[MilCom] Local military signal today 5 August 2021 Bucks Co., PA

[Ken]

Jack & the group:

I think you will find that Army National Guard Aviation units, 
especially helicopters are pretty active on low band FM.  Here in the 
Western Massachusetts area as example:   MA ARNG use 46.75 & CT ARNG use 
41.90 quite extensively for their helicopter operations.  Take a look at 
airnav.com for the airports nearby and they may list what any military 
aviation unit on that airport is using.

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area

On 8/5/2021 8:55 PM, Jack Sullivan via MilCom wrote:
> Just deployed the RT Systems radio programming software for my ICOM IC-R8600. I'm programming in all the 25 kHz channels from 30.000 to 87.975 with CTCSS decode for 151.4 Hz, which works with military 150 Hz side tones. Picked up the following this afternoon:
> 1902Z 30.300/151.4 Noisy OM with 2-3 5-15 sec transmissions. Too noisy to make out anything. Fixed station but had not heard before or since. Based on my reception of amateur 6M signals, this station is within 75 miles of me. Nearest mil installation is Ft Indiantown Gap but I did not find this channel listed for there.
> 'Thirty-thirty' is a usual FOX MIKE channel. My neighbor who flew helicopters in the Army knew it as 'WINCHESTER.' This seems to be a military 'common' channel for local use.
> Antenna: Diamond 3000 Superdiscone @ 480 AMSL
> JackW2INF
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