[MilCom] MAGNUM & CHEAPSUIT

[Bill Jones]

> Thanks Steve for the posting of the pictures!!!!
> 
> Apparently this specific military flying unit is using those designators...
> HOWEVER, generally each flying unit has their own standard frequency set up (on
> freq list card)......
>....
> ....... I can only speak for my monitoring
> area (100 mile radius Springfield MA) & basically I have NEVER heard (20+ years
> of monitoring) the terms "cheap suit", "magnum", "pistol", "haircut", etc. used
> as a reference in my geographic monitoring area.
> 
> There are some "common" frequencies that do have more of a potential of 
> being heard nationwide
> e.g. 303.0..  Perhaps in your geographic monitoring area these 'named' freqs
> are in regular use...
> 
> I'm sure the challenge in a nationwide magazine column is to present 
> information that will be
> interesting & useful to a nationwide reader base.

I'm not quite sure what the point is here.  The original topic here had 
nothing to do with a national magazine or some challenge with specific rules. 
My understanding of the original question was not that these names for 
frequencies were used nationwide, but that they were used at all, and as far 
as I am concerned, that question has been answered.  They ARE used, and they 
are used in New England.  Do all pilots or units use these terms, obviously 
not.  Do some units use these terms? Obviously they do, and I think that was 
the original point here. 
     The thing that confuses me is why this topic seems to generate such 
controversy.



Bill Jones         N3JLQ
Sweden Maine
wejones at megalink.net
http://www.megalink.net/~wejones