Military jet on 165.52 Now

[Hoofy]

I just talked to an airforce guy in a military version of the 747 flying a pattern over southern Lake Michigan on 146.52FM simplex. He said they would be heading west about 5:15 or 5:30pm today.

SHOULD HAVE SAID 146.52

[freqs]

Originally Posted by Hoofy

I just talked to an airforce guy in a military version of the 747 flying a pattern over southern Lake Michigan on 146.52FM simplex. He said they would be heading west about 5:15 or 5:30pm today.

SHOULD HAVE SAID 146.52

is that in am mode

[Hoofy]

It's in the ham band. 146.52FM

[Hoofy]

I had posted this with the idea that some other hams might be able to work the guy.

They left the area about 5:15PM that evening. He said he was in the military's version of the 747 and they were orbiting at about 25,000 ft. near the southern end of Lake Michigan. He reported he was working with 10 watts and I was hearing him from about 400miles away with a full scale meter reading. Amazing what 10watts and a 25,000ft high antenna can do.

The plane was based somewhere to the west and he said when they came back this way again that he would be on the 146.52FM frequency again. I talked to him from my mobile ham radio with a 5/8 wave Larson magmount. Probably could have got him with a handi-talkie. I heard him working 8's, 9's and zero call signs. His call sign was a KD7something.

Plug the frequency in and maybe you will hear him on his next trip. He did not give any info on who, what, where, or when and I didn't ask because I know they arn't supposed to talk and I didn't want him to tell me something top secret and then have to shoot me with a missile or something.........

[MetroMike]

Originally Posted by Hoofy

He said he was in the military's version of the 747 and they were orbiting at about 25,000 ft. near the southern end of Lake Michigan.

It wasn't THIS particular military version of the 747, was it?

Originally Posted by Hoofy

Plug the frequency in and maybe you will hear him on his next trip. He did not give any info on who, what, where, or when and I didn't ask because I know they arn't supposed to talk and I didn't want him to tell me something top secret and then have to shoot me with a missile or something.........

Hmmmm.... a military version of the 747 and a secretive Ham. Hoofy, he didn't have a Texas accent, did he?

/just kidding
//seriously though, does the NEACP still fly, or have they been grounded? I remember reading that during the cold war that had one airborne at all times.

[n4voxgill]

a little while ago I heard an airforce MARS phone patch from an aircraft, the pilot called his wife and told her he would be flying over the house at 11:30, you could hear her tell the other people in the house. I'm sure they were outside looking up at the appointed time.

[CORN]

Could've been an E-4B which is basically a flying command center based on the 747 airframe. I believe there are a few based at Offutt AFB in Nebraska.