SWO Milair activity

[FoeHammer]

Well looks like the Pike/Steelhead moa shown in the upper rh side of Michigan on this map is likely the area I would be hearing from?
I would think Forts is in a good area as well to catch the milair

& this site seems to have alot 127th Michigan ANG freqs as as well MONIX Military Monitoring

Ive been trying to remind myself to check pawn shops for scanners that would be useful now that our pd have gone enc , Ive seen a few , but what im really looking for is a bc 780 or 15 I hear they are good for milair & I would assume you can change the am/fm mode in the 136 -150 bands....

 

[moonbounce]

<<<<I've been trying to remind myself to check pawn shops for scanners that would be useful now that our pd have gone enc , Ive seen a few , but what im really looking for is a bc 780 or 15 I hear they are good for milair & I would assume you can change the am/fm mode in the 136 -150 bands....>>>>

A Pro 2006 will receive the military freq. and you can change any band to AM/NFM/WFM

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[Forts]

I've got a 780 and a BCT15. The 780 is very good with MilAir, and the 15 seems good too, although I haven't really given it a good shakedown yet.

Thanks for posting that map. Handy!

 

[tusker305]

Idlemonitor
If your 20 mi from CFB Trenton. That means your well with in reach of the MOAs at Ft Drum, N.Y.
Lots of Army Aviation at Drum. New York Air Guard should be with in reach of anyone near Lake O or Western Erie. Start with 261.900 AM thats the107th ARW Command Post out of Niagara Falls ARB.
I know you Selfridge Folks know this, but, don't forget to use the SUA website to see when your local MOAs and MTRs will be active. You wont hear a thing if your planes are on the ground when your listening. This site is a great tool for the MilAir monitor. Dont tell anybody it's a secret. Special Use Airspace & Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
Click on the center map, select your ARTCC or State, check the boxes and you have it.
Good Luck

 

[FoeHammer]

Idlemonitor
If your 20 mi from CFB Trenton. That means your well with in reach of the MOAs at Ft Drum, N.Y.
Lots of Army Aviation at Drum. New York Air Guard should be with in reach of anyone near Lake O or Western Erie. Start with 261.900 AM thats the107th ARW Command Post out of Niagara Falls ARB.
I know you Selfridge Folks know this, but, don't forget to use the SUA website to see when your local MOAs and MTRs will be active. You wont hear a thing if your planes are on the ground when your listening. This site is a great tool for the MilAir monitor. Dont tell anybody it's a secret. Special Use Airspace & Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace
Click on the center map, select your ARTCC or State, check the boxes and you have it.
Good Luck

That is the site I got the map from & your right great info there for monitoring...

 

[FoeHammer]

Just heard a bit today
Demon callsigns on 273.000 air to air discussing maneuvers
1 pm local
also on 290.425
Now hearing talk on 234.9 about Grayling range....

 

[FoeHammer]

Am hearing them call in on 225.400 for approaches according to this Selfridge ANGB - The RadioReference Wiki that should be Selfridge tower , I am using my Yaesu VX-6R VX6R Amateur HT connected to the old radshack 20-176 mounted about 12 feet off the ground
Thats a pretty good distance , I love this VX6 for milair , I cant wait to see how it does with some other antennas Im working on building,...

 

[FoeHammer]

At 10:00 pm local am now hearing some activity on 139.620
Also found some interesting videos of what they do at the range ,
YouTube - Grayling A-10 Raw Footage Part one*
YouTube - A-10 Grayling part 2
YouTube - A-10 Warthogs in action

 

[tusker305]

FoeHammer,
Did I not send you the MilAir Excel file. If not here it is. The confirmed are freqs I have monitored from Windsor.

 

[FoeHammer]

Great , thanks for posting that , just curious how long ago was it compiled , & what equip did u monitor with?

 

[FoeHammer]

I have a couple old radio shack scanner antennas I use , some OCFD's I made & the most recent ones are a mil-air dipole & groundplane pictured here that I made , I hope to get more time to experiment with them.

 

[tusker305]

That was a work in progress for a number of years, ending a few weeks ago. Much of the info was posted on this site. I just organized it into one package. All of the freqs were monitored by somebody and confirmed by somebody else. The table marked confirmed were monitored by me. I used a diamond discone antenna trimmed to the center of the UHF MilAir Band and another trimmed for the VHF MilAir Band. Both mounted on a balcony 120 Feet from the ground. RG8 Coax to a Radio Shack 10-20 db TV amp, then to an eight port multicoupler, each port connected to a BCT 15. Two of these were dedicated 24/7 searching the MilAir bands and logging hits with the bearcat software.

 

[Forts]

Thanks for sharing that file Tusker!

