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12-15-2011, 02:32 PM
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Seattle area ?
I am located in Bainbridge island Washington. I have an Icom IC R75 shortwave radio AND a Radio shack Pro163. .I would like to try my luck with monitoring SATCOM communications. I know, like utility stations in shortwave radio, they're hit and miss. I cannot have an out door antenna for my 163. Can anyone give me some idea as to frequencies I might hear something in the uhf military bands?
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12-17-2011, 04:59 PM
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All of these frequencies can be heard from Seattle.
I am also monitoring from the west coast. |
12-17-2011, 07:20 PM
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All of these frequencies can be heard from Seattle.
I am also monitoring from the west coast. |
Thank you! I too am in WA state and wanted to start monitoring SATCOM more. I entered your whole list into my BCT15X (by hand, broken PSU on my desktop) Anything in the VHF range for satcom?
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12-17-2011, 08:23 PM
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Thank you very much 
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12-18-2011, 02:30 PM
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Follow up. what mode are these frequencies?
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12-18-2011, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by WAScanMan
Thank you! I too am in WA state and wanted to start monitoring SATCOM more. I entered your whole list into my BCT15X (by hand, broken PSU on my desktop) Anything in the VHF range for satcom?
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NOAA POES and Amateur radio sats operate in the VHF range. Amateur sats utilize both UHF and VHF for up link and down link freqs.
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12-18-2011, 04:49 PM
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Follow up. what mode are these frequencies?
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The UFO/Fltsats operate in NFM mode.
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12-18-2011, 06:02 PM
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WELL am I out luck since the Radio shack Pro163 doesn't do NBFM?
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12-18-2011, 06:43 PM
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WELL am I out luck since the Radio shack Pro163 doesn't do NBFM?
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I could be mistaken, and I'm sure someone will correct me if I am, but you should still be able to recieve in FM
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NOAA POES and Amateur radio sats operate in the VHF range. Amateur sats utilize both UHF and VHF for up link and down link freqs.
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Thank you! I've done some work with the NOAA sats and WXtoimg. Always exciting and fun!
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12-18-2011, 06:47 PM
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I remember years ago hearing military traffic on a VHF lo band frequency. They instructed the unit they were communicating with to go to a specific frequency. I later found out that I was hearing communications via satellite .I even remember the callsigns. and how the comms started "Oregon base calling Dragon thunder dome" . They made contact and went to a UHF frequency supposedly a SATCOM frequency
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