Stavro35
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For those of you that don’t know. I used to live in Saint simons island Georgia. Roughly half way between Jacksonville Florida and Savannah Georgia. As a result of being about half way between two mid size cities. I was able to hear a lot of aviation communications. I was a short walk to the Atlantic ocean. Where of course there was a lot of military activity going on almost all the time. Thanks to people in that region, I was able to log a lot of new and interesting activity. Now that I live in the Seattle area. I’ve wanted to do more military aviation monitoring. I’ve set up my base station Pro163 with an extensive list of military aviation frequencies. And logged some activity. Last night, I programmed my new Radioshack Pro106 with a lot of military common frequencies. As well as frequencies for area bases. Almost immediately I started getting hits on some of the “new” frequencies.
So here are a few of my concerns and questions. I cannot have an outdoor antenna of any kind . I no longer live in a home. I live in a small mixed use condominium . As a result of my location, I’m in a good spot to hear a lot of activity in the region. I’ve even been lucky enough to catch communications from Canada. So I’m thinking of programming aviation frequencies for the B.C area into my pro106.. Now, as a reference please consider the following
Seattle to Vancouver B.C =140 miles
Saint simons island Georgia to Jacksonville Florida =77 miles
Savannah to Saint simons island =84 miles
Saints island Georgia to Charleston South Carolina = 184
In monitoring military aviation communications down in Saint simons island . I could hear as far as Charleston S.C . off the coast of course, with the MOA’s and carrier activity etc. Using Seattle as a reference to the distance to Vancouver B.C . Would it be worth programming in aviation frequencies for that area? Or would I be wasting my time?
Steve
So here are a few of my concerns and questions. I cannot have an outdoor antenna of any kind . I no longer live in a home. I live in a small mixed use condominium . As a result of my location, I’m in a good spot to hear a lot of activity in the region. I’ve even been lucky enough to catch communications from Canada. So I’m thinking of programming aviation frequencies for the B.C area into my pro106.. Now, as a reference please consider the following
Seattle to Vancouver B.C =140 miles
Saint simons island Georgia to Jacksonville Florida =77 miles
Savannah to Saint simons island =84 miles
Saints island Georgia to Charleston South Carolina = 184
In monitoring military aviation communications down in Saint simons island . I could hear as far as Charleston S.C . off the coast of course, with the MOA’s and carrier activity etc. Using Seattle as a reference to the distance to Vancouver B.C . Would it be worth programming in aviation frequencies for that area? Or would I be wasting my time?
Steve