[MilCom] DM Airshow Rehearsal - 1 Apr 05

[FLANO]

I sat in my truck on base all day today with 4 radios going and it was worth
it :)

This weekends show will be exciting.  Here's some of what you can expect:

-US Army Golden Knights (Parachutist) - 123.475mhz Air to Ground
-Airboss - 127.15/341.50mhz - VHF Airboss has very low power, sometimes hard
to hear
-Civil Air Patrol - 143.90/PL107.2; 148.15/PL107.2
-Red Barons - 123.15mhz
-DM A-10's - 138.10mhz/341.50mhz - Air to Air
-Penny - 127.15mhz
-Kirby - 123.15mhz (aka discrete for show)
-Tim - 127.15mhz
-Heritage Flight (2x P51, 1x A10, 1x F16) - 123.15mhz; 122.475mhz (A-10)
-A-10/HOG Demo - 122.475mhz
-Thunderbirds - 235.25mhz - Pre-Engine Start and Solos; 143.85mhz - Diamond
Formation and group; 141.85mhz - Thunderbird 8
-ISR 2 and 6 were heard, with ISR 2 definitely in Digital mode, but not
audible
-Combat SAR - 138.10mhz and 127.15mhz - 2x Pavehawk Helos, 1x C-130, 4x A-10
-T-6 - 127.15mhz
-DMAFB - 118.85mhz/253.50mhz - Tower; 121.80mhz/275.80mhz - Ground;
327.70mhz - DM SOF

-FRS and GMRS radios are in use by vendors and military

-Base Trunking system very active with Airshow related comms - multiple
talkgroups

Additional aircraft continued to land throughout the day, including an F-117
from Holloman, an EA-6B from ?Whitby Island?, and 2x F-15E's from Mountain
Home.  Many of the aircraft had already arrived prior to today's rehearsal.

Additional MILAIR freqs were active and caused some initial confusion, so be
careful when locking on to a freq.  The 162nd FW (ANG) and the boys from
Luke were also active and could be heard on other freqs.

I'll be at the Airshow tomorrow, with my FRS in hand - scanning, of course.
If you'd like to meet up sometime during the day, give a call for "FLANO" a
couple of times, so I can figure out which channel you're on, as I'll have a
couple of other scanners with me - also working :)

John
SE of Tucson