[FedCom] Re: NOAA/NWS Aircraft?

[Blaine Brooks]

From: "Jeramy A. Ross" <jeramy at w5xtlradio.us>

 >>If I had to guess, it could have very well been a USN filght working
 >>with NOAA/NSSL.  We've had NAVY WP-3A's here (Lawton/FT SILL, OK) before
 >>(similar to the NOAA WP-3Ds).  There is also a RP-3D used for
 >>atmospheric research and two RP-3As listed as being for scientific
 >>research.

Many thanks for your help Jeramy. Since I can pick up ops
(airborne) from the Fort Sill/Henry Post AAF area fairly well
on my scanner, as well as sorties and such from Falcon Range,
I would agree with your assumption either NOAA or NOAA
aircraft working with Navy. The pilots of both aircraft knew each other
by first name, so that would lead me to believe the latter. It is
possible they were also working with a ground based mobile unit,
that I obviously couldn't pick that up at my distance.

It was some interesting listening while it lasted, regarding
radar imaging, and setting up coordinates to map certain
storm cells. They were reading the radar and correlating images
(reds, yellows, and greens) from that to whatever research they
were doing. At first I thought I was DX'ing some of the hurricane
hunter craft (since I used to hear them when I lived in Fla.), but I
quickly deduced they were indeed over land somewhere close by.

Anyway, I'd keep 324.7 handy in the fed/milcom scanner just in
case these folks decide to do research elsewhere across the
CONUS.

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Blaine Brooks
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