PHI Air Medical Helicopter Info (for Texas)

Houston area:
N433PH - Med 1.  Bell 407.  Lone Star Executive Airport CXO-Conroe.
N721PH - Med 5.  Bell 407.  Ellington Field EFD (has floats on skids-can fly over bodies of water).
N510PH - Med 9.  Bell 407.  OakBend Medical Center (ex Polly Ryan) TE69-Richmond.
N499PH - Med 13. Bell 407.  Lone Star Executive Airport CXO-Conroe.  Spare

Victoria area:
N722PH - Med 3.  Bell 407.  Citizen's Medical Center Heliport 3XS2-Victoria.

Lufkin area:
N428PH - Med 11. Bell 407.  Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin.

Bryan/College Station area:
N429PH - Med 12. Bell 407.  Coulter Field CFD-Bryan.
(Previous Med 12-N416PH crashed morning of 6/8/08 while transporting patient.  All 3 crew and patient died.)

Dallas/Fort Worth area:
N325PH - Med 2.  EC 135.  Collin County Regional Airport TKI-McKinney.
N409PH - Med 6.  Bell 407.  Corsicana Municipal Airport CRS.
N317PH - Med 8.  Bell 407.  Arlington Medical Center.

Central Texas area (service called PHI-STAT Air):
N388PH - STAT 1.  EC 135.  Skylark Field Airport KILE-Killeen.
N380PH - STAT 2.  EC 135.  Cedar Creek private residence.

Operational Frequencies and locations:
151.5575 MHz PL 156.7 Hz repeater in Houston (Med 1,5 and 9).  Chase Tower.(input 159.675)
160.1025 MHz PL 127.3 Hz used at Conroe base (Med 1).
159.900 MHz PL 103.5 Hz used at Ellington base (Med 5).
159.570 MHz PL 206.5 Hz used at Richmond base (Med 9).
152.3225 MHz DPL 223 repeater in Victoria (Med 3). Gone?
151.5275 MHz PL 179.9 Hz repeater in Lufkin (Med 11). OLD
152.3075 MHz PL 210.7 Hz repeater in Lufkin (Med 11). (input 157.5675)
159.8925 MHz PL 192.8 Hz repeater in Bryan (Med 12). (also licensed 151.5725,152.3375)
152.3225 MHz PL 71.9 Hz repeater in Corsicana (Med 6) gone?
153.020 MHz DPL 412 repeater in Arlington and Weatherford (Med 8). (input 159.9675)
152.3825 MHz PL 94.8 Hz repeater in Van (Med 2 and Med 6). East of Dallas area.
152.9525 MHz PL 118.8 Hz repeater in McKinney (Med 2)(input 160.125)
160.140 MHz PL 186.2 Hz used at McKinney base (Med 2). OLD
152.3075 MHz PL 107.2 Hz repeater in Florence (STAT-1 and STAT-2). South of Killeen.
157.5675 MHz PL 107.2 Hz repeater in Georgetown (STAT-2). (input 152.3075) backwards?
159.720 MHz PL 136.5 Hz used at Killeen base (STAT-1).
159.720 MHz PL 162.2 Hz used at Cedar Creek base (STAT-2).
152.3375 MHz PL 173.8 Hz repeater in Bastrop (STAT-2).
152.3675 MHz PL 110.9 Hz repeater in San Antonio (STAT-2).(input 157.6275)

Talkgroups used:
TxWARN Analog talkgroups 8560 MA1, 8592 MA2, 55888 Galveston CW Fire.  These are used to make contact with ground units to assist with landing.
Note:  Med 5 uses radio ID 26517 on TxWARN Analog system (heard 45239 or 39314 used for ground contact).
Note:  Med 9 uses radio ID 39312 on TxWARN Analog system.
AEP (American Electric Power) EDACS talkgroup 08-122.  This is used by Med 3 in Victoria.

128.850 MHz (AM mode)  This is used by Life Flight Control to talk to other company medivac helicopters transitioning through 
the Houston Medical Center.

Ground Contact Frequencies/Talkgroups:
154.280 MHz-This is commonly referred to as Hi-band mutual aid.  This frequency is used statewide by almost all
Texas fire departments for interoperability.  PHI Airmed will often use this to talk to the "ground contact",
many times a fire fighter at the scene that will give preliminary patient information and landing instructions.

154.950 MHz-This is called "intercity car-to-car".  Many police agencies in the state use this for interoperability.

155.340 MHz-In this area, it is called HAHERN, for Houston Area Hospital Emergency Room Network.  Most Texas ambulances
and some police/fire folks have this in their radios.  Used to be used when ambulances were enroute to the hospital and
they would call a hospital emergency room and give patient information and get instructions on what drugs to administer.
Now, it is mainly used for interoperability.

458.075 MHz-This is called "FM1960 Fireground".
Some of the Cy-Fair area fire departments use this to coordinate landings with PHI Airmed since they don't have VHF
or 800 radios.

851.5125 MHz-This is called 8TAC91.  Is is one of five 800 MHz mutual interoperability frequencies available to any
public safety agency using an 800 MHz radio, trunked or not.
Folks should be using this frequency in simplex (direct) mode but sometimes you will hear the ground contact using
repeater(s).

123.025 MHz-You will hear almost any helicopter on this at times to coordinate airspace with other helicopters
(traffic/police) when transitioning the Houston area.


Myles Barkman
kg5ai*at*comcast.net
Check out my webpage for more information on scanning in the Houston area:
http://freqzone.home.comcast.net/

Check out these links for pictures/info of PHI helicopters:
http://www.phihelico.com/Fleet_Sales_Helicopters.html
http://www.phicares.com/states/texas/contactus.shtml
http://www.alecbuck.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=144&sessionid=b55144f0227c0fe98474870ee7da9f6c