trinity (District 3) and Mad River (District 4) Ranger Districts,with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Eureka.
 
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'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
 
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The Six Rivers National Forest has a Forest Net, Admin Net and Service Net.  Channels have been provided for direct or simplex communications on the Forest and Admin Nets.  The Forest Net utilizes all 14 repeaters on the system, the Admin Net uses 12 and the Service net only 3. While it is not verified the forest likely uses UHF for all its linking given the types of antennas on the tower next to the Fortuna dispatch facility. Scanner listeners from the northern California coast need to report what they know. 
 
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The system for identifying non-fire personnel is not known.  The employees of the Forest Supervisor's Office are identified with the number 5 in the identifier.  The Fortuna Interagency Command Center provides dispatching service for the Six Rivers National Forest as well as Cal Fire's Humboldt-Del Norte Unit, the fire function of Redwood National Park, the BLM Northern California District - Arcata Field Office, the Hoopa Reservation, and the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge.  The Six Rivers National Forest, Cal Fire and Redwood National Park have an interagency agreement for automatic initial attack response with each other and  with the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest and the Oregon Department of Forestry.  The center is located at the Cal Fire Humboldt-Del Norte Unit headquarters.  The identifier for the center is "Fortuna."
 
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'''Channel Plan'''
 
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|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
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|1||||168.7250||168.7250||SRF1 Frst Dir||Six Rivers NF - Forest Net Direct
 
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|2||1-14||168.7250||170.1250||SRF2 Frst Rpt||Six Rivers NF - Forest Net Repeater
 
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|3||||168.12500||168.1250||SRF3 Adm Dir||Six Rivers NF - Admin Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|4||1-9,12-14||168.1250||170.4750||SR4 Adm Rpt||Six Rivers NF - Admin Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|5||2,3,5,7||164.1250||164.8250||SRF5 Serv Rpt||Six Rivers NF - Service Net Repeater
 
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|6||||168.2000||168.2000||NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
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|-
 
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|7||||168.6625||168.6625||R5 Proj||R5 Project
 
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|-
 
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|8||||155.3850||155.3850||Hoopa FD Dir||Hoopa Indian Reservation Fire Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|9||6||154.3850||150.8050||Hoopa FD Rpt||Hoopa Indian Reservation Fire Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|10||2||151.2500||151.2500||CF HUU Dir||Cal Fire Humboldt-Del Norte Unit Local Direct - Tone 2 Rx & Tx
 
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|-
 
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|11||13||151.2500||159.4050||CF HUU Rpt||Cal Fire Humboldt-Del Norte Unit Local Repeater - Tone 13 Tx Side
 
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|-
 
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|12||16||151.1750||151.1750||CF T3||Cal Fire Tac 3 - Tone 16 Rx & Tx
 
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|-
 
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|13||||151.2200||151.2200||CF A/G||Cal Fire Air-Ground
 
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|-
 
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|14||||167.6000||167.6000||A/G 43 CA1 P||National Air-Ground 43 CA Zone 1 Primary
 
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|}
 
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'''Tones'''
 
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!Location
 
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!CTCSS Tone
 
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|1||Monkey Ridge||110.9
 
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|2||Big Hill||123.0
 
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|-
 
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|3||Lone Pine Ridge||131.8
 
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|-
 
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|4||Ship Mtn.||136.5
 
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|-
 
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|5||Orleans Mt.||146.2
 
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|-
 
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|6||Horse Ridge||156.7
 
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|-
 
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|7||Ukonom Mtn.||167.9
 
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|-
 
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|8||Eight Mile||103.5
 
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|9||Kettenpom||100.0
 
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|-
 
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|10||Red Mtn.||107.2  For use on Channel 2, Forest Net Repeater ONLY
 
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|-
 
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|11||Schoolhouse Peak||114.8  For use on Channel 2 , Forest Net Repeater ONLY
 
