AAFB Open House / Air Show

[md_p97]

Have been listening to comms on 237.2000 am this morning of a demo team practicing over the field.

Just heard on 343.000 that the Thunderbirds will start praticing today at 3:05 pm

 

[TinEar]

Thanks for those freqs. Any idea who they belong to?

 

[Dank]

airshow freqs

Tinear- check out the aviation forum. I was there yesterday and found a link to a pdf file at monitoring times that included many airshow related freqs. T-Birds, Angels, Golden Knights, etc.

 

[TinEar]

Thank you...will do.

[Edit] A quick look at the URL you sent Dank and I found the 343.0 freq used by the A-10 Thunderbolt Demo Team. Now for the 237.2....

 

[Dank]

Thanks for those freqs. Any idea who they belong to?

Should've checked my browser before replying. Here's the url

www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtairshowguide2005.pdf

 

[Dank]

JSOH @ Andrews

Does anyone think carrying a handheld scanner to the show this weekend will be a problem? Since you can't park on the base anymore, I'd hate to carry it on the bus after parking at Fed-Ex field only to find I can't carry it in.

 

[mlevin]

I plan on doing it, so if it's not allowed you won't be the only unhappy customer :wink:

Actually, I'm bringing two :lol:

 

[TinEar]

Thunderbirds are up practicing for the show. Check their freqs. Most active at the moment are 143.85 and 322.95.

 

[baybum]

That's AM mode right?
I get messed up on when to use am or fm on these milair freqs.

Thanks

Mike

 

[TinEar]

Yes, all air will be AM. Their 413 mHz freqs are the only ones that are FM but those aren't the aircraft. I don't own a handheld scanner <red-faced> so hope I can take one of these base scanners and listen from in the truck while at the show..depends on where I have to park.

 

[baybum]

I wish I knew if I was going, wee could meet up.
My weekend hasn't been planned for me yet.

 

[TinEar]

I'm going tomorrow Mike so I don't have to fight the Saturday/Sunday hordes.

 

[mlevin]

Here's a link to Thunderbird freqs. http://members.tripod.com/columbus_east/tbirds.shtml

 

[TinEar]

322.95 has been constant with them. They are just now (16:15) getting ready to land...gear down for (runway) 19 (190 degrees) left. Nice sounding transmitter. Could hear them all the way to the ground from here.

Another pair went up and are now landing at 16:29 but these guys are using the 143.85 freq, also on 19 left and again could hear them to the ground. Very nice.

[Edit} Mo...note the 322.95 freq is not on the list at that URL...but I just noticed it in his notes below the list.

I plugged in this list:
http://www.milaircomms.com/thunderbird_frequencies.html

 

[mlevin]

I'll be creating a Win96 file later tonight, and will post it here once I'm done. It'll have Local Mil-Air, T-Bird freqs, Potomac TRACON, AAFB TRS, and PG County FD/PD.

In the past I've had decent results with the Pro-96 and Mil-Air freqs, but other's results may vary.

 

[baybum]

That would be GREAT. I'm getting dizzy keeping track of all these freqs.

MANY THANKS!!

Mike

 

[ka3jjz]

I'll be creating a Win96 file later tonight, and will post it here once I'm done. It'll have Local Mil-Air, T-Bird freqs, Potomac TRACON, AAFB TRS, and PG County FD/PD.

In the past I've had decent results with the Pro-96 and Mil-Air freqs, but other's results may vary.

Mo, if you export the file to a csv format, lots of other folks can also use that information, including ARC250 users for the digital trunkers.

Alternately, I can work on such a file in Scan Control, dump the file down to a csv format using the parameters you've already stated. Get back to me ASAP so this can be coordinated. My email is well known, and you can easily find my phone.

73s Mike

P.S. Looking at the CHM ARC250 page at:

CHM ARC page

I see that we have 2 PG county files there that, if you were to download and unzip them, then rebuild using what you have as parameters, you should be at least 1/2 the way there. All you'd need would be to include the UHF TRACON freqs (I don't have them) and Thunderbird freqs and you would be pretty much in business.

I can still rebuild a file for users other than the digitals, tho

73s Mike

 

[ka3jjz]

Since we have at least 1 log of the Thunderbolts, in goes those freqs, too. I'll take them from the MT article.

Let's see, 388.85 is the B2 freq, from the article. Dump that in as well.

What else is going to be there that we have in that article?

73s Mike

 

[mlevin]

I'll be creating a Win96 file later tonight, and will post it here once I'm done. It'll have Local Mil-Air, T-Bird freqs, Potomac TRACON, AAFB TRS, and PG County FD/PD.

In the past I've had decent results with the Pro-96 and Mil-Air freqs, but other's results may vary.

Mo, if you export the file to a csv format, lots of other folks can also use that information, including ARC250 users for the digital trunkers.

Alternately, I can work on such a file in Scan Control, dump the file down to a csv format using the parameters you've already stated. Get back to me ASAP so this can be coordinated. My email is well known, and you can easily find my phone.

73s Mike

P.S. Looking at the CHM ARC250 page at:

CHM ARC page

I see that we have 2 PG county files there that, if you were to download and unzip them, then rebuild using what you have as parameters, you should be at least 1/2 the way there. All you'd need would be to include the UHF TRACON freqs (I don't have them) and Thunderbird freqs and you would be pretty much in business.

I can still rebuild a file for users other than the digitals, tho

73s Mike

Mike if you could tell me how to export it to a csv file, I'll be glad to do it. I'm not gonna get around to working on it until 945-10ish. I probably won't finish it tonight. I'm going Sunday, so I might not finish it 'till Saturday night. I will try to get it done tonight though so everyone can enjoy.

 

[ka3jjz]

Sri Mo, I don't have Win96- I'm a Uniden man

In any case, I've got you pretty much beat; I have a prelim file already built. It has pretty much what you had suggested, and I've added MSP and SHA freqs as well (hmm, maybe I should put the 151 and 159 mhz freqs in there too?)

I've combined the tripod link data that was given above, data from MT milcom columns (Feb and Mar 2005) Ron's print file from the CHM server into 1 big file. All I need do once I think it's done is to export it to a csv format, and at least that's a good start.

All I need to know now is there a website for the show? (I'm betting there is). If I can check the list of expected attendees against what is in the Mar 2005 MT article, and add those freqs in, the prelim file should be good to go.

73s Mike

P.S. Thank God for Altavista! Here's the link to the show schedule;

JSOH 2005 Schedule

Looks like the Golden Knights will be there, as well as some F15 flybys. I have some more work to do....I'm also putting in the FRS and ISR frequencies, just in case....hopefully I'll have this all done by 10pm or so.

Weather looks like it will be rainy on Friday, better for the weekend...
73s M