 

[tusker305]

I'm glad someone can use the info. MilAir and Aircraft is a great hobby. And not affected by Motorola. For the most part, pilots and controllers are glad to share info, if not, flight charts and pubs are for sale at any flying school or on the net. HF Aero is also great fun in the late afternoon and evening.

 

[nova1010]

I'd also like to thank you tusker305 for the file now I can put one of my old 2006s thats been sitting here to some use....maybe I'll catch something here in Guelph

 

[Pyr8]

FoeHammer,
Did I not send you the MilAir Excel file. If not here it is. The confirmed are freqs I have monitored from Windsor.

Just downloaded the .zip, however almost all of the freq are "xxxxx"'d out?!

Any ideas?

 

[tusker305]

Try making the column a little wider.

 

[Pyr8]

Try making the column a little wider.

Don't I feel stupid now!

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Tigers flyby, & MTC monitoring 04-09-10

Went out to Selfridge today (Friday 04-09-10) to see the F-15's come back to MTC. I didn't get there in time to see them depart for the flyby.

04-09-10

Tigers opening day flyby.
BONE 61 x 3 (TY F-15’s) Tyndall AFB.
391.900 dep
363.200 DTW app 12:24pm. Switching 12:29pm. Don’t know what they switched to but heard them back on DTW app later.
313.500 BONES A/A Talking to Mr. Bones at the stadium. Stadium flyby @ 12:57pm. About 5 min before the flyby, they did a practice run lighting the burners in formation some where out there.
318.200 MTC app, 01:00pm. Tactical app.
225.400 MTC twr BTN 12, 01:01pm. Tail #'s, BONE 61, 027. BONE 62, 028. BONE 63, 045. # 1 did one low app, & landed. # 2, & 3, did multiple low app’s, before landing. They parked on the east ramp by the KC-135’s. Not in front of Base Ops, like they normally would be.

Watched the F-15's land from the south side of Selfridge from the subdivision on North River Rd. The rest of this was monitored from Wally World, @ M-59, & I-94.

I don't know if the F-15's left today? Milair has been dead today (Saturday).

CG 6523 (HH-65). (Another new #)
225.400 MTC twr, 01:45PM.
119.600 MTC dep, 01:48pm.
120.150 MTC twr, landed rnwy 1, 02:29pm.
157.075 USCG CH 81 maint ops, Called in to Ops to give maint issues. Ops told them to take it back to where it came from. To late we already landed. 02:30pm.

PISTON 72 (McDill KC-135 Ex 927th)
311.000 Quarterback Ops, Follow me truck, packs will be ready to board, 01:55pm. (Picking up poeple to take to FL for drill weekend. Will be back Sunday evening).
119.600 MTC app, rnwy 1, 02:14pm.
120.150 MTC twr, rnwy 1 low app, & then land, 02:17pm. Blue tail fin.

MOTOWN 2 (MI KC-135)
120.150 MTC twr rnwy 1, 01:54pm.
128.300 MTC grnd, 01:58pm.
311.000 Quarterback Ops, on the ground at 1801Z (His clock is a few min off).

RCH 346 (MI KC-135)
311.000 Quarterback Ops, req fleet service, (Clean toilet) & parking, 02:02pm. Park at India 3, 02:03pm.
119.600 MTC app, 02:20pm.
120.150 MTC twr, rnwy 1, 02:32pm.
311.000 Quarterback Ops, Ops req maint status & fuel load, 02:48pm.

GUARD ??? (MI CH-47)
Saw him app Selfridge from the west & land on Bravo taxiway, or the west ramp, 02:27pm. I never heard him on the radio.

Saw a small Army Convoy (About 5 vehicles) go west on M-59 from Selfridge, & then get on west bound I-94, 02:40pm.

PISTON 72 (McDill KC-135)
134.850 MTC Pilot To Disp (PTD), with change of T/O time, 02:38pm.
119.000 MTC clrnc, to MCF, 02:51pm.
128.300 MTC grnd, 72 engine start at your own discretion, 02:54pm. Taxi to rnwy 1 Foxtrot to Gulf, 03:05pm.
120.150 MTC twr, cleared for T/O, 03:10pm.
119.600 MTC dep, 03:11pm.
132.250 Cleve.C. 03:16pm.

You should see all the Customs & Border Patrol SUV’s on the south side of Selfridge, along North River Rd. Also the CBP office in Marysville is not along the St Clair River any more. It’s been moved to the west, off of ?? St? Might be Davis, & 29.
There is some new towers along the St Clair River with rotating camera’s mounted on them.

 

[FoeHammer]

Good Work Chuck !
I had it in the back of mind that there would be a flyby , but never got to it,.... got preocuupied with chores
& someone broke in my car last night : (
Do they mind you hanging around the area with your radio or taking pictures there?