Vietnamese pirates...

[Wilrobnson]

I believe the aircraft are talking to each other on 123.175

Oh God, why on earth did I program that in AND set it to record???

 

[TerryPavlick]

The Omega fishing fleet spotter aircraft use a few VHF airband channels for plane to plane - usually 123.175.
The communication to the ships about where the fish are on 158 MHz licensed frequencies.

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Virginia data

FCC Callsign KEM205 (OMEGA PROTEIN INC.)

FCC Callsign KEM205 (OMEGA PROTEIN INC.)

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Mississippi data

FCC Callsign KEM204 (OMEGA PROTEIN INC.)

FCC Callsign KEM204 (OMEGA PROTEIN INC.)

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Can monitor them a lot on those Virginia frequencies especially when they are off the New Jersey and Delaware coastlines - from my NJ location. The spotter planes either land at our local airport or Ocean City MD airport for refuel and food.

PS - do not set up recording - they can fill a hard drive in one flight yakking away

 

[kb5udf]

I sometimes here then on 156.15; I did not log the squelch type. Definately Vietnamese.

 

[EAFrizzle]

When I lived in Houston, I would hear the Vietnamese fishermen on various railroad channels when a duct would open up. I don't speak Vietnamese, but in Houston you learn all sorts of food words. I was pretty sure it wasn't anyone with UP talking about shrimp in Vietnamese.

 

[Wilrobnson]

The little bit I did listen to (I had somewhere north of 4k recordings spread over 4 radios) seemed to me they were using VHF marine for air-to-boat. 71 was mentioned quite a bit as was 88.

I think they had 6 planes up yesterday so that also explains the multitude of traffic.