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|-
 
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|12||Gordon Mtn.||127.3
 
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|-
 
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|13||Horse Mtn.||141.3
 
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|-
 
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|14||Picket Peak||151.4
 
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|}
 
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== '''Stanislaus National Forest (STF - Forest #16) KME 2-4''' ==
 
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The Stanislaus Forest Reserve, located in California's Central Sierra, was created by President Grover Cleveland February 22, 1897.  The Stanislaus Reserve was much larger than today's forest; it contained all or portions of the present day Tahoe, El Dorado, Sierra, and Toiyabe National Forests. Presidents that followed issued proclamations to split the reserve into smaller, more manageable units.  The Stanislaus National Forest has four major watersheds, all with their headwaters near the Sierra crest and all of which run in a southwest direction, through the San Joaquin Valley and eventually into the Pacific Ocean. The northern boundary of the Stanislaus is formed by the Mokelumne River, the southern boundary by the Merced, while the Stanislaus River, roughly bisects the forest from north to south, and the Tuolumne River—emanating from the Mount Lyell glacier in Yosemite National Park—runs between and generally parallels the Stanislaus and the Merced rivers.  Of the four rivers, the forest's name came the Stanislaus.  It encompasses 898,099 acres on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada; California’s snow capped mountain range that flanks the Great Central Valley. Located between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, the Forest landscape is a continuum of natural and scenic beauty that defines the Sierra. Amid soaring crests, sparkling mountain lakes, towering forests, and canyons carved by cool rushing rivers, visitors discover connections with nature and the spirit of the Sierra Nevada. A mere two hour drive from the Great Central Valley and three hours from the San Francisco Bay Area, makes the Forest a very popular destination.  The mountains were shaped by volcanic and glacial action, producing rugged and spectacular topography at high elevations. Each elevation, from 1,500 to over 11,000 feet above sea level, has its own unique vegetation, wildlife, and corresponding temperatures. While the lower elevations are hot and dry, the higher elevations lush meadows are cooled by melting snow.  The Stanislaus contains 78 lakes, and 811 miles of rivers and streams. It has 1,100 miles of non-motorized trails, and 2,859 miles of roads, 188 of which are paved. Bald eagle, peregrine falcon and wolverine have all been reported on the Forest. Here you will find Sierra mixed conifer, true fir, lodgepole pine and subalpine vegetation.  The Forest contains some 139,000 acres of old growth that includes Lodgepole Pine (''Pinus contorta''), Jeffrey Pine (''Pinus jeffreyi''), and White Fir (''Abies concolor'')
 
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The Stanislaus National Forest is divided into the Mi-Wok (District 1), Calaveras (District 2) Summit (District 3) and Groveland (District 4) Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Sonora.  These Ranger Districts are divided along three highway corridors: State Highway 120, also known as the Tioga Pass Road, to the south (Groveland District); State Highway 108, also known as the Sonora Pass Highway, along the middle fork of the Stanislaus River (Mi-Wok and Summit Ranger Districts); and State Highway 4, also known as the Ebbetts Pass Highway, to the north (Calaveras Ranger District).
 
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'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
 
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'''Other'''
 
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'''Channel Plan'''
 
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|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
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|1||||168.7500||168.7500||STF1 Emer Dir||Stanislaus NF Emergency Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|2||1-3,5-10||168.7500||170.5000||STF2 Emer Rpt||Stanislaus NF Emergency Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|3||||168.1500||168.1500||STF3 Admin Dir||Stanislaus NF Admin Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|4||1-12||168.1500||171.3875||STF4 Admin Rpt||Stanislaus NF Admin Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|5||||171.5000||171.5000||STF5 Serv Dir||Stanislaus NF Service Net Direct
 
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|-
 
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|6||1,10||171.5000||172.4000||STF6 Serv Rpt||Stanislaus NF Service Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|7||||168.6625||168.6625||R5 Proj||Region 5 Project Net
 
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|-
 
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|8||||168.0500||168.0500||NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 
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|-
 
