Medical Helicopter

[unitcharlie]

welcome to the forum rose... are the freqs listed in the medevac database correct?

EDIT:
air evac 43 has been flying to u.k. med center a lot of late.... they talk to u.k. on the uk dispatch freq....

 

[dkpierce]

I've listened to Air Evac 43 here in Campbellsville. They talk to EMS on the local EMS frequency and to their base on a different operations frequency.

The database lists 158.39750 as Air Evac Operations but, I can't program that exact frequency into the Pro-95. It defaults to 158.40000.

 

[unitcharlie]

thanx dk... i'll plug that in and see if they talk this far east... have you submitted that info to the database?

 

[dkpierce]

It's already in the Taylor County database as 158.39750.

I'm able to hear them on 158.3925, 158.4 and 158.4075 here and was trying to find out which was the proper frequency when I ran across the posting in the RR database. I can't program 158.3975 into the Pro-95, it goes to 158.4 if manually programmed or if programmed with Win95.

I tried looking up their frequencies on the FCC site but Campbellsville is not listed amoung their frequencies yet. 158.3925 is listed as licensed to them as a base/mobile frequency in another location though. 158.4 is also listed in another location as MOI type for this company,

 

[dkpierce]

I've also heard them on the local airport frequency of 122.7 AM giving their flight positions to avoid any other air traffic.

 

[trashman43]

Air Evac in Campbellsville is now using 153.380 with a DPL of 051
They have been licensed for this frequency for a few weeks but they have just started using it.

 

[dkpierce]

When giving position on Taylor County Airport's frequency (122.7) they use the aircraft number 48AE (48 Alpha Echo). You can also check out http://www.air-evac.com/air43.html for more information.


Helicopter Specifications from AirEvac Website

Bell 206 Long Ranger
C28 Allison/Rolls Royce turbine engine-500hp
Cruising speed of 115 mph
Carries about 600 lbs of Jet A fuel-2hrs flight time plus reserve
4150 maximum lift weight
Length of Aircraft - 42 feet 8.2 inches
Main rotor - 37 feet - moves at 394 rpm
Tail rotor - moves at 2550 rpm at flight idle

 

[unitcharlie]

In the recent past I have monitored these choppers on these freqs/tones... the Air Evac 33 Bird was talking on the Barboursville tower which is licensed to a number of freqs besides this one--


Air Evac Lifeteam
Frequency License Type Tone Description Mode
152.95250 WQBE217 BM D032 Air Evac 14 (Clinton County) FM
153.38000 WQCD403 BM D051 Air Evac 33 (Bell County) FM
153.38000 WQCD403 BM D051 Air Evac 43 (Taylor County) FM

 

[kd4bas]

PHI Medical Helicopter

I have monitored PHI Medical Helicopter being dispatched from Madisonville on the 155.865 PL (103.5) Hopkins County EMS repeater

 

[firemedic2150]

PHI

I had a chance to speak with the Comm. Director at an industry meeting.
They are currently dispatching both of the Western Ky aircraft from the EMS communications centers in the respective counties, ie:Hopkins Co. and Mercy Regional frequencies for now. They are exploring several communications options, I suspect that since they now have the old KAT program over in the central and eastern regions, they will explore combining the comm's.

Thanks for all the responses everyone.
Mark Mc.

 

[pblumer]

Does Henderson, Daviess, or Union Cos Have any air med freqs.

Patrick

 

[kd4bas]

Union and Henderson Counties are usually contacted by the inbound helicopter usually on HERN 155.340, as far as I can tell.

Usually if it is an "on the scene" flight, they will contact them on the requesting agencies frequency, they usually get this from the person requesting the inbound chopper.

I can not vouch for Daviess county as I am too far away. Most medical helicopters operate this way as they have a “WOLFSBURG “ A brand of radio equipment used extensively in EMS aircraft. The Wolfsburg radios are operator programmable to come up on any standard land mobile frequency or aircraft frequency.

 

[pblumer]

Thanks I travel frequently to Daviess thats I asked. as far as henderson co goes I work there and hope to pick up union co from there. But if they are the same its all good. I have the KHERN freq programmed into the scanner since it doubles as IHERN as well.

Patrick
Retail Loss Prevention Manager
Evansville, IN

 

[unitcharlie]

While searching for LIFEGUARD AEROMEDICAL I stumbled upon this url.... it lists all Medevac choppers in the nation.... it is nice info:

http://www.adamsairmed.org/states/ADAMS Atlas Appendix.pdf

(My interest in LIFEGUARD came about after hearing choppers with that cal on approach to UK's pad.... wondering if that might be the old KATS birds from east KY, renamed since PHI took them over....)

 

[firemedic2150]

Lifeguard is the FAA approved call for any medical aircraft with a Pt. onboard. Most aircraft use their tail numbers on the outbound leg and lifeguard and the number portion of their tail on the inbound leg when talking to tower or ATC. Most controllers in non congested airspace will help out aircraft calling lifeguard.

For example "N911BE is off Erlanger on a 185 heading" going to the scene.
And "Lifeguard 911BE on a heading of 005 inbound to Erlanger" with a Pt.

But some programs like ours have been granted the use of our call sign on all communications on flights, so we are just LifeForce1 and LifeForce2 on the ATC radio.

Mark Mc.

 

[unitcharlie]

HI Mark:
The chopper was "LIFEGUARD 2" on the University of Kentucky Aeromed freq as they approached the pad at the hospital... since UK has high traffic volume their dispatcher also acts as a landing coordinater for the many choppers on and off their pad... and they use their company ID's there to keep the confusion to a minimum.

If I had LIFEGUARD 2's tail number that would end the mystery... but I was too far away to get there for the touchdown.... I seldom monitor the airband unless I am at the airport.