[MilCom] Re: 276.8

[Blaine Brooks]

milcom-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

> From: "Larry Van Horn" <n5fpw at brmemc.net>

> 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.

Thanks for the confirm Chief. Duly noted in my frequency list .
That sounds exactly like what I was listening to. Regarding
being able to get close to hear the ground unit, well, you'd
probably have to BE the FAC...:), with a range out there the
size of Rhode Island!  It ain't small, in no sense of the word....

-- 
Blaine Brooks   Dallas-Fort Worth, TX USA
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