[Scan-DC] Laguardia crash question

[Andrew Clegg]

I would imagine if they’re out on the active taxiways and runways that they have to have aircraft radios, in constant communication with the tower. I know from listening to the DCA tower that their ops teams that search the runways for debris communicate with the tower on the tower frequency, 119.1 MHz, AM. I hear them every day.

> On Mar 24, 2026, at 5:24 PM, Jeff Krauss via Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> I think I heard on the news that a transmission intended for the fire truck was "stepped on."
> That can happen if the tower was communicating with aircraft using AM, but fire trucks these days use either FM or digital.
> Do the Laguardia fire trucks have AM radios as well as digital??
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