This
area looks at some military frequencies that I have heard myself from my
home location in Hull and on visits to RAF Conningsby and RAF Waddington.
I have included known STUD frequencies. Some air-air frequencies
are known as TAD frequencies but these are too numerous to mention as they
cover some 1400 frequencies world wide. Other known Military frequencies
are also listed.
A
quick look at Air to Air refuelling. As you can imagine, most of
this happens out at sea due to obvious reasons. Where I live (East
coast of England) it appears to be very busy. If you take a look
at the map, you can see the designated refuelling areas. This should
be of use to you. I only use a discone and a Scan King antenna without
too many problems.
A
brief look at the main Civilian air Band frequencies (UK) and how the new
8.33mhz steps will effect your scanning.
Search And Rescue (SAR) and Coast Guard frequencies for you to listen
to. Mainly for UK listeners and USA. Including callsigns and
locations.
Decoding is very easy and enjoyable.
All that is required is a PC with a sound card or an RS232 decoder of the
simple Hamcomm type and a receiver. Software is available from many
sites, some of which I have included in my Links
page and some which will be available for download
from my own site. (I am limited at the moment).
Here are some types of data that can be decoded
easily:
Pocsag
Pagers.
RTTY
Used often for WX transmissions to shipping and land sources.
ACARS
Aircraft decoder (Brilliant on your scanner).
SSTV
Decode those Amateur Radio Picture transmissions.
NAVTEX
Coast guard sipping WX forecasts etc.
CW
Decode that morse, mainly used by shipping and Amateur Radio.
There are many more data types, too many to
mention here.
