On the weekend, Launceston welcomed the Foo Fighters for a concert. While I didn't attend, it did provide an excellent monitoring target, especially in the lead up and during the concert.
As I spend a large amount of time scanning and search the bands locally, I was able to tell from my own experience, what signals were "normal" and what were new / related to this event. In the days leading up to the concert, I spent some time searching the bands and this lead me to focus on the UHF band, once I confirmed all comms appeared to be in the upper half, above 462MHz, this was where I devoted most of my monitoring time. On the day of the concert, I was able to setup a monitoring location about 2km line of sight and from here I was able to log the below frequencies.
Overall this was an enjoyable experience and shows that to be able to find new and unusual frequencies, you need to know what the bands normally look like, what users are active and which frequency bands you are the mostly likely to find these users on.
462.775 - UNKNOWN (DMR)
462.850 - ST JOHNS AMBULANCE CH 8
465.925 - UNKNOWN (DMR)
470.400 - ST JOHNS AMBULANCE CH 5
476.875 - UHF CB CH 19 (Discussion about cameras placements and food options)
477.325 - UHF CB CH 37 (Discussion on setup for van. Issue with power not working
477.350 - UHF CB CH 38 (Trucks moving loads in via side gate for Foo Fighters concert)
477.375 - UHF CB CH 39 (Traffic control for Foo Fighters concert. Moving trucks to block side street until barrier comes)
477.4125 - UHF CB CH 80 (Lost kid at gate 12)
495.0125 - UHF SIMPLEX (Used for setup at Foo Fights Concert. Stage Control, Electrical. Request for unloading of cages and calling out grid spots for setup.
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