[Scan-DC] FW: Falcon Virgo

[Andrew Clegg]

Thanks Doug. I'm going to connect my scanner up to Scanrec and see what I 
catch while I sleep.

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From: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 6:36 PM
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Scan-DC] FW:  Falcon Virgo

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>>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
>>
>> 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?
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