Beale Open House this weekend (4/18-19)

[b52hbuff]

Official Site is here:
Beale Air Force Base - 2009 Beale Air Show
(note no scanners in spectator area)

Static Aircraft Displays:
U-2 Dragon Lady
RQ-4 Global Hawk
KC-135 Stratotanker
KC-10 Extender
A-10 Thunderbolt
C-5 Galaxy
B-52 Stratofortress
C-21 Learjet
T-33 Shooting Star
T-6 Texan II
F-16 Fighting Falcon
T-1 Jayhawk
T-37 Tweet
T-38 Talon
HH-65 Dolphin
P-3 Orion
C-23 Sherpa


Military Aerial Acts:
F-16 Fighting Falcon West Demonstration
A-10 Thunderbolt II West Demonstration
P-38 Lightning Heritage Flight
U-2 Dragon Lady
T-38 Talon 4-Ship Formation
C-17 Globemaster III Demonstration

Civilian performers:
Tim Weber - Extra 300S
Tim Decker - Pitts S-2B
Eddie Andreini - Yak-9
Kent Pietsch - 1942 Interstate Cadet
Warren Pietsch - 1946 Taylorcraft
Patriots Jet Demonstration Team - Aero L-39



Here is a configuration for Uniden radios from a previous post:
http://www.radioreference.com/forum...m/37971-beale-afb-airshow-configurations.html

And here is a post show report from the 2006 show:
http://www.radioreference.com/forum...ion-forum/40640-beale-afb-airshow-report.html

Airshow performers will probably use frequencies that are documented in the Monitoring Times airshow guide. here is a configuration:
http://www.radioreference.com/forum...toring-times-airshow-2006-configurations.html

 

[b52hbuff]

I did a little monitoring at the tail end of the practice airshow. I got here a bit late and only managed to see the Patriots fly. They were using 127.3 as their A-A frequency.

The Beale TRS seems to follow the pattern shown in the RRDB. One addition I figured out today. 560 is Fire TAC1.

I also have yet to monitor any traffic on the 2M conventional frequencies. During my last visit in 2006, some TRS traffic appeared to be cross patched into the 2M frequencies. So far, these conventional frequencies are quiet. I guess they got rid of all of the older radios.

I'll update after I monitor on the base.

 

[RolnCode3]

Didn't even know about this. Anybody going tomorrow (Sunday)?

 

[DPD1]

Believe it or not, I wouldn't mind seeing the Sherpa. Those things are pretty rare to see. Feel free to post some pics of the statics.

 

[NWtoSFO]

Nice show today. Free parking and admission. Plenty of food/drink vendors. A word of advice, though; if you stand in front of the C-17 before it taxis to the runway, hold onto your hat. And your girlfriend/wife if they are under a buck-20. Both will disappear before you turn around.

 

[k6scm]

Met B52Hbuff out on the tailgate party walk-down - it was a pleasure sir and thanks for your info sheet. All in all it was a great show! Stuck to the aircom frequencies m'self (while others had their ears to the TRS goings- on) and I found everything I wanted to listen to in the clear on VHF-air band AM. Got some great still shots and video too.

121.600 Beale Ground VHF/Airboss/Pattern Coordination
119.400 Beale Tower VHF
124.550 Civilian & Military Performers Air-to-Air Discreet & link to show intercom/Airboss
123.150 Civilian Performers Air-to-Air Discreet
127.300 Patriots L-39 Jet Demo Team