RichM
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- Jul 22, 2004
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I have recently rediscovered the fun of Mil Air scanning. I’m using a Pro197 with an outdoor antenna and I also have a cloned Pro106. I’m about 35 miles from the Grayling range and around 100 miles from the Alpena air base. When they are active I’m hearing most everything clear as a bell, usually 5 signal bars.
I have around 50 mil air freqs programmed but I always wonder if I’m missing something since they are often changing freqs. I run signal stalker on sub bands 3 and 4 which is 216mhz through 400mhz to find new mil air freqs but it usually just hits on what I already have stored.
My idea is to pick up a Stridsberg MCA202M active multi coupler for splitting the antenna between the radios. Then I could use the Pro106 just to stalk the sub bands and possibly service search aircraft in the mil air frequency range, locking out the known freqs I already have. Then I would be able to listen to all the action on the Pro197 using the freqs I already have stored and if they start using something I don’t have the 106 should catch it.
Does this sound like a reasonable strategy? My handheld gets little use and this might be a good way to get some more mileage out of it. I like the idea of searching on one radio while listening on the other or maybe even searching with both using different ranges to speed it up a bit. What do you all think?
Rich M
NW Lower MI
I have around 50 mil air freqs programmed but I always wonder if I’m missing something since they are often changing freqs. I run signal stalker on sub bands 3 and 4 which is 216mhz through 400mhz to find new mil air freqs but it usually just hits on what I already have stored.
My idea is to pick up a Stridsberg MCA202M active multi coupler for splitting the antenna between the radios. Then I could use the Pro106 just to stalk the sub bands and possibly service search aircraft in the mil air frequency range, locking out the known freqs I already have. Then I would be able to listen to all the action on the Pro197 using the freqs I already have stored and if they start using something I don’t have the 106 should catch it.
Does this sound like a reasonable strategy? My handheld gets little use and this might be a good way to get some more mileage out of it. I like the idea of searching on one radio while listening on the other or maybe even searching with both using different ranges to speed it up a bit. What do you all think?
Rich M
NW Lower MI