I live in Western New York and enjoy listening to the Airband, I was wondering if anyone knows the best Cleveland Center/Toronto Center remote frequencies where you can also here the ground controller, I realize that that these are low power. In the past I've been able to hear ground controller faintly on 133.3 YYZ Center, but this may have been to weather conditions. I realize that this post is Airband related, but I I asked in New York thread as I feel it may have better results in this topic as it's sort of New York related. Apologies if in the wrong thread.
ARTCC frequencies in WNY?
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For your area, the Holland and and maybe Dunkirk sites should be in range for the ground station.
Cleveland (ZOB) Air Route Traffic Control Center Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Cleveland (ZOB) Air Route Traffic Control Center
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I pick up a lot of these frequencies from Fort Erie Ont. But only the aircraft, I do pick up the center frequencies audio sometimes, but they are very weak. It really depends on your scanner, antenna and the conditions.For your area, the Holland and and maybe Dunkirk sites should be in range for the ground station.
Cleveland (ZOB) Air Route Traffic Control Center Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Cleveland (ZOB) Air Route Traffic Control Centerwww.radioreference.com
Steve
Here is the Toronto list and 133.3 at St Catherines is the only site somewhat close to Buffalo.
Toronto (CZYZ) (Ontario) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Toronto (CZYZ) (Ontario)
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Having flown (professionally) for (too many) years, most aircraft departing from BUF, that would be aircraft flying higher than 18,000 feet will get turned over to an ARTCC. The would initially be ZOB, Cleveland Center, and if they're going east after a short time then on to New York Center. If you want some accurate info on freqs for the ARTCC's the easiest way is to take a look at an (IFR) enroute chart (low altitude). If you look near BUF You'll see a blue colored box. Inside the box is the word "CLEVELAND" and under it are generally two frequencies. One is VHF, the other is UHF (for military). The closest to BUF is Dunkirk 125.2 MHz. But keep in mind, you may only hear the aircraft. You probably wont hear the Center Controller. You should be able hear aircraft in excess of 100 miles or so. If you listen for the aircraft callsign, and follow it as he's handed off to other center controllers, you can listen for quite some time....
Most (but not all) of the transmitters, by the way are co-located with VOR sites. This will give you some indication as to a somewhat exact location of the TX.
The Enroute High Charts will not display the ARTCC Freqs. just the low charts. A good way to look at the current charts on on the website Skyvector.com. In the upper right, you can select the charts you want.
Hope this helps.
Best.
Most (but not all) of the transmitters, by the way are co-located with VOR sites. This will give you some indication as to a somewhat exact location of the TX.
The Enroute High Charts will not display the ARTCC Freqs. just the low charts. A good way to look at the current charts on on the website Skyvector.com. In the upper right, you can select the charts you want.
Hope this helps.
Best.
Great information! Thanks to all! I have an Omni-X antenna mounted on the roof, used to have a discone. I'll take a look at the enroute charts for frequencies and have a listen. Thanks again to all!
MiCon
Mike
It sounds like you're interested in listening to specific transmitters. You might want to consider installing a directional (beam) antenna in addition to your Omni-x, for versatility and better reception.
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How high up is your antenna mounted outside?? I have a discone mounted at about 30ft with LMR400 cable and have well over a 200 mile listening radius on VHF Air and Military aircraft.
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The height at which you hear aircraft, *if" you do not have hills near you is dominated by the aircraft height not your antenna height or cable. But in the case of hearing ground stations with buildings smaller hills, curvature of the earth, it will be dominated equally by your and the ground stations antenna height.s
My antenna is mounted at 25 ft. At altitude hearing the air side is no problem, I was wondering about the ground side, particularly Toronto and Cleveland center.
Thanks! makes perfect sense!
