[MilCom] Facts, Fiction, or Errors?

[chris corley]

--- Ken <rfinder1 at verizon.net> wrote:

Another information source listed was your local
"Radio Shack" 
store.... My 
experience --- I've NEVER found any radio shack in my
area that had any 
knowledge on milcom.   I think that it would be a
great opportunity for 
RS 
to upsell some of their scanners, but overall I
wouldn't expect the 
knowledge.



MAYBE He could be talking about the POLICE CALL 2005
book that Radio Shack sells in the back of the book it
has some MIL listening (commom freqs) LIKE 311.000 and
others. JUST a guess. 

Chris C
West Central GA




> Interestingly, "Popular Communications" magazine,
> October 2005 edition gives 
> us two milcom related columns...  Addressing one of
> the columns........
> 
> Reading Steve Douglass' "Utility Communications
> Column":  'MILCOM: 
> Venturing Above 30 mhz', he offers some surprising
> information.
> 
> In the Military Action Bands some printed
> information brings on more 
> questions:
> 
> Douglass states that in the  military low band (30
> to 70 mhz) that some 
> aviation platforms use AM mode, but doesn't go into
> specifics.    In my 
> monitoring of Army National Guard Helos (CT & MA),
> as well as Air National 
> Guard (CT & MA) A10 units, they've always used FM
> mode....   Does anyone 
> know who would be using AM mode in this band?
> 
> Also Douglass mentions that some base support nets
> can be found "hiding" in 
> the 150 to 152 mhz range.  Personally, I'm not aware
> of the military using 
> frequencies above the 150.8 mhz in this sub band.  
> Granted it's possible 
> that a base contractor might have a business license
> assignment above 150.8 
> mhz  (but below 152 mhz) to provide support BUT
> generally base support 
> contractors (e.g. civil engineering, transportation,
> base operations, etc.) 
> are provided with military radio systems authorized
> for that particular base 
> supporting the function that's been outsourced.
> 
> Additionally the author mentions the (138-149 mhz)
> band as having lots of 
> air/air tactical communications.   Although this is
> true, he fails to 
> mention that there's also lots of base support nets
> (NFM, P25, Trunked) 
> (especially USN) & even Westover JARB migrated its'
> new P25 radio systems to 
> this band vacating all assignments in the 163-174
> mhz area.
> 
> Additionally Steve mentions the 400 to 415 mhz band.
>  Well actually he 
> probably should have extended it to 420 mhz, because
> according to Grove's 
> "Federal Frequency Directory" 2nd edition there's
> about 100 frequencies 
> above 415 mhz that the military is authorized to
> utilize.
> 
> Steve Douglass does offer some websites with
> actually frequency information 
> from many locations thoughout the country.  Some
> sites don't appear to have 
> been updated for many years BUT it's worth the
> effort to type them in & 
> judge for yourself.
> 
> Another information source listed was your local
> "Radio Shack" store.... My 
> experience --- I've NEVER found any radio shack in
> my area that had any 
> knowledge on milcom.   I think that it would be a
> great opportunity for RS 
> to upsell some of their scanners, but overall I
> wouldn't expect the 
> knowledge.
> 
> I'm sure Steve strives to provide the best
> information he can based upon his 
> experience & that there's always the looming
> publishing deadline as well as 
> column space limitations that can result in some
> loose ends and/or not fully 
> explained information, as well as errors.
> 
> Anyways, it's interesting to see "Popular
> Communications" reentry into the 
> above 30 mhz military communications area.
> 
> Ken
> Springfield MA Monitoring Area
> 
>  
> 
> 
>
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