[FedCom] Trying to decide a good freq range to work next

Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:30:30 -0500

Thanks for the reply. Yea 138-144 really went hot in my area after 9/11. =
We
had the normal F-16 comms from the local ANG units and a few other well
known freqs. But then after a couple of months they started swinging in
other units from out of the area because they were flying the crap out =
of
the local guys. So if a person did not have a scanner dedicated to =
searching
freq ranges they were behind the ball. =20

I may go ahead and plan to work 148-150.5 next. I'll start looking into =
it a
little and put together a little collection of bookmarks to help me id =
some
of the stuff I run into.  I figure it's going to be a lot different than
working the normal MILAIR freqs if for no other reason than I am not =
used to
the agencies involved. Most of the websites I have book marked don't =
tend to
have much info other than for 138-144 and 225-400. =20

If you know of any "reasonably" reliable websites to use as reference
resources, I'd certainly appreciate if you could forward them. I'll =
piddle
around tonight and do some searching and start to familiarize myself =
with
what's out there. My biggest problem is that I will not identify a freq
until I have listened to it long enough to confirm its usage. I have a =
few
freqs I have been working on for over a month and have a hard time =
nailing.=20

Jeff Smith

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] =
[mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Steven Donnell WA1YKL
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:08 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] Trying to decide a good freq range to work next
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> Hi, As many other monitors have noted, since 9/11, there has been an
> extrondinary increase in Mil Air activity in the 138 - 144 MHz range. =
In
our own
> searching, we have caught numerous tacitical air-air coms just below =
144
Mhz, in
> AM mode. What makes this interesting is that we normally think of this
part of
> the spectrum being used for FM Gnd coms. Although many Mil Air units =
do
have
> VHF, VT Air NG comes to mind as an example on 125.125 Mhz. A few of =
our
> recent
> loggings include: 139.625 and 143.425 MHz(AM). And just last week, we =
also
> heard
> Mil Air coms on 148.55 MHz( as received on a BC780, and further =
verified
on an
> ICR7000). These dont seem to be the normal Combat Air Partols, but are =
air
crews
> practicing  w/ some type of laser/IR targeting equipment.  Here in NH =
they
seem
> to be usually in the Yankee 1,2 MOA training area, about 25 mi N of
Concord. I
> figured this out by noting the lat/lons called out for certain targets =
and
> checking that data against my Street Map CD and FAA chart. This is
certainly a
> LOT more interesting to listen to than your usual air-air refueling =
ops,
and
> about as close as most of us will get(or care to get) to listening in =
on
bombing
> runs over Bagdad,,,.
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> So if you are looking for a new freq range to "mine" for Mil Air, try
looking in
> the 148 - 150.5 area, AM mode.
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> Steve  DE  WA1YKL
>=20
>=20
> "Jeffery R. SMith" wrote:
>=20
> > Hello Folks,
> >
> > I am trying to decide what freq ranges to start working next. Until =
now
I
> > have been working Military Air and Ground freq ranges and have put
together
> > some reasonably decent lists for my area. I am still not done but am =
at
a
> > point that I need to start thinking about what to get into next.
> > To date, I have followed the above plan and worked 138-144 MHz in AM =
&
FM
> > modes. Also I have worked the entire range from 225-400 MHz in AM. I
still
> > have some identifying to do in the 225-400 range but come the end of
> > February I will be looking for another good search range to work. I
think I
> > have the "Normal" Military Bands covered pretty well for this area =
and
have
> > seen numerous posts about Customs getting involved with possible CAP
duties
> > over major cities.
> >
> > What I was hoping you folks could do would be to point me toward a
couple of
> > good freq ranges to work next. I live in southern MD so chances are =
I
will
> > not pick up too much traffic from ground bases transmitters in the =
DC
area
> > but do pick up quite a bit of the airspace in Maryland as well as
Virginia.
> > I have all the normal public service type freqs squared away so that =
is
of
> > no interest. I am looking into Govt. related comms. Hence my joining =
the
> > discussion group. I can't say that I am looking onto focusing on any =
one
> > particular organization within the Govt. as I have never went after
Govt.
> > comms before and don't know where to start.
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