[MilCom] Radio report from 2008 Travis Air Expo Airsho

[b52hbuff at sbcglobal.net]

I took my radio
to the recent Travis AirExpo show and was once again denied entry.  I
tried to get in touch with someone from security who could set/define
policy several months before the show, but it didn't work out. :(

Anyway, the Thunderbirds were using the following:
235.25 Solos
143.70 Diamond
216.725 Announcer/Background Music
216.975 Simulcast for 235.25

413.275/D431 Thunderbird Maintenance (note that the more common 413.1 is an input to the Travis TRS

AirExpo
128.4 Airboss
123.15 Discrete/Announcer

SUU Field Frequencies
254.4 Tower
289.4 Ground
384.9 ATIS

Approach
291.0 Approach

SUU Operations
138.875  Tanker A-A

Travis TRS was in use with a lot of encryption.  PD/Security was all encrypted.  In the past, I had monitored a few unencrypted comms, but no more.  The FD/EMS was also encrypted.  I'll post a report on the TRS usage later.