Army Guard

[evilbrad]

Any interesting guard frequencies in use with the deployments

 

[MarcusDude]

Any idea where to even search? Aside from some WISCOM talkgroups, and some site specific frequencies (McCoy. Volk, ect) I don't even know where to search or what band to search in.

 

[nd5y]

Federal VHF/UHF Channel Plans - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[KD4YGG]

Caveat 1 - These are from the November 2003 issue of Monitoring Times, so they may not even be current, valid or currently utilized.

Caveat 2 - This list is not exhaustive, as situations, equipment, etc. can change at any time.

Nationwide VHF low band common: 38.400 (normal FM)

WI National Guard VHF low band: 40.800, 40.900, 41.600, 46.700 (should be normal FM)
WI National Guard VHF high band: 141.1000
WI National Guard Air band: 123.050, 123.400, 241.000, 299.900

On HF, the following are listed: 4607.0, 5087.0, 8056.0, 8093.0, 13722.0, 14653.0, 20906.0

Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) notes:
Callsign: AB1WI
ALE Address: MWINGB
NGB #: NGB62
Location: Madison, WI

As others have stated, don't forget WISCOM talkgroups, Wisconsin Interop Channels, Nationwide Interop Channels, and others.

Don't count out the WISCOM "Site-On-Wheels" that's available for deployment should the need arise.

The article lists the following recommended search ranges:
30.0000-30.5500 Mhz
32.0000-33.0000 Mhz
34.0000-34.9900 Mhz
36.0000-36.9900 Mhz
38.0000-38.9900 Mhz
40.0000-41.9900 Mhz
46.5800-47.0000 Mhz
49.6100-49.9900 Mhz

138.0000-144.0000 Mhz
148.0000-150.8000 Mhz

 

[Steve08CVPI]

I would expect anything the Army is transmitting is gonna be encrypted

 

[nd5y]

I would expect anything the Army is transmitting is gonna be encrypted

Maybe where you are but it's not encrypted everywhere.

 

[doctordialtone]

I would expect anything the Army is transmitting is gonna be encrypted

Maybe where you are but it's not encrypted everywhere.

Our National Guard is in the clear on two talk groups

 

[N9JCQ]

I can only copy a little Wisconsin area traffic from my NE ILL location but my money would be that WIANG is using a talkgroup on WISCOM if they'd be anywhere. I can't find any TGs specifically calling out the WI Army NG or Air Guard. But perhaps they are using those related to EMTs or similar. Just a thought. I lnow ILANG has access to Starcom21 down here

 

[CrabbyMilton]

Last night I heard them on 40.900mhz in Milwaukee. Not sure but I think it was coming from the Blackhawk helicopter that was flapping around.

 

[hightime]

I'm way up north but my best guess would be Wiscom Dept of Military Affairs and emergency management. That's in the 8400 Talkgroups

 

[iMONITOR]

I would expect anything the Army is transmitting is gonna be encrypted

Nope, not in S.E. Michigan.

 

[prowisscan]

Talkgroups 8400s on WISCOM are coming from Madison. I have heard them using MARC 1 here in Milw.

 

[mws72]

Down here in the Davenport Iowa area. In the past I heard the Wi ANG helicopters on 148-150 range. Sorry it been a while and I keep lousy notes.

 

[OpSec]

Most of the Guard units are talking to each other on freq-hopping SINCGARS, so you're not going to catch anything there. There is some single-frequency use but a lot of crypto as one would expect.

.mil AM aircraft channels are still out there for listening when in the area.

 

[MarcusDude]

I decided to take a drive by the National Guard armory in Appleton, and noticed they have an antenna on a pole on their roof. I wasn't able to take a picture, but I found this on Google Earth Street View. It looks to me to be a vertical antenna on the end of a pole, but there are 2 elements across it in the shape of an X (some sort of discone perhaps?). Any idea what type of antenna this is, or what bands/modes it could be used for?

 

[ChrisP]

I decided to take a drive by the National Guard armory in Appleton, and noticed they have an antenna on a pole on their roof. I wasn't able to take a picture, but I found this on Google Earth Street View. It looks to me to be a vertical antenna on the end of a pole, but there are 2 elements across it in the shape of an X (some sort of discone perhaps?). Any idea what type of antenna this is, or what bands/modes it could be used for?
View attachment 87981

That looks like an OE-254/GRC low-band FM antenna, 30 - 88 MHz.

- Chris

 

[MarcusDude]

That looks like an OE-254/GRC low-band FM antenna, 30 - 88 MHz.

- Chris

So, basically SINCGARS.

 

[eg1451]

Heard "ARMY 206" on WISCOM TG 8498 radio ID 8409128 talking about Milwaukee approach and asking for Wisconsin Aviation for fuel