[MilCom] Charleston, SC Road Trip Notes

[Mac McCormick III]

Over January 6/7 I took a road trip to Charleston, SC to visit Fort Sumter
and Patriots Point.  While I was there I also spent some time monitoring
and scanning.  I've just included the military notes below, but if you're
interested in seeing the public safety notes (Fire/EMS only) and some radio
related photos you can check out these posts on my blog:  6
Jan<http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/charleston-sc-road-trip-scanning-report-6-january-2014/>
 and 7 Jan<http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/charleston-sc-road-trip-scanning-report-7-january-2014/>.
 I also have some blog posts up with photos from Fort
Moultrie<http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/charleston-sc-road-trip-fort-moultrie/>
(ferries
to Fort Sumter were closed due to weather), the North Charleston & American
LaFrance Fire Museum<http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/charleston-sc-road-trip-north-charleston-and-american-lafrance-fire-museum/>
, Patriots Point<http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/charelston-sc-road-trip-patriots-point/>,
and of aircraft from Patriots
Point<http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/charleston-sc-road-trip-patriots-point-aircraft/>
.

Monday (as usual) wasn't a particularly active MilCom day except for the
steady stream of C-17s out of Charleston AFB.  On Tuesday it picked up a
bit with some F-16 and F/A-18 activity added. Due to driving in an
unfamiliar area and being busy visiting the museums I didn't keep a
specific log but just tried to catalog the frequencies I heard in use.

Aviation/MilAir
---------------
126.000 - Charleston AFB Tower
239.000 - Charleston AFB Tower
120.700 - Charleston App/Dep
306.925 - Charleston App/Dep
135.800 - Charleston App/Dep
379.925 - Charleston App/Dep
349.400 - Charleston AFB CP
372.200 - Charleston AFB PTD
125.125 - Beaufort App/Dep
292.125 - Beaufort App/Dep
120.400 - Savannah App/Dep
353.775 - Savannah App/Dep
127.875 - Jax Center Aiken High
319.200 - Jax Center Aiken High
133.625 - Jax Center Georgetown High
370.950 - Jax Center Georgetown High
281.550 - Jax Center Georgetown High
134.375 - Jax Center Charleston Low
317.550 - Jax Center Charleston Low
124.075 - Jax Center Summerville High
351.700 - Jax Center Summerville High
133.300 - Jax Center Moultrie Ultra High
132.925 - Jax Center Millen/Savannah Low
363.200 - Jax Center Millen/Savannah Low
124.675 - Jax Center Jekyll Low
126.125 - Jax Center Statesboro High
132.425 - Jax Center Hunter Ultra High
269.550 - Jax Center Columbia Low
128.100 - Atlanta Center Augusta Low
323.000 - Atlanta Center Augusta Low
127.725 - Doubleshot Primary
258.400 - Doubleshot Discrete
279.725 - Doubleshot Discrete
228.400 - Townsend Range
343.750 - Bulldog MOA
311.200 - 55th FS Ops
364.200 - NORAD AICC
318.300 - JSTARS Discrete

Except for the site information on Radio Reference, I haven't seen a lot
online for the Department of Defense TRS sites in the Charleston area.  The
FD and PD talkgroups are listed for the Naval Weapons Station (NWS) but
there is nothing for Charleston AFB. I wasn't able to ID most of the
talkgroups I monitored but I was able to discern if they were probably from
the NWS or the AFB and TG 28760 was obviously being used by the FD at
Charleston AFB.

DOD TRS - NWS Charleston & Joint Base Charleston sites
------------------------------------------------------
28038 - unknown
28626 - NWS Charleston?
28630 - NWS Charleston?
28647 - NWS Charleston?
28648 - NWS Charleston FD Tac
28654 - NWS Charleston?
28665 - NWS Charleston?
28682 - NWS Charleston?
28685 - NWS Charleston
28673 - NWS Charleston
28674 - NWS Charleston?
28693 - NWS Charleston?
28709 - NWS Charleston?
28726 - Charleston AFB?
28738 - Charleston AFB?
28739 - Charleston AFB
28740 - Charleston AFB?
28742 - Charleston AFB?
28745 - Charleston AFB?
28753 - Charleston AFB
28760 - Charleston AFB FD

With Sector Headquarters located in Charleston, there was a good bit of
USCG activity to be heard.  In Savannah, almost everything I hear from USCG
is encrypted on the CG frequencies but I heard quite a bit of activity in
the clear in Charleston on Ch. 21, Ch. 82, and Ch. 83.

USCG
----
171.2375 - CG 127 (NAC 293), Sector Charleston
163.1375 - CG 113 (NAC 293), Station Tybee
413.000 - CG 410 (NAC 293), Sector Charleston Air Ops
156.800 - Marine VHF Ch. 16
157.050 - Marine VHF Ch. 21
157.100 - Marine VHF Ch. 22
157.125 - Marine VHF Ch. 82
157.175 - Marine VHF Ch. 83

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
Savannah, GA
http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/