[FedCom] Re: [AirCommSouthwest] ELT Alert Beacons Can Hobbyists Help Locate?

[Bryan Herbert]

Yup, every morning at 0700 the China Lake NAWS Tower performs 
transmitter tests with China Control on 121.5 and 243.0. Every now and 
then you will also hear aircraft that are unfamiliar with the airfield 
come up on 'Guard' and check in with the tower or China Control, you 
wouldnt believe how many new freqs ive collected from guard handoffs. 
There were also a few times when I lived in Newhall (Northern Los 
Angeles County) I would often hear military aircraft, usually Nat Guard 
helos, initiate conversations with airliners. After a minute or two the 
conversation would often switch to 123.450 or another freq around 129 MHz.

gary wrote:

> It's really a good idea to have 243MHz in your scanner. There is some 
> air to air chatter on that frequency. [Oh yeah, Bryan was the one that 
> pointed this out to me.] 


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Bryan Herbert - KE6ZGP - Ridgecrest, Ca.
http://bryanherbert.com