133.625 Den Appch

captaincraig44 · Aug 27, 2008

I picked this up in the last few days. Hadn't heard it in use before and I'm not sure if it's a temporary thing for the DNC or if it is in fact a permanent new freq for Denver Approach for the BJC area. Just thought those who monitor civil aviation in the area might want to know about it.

poltergeisty · Aug 27, 2008

Hmm, wonder why they would do that? Maybe ATC anticipated more traffic than usual? Jeffco huh?

Edit~ Drooped a FCC search http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/index.htm?job=home and can't seem to find anything. Actually, don't know if I used the tools correctly. :lol: How does one look for ATC freqs.? I've only used it when locating unknown CC's. Checked some procedure plates too! :lol:

If you look at the TFR, BJC is inside it.

abqscan · Aug 27, 2008

That freq has been in use for over a year now... I want to get a tour of the tracon so I could ask a controller where its used at.

captaincraig44 · Aug 27, 2008

Doh!

Wow. Don't know how I missed that. I'll have to listen to it more and figure out where it's used. My first impressions are that it's a low altitude sector to the NW of Denver (BJC and NW). Needless to say, I've never talked on it while arriving or departing DEN on the NW or SW gates.

scanlist · Aug 27, 2008

You would be amazed how many VHF air freqs show up when you set a Uniden scanner to search with autostore for a few hours. Autostore is a great function that is most likely being overlooked by people.

I logged around 90 unique VHF air freqs up here (excluding the airinc block) 3 weekends ago.

GrayJeep · Aug 27, 2008

133.625

I've just looked at my brand-new Denver VFR Terminal chart and Cheyenne. I checked a few instrument approach plates for Jeffco and haven't found this freq listed. Might be a handoff freq rather than a callup kind of freq?

Silver506 · Aug 27, 2008

133.625

Probably don't have 353.8 either.

Silver

poltergeisty · Aug 27, 2008

:lol: So what's the 133.625? Assuming yours is the backup

abqscan · Aug 28, 2008

Silver506 said:
Probably don't have 353.8 either.

Silver

I have 353.8 as KAPA's UHF tower freq. When ever any mil traffic flys in to KAPA and only has UHF, appch calls up KAPA tower, and tells them to turn on their UHF radio. It turns out their UHF radio in the tower is a walkie-talkie and everyone complains to them about it!

Silver506 · Aug 28, 2008

I have 353.8 in Boulder at +10/S9 on an outside antenna. Hardly comes from a pacset at APA. It is, however, used by them and possibly via a pacset but it is also used by Approach in some capacity too, possibly as a SFA channel.

abqscan · Aug 28, 2008

Sure, I've heard appch patch 118.9 to 353.8 and it came in booming in on my radio. But really, they do have a handheld radio in the tower. I'll take a picture of it the next time I'm up there. Installing a UHF base radio in the tower is in the works, but the FAA isn't speedy ;-)

natedawg1604 · Aug 15, 2016

abqscan said:
Sure, I've heard appch patch 118.9 to 353.8 and it came in booming in on my radio. But really, they do have a handheld radio in the tower. I'll take a picture of it the next time I'm up there. Installing a UHF base radio in the tower is in the works, but the FAA isn't speedy ;-)

So, lately I've been trying to verify APA's current UHF freq used in the tower. It appears they stopped using 353.8 some time ago, AFAIK it's currently used by Denver TRACON. It seems the official charts don't mention any UHF freq(s) for APA, any idea what it might be?

GrayJeep · Aug 16, 2016

natedawg1604 said:
So, lately I've been trying to verify APA's current UHF freq used in the tower. It appears they stopped using 353.8 some time ago, AFAIK it's currently used by Denver TRACON. It seems the official charts don't mention any UHF freq(s) for APA, any idea what it might be?

Given that Buckley is only 10 miles away ( a mere spit out the window at jet speeds) perhaps APA can come up on Buckley tower freq? They probably have line of sight from tower to tower so can hear what the other is doing. And likely the mil traffic would be going to Buckley anyway except for a 'can't make it that far' kind of emergency.

My $.02 anyway......

dw2872 · Aug 16, 2016

133.625 is Denver Approach (West)

natedawg1604 · Aug 16, 2016

dw2872 said:
133.625 is Denver Approach (West)

Yeah I show 133.625 as Tracon Position FR-4, although my question pertained to a separate topic within this thread re: APA's current use or non-use of a UHF frequency.

datainmotion · Aug 16, 2016

natedawg1604 said:
...my question pertained to a separate topic within this thread re: APA's current use or non-use of a UHF frequency.

Then maybe you should start a new thread rather than dredging up an 8-year old one. :roll:

dw2872 · Aug 16, 2016

Oh what the hell?!!

I thought this was a new thread. Geez. There really should be a rule against this.

Dang it, Nate.

greenthumb · Aug 16, 2016

dw2872 said:
Oh what the hell?!!

I thought this was a new thread. Geez. There really should be a rule against this.

Dang it, Nate.

There is, so i'm closing this thread. Continue the discussion in the thread below, if you would like.

http://forums.radioreference.com/co...on-forum/338557-centennial-apa-uhf-freqs.html

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