STICKY thread for Fed & MilAir MS

[KE5TLF]

Goliath and Tribe41(149.150) trying to setup for an exercise in Pine Hill or Desoto MOA???

270.250 pulled from that traffic trying to setup there for "Uniform 2" freq. but having problems doing so.

My reception isn't so good tonight it seems. Seems they're having comm. troubles too

Edit 1:
297.100 Just pulled from comms with Houston Control. (if needed)

 

[KE5TLF]

139.500 seems to be being used in a Desoto MOA exercise tonight? Making me wonder if it and 140.550 is the 138th's Blue/Red freqs. and maybe not Navy NOLA now?

 

[darrendotcom]

I heard 139.5000 being used earlier today in late afternoon

 

[KE5TLF]

I guess we'll know more if/when some or all of those freqs. go dead next week.

The 2 exercises that are going on now are both pairs of F-16's i did gather that much so....

 

[INDY72]

VHF National Gaurd/Reserves primary ops. UHF for interaction with AWACS/ARTCC's/TRACON UHF primary for regular Navy etc.

While interacting with Nat Grd/Reservists regular military will uses the VHF too. Got that tidbit from an Reservist here.

 

[darrendotcom]

I guess we will have to wait till another unit comes to use the ranges to see if the VHF frequencies are the same or if they change with each unit.

 

[KE5TLF]

~ 138-142 VHF is used for "interplane" - maneuvers, target spotting etc., pilot to pilot IOW, 2## VHF for control/command

 

[KE5TLF]

I guess we will have to wait till another unit comes to use the ranges to see if the VHF frequencies are the same or if they change with each unit.

Yeah that will be another interesting discovery on how that works.

 

[KE5TLF]

So yeah this turned into a MilAir thread but the entire 1st post and most of the first page is Federal ...

 

[nexus]

The primary CAP frequency is 148.1500 MHz and the repeater down here is on that frequency, it's on top of the IP Casino, and it has extremely huge coverage. Did you happen to catch the callsigns used on 148.125?

 

[KE5TLF]

It was "Mockingbird" units as I said a few posts later. This one is kinda throwing me for a loop. I heard a couple of guys talking about meeting somewhere for lunch yesterday. I didn't catch the location as the signal was nowhere near as strong as it was when I got the first "hit" on it. I must have had a perfect duct to it when I got the first hit as it was blowing me away then. Anyway it and the .150 are both on a scanner with a relatively "short" list of freqs. and I'll catch what I can when I can and hopefully it'll all become clearer soon.

 

[KE5TLF]

148.125 127.3 PL "Mockingbird 6 monitoring Biloxi" obviously this is the Biloxi repeater freq. now.

 

[KE5TLF]

So now the question is since Civil Air Patrol is now under DHS does it go in Federal or Military Air? (same for USCG too) :roll:

 

[nexus]

I was in the Civil Air Patrol for 10 years, and I was the unit communications officer for Ocean Springs-Keesler Composite Squardron, Mockingbird 484 was my callsign. It's now called Col. Bertie Edge Squadron dedicated after my former commander.

I know who Mockingbird 6 is, but I'm not going to say his name on here. I wasn't aware that they put another repeater up on .125 I'll have to program that into my mobile radio as well. Last time I was involved all of the frequencies we used belonged to the USAF. This was prior to being required to go to narrowband FM.

 

[KE5TLF]

Nice Look forward to you being able to confirm my findings. The narrowbanded CAP freqs. in the Wiki seems rather well done so I have little doubt we've got this one right. According to it the new basic channel plan puts 148.125R as primary and the 148.150R as secondary. Need to find out if this is how Biloxi is now setup.

Which brings to mind the extreme importance and need for feedback from any and all users that can contribute anything they find. There is hardly any part of the radio spectrum that, if it hasn't already, is soon to undergo some type of change (Rebanding, Narrowbanding, Reallocation, etc.) and it's going to take an all hands effort to keep up with it all.

 

[nexus]

Well 148.1500 has been the repeater output for the last 20 years here on the coast. After Katrina the repeater was installed on the IP Casino and was still using 148.1500 as of 2 months ago. I never bothered monitoring .125 because it was never actively used when I was in CAP.

The wing director of communications is a member of my ham club, I might be able to find out through him if they changed frequencies, or if a second repeater was installed? It might take some time because I can't just come out and ask him. They've got specific directives not to publish or make any of that information public now. For the time being I would suggest monitoring both. You shouldn't have any trouble hearing the repeater because I could pick it up from my qth with an ht and I don't live too far from you.

We use to have a nightly net at 1845 hrs on 148.150 but don't know if they do that anymore. You can usually hear them on weekend mornings coming on the air discussing where coffee is going to be at.

 

[KE5TLF]

Yeah I understand you can't just come out and ask, I just meant now that you are aware of it and plan to add it to your gear you'll be catching some traffic on it too. Two sets or ears are better than one :lol: and from all appearances you and I are the only 2 people on the coast that are active in this hobby around here.

 

[KE5TLF]

Mockingbird 484 was my callsign.

I can hear you

or your old callsign at least

 

[ecps92]

For the RR DB ?? most of us have submitted under Federal and a sub-category of Civil Air Patrol.

I just updated the RR WIKI

Anyone with info for the Tones/Freq's for the
Ackerman, Newton, Jackson, Hattiesburg and Tupelo Rptrs???

So now the question is since Civil Air Patrol is now under DHS does it go in Federal or Military Air? (same for USCG too) :roll:

 

[KE5TLF]

Well had a pretty decent day today. Here's what I got

308.500 (picked off of 353.55) Controller working "Jazz" and "Rex" in a what seemed to be a CAP exercise.

326.950 Controller working "Buddha" and "No-Show" in another CAP exercise. Guess they got a little out of the airspace they were using. Their controller said the ATC was going to take the space away from them if they didn't stay in it. LOL He said a couple of times for them to stay west of the "8700 line" and they should be ok. I guess he meant 87 west longitude? If so that would put them in one of the W-151 SUA's. After they "knocked it off" I heard mention of RTB Gulfport on this freq. Then heard "No-Show 1 & 2 (flight of 2 F-16's) making arrangements with Houston to RTB Navy New Orleans.

335.950 Another controller freq. Didn't makes any note other than that for some reason. LOL

279.700 Very weak but definitely something going on there.

And some of our already indentified NORAD freqs were active on and off.