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Bay Area Shopping Center Frequencies

by Robert H. Eisner (2000-08)


I've recompiled the following list of frequencies and PL / DPL tones

for those of you that are interested in finding frequencies at your

local Shopping Centers and Malls in the Bay Area.

 

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Costco Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Foster City                  151.6250  NONE

  Mountian View                151.6250  NONE

  Redwood City                 154.5700  PL 156.7

  Santa Cruz                   154.6000  NONE

  San Bruno                    154.6000  PL 67.0

  Sand City                    154.6000  PL 67.0

  San Jose                     154.6000  PL 82.5

  Santa Clara                  154.6000  PL 82.5

  Fremont                      154.6000  PL 179.9

  Sunnyvale                    464.5000  PL 179.9

 

  Most common frequency appears to be 154.6000

 

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GAP Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Valley Fair Shopping Center  151.8050  PL 74.4

  Stanford Shopping Center     151.8050  DPL 172

  Village at Corde Maderia     151.8050  DPL 172

  Oakridge Mall                154.5150  PL 74.4

  Stanford Shopping Center     154.5150  PL 74.4

  Valley Fair Shopping Center  154.5400  PL 74.4

  Capitola Mall                154.5700  PL 74.4

  Stanford Shopping Center     154.5700  PL 74.4

  Stoneridge Mall              154.5700  PL 74.4

  Valley Fair Shopping Center  154.5700  PL 74.4

 

  Most common frequencies appear to be 151.8050 & 154.5700

  Common PL Tone appears to be 74.4

  Common DPL Tone appears to be 172

 

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Mervyns Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Mervyns Operations Ch.1      464.5000  DPL 043 

  Mervyns Operations Ch.2      464.5500  DPL 051

 

  Both of these appear to be used at all Bay Area Mervyns.

 

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Old Navy Store Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Bridgepointe Center          151.6250  PL 74.4

  Great Mall of The Bay Area   151.9550  PL 74.4

  Hacienda Crossing            151.9550  PL 74.4

  Newpark Mall                 151.9550  PL 74.4

  Oakridge Mall                151.9550  PL 74.4

  Powell Street Plaza          151.9550  PL 74.4

  Sequoia Station              151.9550  PL 74.4

  San Mateo                    151.9550  PL 74.4

  Westgate Mall                151.9550  PL 74.4

  Westgate West                154.6000  PL 85.4

 

  Most common frequency appears to be 154.955

  Most common PL Tone appears to be 74.4

 

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Pottery Barn Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Broadway Plaza               154.5700  PL 179.9

  Valley Fair Shopping Center  154.5700  PL 179.9

  Village at Corte Madera      464.5500  PL 67.0

  Stanford Shopping Center     464.5500  PL 85.4

 

  Common frequencies appear to be 154.5700 & 464.5500

  Most common PL Tone appears to be 179.9

 

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Rapputin Music Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Cambell                      154.6000  PL 67.0

  Newark                       154.6000  PL 67.0

 

  Most common frequency appears to be 154.6000

  Most common PL Tone appears to be 67.0

 

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Sears Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Tanforan Mall                467.9250  PL 151.4

 

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Targer Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Bridgepointe Center          151.6250  PL 179.9

  Cupertino                    151.6250  PL 179.9

  Mountain View                151.6250  PL 179.9

  Newpark Mall                 151.6250  PL 179.9

  Redwood City                 151.6250  PL 179.9

  Tanforan Mall                151.6250  PL 179.9

  Sand City                    151.6250  PL 179.9

  San Jose (West San Jose)     151.6250  PL 179.9

  El Cerrito                   151.9550  PL 82.5

  Sand City                    151.9550  PL 179.9

 

  Most common frequency appears to be 151.6250

  Most common PL Tone appears to be 179.9

 

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Toys R Us Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Bridgepointe Center          154.6000  PL 77.0

  Sunnyvale                    154.6000  PL 94.8

  Almaden Square               154.6000  PL 136.5

 

  Other frequencies to search:

 

   457.5375/469.6625 Cordless Phone & Store Paging

   457.5875/468.7625 Cordless Phone & Store Paging

 

    30.8400/154.5700 Cordless Phone & Store Paging

    33.1600/154.5150 Cordless Phone & Store Paging

 

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Walmart Operations frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  San Antonio Center           154.6000  NONE

 

  No PL Tones used by Walmart

 

  Other frequencies to search:

 

   154.5700

 

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JC Penneys Security frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Tanforan Mall                463.6375/468.6375  PL 179.9

  Tanforan Mall                464.7375           PL 179.9

 

  Common PL appears to be PL 179.9

 

  Other frequencies to search:

 

   461.6125

   466.2625

   466.9625

 

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Macys Security frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Eastridge Mall               461.2375/466.2375  DPL 251

  Oakridge Mall                461.7625/466.7625  DPL 251

  Southland Mall               461.7625/466.7625  DPL 251

  Village at Corde Maderia     461.7625/466.7625  DPL 251

  Broadway Plaza               463.2625/468.2625  DPL 251

  Newpark Mall                 463.2625/468.2625  DPL 251

  Stonestown Galleria          463.2625/468.2625  DPL 265

  Stoneridge Mall              463.6375/468.6375  DPL 251

  Vallco Fashion Park          463.9875/468.9875  DPL 251

  Valley Fair Shopping Center  464.1375/469.1375  DPL 251

  Hillsdale Mall               464.2125/469.2125  DPL 251

  Serramonte Center            464.7125/469.7125  DPL 251

  Valley Fair Shopping Center  464.7125/469.7125  DPL 261

  Standford Shopping Center    464.8625/469.8625  DPL 251

  Macys 170 O'Farrell          464.8750/469.8750  PL 203.5

 

  Most common frequencies appear to be 461.7625 & 463.2625

  Most common DPL appears to be 251.

 

  Other frequencies to search:

 

   461.0375/466.0375

   461.1125/466.1125

   461.1875/466.1875

   461.2625/466.2625

   461.3875/466.3875

   461.4625/466.4625

   463.4875/468.4875

   463.6875/468.6875

   463.7625/468.7625

   464.8000/469.8000

   464.8250/469.8250

 

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Nordstroms Security frequencies that I have found to date:

 

  Broadway Plaza               460.9125           PL 146.2

  Stonerigde Mall              460.9125/465.9125  PL 146.2

  Stonestown Galleria          460.9125/465.9125  PL 146.2

  Village at Corde Maderia     460.9125           PL 146.2

  Hillsdale Mall               463.5625/468.5625  DPL 131

  Valley Fair Shopping Center  464.0875/469.0875  PL 146.2

  Stanford Shopping Center     464.6125/469.6125  PL 146.2

 

  Most common frequency appears to be 460.9125

  Most common PL appears to be 146.2

 

  Other frequencies to search:

 

   463.4875/468.4375

   463.8375/468.8375

   464.2625/469.2625

 

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Sears Securty frequencies that I have found to date:

 

   Stoneridge Mall               461.1625           PL 151.4

   Tanforan Mall                 461.1875           PL 151.4

   Vallco Fashion Park           466.1125           DPL 271

 

   Most common PL appears to be 151.4

 

   Other frequencies to search:

 

    469.8125

 

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Regards,

 

Bob in San Jose