[Scan-DC] Something different -- ACARS (131.55 MHz)

[John Wilson]

Also check the 136 mhz. range.  Richmond, VA has one also on 136.8500 mhz.

John

mike agner wrote:
> The RR Wiki has a short article on the subject, along with the other
> freqs ACARS has been heard on...
>
> http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/ACARS
>
> It would be rather difficult to scan these freqs, since you need to keep
> the squelch open to hear the sync tone, unless your scanner's squelch
> opens up fast enough - it comes across very fast (I want to say 100ms,
> but I could be wrong...). However as noted in the article, you don't
> need to modify your scanner at all (contrary to what others might
> think...) to be able to get a good clean data signal
>
> I used to fool around with this a bit; some companies will use the
> alternate freqs just to get away from the congestion on 131.55. Those of
> you that have fooled around with amateur packet radio will understand
> this; packet collisions result in lost data, and there are times when
> that simply won't do...
>
> HTH...Mike
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