09-0017 left as SAM97 with a wheels up time of 1614 local. route: DQO V166 BELAY V378 BAL direct destination. Direct BELAY was give by philly departure.
Given my close proximity to the EADS you would think I could hear Huntress all the time, however, I’ve only heard Huntress a hand full of times. For example, practice scramble and intercepts in the Northeast, the time when two E-3s orbited over the NY/VT border, and when the MA ANG does training with EADS in the Viper airspace. Anyone know why I don’t hear Huntress talking? Or how I can be able to?
It's just a matter of what transmitter they use. Depending on who they are talking to, they have the ability to switch to multiple antenna transmitters. What happened yesterday is the F-15's out of Barnes were up to go to the CAP down at Annapolis. So Huntress was using a transmitter close to Mass. (probably Shelton,Ct. remote) when they first took off from Barnes. As they got down south of NY, I think they forgot to switch transmitters right away. so I was hearing Huntress for quite a while. But it depends on your equipment and monitoring location of course. But mostly, it depends on which transmitter they use at any given time.
