ARMY National Guard
Yesterday, I got to watch the National Guard land a Blackhawk at my daughters Elementary school in Longmont at about 9:30 a.m. They were there as part of the Red Ribbon anti-drug campaign. It was really cool, because they actually had some soldiers on the ground talking to the kids, and let four kids come up and talk on the radio with the chopper as it circled the school and came in to land. Luckily, they played the radio traffic over the P.A, system so that everybody could hear it. On board was a DEA Agent, who was one of the people who spoke to the kids about drugs, along with the pilot and other crew members.
I had all of the frequencies in my scanner that are in this thread, along with the Buckley AFB channels, but did not pick it up at all. I am sure they were on a simplex channel. I tried using my Pro-106 signal stalker/close call feature to scan the bands and could not pick it up on my scanner that way, either. That was frustrating.
I did not ask any of them about it, because I figured I would let the kids who were there to walk around the chopper and look at it after the presentation ask questions instead. I am interested about how they did that talk in, and on what frequencies, though! I don't know if they would be forthcoming with the information if I ask them at a future event. I know they are typically at the Boulder Airport Days (which already happened this year).
It was a very cool presentation, and exposed the kids and everybody else watching to some really cool radio traffic, though!