311.0 EAM's

[CapnJon]

Do they come from Andrews or repeaters thruout the U.S.? I heard a few yesterday and I just have a 18" antenna on the back of my BC396D inside the house. I'm 2,000 feet on top of a knob.

 

[CalebATC]

I have heard one EAM on 311.0, and it was from an airborne platform, I could tell because of the sound and a little fading.

That's all I know, sorry I couldn't help!

 

[nodak1crdet3]

EAM's

Hello CapnJon,
It is possible to hear an EAM when your pretty close to an Airbase that has them. Are you close to K.I. Sawyer International Airport. There might still be a transmitter there from the old SAC days of B-52's & F-106's of Big Red Bulls fame.
I can't find Poverty Knob, MI? You're not even on a map that I can find. That must be one small town.

Some other freqs to watch.

364.20000 AICC PRIME BLUE 07, HUNTRESS & NORTHERN LIGHTS
311.00000 ACC # 1. QUARTERBACK Ops MTC
321.00000 ACC # 2. UPSET OPS WI / STEEL OPS PA
381.30000 ACC # 3.
323.80000 EAM 09-08
287.45000 E-3 AWACS TOD beep 03-08
228.90000 HUNTRESS BLUE 09 02-11
260.90000 HUNTRESS BLUE 13 02-11
282.60000 HUNTRESS BLUE 17
293.60000 HUNTRESS BLUE 20 CAP AR-
228.70000 HUNTRESS
362.25000 AF-1 BURN CH WBFM 02-11

Air Refueling AR-Freqs
238.90000 AR-632B Prime 02-11
276.50000 AR-321 Prime 02-09
283.90000 AR-217 Prime 06-09
293.60000 AR-CAP Prime BLUE 20
324.60000 AR-107 Prime
327.60000 AR-109L
341.75000 ETHYL AR
343.50000 AR-109H Prime 07-09

I think 2007 was the last time I was up in Duluth & they used these freqs.
Duluth MN, F-16C’s VHF & UHF Presets
UHF Presets from a cockpit photo.
288.900 Bulldog Ops. BTN 01.
348.600 DLH grnd / clrnc. BTN 02.
257.800 DLH twr. BTN 03.
285.600 DLH app/dep. BTN 04.
255.900 DLH app/dep. BTN 05.
290.500 MSP Snoopy MOA. BTN 06.
377.100 Minn.C. BTN 07.
284.600 MSP B/U (Back up freq). BTN 08.
335.600 MSP Volk. BTN 09.
278.500 MSP Rhinelander. BTN 10.
235.100 AR-Boom freq. BTN 11.
228.900 Huntress. BTN 12.
327.900 Huntress. BTN 13.
270.100 ATIS. BTN 14.
276.400 SNOOPY MOA. BTN 15.
293.300 BEAVER MOA. BTN 16.
399.000 BIG BEAR MOA. BTN 17.
346.250 PHOENIX Volk mission co-ord. BTN 18.
358.200 Hardwood Range R-6904. BTN 19.
000.000 Have Quick. BTN 20.

VHF Presets from a cockpit photo.
139.725 Bulldog Ops. V 01. (Ex Ops 139.900)
121.900 DLH grnd / clrnc. V 02.
118.300 DLH twr. V 03.
119.500 DLH app/dep. V 04.
125.450 DLH app/dep. V 05.
134.550 MSP. V 06.
120.900 I-FALLS? V 07.
127.900 MSP B/U (Back up freq) V 08.
125.300 MSP Volk. V 09.
126.450 Volk. V 10.
000.000 ?
?47.500 RWR Checks. (Radar warning receiver) V12.
122.000 FSS. V 13.
124.100 ATIS. V 14.
138.300 SNOOPY MOA. V 15.
138.425 BEAVER MOA. V 16.
138.150 BIG BEAR MOA. V 17.
000.000 V 18?
132.025 Hardwood Range R-6904. BTN 19.
139.800 Adversary. V 20. Or 139.900.

 

[eorange]

I heard they originate from TACAMO E-6s:

Boeing E-6 Mercury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[KB8QDM]

Hello CapnJon,
It is possible to hear an EAM when your pretty close to an Airbase that has them. Are you close to K.I. Sawyer International Airport. There might still be a transmitter there from the old SAC days of B-52's & F-106's of Big Red Bulls fame.
I can't find Poverty Knob, MI? You're not even on a map that I can find. That must be one small town.

Could be coming from Duluth, MN, too, depending on how far west he is in the UP. I recall there being a MNANG F-16 unit there with an air superiority mission.

 

[instrumentphilip]

hey Nodak you ever hear any EAM's coming from selfridge?

 

[nodak1crdet3]

hey Nodak you ever hear any EAM's coming from selfridge?

Only one time & that was a few years ago. I haven't heard one on UHF since then. It would be nice to be able to hear EAM's on UHF. I can't stand the static noise on HF, it drives me crazy.
Guess I'll have to move to Offutt AFB in Omaha Nebraska or Ellsworth AFB South Dakota to hear some UHF EAM's. Heard a few of them when travelling in those area's years ago.

 

[KB3KBR]

hate to sound stupid but what's an EAM?

 

[eorange]

Emergency Action Message. Coded alphanumeric strings from the USAF read over the air to various forces around the globe. There's no way of knowing what the message means, but when you hear them you know someone somewhere is receiving orders to do something!

EAMs are sent over the HFGCS:

USAF High Frequency Global Communications System - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[CapnJon]

I'm east of Bessemer and Ironwood, just a few miles from the border from Hurley. I put a bunch of freqs in my bc796d 2 nights ago, i'll have to check and make sure to see if some of the Duluth freq's are there. I see them all the time overhead and they always train here too along with watching the refuel ops just about every night.

Thanks for the replies..."poverty knob" is the nickname I gave this little 2,000 foot hill I live in. LOL

 

[Hooligan]

Could be coming from Duluth, MN, too, depending on how far west he is in the UP. I recall there being a MNANG F-16 unit there with an air superiority mission.

EAMs don't really have anything to do with fighter/interceptor type ops. Best bet for his 311.0MHz emitter was an E-6B aircraft doing a US Strategic Command mission. I suppose sometimes they'll be over one of the Great Lakes doing trailing wire antenna operations.

 

[BMT]

311.0 eam's

E-6B TACAMO use the Great Lakes area quite often for traling wire ops.
Have to watch the ARTCC NOTAMS for date and time.

BMT