OIL RIG DX

TUNING IN ON THE HUNT FOR ENERGY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO


Source: Popular Communications, April 1990
By: J.C. Tugwell, KTX5SM
Reprinted by: Lori Jordan
For: The Hotline BBS, John Johnson, KWV8BP


You may have heard that things have slacked off in the industries hunting and Far taller than the largest skyscraper in New Orleans, this massive rig can yie

Obviously, reports announcing the demise of the petroleum and natural gas indu


WHERE TO TUNE

Almost every drilling rig has a helicopter ----------------------------- landing pad. Also, the coasts of Louisiana and | Table I | Texas are dotted with private helicopter land- | | ing bases operated by the oil/gas companies | All Freq's listed in MHz | and also by private helo support service comp- | | anies. | 30.66 35.48 49.04 |
HF frequencies use SSB mode for air/ground | 30.70 48.56 49.06 | communications and are 2878, 3019, 3434, 4672, | 30.74 48.58 49.08 | 5463, and 5508 KHz. If you happen to be locat- | 30.78 48.60 49.10 |
ed within 50 to 100 miles of these coasts, it | 30.82 48.62 49.12 | will pay you to set your scanner to 122.70, | 31.32 48.64 49.14 | 122.725, 122.85, 122.90, 123.025, 123.05, and | 31.40 48.66 49.16 | 123.075 MHz for this activity in the VHF aero | 31.44 48.68 49.18 | band. General operations between the shore | 31.48 48.70 49.20 | facilities of the exploration companies and | 31.52 48.72 49.22 | the offshore rigs can be tuned, too. On your | 31.60 48.74 49.24 | communications receiver, switch to SSB mode | 31.64 48.76 49.26 | and listen on 2292, 2398, and 4637.5 KHz. Your | 31.72 48.78 49.28 | best bet will probably be putting some of the | 31.76 48.80 49.30 |
30 to 50 MHz band Petroleum Radio Service | 33.18 48.82 49.32 | frequencies into your scanner, as these tend | 33.20 48.84 49.34 |
to skip great distances. | 33.22 48.86 49.36 | Some of the best bet frequencies are shown in | 33.24 48.88 49.38 | Table I. Be aware that many frequencies used | 33.26 48.90 49.40 |
by the oil/gas companies are shared with | 33.28 48.92 49.42 | logging companies. Also, note that the FCC's | 33.30 48.94 49.44 | rules permit many Petroleum Radio Service | 33.32 48.96 49.46 | frequencies to be used by local fuel oil and | 33.34 48.98 49.48 | gasoline delivery truck dispatchers and | 33.36 49.00 49.50 | tankers. | 33.38 49.02 |
|---------------------------|

As you might expect, there is a constant flow of supply and miscellaneous work

156.05, 156.175, 156.35, 156.45, 156.50, 156.55, 156.90, 156.95, 156.975,
and 157.025

Then, next time the bill comes for your gasoline credit card, you'll have a mu


This files was brought to you by The Hotline, we have a large section on
Scanning and Radio related files, check us out..

THE HOTLINE BBS -- 1-304-736-9169
2 lines, 24 hrs, HST 14.4 modems


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Linux/32)
* Origin: HAMRADIO telnet lu9dce.dynu.com (21:5/101)