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Old December 30th 03, 09:12 AM
Steve Silverwood
 
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Are the military freqs the same in Ohio as in your area.


Addressing just this one question: The bands allocated to the US
military are the same nation-wide. Therefore, for example, 225MHz thru
400MHz will always be used by military aviation. However, the specific
frequencies vary from location to location. If you want to know what
frequencies are being used for a given airfield, be it military or
civilian, you can visit
www.airnav.com and look up the specifics for
that airport.

For military frequencies other than those used at specific airfields, or
for non-aviation services, you will want to consult the Poilce Call or
other similar references. And of course, putting out a general request
here with information about your monitoring location will usually
generate some good replies. Since a lot of military communications are
in the VHF and UHF ranges, they're line-of-sight and therefore of
limited range. "Ohio" is a large area, so if you specify where you are
it might be helpful.

And if you're REALLY hard-core -- and willing to take some risks -- you
might hang out in the vicinity of your local National Guard armory
during a weekend when they're having their monthly drills, "armed" with
a scanner and frequency counter. You can probably pick up some good
"intel" on what frequencies they're using that way. Same goes for Air
National Guard, Army/Navy/Marine/Air Force Reserve facilities, and
active-duty military installations.

Note that when I mentioned the risk factor above, though, consider that
we are at terrorist-threat condition "Orange" right now, so someone
sniffing around with electronic equipment will probably not be looked
upon as harmless by the MPs patrolling the base. (Same goes for
listening around airports, but their frequencies are public
information.) If it ever goes to RED, best to just stay home....

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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