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|9||||168.2000||168.2000||NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
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|-
 
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|10||||168.6000||168.6000||NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
 
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|-
 
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|11||||167.4750||167.4750||A/G 41 CA3 P||National Air-Ground 41 CA Zone 3 Primary
 
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|-
 
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|12||7||151.1750||159.4500||CF TCU Rpt||Cal Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit Local Net Tone 7 - 167.9
 
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|-
 
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|13||5||151.4600||151.4600||CF MMU Rpt||Cal Fire Mariposa-Madera-Merced Unit Local Net Tone 5 - 146.2
 
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|-
 
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|14||||171.7750||171.8000||YNP Fire Rpt||Yosemite NP Fire Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|15||6||156.075||156.075||Calcord||CA OES CA Coordination Tone 6 - 156.7
 
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|-
 
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|16||1||168.6250||168.6250||Air Guard||National Air Guard Tone 1 - 110.9 Rx & Tx Sides
 
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|-
 
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!Tone
 
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!Location
 
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!CTCSS Tone
 
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|1||Mt. Lewis||110.9
 
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|-
 
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|2||Pilot Peak||123.0
 
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|-
 
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|3||Double Dome||131.8
 
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|-
 
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|4||Relief Peak||136.5  Channel 4 - Admin Net ONLY
 
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|-
 
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|5||Mt. Reba||146.2
 
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|-
 
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|6||North Mtn.||156.7
 
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|-
 
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|7||Duckwall Mtn.||167.9
 
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|-
 
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|8||Walker Ridge||103.5
 
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|-
 
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|9||Strawberry Peak||100.0
 
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|-
 
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|10||Yankee Hill||107.2
 
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|-
 
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|11||Sachese Monument||114.8  Channel 4 - Admin Net ONLY
 
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|-
 
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|12||Sugarloaf||127.3
 
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|}
 
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== '''Tahoe National Forest (TNF - Forest #17) KMB 7-6-0''' ==
 
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The Tahoe National Forest was originally established as the Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve on April 13, 1899.  The name was changed to Tahoe Forest Reserve on October 3, 1905 and then to the Tahoe National Forest in 1907 when all Forest Reserves were redesignated "National Forests."  .The Tahoe National Forest is found in the north central Sierra Nevada. It stretches from the foothills overlooking the Sacramento Valley on the west across the Sierra crest to the state line.  Of the 1,208,993 acres within the boundary, 811,740 acres, or 67%, are National Forest System lands. The other 397,253 acres are owned by private individuals, corporations, or other governmental agencies. In most cases, these lands have been privately held since before the creation of the National Forest.  The landownership of the Tahoe appears as a checkerboard on maps and is a result of early railroad grants. 
 
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One of the incentives that the Federal Government gave to railroads in the 19th century to spur development and construction of rail routes was to grant land titles to the railroads of some public domain lands along the right of way. When the transcontinental railroad was built over Donner Pass in the 1860s, the Central Pacific Railroad received alternate sections of land for each mile of track laid, and much of this land is still owned by the successors in interest of the original railroad.  Much of the acreage is privately managed timberland. The Tahoe has an active land exchange program. These land exchanges are generally made to consolidate ownership of watersheds or other natural areas to facilitate better integrated resource management. 
 
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The Tahoe National Forest is the home to the Placer Big Trees grove, the most northerly stand of naturally occurring Giant Sequoias, (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'') A 2002 report estimated nearly 84,000 acres of old growth on the Forest. The old growth includes Coast Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii''), Ponderosa Pine (''Pinus ponderosa''), White Fir (''Abies concolor''), Sugar Pine (''Pinus lambertiana''), California Incense Cedar (''Calocedrus decurrens''), California Black Oak (''Quercus kelloggii''), Lodgepole Pine (''Pinus contorta''), and Red Fir (''Abies magnifica'').
 
