A Milcom Monitoring Post Exclusive Report
Milcom monitors at this weekend's Tyndall Airshow have confirmed two new VHF frequencies in use by the USAF Thunderbird Flight Demo Team aircraft.
About two years ago I first reported that a new possible T-Bird VHF frequencies of 139.800 MHz (AM) could pop up at any time. That freq was used this weekend by the team aircraft and was IDed as Victor-1. A new second frequency (IDed as Victor-2) was also observed this weekend -- 148.850 MHz (AM). This one is a bit of surprise and could indicate that the T-bird Victor-2 freq could involve more than one frequency.
If you attend a future T-Bird show and note that 148.850 MHz is not active, you will need to turn on your Close Call, Signal Stalker, or Spectrum Sweeper technology. I expect that the new 139.800 MHz assignment will remain stable for the time being.
Again two new T-Bird freqs (AM mode):
139.800 MHz Victor-1
148.850 MHz Victor-2
And a special thanks to our field reporters at the show for sending us this new frequency information.