[Scan-DC] FW: Falcon Virgo

[Doug Kitchener]

>From when they had one back in Feb...

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> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:24:58 -0500
> From: boston at erols.com
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Falcon Virgo
>
> You must have searched the wrong freq band. It was there. NORAD
> controller HUNTRESS or BIGFOOT is the controller during the exercise.
> Last time it was BIGFOOT who is the controller for the area west of the
> Mississippi. (HUNTRESS east of) but either can control the sky anywhere
> in the country. Freqs used will be either 228.9 or 260.9. Last time the
> targets were two Civil Air Patrol aircraft that were playing the
> aggressor role and were only heard on Potomac TRACON freqs. The fighters
> for the last exercise were a couple of F-16s from Langley (the SD-ANG
> and VT-ANG work from a detachment there.) One or two Coast Guard HH-65
> helos also participate. They are based at National Airport. They'll also
> be heard on the 228.9/260.9 freq but are difficult to hear if you're any
> distance away from the area because of altitude. F-16s also will use an
> air-to-air freq to talk among themselves. Find that in the 138-144 mHz
> band searching 25 kHz increments. That should be enough to get you into
> listening mode.
> Alan (not to be confused with Henney)
> Maryland
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> Doug Kitchener wrote:
>
> >Having posted this... the last time they had one of these exercises, I set one of the scanners to the milair band and let it search, but heard nary a squawk... any suggestions for some frequencies to listen to?