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With breathtaking mountain peaks, lush meadows filled with wildflowers, historic mining towns, destination vacation spots at Goodyears Bar, Downieville, Sierra City, Truckee, Yuba River, the Lakes Basin Area and the Jackson Meadows Region, the Tahoe National Forest is one of the most popular recreation forests in the US.
 
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The Tahoe National Forest is divided into the Yuba River (District 3), American River (District 4), Sierraville (District 6) and Truckee (District 7) Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Nevada City. 
 
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−
'''RADIO SYSTEM'''
 
−
 
 
−
The Tahoe National Forest has a Forest Net, a Fire Net and a Service Net.  Radios have channels enabling direct or simplex communications the Forest Net and Fire Net, but only repeater operation on Service Net.  At one time this forest used a combination of UHF and VHF - Low to link remote bases.  Yes lowband for links.  The remote bases were located at White Cloud, Grouse Ridge, Ruby Bluff, Sardine Peak, Verdi Peak, Squaw Peak and Duncan Peak.  White Cloud was the hub of the system and it was linked to the Supervisor's Office and dispatch by phone lines.  It is not known if microwave is being used now, but the use of lowband for links has probably ended.  If microwave is being used it is in combination with UHF linking as several people have reported receiving UHF being used for links.
 
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−
 
 
−
'''Other'''
 
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The Tahoe uses the district number, '''function number''', position number identifier system for non-fire personnel. Dispatching for the forest is co-located with Cal Fire in a building at the Grass Valley Airport air attack base.  The Grass Valley Interagency Command Center provides dispatch services not only for the Tahoe National Forest and  CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit's 12 fire stations, but also for 26 other Fire Departments, emergency medical services and air ambulance helicopters.  The center identifies as "Grass Valley." 
 
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'''Channel Plan'''
 
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|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Tahoe National Forest Channel Lineup'''
 
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|'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 
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|-
 
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|1||||168.7750||168.7750||TNF1 Frst Dir||Tahoe NF - Forest Net Direct
 
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|-
 
−
|2||1-10||168.7750||171.5750||TNF2 Frst Rpt||Tahoe NF - Forest Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
−
|3||||168.1750||168.1750||TNF3 Fire Dir||Tahoe NF - Fire Net Direct
 
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|-
 
−
|4||1-10||168.1750||170.6000||TNF4 Fire Rpt||Tahoe NF - Fire Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
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|5||||167.6000||167.6000||A/G14 CA2 P||National Air-Ground 14 - CA Zone 2 Primary
 
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|-
 
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|6||||168.0500||168.0500||NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 
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|-
 
−
|7||||168.2000||168.2000||NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 
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|-
 
−
|8||||168.6000||168.6000||NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
 
−
|-
 
−
|9||||164.1375||164.1375||NIFC T4||NIFC Tac 4
 
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|-
 
−
|10||??||171.5000||172.4000||TNF Serv Rpt||Tahoe NF - Service Net Repeater
 
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|-
 
−
 
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
'''Tones'''
 
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|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |TNF Repeaters
 
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!Tone
 
−
!Location
 
−
!CTCSS Tone
 
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|-
 
−
|1||Mt. Rose||110.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|2||Oregon Peak||123.0
 
−
|-
 
−
|3||Sierra Buttes||131.78
 
−
|-
 
−
|4||Duncan Peak||136.5
 
−
|-
 
−
|5||Grouse Ridge||146.2
 
−
|-
 
−
|6||Babbitt Peak||156.7
 
−
|-
 
−
|7||Squaw Peak||167.9
 
−
|-
 
−
|8||Banner Mtn.||103.5
 
−
|-
 
−
|9||Ruby Bluff||100.0
 
−
|-
 
−
|10||Cal-Ida||107.2
 
−
|-
 
−
 
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
==Wiki Links==
 
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*[[US Forest Service - El Dorado National Forest (CA)]]
 
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*[[US Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Mgmt Unit (CA/NV)]]
 
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*[[US Forest Service - Lassen National Forest (CA)]]
 
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*[[US Forest Service - Plumas National Forest (CA)]]
 
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*[[US Forest Service - San Bernardino National Forest (CA)]]
 
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*[[US Forest Service - Tahoe National Forest (CA)]]
 
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Welcome to the Military Monitoring Glossary. Every service has its own slang; as listeners in the public safety sector, we hear it all the time - 10 codes, abbreviations and more. The military service is no different; but as you begin to listen to this realm more closely, you realize that their slang is a lot more involved and complex.

