[MilCom] Blue Angels, Pensacola Report

[Duane Mantick]

Very interesting.  Hopefully anyone else on the list
with fresh B.A. freqs. will post them here so that
all the show go-ers with scanners can re-program and
listen in.  (likewise for any T-birds freqs for this
year)

Duane


> -----Original Message-----
> From: milcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milcom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Tom M.
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 7:41 AM
> To: milcom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [MilCom] Blue Angels, Pensacola Report
> 
> 
> I attended the Pensacola Beach show last Friday.
> 
> I'd loaded all of the freqs that have been reported over the last 
> 20 years, and
> noted only these in use:
> 
> 143.6 I had it programmed in AM mode, but after the show I 
> realized it must
> have been transmitted in FM as the modulation (deviation?) was 
> much lower that
> the rest of the comms, used for pre-show coordination from the 
> beach back to
> the base and to boss before the show.
> 
> 265.000 Solos and four ship
> 284.250 Four ship and six ship
> 
> (note: I did not discover these, they were reported to me by other list
> members.  I'm just confirming their use).
> 
> Never heard a thing on any of the other freqs.  No Fat Al, no 
> other FM freqs.
> 
> I believe I was missing the main solo freq, but I did not have 
> the facilities
> to search for it.  The old PRO-60 was not up to the task.
> 
> Anyway, I've concluded that the Blues have re-farmed their freqs. 
>  Toss out the
> old lists.
> 
> We also visited the Blue's base and chatted with a couple of the pilots
> (terminally polite guys).  The Blues had 11 F-18s visible outside 
> the closed
> hangar.  There were three No. 7 ships and two ships with no 
> numbers. They were
> preparing seven ships for the show that day.
> 
> Also saw three agressor F-5s, one black, painted with a Russian 
> looking No. 25
> and a red star on the tail.
> 
> 73 Tom
> Lafayette, LA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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