The cleanout of the 380-400 MHz milair aero service continues to be replaced by LMR and wideband services. If you are not familiar with what is happening, I have written about this several times on this blog and in my Monitoring Times Milcom column. In fact, I hav some major updates on this and a new 380-400 MHz TRS in the southwest US in the September Milcom column in Monitoring Times magazine. Miss one issue and you miss a lot that is NOT published on this blog or anywhere else. A MT Express (electronic edition) sub is only $19.95 a year (one heck of a bargain). You can order your sub at http://www.grove-ent.com/page81.html.
So now it is time again for some more of our exclusive aero frequency changes, updates, listings and corrections from the Milcom MP Quik-Stop . . .
118.2750 Nephi Muni UT (KUXN) AWOS-3 Weather System
118.4000 Waverly-Pike County OH (KEOP) AWOS-A Weather System
118.7000 Southwest Oregon Regional OR (KOTH) Tower (starting 19 Sep 2009)
118.8000 Elk Mountain Airport WY (KEHY) AWOS-A Weather System
119.9250 Gallipois-Gallia Meigs Regional OH (KGAS) AWOS-3 Weather System
120.0500 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Patuxent River Approach / Departure Control (165-055 above 3000 feet)
120.3500 Ryan Field AZ (KRYN)Arrival Service North (Local Control)
121.0000 Cambridge-Dorchester Airport MD (KCGE) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control, ex-127.9500/134.1000
121.0000 St. Mary's County Regional MD (2W6) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control, ex-127.9500/134.1000
121.0000 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control (165-055 below 3000 feet)
121.0000 Webster NOLF MD (KNUI) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control, ex-120.0500
121.0000 Tangier Island Airport VA (KTGI) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control, ex-120.0500
122.0000 Seattle AFSS WA (SEA) Advisory, ex-120.6000
122.7000 Hart/Shelby-Oceana County Airport MY (C04) AWOS-A Weather System
123.7500 Versailles-Darke County OH (KVES) AWOS-3 Weather System
123.7500 St. Cloud Regional MN (KSTC) Ground Control, ex-121.6000
124.2000 Nassau Radio (Bahamas) secondary
125.9250 MBS International (Saginaw) MI (KMBS) ATIS, ex-118.6000
127.1000 Southwest Oregon Regional OR (KOTH) Ground Control (starting 19 Sep 2009)
127.9500 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control (056-164 all altitudes)
127.9500 Accomack County Airport (KMFV) Patuzent River Approach/Departure Control
128.0000 Nassau Radio (Bahamas) primary
130.5750 Marana-Pinal Park AZ (KMZJ) AWOS-3 Weather System
132.5500 Washington ARTCC (ZDC) Snow Hill MD RCAG Low Altitude Discrete: Approach/Departure services (Sector 23/Cape Charles Sector)
133.1250 Washington ARTCC (ZDC) Atlantic City NJ RCAG High Altitude, paired with 281.4500 (the site at Sea Isle has been disestablished)
133.9000 Washington ARTCC (ZDC) Patuxent River MD RCAG Low Altitude Discrete: Approach/Departure services (Sector 11/Calvert Sector), paired with 281.4000
134.1000 Washington ARTCC (ZDC) Patuxent River MD RCAG Approach/Departure Services; Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) radar and Wallops Island (KWAL) no longer uses this freq
135.0250 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Ground Controlled Approach Radar
135.5500 Travis AFB CA (KSUU) D-ATIS, 116.4000
141.6500 Wheeler AAF HI (KHHI) Lightning Radio
250.3000 Cambridge-Dorchester Airport MD (KCGE) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control
250.3000 St. Mary's County Regional MD (2W6) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control
250.3000 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control (165-055 below 3000 feet)
250.3000 Webster NOLF MD (KNUI) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control, ex-281.8000
250.3000 Tangier Island Airport VA (KTGI) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control, ex-281.8000
255.4000 Seattle AFSS WA (SEA) Advisory
256.8000 Washington ARTCC (ZDC) Snow Hill MD RCAG Low Altitude Discrete: Approach/Departure services (Sector 23/Cape Charles Sector)
270.8000 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Radar no longer uses this freq
273.4500 Corpus Christi TX Approach/Departure Control, ex 385.6000
281.4000 Washington ARTCC (ZDC) Patuxent River MD RCAG Low Altitude Discrete: Approach/Departure services (Sector 11/Calvert Sector), paired with 133.9000
281.4500 Washington ARTCC (ZDC) Atlantic City NJ RCAG High Altitude, paired with 133.1250 (the site at Sea Isle has been disestablished)
281.8000 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control (165-055 above 3000 feet)
286.0000 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Radar no longer uses this freq
314.0000 Washington ARTCC (ZDC) Patuxent River MD RCAG Approach/Departure Services; Patuxent River Approach/Departure Control Service (056-164 all altitudes)
314.0000 Accomack County Airport (KMFV) Patuzent River Approach/Departure Control
348.0000 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Ground Controlled Approach Radar
262.6000 Patuxent River NAS/Trapnell Field MD (KNHK) Ground Controlled Approach Radar
And finally from Master Mark Cleary:
"I noticed a new Approach frequency is in use at Shaw AFB today. Frequency is 225.400. 287.000 has gone silent. 385.6 was in use Sunday and is silent today."
Here is a NOTAM confirming it:
APPROACH CONTROL UHF FREQ 385.6 OUT OF SERVICE. CONTACT APPROACH CONTROL ON UHF FREQ 225.4. 12 JUL 13:17 2009 UNTIL 12 AUG 23:59 2009. CREATED: 12 JUL 13:19 2009
The area in and around 287.0000 is interesting. It is another segment of the UHF milair spectrum where AM aero services are being moved out. This strongly suggest based on previous assignments in and around this freq and past intercepts, that this may be a new wideband sub-band in the 225-400 MHz spectrum. I have more exclusive details on this in my Septemmber 2009 MT Milcom column, including some in-depth analysis of the changes in the 380-400 MHz LMR sub-band.