This page doesn't attempt to define all the things you might hear - it would easily take a whole book to define that. But some of the more common phrases are defined here, along with a basic description. Some terms will link to external sites, others to other Wiki pages.

The format used here is very simple - on purpose. This page should be as easy to search as it is to read. To that end, if you add another term, please stick to the format as much as possible. Keep it in alphabetical order, and it will remain easy to search.

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A

  • A/A: Air to Air
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • A/G: Air to Ground
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • AAF: Army AirField
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • AGE: Aircraft Ground Equipment
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary



  • Alpha: Pilots use this term when describing general maintenance status of an aircraft. Problems are referred to as Writeups. Fighter Aircraft use the term Code for the same purpose. The term is followed by a number to describe the severity of the writeup
    • 1 = No problems
    • 2 = Minor problems that do not affect the air-worthiness of the aircraft.
    • 3 = Problems severe enough that the aircraft should not be flown again until defects are fixed.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • Angels: Altitude
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary



  • ARTCC: Air Route Traffic Control Center (20 of these Centers cover the U.S.) These centers control all flights within their area that are flying IFR (Instrument Flight Rules)
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • ARW: Aerial Refueling Wing
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • As Fragged: As Assigned/As Planned
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • ATC: Air Traffic Control
    • get quote from FAA site
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • ATCC: Air Traffic Control Center....sometimes just ATC or Air Traffic Control
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • ATIS: Automatic Terminal Information Service - a rotating broadcast with weather and landing information; each time it's updated, another letter in the alphabet is used. A pilot will say, I have ATIS information Xray.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • AWI: All Weather Intercept
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, Weather

B

  • BayWatch: Patuxent River operational area controller callsign. Covers much of the Chesapeake Bay.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • Bingo: Getting low on fuel; time to RTB
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • Boards: Air Brakes
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • BRA: Bearing, Range, Altitude (given by pilot or ground station to pinpoint location of target
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • BRAA: Bearing, Range, Altitude, Aspect (the addition to BRA of the direction the target is moving)
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • Bullseye: An established reference point from which the position of an aircraft can be determined.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

C

  • CAS: Close Air Support
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • CCX: Cross Country (flight)
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • CGAS: Coast Guard Air Station
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, Untied States Coast Guard


  • CNATRA: Chief of Naval Air Training
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • Cold: In context; attack geometry will result in a pass or roll out behind the target; or, on a leg of the CAP pointed away from the anticipated threats. Air-to-surface, dry or no-ordnance attack.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • Crab Ops: (C-130J aircraft), Raven Ops for 104th Fighter Squadron A-10 aircraft at Martin State
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • Crank (Direction): F-Pole maneuver; implies illuminating target at radar gimbal limits.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


  • CRTC: Combat Readiness Training Center
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

D

  • Drag /Dragging (Direction): Bogey/Bandit maneuvering to 60 degress or less aspect.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

F

  • F-Pole: The distance from the launching aircraft to the target at missile impact.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • FAC: Forward Air Controller
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • FSS: Flight Service Station
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

G

  • Giant Killer: Also written as Giantkiller; Callsign for the ground controller of the airspace within the FACSFAC
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • Guard Frequency: Emergency/Distress frequencies - 121.5/243.0
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, Aviation Frequencies, Military Frequencies

