MILAIR steps

[800crazy1]

i have a 785-D /250-D and live right in the flight path of an airforce base , im actually about 2 - 3 miles outside of it . iv tried searching the milair band but dont know what steps to search in. 25.klz 50 ? iv picked up activity in the 25 klz. but i dont get a lot of transmissions at all. this is westover air reserve base , in chicopee ma. if anyone could help with freq. or other scanning info , thanks, C-5 Galaxy base / civilian air ops airport. any tips at all for monitoring these greatly appreciated.

 

[ECPD279]

MilAir is now 25KHz steps. It was changed from 50 some time ago when they elected to narrow the band somewhat by reallocating 380-400MHz to Fed Trunked.

 

[Lar]

Re: Westover Freqs & Info

800crazy1,
Listed below are some frequencies I found for Westover. I haven't monitored these myself. While this list is a good start, there is much more to hear if you have that level of interest. There are MOAs, (Military Operating Areas - training airspaces for air to air dog fighting) and AR Tracks & Anchors (Air Refueling training operations) in your listening area that will provide you with a lot of interesting comms to hear. Again, it all depends how much time you want to invest to understand how, where and when this training takes place and on what frequencies it's heard. Take a look at the info below.

Best, Lar
Glens Falls, NY
nemilair@yahoo.com

WESTOVER ARB METROPOLITAN, CHICOPEE, MA

Air comms:
114.000/138.100 Westover Atis (recorded weather)
118.350/275.800 Westover Ground Control
134.850/348.750 Westover Tower Control
125.350/325.000 Bradley Approach/Departure Control
372.200 Pilot to Dispatch (base ops with transient aircraft)
252.100 Casino Royale - 439th Airlift Wing C-5 Command Post
274.750 Westover PMSV Metro (weather air/ground)
134.850 Common Traffic Advisory Freq
123.000 Unicom

Ground comms (may be digital):
repeater output/repeater input
138.0750/148.4625 Westover AFB Law Enforcement/Security
138.2350 Westover AFB Civil Engineering Roads & Grounds
138.3250/150.2875 Westover AFB Aircraft Maintenance (Net #1)
138.9625/150.5125 Westover AFB Fire Department
139.2375/139.2375 Westover AFB Civil Engineering (CE CH#5)/Fireground
139.9875/150.3375 Westover AFB Aircraft Maintenance (Net #2)
140.7875/150.7875 Westover AFB Aircraft Maintenance (Net #3)
142.1750/148.8625 Westover AFB Aerial Port, Fleet & Pax Svc
142.4500/xxx.xxxx Westover AFB Communications Sqdn Repair
143.6500 Westover AFB Aircraft Maintenance Net (Net #4) Base Ops and Transit Alert.
149.0375 Westover AFB Base Ops/Ground Control Tower Simplex (Aircraft Maint Net #5 Tower Net)

Links to check out for more info:
http://www.geocities.com/nemilair/files.html
http://www.virtualmoa.net/
http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/milcom/
http://www.scancapecod.net/

 

[carbineone]

Most of the uhf a.t.c. comms are still on the 100khz frequencies but many of the tactical stuff has moved to the 25khz steps.

 

[800crazy1]

thanks for the reply guys, i set up 2 searches , and thought it had to be the 25khz. steps. i had one bank set up for 25 and another set up for 50 khz. again , thanks .

 

[DaveNF2G]

You might try something I do on 800 MHz searches.

I have two 25 kHz step searches set up, but with different starting points, so I get only rounded frequencies or only splinter frequencies.

You can do a similar thing on the milair band by setting up two 50 kHz searches, one starting at 225.000 MHz and the other starting at 225.250 MHz. You could also do four 100 kHz searches, starting at 225.000, 225.250, 225.500, and 225.750 MHz. The last option would cover the entire band fastest.

 

[800crazy1]

thanks again, this is great info , was monitoring quite a bit today , C-5 doing touch and goes , and a tanker was in the air also , i watched them right over my house ...thanks , is there any web sites that i can go to that would have what freq. is used for what in my area....?? again chicopee ma. and i get bradley airport civilian comms ok , and im going to attempt to get barns AFB in Westfield ma....A-10 country/ and helos , i really got the scanners for public safty , but i gotta tell you , now that i can recieve the MILAIR bands , iv got a bug for it. more so than for the public safty side. kinda a new adventure ! thanks again

 

[800crazy1]

also for those who arnt aware , base security , maintainance and fire/crash have gone digital at the base , iv got those already programmed in , and recieve them fine....

 

[BANDIT]

Check out www.milaircomms.com.

 

[ECPD279]

You might try something I do on 800 MHz searches.

I have two 25 kHz step searches set up, but with different starting points, so I get only rounded frequencies or only splinter frequencies.

You can do a similar thing on the milair band by setting up two 50 kHz searches, one starting at 225.000 MHz and the other starting at 225.250 MHz. You could also do four 100 kHz searches, starting at 225.000, 225.250, 225.500, and 225.750 MHz. The last option would cover the entire band fastest.

Dave,

Wouldn't that be 225.0250, 225.0500, 225.0750 etc..? Since we're talking 25 KHz steps and not 250KHz. :?: :wink:

 

[DaveNF2G]

You can do a similar thing on the milair band by setting up two 50 kHz searches, one starting at 225.000 MHz and the other starting at 225.250 MHz. You could also do four 100 kHz searches, starting at 225.000, 225.250, 225.500, and 225.750 MHz. The last option would cover the entire band fastest.

Dave,

Wouldn't that be 225.0250, 225.0500, 225.0750 etc..? Since we're talking 25 KHz steps and not 250KHz. :?: :wink:

Umm, err, yeah, that's the ticket! Sorry about that.