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I have a whole bunch of nationwide Military frequencies which came with my Uniden Digital scanner that I bought a year ago. (BCD996T).

I usually never hear a thing on any of them except for some occasional encrypted data. This afternoon 282.6000 came alive and was busy for a very long time with constant loud and clear transmissions. Supposedly this frequency is NORAD (North American Defense?).

There was two separate stations, one calling itself Alpha which at one point said something about r Reno, and the other called itself Bigfoot. Bigfoot must be somewhere near Nellis and it must be high powered because it was extremely loud and clear. I even had to turn the volume down a few notches from where I normally keep it whenever that station transmitted.

For at least an hour or more these two stations traded aircraft stats such as headings and bearings, altitude, air speed, etc. Some of the words that were repeated a lot between all the numbers were "classified assault friend", bullseye, "your track" and "my track."

These were definitely base stations I was hearing and not aircraft as the transmissions were always very stable and clear. What I thought was unusual was the fact that this was a frequency that I had been scanning for almost a year and this was the first time I ever heard anything on it except for some occasional short encryption.

Any of you Military enthusiasts out there know what this is?
 

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If I remember right BIGFOOT is an air to air callsign for the NORAD Western Air Defence Sector (WADS) at McChord Air Force Base in Washington State. There are many Military Operating Areas all over Nevada so you couyld have very well caught some training chatter between two aircraft or maybe even comms to McChord.
 

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Thanks for your reply.

Bigfoot was definitely a base station. Their very strong signal was always very steady and I could clearly hear activity in the background that sounded like other people in the room.

I live in the far north part of Vegas and the way that this station boomed in made me believe that it was either Nellis or somewhere nearby.

Why don't some of you Las Vegans scan this frequency for a while and see what you can hear. Your input is appreciated.
 

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you can hear bigfoot all over the western US

you can hear bigfoot all over the western US
they have many relay and repeter sites they can turn on
when ever they what.
 

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Thanks for the information. It's kind of interesting to read the Bigfoot legend reference on that link. Also, here is their official web site:
http://www.norad.mil/

Supposedly these are additional frequencies that they use:
228.8000 FM
228.9000 FM
234.6000 FM
252.0000 FM
254.2000 FM
260.9000 AM
265.4000 AM
271.0000 AM
282.6000 AM
293.6000 AM
298.3000 AM
320.6000 AM
328.0000 AM
364.2000 AM
387.8000 FM
 

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Thanks for the information. It's kind of interesting to read the Bigfoot legend reference on that link. Also, here is their official web site:
http://www.norad.mil/

Supposedly these are additional frequencies that they use:
228.8000 FM
228.9000 FM
234.6000 FM
252.0000 FM
254.2000 FM
260.9000 AM
265.4000 AM
271.0000 AM
282.6000 AM
293.6000 AM
298.3000 AM
320.6000 AM
328.0000 AM
364.2000 AM
387.8000 FM

arent these supposed to be AM?
 
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