gcgrotz said:
Yesterday while following a departing gulfstream (CHO) I listened as he moved from Pot. approach 132.850 to Washington Ctr 135.400 as usual. Center then moved him to a freq I haven't heard before, or could find listed, of 132.950. It seems to be a high sector for arriving flights into Dulles on the COATT FOUR arrival as the controller was sending everybody to FALKO at 10000 and 250, the standard for that approach. It is quite busy with commercial traffic but I can't hear ground here in Charlottesville.
George, I looked through my various lists and can't find the 132.95 freq anywhere. Hopefully, Tony may be able to help since he provides careful coverage of the Dulles area.
Let's do some logging....
Here it is 1400, and I'm just getting to turn on a radio or two. First things I'm hearing are A-10s from MD-ANG Martin State on interflight 142.3 and F-16s from NJ-ANG, callsign BANGER from Atlantic City on interflight 138.875. BANGER is doing simulated DARKSTAR AWACS type target intercept (TI) activity.
1402: SALTY DOG 422 (VX-23 Patuxent NAS) to BayWatch to announce RTB...354.8
1403: Have an A-10 flight just entering Warren Grove Range setting up their mission with RANGER, the range controller...callsign KILLER (A-10, CT-ANG Bradley)...139.625
1404: BANGER flight just finishing their activity...turns out it was just that intercept...they start another...138.875 (There may be a DEVIL flight working with them)
1405: DEVIL flight of F-16s from the NJ-ANG on interflight...138.425
1407: Tanker interflight freq active...no callsigns yet...143.825
1408: KILLER flight of A-10s working interflight freq...138.825
NJ-ANG F-16 callsigns are DEVIL 11 & 12 and BANGER 21 & 22
1413: DC 22 (KC-135, 756th ARS Andrews) to LIBERATOR with arrival message...20 minutes out, A-1, will land with 40,000 pounds of fuel...378.1
1415: Sounds like another A-10 flight is about to enter Warren Grove Range...139.625....they are also arriving witth ZNY-Dixie on 307.8...no callsigns heard yet.
1416: U/I fighters on interflight freq...142.6
1418: KILLER flight is with ZNY-Dixie...307.8 (Mentions to the controller he'll see him on the way out so he may have just been setting up his clearance home once done at the range.)
1421:RAVEN flight (the guys from 142.3 interflight) with Dover Approach mention going to Atlantic City...257.875
1422: VA-ANG F-16s active on interflight freq...141.875 (Believe the 142.6 freq was also VA-ANG and thought I heard callsign BASH on that freq)
1424: BANGER/DEVIL talking on interflight about finishing up, thank each other for the work and say they'll see each other at home...138.875
1426: ASCOT 6746 [the usual British accent] to Dover Command Post with arrival message...15 minutes out/landing at 40 past the hour, 1 pax and loose baggage to drop off...needs 35,000 pounds of fuel...349.4
1427: SCARY/WILD flights of F-16s from Andrews...143.6 interflight for one of them.
1428-30: NAVY SD 324 calling Washington Center (ZDC-Calvert) several times with no reply...281.4
1430: DEVIL flight on the way home with ZDC-Cape Charles...256.8
1431: REACH 180 calling Andrews several times...no reply...378.1
1432: Both SCARY and WILD flights, both two ship F-16 DC-ANG flights, calling SENATE SOF in the blind to report 6-9 minutes out, both Code 1...139.9
1434: BATON 20 [female] (EC-130J 193rd Special Ops Wing, PA-ANG Harrisburg) to Baton Ops giving arrival message...arriving 2015Z, has 21,000 pounds of fuel, front end is A-2, back end is A-2 for Y band and trailing wire...395.1
1438: SCARY to SOF to say the ATIS is calling for "6000 feet, broken" but says it looks worse than that from where they are...want confirmation of ceiling...139.9
1439: SCARY flight on interflight freq...143.6
1441: BATON 20 [male this time] giving additional back end problem to Baton Ops...ICS box is inop and says they can't hook up to another box (This has something to do with the trailing wire)...395.1
1441: BANGER flight on the way home with ZDC-Cape Charles...256.8
1443: BANGER to Ops to report they are both Code 1...261.0
(At some point a few minutes ago I heard the DEVIL flight with Atlantic City Approach 327.125 going home and forgot to log it.)
1443: BANGER flight to ZDC-Casino..report beginning their descent now....285.4
1444: BANGER 21 to Atlantic City Approach heading for the runway...327.125
1444: SCARY/WILD flights with Andrews Tower...349.0
1446: SCARY flight both report "base, gear, stop, left" as they land...349.0
1447: WILD approaching the runway...report gear down on the left...349.0
1447: REACH 208 to Dover Command Post giving arrival message...349.4
1452: Hearing the fighters on interflight 142.6 again...callsign TBOLT making them F-16s from the VA-ANG Richmond. They are performing ACM activity.
1456: Giant Killer's tactical freq active...312.3
1457: DRAGNET (E-3 AWACS from Tinker AFB OK) with Giant Killer announcing his work with TBOLT is complete and TBOLT will be contacting GK shortly...238.1 (He also mentioned another flight he's working with but was too weak to copy)
1458: TBOLT to Giant Killer announces RTB Richmond...249.8
1458: TESTER 18 (USN Test Pilot School, Patuxent NAS) working with BayWatch...354.8 (A few minutes later he reports he reached mach 1.1 at 31,000 feet)
NOTE: The DRAGNET AWACS heard above was backend callsign DRAGNET WHISKEY (966th Airborne Air Control Training Squadron of the 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker AFB OK.) His front end callsign should be SENTRY 6x. He was heard later calling on the AICC freq 364.2.
1500: And that's an hour's worth of area traffic. Welcome to the visitors to the thread that have just found us. Hope to see reports of what you're hearing. Back later...fingers need a rest.
Around 1515, there are F-22A flights from Langley entering Giant Killer's offshore areas on 238.1. DEEJAY 11 is one of the callsigns. Should be interflight and GK's tactical freqs active soon.