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 Post subject: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:14 am 
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Anything new with the Chemical Depot? I'm going to Boise in a couple of weeks and am looking for anything new or exciting to monitor on the way there.

Any other recommendations? I'm going thru Umatilla, Union and Baker counties.


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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:35 am 
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They're done with the burning. Not sure if the security is what it once was. I haven't heard anything when I've been over there. The last emergency drill over the tone alert radios was April 2011.

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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:54 am 
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I drove by there last August and I managed to catch some security traffic. That was with my handheld 396XT. This time, I'll have my 996XT with a much better antenna. I'm hoping to catch quite a bit more traffic.


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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:14 pm 
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When i was there, the radio was in the Gov't 400 area & digital.

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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
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Yep it's 400mhz P25 but the audio was in the clear -- at least when I was there. Activity was quite low though. I think I was picking up guard patrols and a supervisor.


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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:31 pm 
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Nick, I can confirm that the Umatilla Army Depot system is still alive and well. I heard some traffic this afternoon as I passed through the area. About 4 active talk groups were heard, no encryption.

It certainly different now that 10 years ago, when they had armed HMMWV's patrolling the fence lines...

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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:38 am 
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Chris,

I passed through tonight on the way down to Boise. I only heard two TGIDs -- 48 and 57600. There was voice on 48 but very limited. The 57600 was odd and it had some kind of data signal on it.

Activity was quite low. I passed through between 3-4pm.


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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2013 1:47 pm 
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So I'm heading back over to Boise in early June. Any updates?


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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:53 pm 
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cparris2 wrote:
Nick, I can confirm that the Umatilla Army Depot system is still alive and well.


Chris, I discovered that the Army Depot radio system is offline. I got no signals -- nothing. I pulled over on a nearby overpass and sat for a few minutes -- scanning all possibilities. Didn't hear anything new...

I wonder if UAD was part of the sequester cuts..?

I started thinking they could have joined the Umatilla MOT2 system... but didn't hear anything obvious there...


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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
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I have't read anything for sure, but it was assumed that at some point the Army was going to pull out of the Depot completely. I would guess that when the disposal part of the cleanup was finished, all the hardware would come out as well.

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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:49 am 
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It's definitely kaput. Nothing at all when coming back.


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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:24 am 
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When I was there the plan was to turn the land back over to the local Native Americans.
It could make a nifty housing development, the igloo's* stay relatively cool in the summer.

Here's a tidbit of information (in case you're on Jeopardy):
There are 1000 out of 1001 original igloos* there. A crater and a cross is the only thing left from an ammo explosion accident which disintegrated one & killed 4 or 5 workers in the 1940's.
There's also a small herd of antelope on the 20,000 acre depot.


* 'Igloo' is the local terminology referring to the ammo bunkers.

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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
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I always wondered how you were able to get so much antelope meat out of season...


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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:53 pm 
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That sounds like a special draw hunt. I'd like to do it!

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 Post subject: Re: Umatilla Chem Depot
PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 3:19 pm 
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The Texas Guard unit was a source of internal humor (with exception of the soldier killed).

Humvee tracks over igloos, rolled humvees, burnt to the ground humvees, dead (shot) coyotes :twisted: , UCMJ type NCO's.
Ever do a T/stop on a vehicle with an occupied gun nest? MP fun that place was...

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