[ScanIndiana] RE: [MilCom] need quick info

[Duane Mantick]

Ed - thank you for confirming what I already suspected.
I just had no corroboration, only a list that showed it
for the Fort Wayne tower as opposed to being related to
a CP.  I am pretty sure that what I was hearing from the
Terre Haute guys was also (partly) on the same freq. and
what you wrote certainly seems to suggest the connection.

Glad I left it in the scanner! 

Wife got her photos back and while they were relatively
uninspiring due to the lack of more telephoto capability,
the series of the F117A she shot in "auto-advance mode"
is clear and crisp and there is NO mistaking that aircraft
even though you can't read any markings.  I do not think 
even scanning the negs and really enlarging and enhancing 
will let me bring that out.  Shooting a black aircraft against
a light sky calls for manual overexposure to an extent and
a largely automatic camera makes that a pain in the butt.
I might slap some in the scanner when I get a chance but 
I don't hold out much hope for any details.

Thanks for you reply and info. !!!
Duane
Lafayette, IN


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>I suppose I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the most common 
>freq. for the mil flyboys was 257.8.  There appeared to be a couple 
>others that "hit" so briefly that I didn't see them before the scan had 
>gone on.  My list gives that as a tower freq. for the 122nd in Fort 
>Wayne but some of that list is nearly 10 years old, and it could 
>possibly be a more generic IN ANG used by both 122 and 181 wings.

Duane,

     257.8 is used by local civilian airports to communicate with military
on UHF.  I normally only hear it when special aircraft are in the area
(airshows, flybys, etc).  It's listed at South Bend as well.  Unfortunately
I was pegged to work the 4th and didn't get a chance to monitor any
milcomms.  My "other" radio kept me busy.

Cheers,
Ed

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