CA: BLUETAIL, SHOWTIME, HEAT? wkg Beaver Discrete 257.025

[SuperSixFour]

Second day this week I've caught some action on 257.025, discrete frequency being used by BLUETAIL, SHOWTIME, and HEAT? out in W-532 off the coast of central California.

The birds are coming from NAS Lemoore and using "QUICKSAND" callsigns with ATC, but switching to SHOWTIME (and possibly HEAT/TREAT/PETE?) when they start to play.

BLUETAIL is an E-2 backend and providing the radar pictures.

OMEGA71 tanker has been providing gas.

Yesterday, I also heard REAPER12 and VIPER01.

 

[SuperSixFour]

Update: Red Air traffic can be heard on 264.015

Hearing IVAN (controller?) VIPER01, SNAKE04, SNAKE05, COBRA08, GHOST32

Red Air this week is ATAC VILLAIN F-5s and, I believe, VFC-12 F/A-18s

 

[RichardKramer]

Would the Red Air traffic frequency be 264.025? The milair band spacing is 25KHz.
Nice catches!

 

[SuperSixFour]

Would the Red Air traffic frequency be 264.025? The milair band spacing is 25KHz.
Nice catches!

Oh, good catch. Thank you. That is my typo.

*264.150* is the correct frequency.

 

[SuperSixFour]

Traffic is back up on 257.025 today. Players involved so far:

SCREWTOP
BLUETAIL

Blue Fighters
HEAT11 (F-35s)
SHOWTIME11

Red Strikers and Escorts
IVAN
VIPER01/02/03
COBRA05/06
PYTHON11/12
DOG07/08
MUTT09/10
PHANTOM21/22/23/24/25
PHANTOM32/33/34/35

 

[mancow]

Is this a sat?

 

[SuperSixFour]

Is this a sat?

I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Can you elaborate?

 

[RichardKramer]

Is this a sat?

No, these comms would be simplex AM mode; most satellite comms in the 240 - 270MHz band FM mode by the US military would be encrypted most of the time.

 

[SuperSixFour]

For those interested, here is a short video I cut together of the Red Air comms yesterday.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1801126450051067927

 

[Rt4957]

Is there a complete list of Beaver discrete Frequencies?
I`m still have the "Old ones" such as 273.1,301,1 308.1 and 344.1. I`m sure they`ve been well changed as it`s been a while since hearing anything on them. I used to hear Beaver Control better when I lived in Reseda,,since moving to Chatsworth,,I rarely do,,but used to really like listening to planes in "The playground"
Thanks for any help
Phil

 

[nomar]

Second day this week I've caught some action on 257.025, discrete frequency being used by BLUETAIL, SHOWTIME, and HEAT? out in W-532 off the coast of central California.

The birds are coming from NAS Lemoore and using "QUICKSAND" callsigns with ATC, but switching to SHOWTIME (and possibly HEAT/TREAT/PETE?) when they start to play.

BLUETAIL is an E-2 backend and providing the radar pictures.

OMEGA71 tanker has been providing gas.

Yesterday, I also heard REAPER12 and VIPER01.

see if you can find any of their A/A freqs when they are up

Lemoore Hunter MOA and R-2508 Complex Scanning

Does anyone have intel on interflight communications for aircraft operating in the MOA’s or R2508 Complex? I once heard a “fights on” call and subsequent brevity calls but I’m not sure if that was over the MOA frequency or an interflight frequency. Any intel would be appreciated!

forums.radioreference.com

 

[nomar]

Is there a complete list of Beaver discrete Frequencies?
I`m still have the "Old ones" such as 273.1,301,1 308.1 and 344.1. I`m sure they`ve been well changed as it`s been a while since hearing anything on them. I used to hear Beaver Control better when I lived in Reseda,,since moving to Chatsworth,,I rarely do,,but used to really like listening to planes in "The playground"
Thanks for any help
Phil

for beaver freqs Military Operations (Statewide or Regional) (California) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

FACSFAC San Diego - The RadioReference Wiki

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