I've been on FMLA for three weeks, caregiving for a family member after surgery and go back to work on Monday, so I visited the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge's Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive early before it got too hot (a high of 100F has been forecast). It turned out to be a beautiful morning and I saw plenty of alligators and birds. A visit to the Savannah NWR also presents a good opportunity to listen to Savannah-Hilton Head IAP and Georgia Ports as the Refuge is just across the Savannah River from Garden City, Port Wentworth, the Airport, and the port terminal and railyards.
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| Purple Gallinule at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge |
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| Container ships and cranes at Georgia Ports visible from the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge's Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive |
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| Alligator at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge |
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| Anhinga on one of the flood gates used to control the flow of water between the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge's Impoundments and Diversion Canal |
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| Alligator at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge |
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| Snowy Egret at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge |
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| Alligator at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (this one is much bigger than it looks; this photo was taken at maximum zoom) |
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| Little Blue Heron sitting on top of one of the floodgates used to control the movement of water in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. The area around the Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive was a rice plantation in the 18th and 19th Centuries; the Refuge's impoundments are former rice fields. |
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| Alligator at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge |
Even though I left home around 7:30AM to drive over the refuge, there was plenty to listen to on the radio. Throughout the drive to, around, and from the Wildlife Drive, there as a lot of public safety communications to monitor, especially on the SEGARRN system in coastal Georgia and the Palmetto 800 system in Lowcountry South Carolina. Especially while driving through Garden City and Port Wentworth on GA-21 and driving around the Wildlife Drive, there was a lot of Marine VHF and Railroad traffic from the port and associated railyards. Unfortunately, there was also a SAR being conducted by the US Coast Guard and Tybee Island FD; a boat had overturned offshore of the Tybee Island Lighthouse and one person was missing in the water. USCG asset and TIFD units were involved in the search and rescue operations.
Aviation/MilCom
125.975/257.800 - Savannah-Hilton Head IAP Tower
120.400/353.775 - Savannah TRACON
125.300/371.875 - Savannah TRACON
118.400/307.225 - Savannah TRACON
124.975 - Hunter AAF Tower
123.025 - Savannah Helicopter Advisory
Gulfstream TRS
TG 101 - Gulfstream Unknown; enc
TG 102 - Gulfstream Unknown; enc
TG 20500 - FS/HAAF FD/EMS Dispatch
TG 20507 - Hunter AAF FD Dispatch
TG 20513 - FS/HAAF EMS Dispatch
TG 20566 - FS/HAAF Range Control Live Fire
TG 20705 - FS/HAAF Range Control 20705
TG 20709 - FS/HAAF Range Control 20709
125.125 - Beaufort Approach/Departure
123.700 - Beaufort Approach/Departure
118.975 - Hilton Head Airport Tower
124.675 - Jacksonville Center Jekyll Low
126.125/285.650 - Jacksonville Center Statesboro High
132.425/290.350 - Jacksonville Center Hunter Ultra High
132.925/363.200 - Jacksonville Center Allendale/Savannah Low
Public Safety
159.2475 (DCS 115) - SCFC Okatie
151.9100 (DCS 072) - AirEvac 95 Statesboro
155.3400 - VMED28/HEAR
TG 5090 - Bryan County North Fire Dispatch
TG 5093 - Bryan County South Fire Dispatch
TG 2305 - Chatham County Fire Dispatch
TG 223 - Chatham County Fire Admin
TG 539 - Chatham County FD Simulcast Page
TG 856 - Garden City FD Paging (Chatham County)
TG 2303 - Savannah FD Simulcast Page (Chatham County)
TG 2307 - Savannah FD Admin (Chatham County)
TG 860 - Thunderbolt FD Paging (Chatham County)
TG 325 - Tybee Island FD (Chatham County)
TG 329 - Tybee Island Lifegaurds (Chatham County)
TG 2311 - Chatham County Fireground 1
TG 2313 - Chatham County Fireground 2
TG 2315 - Chatham County Fireground 3
TG 2359 - Chatham County Fireground 4
TG 2309 - Chatham County Fireground 5
TG 2363 - Chatham County Fireground 6
TG 227 - Chatham County Fireground 8
TG 415 - 165th AW FD 1 (Savannah-Hilton Head IAP, Chatham County)
TG 1541 - Effingham County Fire Dispatch
TG 1657 - Effingham Co Fire/Rescue Incident 1
TG 1663 - Effingham County Incident 4
TG 1665 - Effingham Co Fire/Rescue Incident 5
TG 12806 - Liberty County Fire Dispatch
TG 17920 - LifeStar
TG 803 - Oatland Island Wildlife Center (Chatham County)
TG 706 - Beaufort County Fire Dispatch 2
TG 704 - Beaufort County Fire Dispatch 1
TG 542 - Bluffton FD Admin (Beaufort Co)
TG 552 - Hilton Head F/R Tac 1 (Beaufort Co)
TG 6541 - Jasper County FD Dispatch
TG 6542 - Jasper County FD Tac 1
TG 6543 - Jasper County FD Tac 2
TG 6550 - Hardeeville FD Admin? (Jasper County)
Fedcom
156.8000 - Marine VHF Ch 16
157.0500 - Marine VHF Ch 1021/21A; Sector Charleston/Station Tybee
157.1000 - Marine VHF Ch 1022/22A
157.1500 - Marine VHF Ch 1023/23A, Air Station Savannah
171.2375 ($293) - CG 127, Sector Charleston
413.0000 ($293) - CG 410, Sector Charleston Air Ops
345.000 - USCG Air Station Savannah Ops
Marine/Port/Railroad
156.6500 - Marine VHF Ch 13; Savannah River Navigation Safety
156.7000 - Marine VHF Ch 14; Savannah Pilots
156.6000 - Marine VHF Ch 12; Crescent Towing Tugboats
156.9000 - Marine VHF Ch 1018/18A; Moran Towing Tugboats
156.9750 - Marine VHF Ch 1079/79A; Tugboats
157.0250 - Marine VHF Ch 1080/80A; Tugboats
156.8500 - Marine VHF Ch 17; Myrick Marine
CSX
160.3200 - AAR 14, CSX Dispatch (Some PL 250.3)
160.4100 - AAR 20, CSX Dispatch (Some PL 250.3)
161.3700 - AAR 84, CSX Dispatch (Some PL 250.3)
160.5900 - AAR 32, CSX Road (Some PL 250.3)
161.1000 - AAR 66, CSX Road (Some PL 250.3)
160.4850 - AAR 25, CSX Southover Yard (Some PL 250.3)
160.2900 - AAR 12, CSX Southover Yard
160.4400 - AAR 22, CSX Intermodal Yard
Norfolk Southern
160.9350 - AAR 55, Norfolk Southern Road/Dispatch
161.0100 - AAR 60, Norfolk Southern Transportation
161.4900 - AAR 92, Norfolk Southern Dillard Yard
Genesee & Wyoming
160.6200 - AAR 34, Savannah Port Terminal Railway (Mason Mega Rail Yard?)
Savannah & Old Fort RR
161.1450 - AAR 69, Savannah & Old Fort RR
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