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

Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:43:41 -0500

OK

I understand a little more clearly now. I misunderstood what you were
saying; I thought you meant they were using HQ for about everything
including Chit Chat. My mistake, I have been married too long; listening
abilities are shot, just ask the wife. :-)  I just thought you left cost
folks did everything different. Like I said, here on the other coast, =
over
DC anyway, they do the quick hookup when first coming on station. Then 9
times out of 10 you won't hear HQ mentioned again until the next flight
comes to take the CAP.

I found it interesting to listen to the CAP flights when they first got
going. But after a while it got so routine it was boring. You know =
things
were bad for the pilots as well because they would get exited when it =
came
time to go to the tanker because they actually got to make a right hand =
turn
as opposed to the left hand turns needed to maintain the CAP pattern. =
Ain't
it great knowing that people get bored doing the things I have dreamed
about.

Anyway, does anyone know of any "reasonably" decent websites for me to
bookmark as possible reference tools for Govt. Comms? I have a pile of =
them
for Mil Air but don't know enough about what I am looking at on the =
Govt.
Side to tell if a particular web page has decent information on this =
stuff
or not

Jeff Smith

SOUTHERN MARYLAND SCANNER FORUM
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SouthernMDScannerForum/?yguid=3D120176783

In Use:
PRO-26, PRO-94, PRO-94(A), PRO-92
ICOM PCR 1000 & PRO-2035 W/OS535-CONTROLLED VIA SPECTRUM EXPLORER
BC780XLT-CONTROLLED VIA TrunkStar 780
BC250-SOON TO BE CONTROLLED BY "TrunkStar785"
SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE - http://www.scanstar.com/
Yahoo Messenger ID- j333-76484

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] =
[mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Jordan Hayes
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:21 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] Trying to decide a good freq range to work next
>=20
> > Usually I can catch a call sign and bring up a file for
> > that particular unit and I am set. I can't say I have heard
> > them switch to HQ for a period of time long enough for me to
> > think they were using it as chit chat.
>=20
> What I mean is that the chat used to be on the "official" channels, =
and
> thus less overall chatting; now that the "official" hookup is on HQ (I
> haven't heard a CAP mission in months that didn't establish a hookup,
> most times including getting NORAD to send a MICKEY -- can't these =
F-16s
> tell time? :-), I'm guessing the crews don't want to chat on that
> channel.  I hear the lead tell the wingman about switching over to get
> some mission-related information once or twice per hour.  Then it's =
back
> to complaints about mortgages and losing football pools! :-)
>=20
> _______________________________________________
> FedCom mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/fedcom