[MilCom] Blue Angels at Pensacola Beach

[Tom M.]

I was a PENS two weeks ago for practice.

They used the 142 freq for the tower guy and the 139 freq for maintenance.

As for your question on the freq changes, I gotta believe it is automated. 
When you hear "smoke ON" on one freq and "smoke OFF on another, you gotta
wonder about the safety of those changes being manual.  At the practice two
weeks ago, I put my video camera on the scanner while the team was out of view.
 Freq changes were recorded with blistering speed.

Tom

--- Joe Cobb <gunslinger37217 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I wasn't able to get those due to the show being at
> the beach.   The Air Station is 10 miles west so I
> don't think ground support and maintenance freqs would
> have been heard due to distance so i concentrated on
> air to air.  I barely could hear PNS tracon.
> 
> Joe
> 
> --- PBaumg1 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Any words on the ground support channels....139.8125
> > and 142.6125 or 
> > others????
> > 
> > Paul Baumgardner
> > 
> > In a message dated 7/3/2005 8:25:34 PM Central
> > Daylight Time, 
> > gunslinger37217 at yahoo.com writes:
> > Hi all,
> >   Just returned from the Blues annual show weekend
> > at
> > Pensacola Beach, Fl.   They've come along way since
> > Ivan and still have aways to go.   Anyway, the Blues
> > were awesome as usual.   My report is as follows:
> > 
> > Wednesday June 29 "Circle and Arrival Maneuvers"
> > 284.250  1 & 2, 3& 4 getting check points
> > 275.350  Boss cadencing commands with 2
> > 305.500  Boss to Mo for WX reports (crap was moving
> > in)  Solos had to wait till Thurs morning for their
> > flight.
> > 
> > Thursday June 30 "Practice"
> > 284.250  Delta/Solos
> > 275.350  Diamond
> > 305.500  Solos getting check pts around 0900
> > 346.500  Heard 7 in am calling this freq with a
> > maint
> > squawk.
> > 
> > Friday July 1  "Dress Rehearsal"
> > 284.250  Solos/Delta/Diamond
> > 275.350  Diamond
> > 264.550  Solos/Mo critiquing maneuvers
> > 305.500  Now used by Fat Albert
> > 
> > Saturday July 2
> > Same as above
> > 
> > Now can someone tell me how on earth they swap
> > between
> > freqs so quickly.   It's almost like aviation
> > trunking.   The reason I listed 284.250 with all 3
> > elements was because during the flight i hear all 3
> > on
> > it at least once.   It was like when the solos were
> > on
> > 264.550 the diamond was on 284.250 and when the
> > solos
> > were on 284.250 the diamond was on 275.350  I am
> > just
> > wondering how they jump back and forth.   I am not
> > hallucinating because I watched the scanner.  Now I
> > noticed 275.350 was the only freq not used by anyone
> > but the diamond.  In my opinion I like the Blues
> > much
> > better but the T-birds are easier to monitor.   I
> > didn't have a problem because I'm used to it but was
> > just wondering how the freqs jumped like that.  
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
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