LF Aerial Refuel Frequencies PNW

[Gypsy707]

Hey group,
I’m looking for Rx frequencies for the KC-135 tankers and any possible transient flights here in the Pacific Northwest corner of The USA. I’ve seen the tankers, f-18s, ea6 growlers and one crazy olive drab Huey with no markings I can see. Just interested to hear what’s buzzing above. Thanks

 

[Tallman]

Probably top secret communications and scrambled to boot. The fighter jets are vulnerable while taking on fuel.

 

[nomadradio]

Military air comms used to be between about 230 and 300 MHz, more or less back in the analog era. The civilian emergency frequency of 121.5 was 243.0 in the military-air band, the second harmonic of the civilian freq. This greatly simplified the complexity of emergency-rescue radios back in the day.

Gotta wonder if any voice comms are conducted in the clear these days. Scrambled signals would seem more likely.

73

 

[Tallman]

Military air comms used to be between about 230 and 300 MHz, more or less back in the analog era. The civilian emergency frequency of 121.5 was 243.0 in the military-air band, the second harmonic of the civilian freq. This greatly simplified the complexity of emergency-rescue radios back in the day.

Gotta wonder if any voice comms are conducted in the clear these days. Scrambled signals would seem more likely.

73

Or completely digital.

 

[nomadradio]

Yes sir. Digital would definitely count as scrambled.

73

 

[Gypsy707]

Military air comms used to be between about 230 and 300 MHz, more or less back in the analog era. The civilian emergency frequency of 121.5 was 243.0 in the military-air band, the second harmonic of the civilian freq. This greatly simplified the complexity of emergency-rescue radios back in the day.

Gotta wonder if any voice comms are conducted in the clear these days. Scrambled signals would seem more likely.

73

After scanning the band it seems like you might be right I hear what I think are a couple control frequencies and lots of digital noise on other channels. Too bad it used to be fun to hear the different planes coming and going.