philadelphia airport

[johnyvico]

does anyone know what happend to the ARINC at the airport i used to hear alot of traffic comunications on there . most of it was U.S Airways and the last few months i have heard nothing . did they stop using it ? i am not a newbi and i know full well how to use my scanners i have a pr 95 and 96 and o get nothing on both . thanks

 

[dtscho]

They may have transitioned the ARINC system to an iDen system. ARINC is reportedly slowly switching their 800 MHz trunked systems (which were mostly Motorola Type I) to iDen. There are a few examples from various airports around the country in the RR database.

Dave

 

[HM1529]

I flew out of Philly back in February. The control channel was still active, but I got no hits for the 1 1/2 hours I was there.

 

[mshumeyk]

Last time I went through Philly I noticed the USAirways employees at the Express terminal using iDen radios.

-MVS

 

[Audiodave1]

Hey folks.
I used to monitor the system a fair amount whein I lived in Media but it's beyond my range here in Wilmington. Anyhow, I can hear it from work and will try to run Trunker or something a few nights to log the sysetm activity.

Dave

 

[johnyvico]

well anyone find out anything definate
????

 

[Audiodave1]

Hello,
Sorry I never got to monitor it, I'm in San Juan PR until tomorrow when I'll fly back to PHL, I'll try to take notice then but I believe Ben has nailed it.

It will likely be depreciated in the dB soon.

Dave

 

[PHL_Approach]

Anyone figure anything out? I don't quite understand iDen. Is it like digital or what? I would like to hear my co-workers and their screw-ups from home Wouldn't mind monitoring the freqs down on the ramp. Since Im not special enough to have a radio - I still would like to know what's going on out there.

 

[N4DES]

An older article, but it prety much states where ARINC is going...

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/s...tory/11-13-2001/0001614564&EDATE=Nov+13,+2001