[MilCom] Monitor Project - What Fleet Broadcast Freqs Do You Hear?

[Larry Van Horn, N5FPW]

I have been meaning to post this for quite sometime, but I have been a bit 
busy lately.

But let's get this party started. Here is a fun satellite monitoring project 
anyone with a VHF/UHF scanner can participate in.

One of the best ways to determine if you can monitor the UHF Milsats with 
your present scanner setup is to check for activiy on the four major fleet 
broadcast downlinks. These are 24/7 frequencies that broadcast an 
unmistakable data signal as noted on the frequencies below.

Here is my local ist
UFO November                 250.350 MHz    Strong here
UFO Oscar/Fleet Alpha     250.450 MHz    Nothing here
UFO Papa/Fleet Bravo      250.550 MHz    Very strong here
UFO Quebec/Fleet Charlie 250.650 MHz    Weak here

So here is the game. It would be interesting for all our list members and my 
blog reporters to plug these frequencies in and let the rest of us know 
which ones you are hearing. As part of this project if you have a 
directional capability, let us know the direction you hear these broadcast 
from. But you must include your monitoring location. Now if you wish to 
remain anonymous, you can send your report directly to me at larryvanhorn @ 
monitoringtimes.com (obviously close this up when you email me).

Everyone with a scanner can participate and let's see what UHF milsat 
bandplans look like from around the world. I will post complete results here 
and on the blog in about a week. If this is successful then I will add more 
milsat projects on the list.

So give that dial a whirl and let us all know which of the big four above 
you are hearing from your shack.

73 de Larry

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
ATC (AW)      USN (Ret)
MT Milcom/Help Desk Columnist
Assistant Editor Monitoring Times
Author "Communications Satellites"
Blog Address: http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/
Founding Father Milcom/Fedcom/Trunkcom