[MilCom] Military Fire Crash Response Vehicles Aeroband Mobile/Portable Transceivers?

[ka7pcj]

On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:16:10 -0400 "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net> writes:
> Wondering if anyone has every monitored Fire Crash response vehicles 
> on 
> military bases using either VHF or UHF aeroband ground control 
> frequencies 
> (for that base) to communicate with aircraft (military to civilian) 
> landing 
> with an emergency?
>

        Funny you should bring that up Ken... Libby Army Airfield /
Sierra Vista Municipal (joint use facility) has the above mentioned
capabilities.  On the airfield, there is a VHF (fm) repeater that is hard
wired to a VHF Airband radio. The VHF Airband radio is tuned to Ground
(121.700), and the VHF FM repeater is 157.160 MHz out. So, if an aircraft
is talking on Ground (121.700) anyone within range can hear that on
157.160, and the reverse is true, if you talk on the VHF (FM) repeater,
your also speaking on 121.700!

         The original thinking behind this was to give the Crash Response
assets (the field is controlled by the military, they are the Fire
Department for the airfield), the ability to talk to an aircraft using
the agencies existing radio's. And since all of the Ft Huachuca agencies
are on VHF, this pairing allowed not only the Ft H Fire department the
ability to talk to airplanes, it has allowed any of the Military agencies
(Medical, MP's, Range Control, ect) to enter the airfield and not need
any other radio than the one that they all carry. 

        Since this system was implemented, the Crash Trucks @ the
airfield have installed Icom A110's (mobile airband radio's, designed for
vehicles that work @ an airfield) in them. They have not only the Ground
control channels, but the Tower freq (124.950), the refueling facilities,
base ops (122.900) ect.

        The Army has authorized the civilian emergency aid vehicles that
might respond to the airfield in an emergency to have, and use,  the
"Crash Net"  (the 157.160 repeater freq) in their radios as well. Its
really quite cool to see that kind of cooperation between a military
facility and the surrounding community.


                            73's                    Donnie

>From somewhere out in the "pucker brush"
just north of Libby Army Airfield, Fort Huachuca AZ
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