H

  • Head Butt: Command for an intercepting fighter to push an intruding aircraft toward a specific direction, e.g., head butt west/east etc.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • Hot (slang): In context; attack geometry will result in rollout in front of the target; or on a leg of the CAP pointing toward the anticipated threats (A/A). Ordnance employment authorized, expected, or completed (A/G).
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • Huntress: Static Callsign for the NORAD North East Air Defense Sector, Headquartered in Rome, NY. Their official Website is here.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

J

  • JOSA: Joint Operations Support Airlift. Coordinated and scheduled by JOSAC at HQ USTRANSCOM (United States Transportation Command) at Scott AFB, Illinois. Their official website is here
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • Joker (fuel): Prebriefed fuel state above Bingo at which separation/bugout/event termination should begin.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • JRB: Joint Reserve Base
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

K

  • KIO: Knock It Off - Terminate all in progress engagements.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

L

  • Lima Charlie: Loud and Clear
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

M

  • Metro: The place pilots call in for weather and landing information. Mostly a military term, as a civilian pilot might call a Flight Service Station for similar information. Meteo is a similar term.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • MARSA: Military Assumes Responsibility for Separation of Aircraft - usually a tower or Unicom freq will keep 2 or more aircraft from getting too close to one another. When this announcement is given, a military unit assumes command of these aircraft and performs the same function.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • MIL Power: Military Power - The maximum power setting of a military jet aircraft without afterburner
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • MOA: Military Operations Area
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • MOC: Maintenance Operations Command
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • Mussel Ops: Callsign used by the helicopters of the 1st Helo Squadron at Andrews
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, (match categories on Andrews article)

N

P

  • POL: Petroleum, Oils and Luibricants. These are the guys the fuel the aircraft and maintain the vehicle fleet fuel supply IE Gasoline
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

R

  • RDR: Radar
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • RTB: Return to Base (The abbreviation is used as a verb...I'm RTBing, He RTBed)
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

S

  • Sparkle: Target marking by incendiary rounds or infrared pointer.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • Shackle: One weave; a single crossing of flight paths; maneuver to adjust/ regain formation parameters.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • SUA: Special Use Airpsace
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

T

  • Tac: Tactical freqs mentioned in this manner could have any number of uses.... mostly as assigned freqs to a particular squadron. For instance, the DC-ANG at Andrews has its own list of squadron tac freqs it uses on a regular basis and are preset in their VHF radios. Used for chat between aircraft while operating on another freq or used for operations when not being controlled by another facility.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary, (other glossaries like Law Enforcement, Medical, Fire Services, etc.)
  • Tango: Thanks! / Thank you
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • TOI: Target of Interest. An aircraft that has strayed into a restricted space, or more commonly, during an exercise, an aircraft selected by a controller to use as a practice for tracking
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

U

  • U (Abbreviation) (or Uniform) freq: Usually refers to a UHF frequency (225-399.975 Mhz) in a radio of a fighter; see also V Freq. A pilot may say, Push U-12 meaning: Switch to UHF radio button 12 preset in your radio.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

V

  • V (Abbreviation) (or Victor) freq: Usually refers to a VHF frequency (118-150 Mhz) in a radio of a fighter; see also U Freq
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

W

  • Washington Center: The name of the ARTCC center local to the Delmarva region. Each center has it's own name, which reflects the region it serves. See the Washington ARTCC page
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary

Z

  • ZDC: ARTCC Washington Center; Common Abbreviation for Washington Center frequencies; also written with the sector name it serves; i.e. ZDC Kenton, ZDC Snow Hill, ZDC Salisbury, ZDC Swann, etc.
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary
  • ZNY: ARTCC New York Center; Common Abbreviation for NY Center frequencies; also written with the sector name it serves. See the NY Center page
    • RR Glossary, Aviation Glossary, Military Glossary


Terminology and Callsign Links

The following links, while not all-inclusive will help get you started learning MilAir terminology:


Other ARTCC Sites

All 20 sectors can be viewed as links from the ARTCC article

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