[ScanIndiana] Camp Atterbury (Edinburgh area)

[Matthew C. Payne]

> I found only 464.50 being used by probably a food caterer, and possibly
> 462.6125 (an FRS freq!) being POSSIBLY used from a helicopter (sure
> sounded like it... but maybe just a cheap  FRS radio?!).

Drat.  I was going to drive down there, and see if the ISR radio
frequencies were active.  My plan was to sit in the park area with a
sandwich and coke, and see what I could hear on a search.

> I plugged in several freqs I've seen attributed to Atterbury, but heard
> none of them active.  I did a short search of 138-144 and heard nothing.
> All-in-all I was disappointed.

No kidding.  I live right down the street, and have been searching for
months.  I KNOW they have base security, because I can hear Johnson County
Sheriff referring to them.  Surely they have to have radios.

I have been searching every 2 weeks for a 406.000-420.000 trunked radio
system.  I'm hoping that now that the base is activated, they may put one
in.

> Maybe I just didn't know where to look
> or was expecting too much on a Saturday afternoon.   The base has been
> subdivided into a Johnson Co. Park, a Job Corps site, and an Indiana
> Dept of Natural Resources hunting site, so one can drive right through
> the old main road, and see where many of the old buildings used to sit.

I know.  Isn't that great?  It is almost like a ghost town.  Whenever I
drive through there though I'm always worried I will get shot at by an
errant hunter....

> Near the main entrance to the National Guard base is a memorial and a
> gift shop in an old railcar.   I picked up some decent books on Camp
> Atterbury, and numerous (mostly now defunct) Army Air Corps bases, such
> as Chanute and Scott.   The gift shop is apparently only open on
> Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, but worth a visit if in the area.
> The base has quite a short history (established only in 1942), including
> being a POW camp for Germans and Italians after WWII.

I'll have to check that out!

> I'd like to go back to Atterbury if they ever do an Open House or
> conduct some exercises around the area, so if anyone knows whether such
> events occur, I hope they'll let us know here on the reflector.

I don't follow the air events too much, but I know others on this list do.
 Hopefully someone on here will give the list a "heads up".

Matt