Charlotte News Station Helicopters

[kg4pbd]

WSOC has two repeater pairs licensed to them, 461.3 & 463.525 are the repeater output frequencies. I've had them loaded for years but I never have heard anything on them.

 

[Searay]

I do hear some comms on them.. Within the last several months numerous times, both have a PL of 103.5, I submitted both to db a couple weeks ago..

Matt

 

[kg4pbd]

Matt,

Are those two frequencies on a repeater or is it simplex?

 

[Searay]

As far as I can tell, repeater. I have heard the helicopter on .525 a couple times talking back to the station giving position and time reports.

Matt

 

[kg4pbd]

Thanks Matt, I'll have to keep that one on.

 

[Searay]

Traffic heard today

Scott, I heard some traffic today on th 525 freq. Helicopter pilot communicating with the station. Talking about live camera shots for 6 pm news. Lots of chatter. As for the air freq. , 123.050 is the Unicom for the Rock Hill Airport. That's all I hear down here. I also monitor 123.020 from a post from Bob. I have heard some air to air traffic but not able to determine who it was, they were brief and I just caught the tail end of their comms.

Matt

 

[Newshound]

My earlier post was in error. The helecopter common channel for the Charlotte area is 123.02. You will hear chatter on that frequency starting around 4:30pm until around 6:30pm during the month of November, because it is a TV ratings period and the stations are all flying for their early evening newscasts.

Bob

 

[Searay]

WBTV - Sky 3 Helicopter

WBTV - Sky 3 is on 166.250 Mhz (PL 118..8) Heard them tonight, very active, around news time (6:00pm). Submitted it for the database under Mecklenburg County / Business.

Matt

 

[kg4pbd]

Thanks Matt, I've been looking for that one. I've also verified the WSOC and WCNC freqs you submitted. Now that I'm listening for them I am hearing activity. Unfortunately in the car around newstime I'm usually locking them out now b/c of the constant carrier during the news.

I'll try WBTV tomorrow.