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drayd48

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I am a balloon crew out of Statesville, NC but I know who runs it. This is for balloon staff and launch and will even hear some flying going on on these frequencies

Try:
455.1250
151.6250
151.5050
158.4000
451.8000
456.8125
 

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I am a balloon crew out of Statesville, NC but I know who runs it. This is for balloon staff and launch and will even hear some flying going on on these frequencies

Try:
455.1250
151.6250
151.5050
158.4000
451.8000
456.8125
I know I have seen listings for 151.625 as the main channel.I had no idea as to the other channels
I live down the road from the Statesville airport in direct line of runway.
I'll put those into my scanner - thank you
 

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I know I have seen listings for 151.625 as the main channel.I had no idea as to the other channels
I live down the road from the Statesville airport in direct line of runway.
I'll put those into my scanner - thank you

We launch in downtown Troutman or all the way out in Cool Springs. All primary traffic is on 151.625 for the area. 455.125 is what 1 pilot flies around here locally on. There are 2 other pilots who have their own private channels that have PLs and DCS codes that I cannot give out.
 

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I think he was looking for the freqs for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta....
IIRC the field freqs were all UHF
 

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Ok, the balloon mister (person in charge of balloons) is from Statesville. They are using the frequencies that are listed above with some sort of PL tone and DCS I know of. The radios that they use are bofengs UV-82s. These are for the balloons and the balloon staff.
 

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Are these the same (a handful) that fly up in southern NM week or two prior to Albuquerque?
 

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Are these the same (a handful) that fly up in southern NM week or two prior to Albuquerque?

Yes it is. Most balloons fly off of those frequencies with some on the FRS / GMRS handheld walkie talkies.
 

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A couple were up down south yesterday. I didn't have a scanner on me just work equipment so couldn't check. When I seen them this thread popped in mind. They use to go up over the weekend but so far nothing so not sure if anything changed in Southern NM. Never listened to the balloons before but seen them in past communicating with ground personnel. This is what I seen, pigs do fly by the way.
 

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drayd48

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A couple were up down south yesterday. I didn't have a scanner on me just work equipment so couldn't check. When I seen them this thread popped in mind. They use to go up over the weekend but so far nothing so not sure if anything changed in Southern NM. Never listened to the balloons before but seen them in past communicating with ground personnel. This is what I seen, pigs do fly by the way.

Yep. LOL. That balloon is "When Pigs Fly" flown by Doug Gant (I believe last name)
 

drayd48

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LOL... Why not? A scanner with PL/DPL search will take care of the unknown tone/code right quick...

Ok, I am not going to lie but I had them and I have lost them when my computer got a virus and died. I would give them out if I had them.
 

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The Balloon Federation of America (Welcome to the BFA) is licensed to use 6 frequencies nationwide, and their members are authorized (encouraged?) to use them. Some of them are also licensed to the event coordinators. Should be interesting listening:

151.505
151.625
158.4
451.8
456.8
456.8125
 
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