[Scan-DC] 1st Flight Centennial

[john wilson]

  Thanks Richard for the frequency info.  "SBI" could be NC "State Bureau of Investigation", probably part of the State Police.  "ALE"...just a guess.."Auxillary Law Enforcement"?

RICHARD ROWLAND wrote:

> Kill Devil Hills North Carolina December 12-17
>
> During the 1st Flight Centennial I found 5 days of very active radio use. Most channels carried a multiple type of communications making it difficult to put any definite names to the channels.
>
> Listed are General Operations with various government and military agencies as best as I can describe.
> The digital comms were monitored on the Uniden 250D and 785D Scanners
>
> Frequency  PL/CTCSS                      Comments
> 163.0750        103.5        NPS North Ops repeater and Simplex
> 164.1375          67.0        Army National Guard Security
> 165.2875         -------        ATF, comms were totally digital
> 165.3750        103.5        U.S. Secret Service, mostlt DVP but some clear comms
> 166.5125        131.8        not identified
> 166.8500        127.3        probably a NPS radio
> 168.0500          69.4        believed to be Marines doing security
> 168.1000         csq          Command Repeater with 170.450 input 110.9 ctcss
> 168.3000       141.3        believed to be Army National Guard providing security
> 168.3500       100.0        not identified
> 168.7000        csq            Command repeater with 170.975 input 110.9 ctcss
> 169.2500       ------           Voice scrambling / speech inversion
> 169.5375      131.8        not identified
> 170.0125       ----            EMS net
> 170.8000      -----            Totally Digital comms believed to be FAA
>
> Radio support for the event was provided by the NIRSC (National Incident Radio Support Catche).
> This is a Federal Agency made up in Boise Idaho at the National Interagency Fire Center. The NIRSC provided the radios, portable repeaters and support staff with radio techs to keep the radios working.
>
> The FAA had a temporary control tower located about mid length of the 1st Flight runway. I suspect a portable radar was in use since aircraft was being assigned "squawk" numbers.
>
> 118.075    1st Flight AWOS (weather)
> 119.975    1st Flight tower (temporary)
> 121.750    Wright Brothers Radio and some air-air during fly-overs
> 122.900    Holding over Dare Bomb Ranges
> 233.700    "Giant Killer" off shore warning area coordination into !st Flight airspace
> 264.400    believed to be USCG
> 272.750    New Bern Sector,  Washington Center airspace around !st Flight
> 320.200    "Centennial Control"
> 381.800    USCG
> 387.200    Wright Brothers Radio and some air-air during fly-overs
>
> Today (Thursday) the 1st Flight airstrip had returned to it's 122.9 multicom self announce
>
> Dare County regional Airport was using 119.325 for tower control and 122.7 for ground
> This was probably a temporary assignment for the Centennial traffic volume only and
> will return to it's 122.8 unicom shortly after all the event planes have departed.
>
> NCHP was active on 42.22 ctcss 173.8 the Special Events Ch 19
> NCDOT was active on 45.76 and 47.32 both with 107.2 ctcss
>
> Can anyone identify a security police as being civilian, government or military wearing  black uniforms with "SBI" Agent in yellow and Police "ALE" Agent in yellow . They were providing inside security at the event.
>
> Richard Rowland
> Richmond, Virginia
>
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