[MilCom] 276.8

[Larry Van Horn]

I can confirm exactly what the frequency is Blaine. Last year while enroute 
to DFW I monitored that freq for activity. Based on that monitoring and two 
other official sources you are listening to a Forward Air Controller 
discrete at that range on Fort Hood. You won't hear the ground side of the 
comms unless you are very close to the site. We were at a restaurant just 
outside the base and couldn't hear anything but the aircraft working with 
the controller.

276.800 MHz is also a nationwide JStars discrete. That has been verified in 
use in several sections of the US. other uses of this one includes:

Source: My Grove Military Frequency Directory:

276.800 USAF MOA Camden Ridge AL MOA Tactical Channel
276.800 USAF Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) AL 187FW/160FS Operations
276.800 USAF MacDill AFB FL AWACS Air-to-Air
276.800 USAF MOA Avon Park FL Air-to-Ground Tactical Training
276.800 USAF Fort Riley/Marshall AAF KS TACCS Training Net
276.800 USAF Tinker AFB OK Possible AWACS Air-to-Ground Training

And now you know the rest of the story.

73 de LVH

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
USN (Ret) Brasstown, NC USA
Assistant/Technical Editor Monitoring Times
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blaine Brooks" <blaine.brooks at verizon.net>
To: "DFWSCAN" <dfwscan at yahoogroups.com>; "MILCOM" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:28 PM
Subject: [MilCom] 276.8


> The frequency 276.8 (which I have in my files as a JSTAR
> common) does indeed seem to have another usage here
> in the North & Central Texas area. A fellow milcommer
> from Ft. Worth (thanks Brian Scott!) told me he had heard
> operations that sounded like ACM in the Hood MOA
> (R-6302). This appears to be the case, as today I am
> listening to COWBOY flight out of FWNASJRB setting
> up laser targeting in the "deep impact" area with
> an unidentified unit using callsign of HORSEMAN. Comms
> are moderate to weak at my location. The only "deep impact"
> and "crater" bombing areas that I know of around this area
> are at Ft. Hood, and a look at Google Earth will show the
> numerous craters from tank firings, etc. This frequency may
> also be used at the Shoal Creek Bombing Range, which is
> a multi-use range on the north side of the Hood complex.
>
> Perhaps a milcommer closer to Austin, Waco, or Kileen
> can give a better confirmation, or might possibly be able to
> hear a ground unit.
>
> -- 
> Blaine Brooks   Dallas-Fort Worth, TX USA
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