[MilCom] Question / KFSM: 16 August 2008

[Joe Cobb]

Yes, the ATC will be simulcast on both VHF and UHF.  Since you live in a very lucky area and your airport gets quite a bit of both VHF and UHF traffic i will suspect FSM's ATC will simulcast on both VHF and UHF 100 percent of the time.  I say that becuase here in Nashville where we get UHF traffic once in a blue moon ATC has the option of leaving UHF dormant (you don't hear ATC) until something appears on it and since BNA ATC can't multitask they do everything but beg in trying to get the military aircraft to come over to the VHF side.  So i would say the simulcasting at Ft Smith will be 24/7.  Good luck with the filtering.  Although don't discount VHF all the time as some do (the hard core ones) becuase F-18's are notorious for using VHF ATC as well.  

Joe
Nashville, Tn.


--- On Sun, 8/17/08, Collins <reach703 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Collins <reach703 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [MilCom] Question / KFSM: 16 August 2008
> To: MilCom at mailman.qth.net, MilRadioComms at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 12:03 PM
> Last weekend I moved into another residence which is higher
> elevation and
> closer to the airport.  I am now picking up 2-way tower
> communications and
> it is much too busy and is drowning my other frequencies. 
> Today I'm
> locking-out VHF tower to see if that helps.  Does tower
> "simulcast" on VHF &
> UHF ?  I wish there was some way I could only hear the
> aircraft side of
> communications, but that's impossible I guess.
> 
> Here is my log from Saturday:
> 
> 
> 
> 18:24z  COWBOY 51 (F-18, Fort Worth NAS) Razorback Approach
> (343.7500)
> landing Fort Smith
> 
> 18:38z  GONZO 24 (T-38, Columbus) Razorback Approach
> (343.7500)
> 
> 18:45z  [sounded like) HAWG 44 (A-10, Fort Smith) Fort
> Smith Tower
> (118.3000)
> 
> 19:47z  COWBOY 51 (F-18, Fort Worth) Razorback Departure
> (343.7500) >
> Memphis Center (269.0000) takeoff, Fort Smith (heard)
> 
> 20:14z  VICTORY 71 (F-18, Oceana NAS) Memphis Center >
> Razorback Approach
> (343.7500) landing Fort Smith
> 
> 21:06z  TONTO 01 (T-1, Randolph) Fort Smith Tower
> (118.3000) got visual of
> several touch & goes, then onto Shreveport
> 
> 21:15z  TALON or TONTO 24 (T-45, Meridian or T-1, Randolph)
> Fort Smith Tower
> (118.3000)
> 
> 22:05z  VICTORY 71 (F-18, Oceana NAS) Fort Smith Departure
> (343.7500)
> takeoff (heard while jogging near airport)
> 
> 
> 
> Collins
> 
> Fort Smith, Arkansas
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