Ont. medi-vac helicopter

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Steeltown

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just had the heli fly over my house

does anyone know what freq. they use
is it 126.700 ?? heard talk on that channel refering to my area (peterboro area)


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as far as i know, the med-evac heli is on 129.275, i've heard it on this freq a few times but rare.
When it is in tactical mode with boaters, etc. it can also be found on 413.6875
which is also the ontario-wide ambulance vehicle repeater freq. i always find in grey bruce area counties and most areas as common.
another freq. on the canada wide website for that is 132.55mhz
126.70 is london air traffic control for the london int airport and approaches coming in that way
 

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hemi said:
150.1000&129.2750.

To clarify, 150.100 is PCOM, used by the air ambulance to talk to the CACC with which it is going to deal with on the call. For example, air ambulance 799 will call the Hamilton CACC on 150.100 when en route to a serious MVC, a hospital or what have you within Hamilton's area.

Although I don't listen to 129.275 I believe that frequency is for communications with airports.
 

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jellotor said:
To clarify, 150.100 is PCOM, used by the air ambulance to talk to the CACC with which it is going to deal with on the call. For example, air ambulance 799 will call the Hamilton CACC on 150.100 when en route to a serious MVC, a hospital or what have you within Hamilton's area.

Although I don't listen to 129.275 I believe that frequency is for communications with airports.
129.2750 is the air ambulance operational channel with med-comm, the update all their movements to med-comm on that frequency.
 

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129.2750 definitely is the main channel I have heard.
I have 150.1 in the same bank as the one above, and have never picked up a thing, but a few times I have picked up the Helo talking about fuel states and where they were going to land to refuel en route for dispatch on the 129 freq.
 

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Are you using an external VHF antenna? In my experience PCOM doesn't come in too well in some locations. It helps to be near to a hospital or the landing zone. I hear air ambulances often enough with my stock antenna here (not too far from and elevated from Hamilton General and St. Joe's) and on the road with a 5/8 wave whip.

Your mileage, as always, may vary.
 

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Here is my experience with listening to Air Ambulance in the province.

150.1000mhz - Used by the helicopters to communicate with the CACC and land base ambulance crews while heading to the scene for specific landing directions and patient updates. Once departed scene they usually call the CACC in the area in which the trauma centre is located to give a patient report and arrange for a land crew to meet at the helipad if needed.

413.6875mhz- Output / 418.6875mhz Input - Used by the Helicopters to communicate with Medcom when on calls. This is a repeater pair and coverage is usually limited to Toronto and other Urban centres with a repeater. I can only hear this repeater when there is an inversion from Kitchener but I always hear the choppers on the input.

You will also hear the Choppers talking to the local ATC in the area which they are flying, they usually identify with "Canadian 77XX Medivac" with the XX being the numbers of the chopper like 792 or 799.

129.2750mhz AM - This is the Long Range frequency used by all the fixed wing planes to communicate with Medcom while on runs. I usually hear the planes telling Medcom their departure times and estimated landing time at their destination. Other than that it is very boring to listening to but you can usually hear the planes for 300-500kms.

I can record traffic on each frequency and post if people want to hear the traffic related to each frequency but I think I explained it pretty well.

Below is a good example of comms on 150.1000mhz between the CACC and the chopper. Plus it gives me the chance to show off receiving Niagara CACC from Kitchener. :)
 

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boomboy64

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Hi There,

Actually, 126.7 is what is called the enroute frequency in aviation. Whenever outside of controlled airspace, you are supposed to monitor it and use it to announce your position and intentions to others. Air Ambulance is no exception, neither is the military. That's why you stand a good chance of hearing stuff on it. In some areas, it is also used for talking to Flight Service Stations (sort of like mini-ATCs for information and flight planning purposes only).

Cheers,

Boomboy64 (a pilot...)
 

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Photo of Air Ambulance

I grabbed this pic and others recently at the crash scene at Hwy 10 and Derry Rd. in Mississauga. I thought I'd post it for those who were interested.
 

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