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Loggings => VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes => Topic started by: ThaDood on August 01, 2023, 1804 UTC
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As long as I have had scanner radios, capable of RX'ing Aviation VHF AM, I have always had two FREQ's programmed, the chit-chat FREQ 123.450MHz, and the Emergency FREQ 121.500MHz. For decades, I wouldn't hear anything on 121.500MHz. Well, about 15 years ago, in WNY, I heard what sounded like a teen beat-boxing on there. (Some kid got Daddy's Aviation HT?) I've always heard chatter on 123.450MHz, some of that being pretty entertaining to listen to. However, this year, I am hearing all sorts of number exchange chatter on 121.500MHz. None of it sounding emergency-like to me. I would assume that these numbers are flight numbers, but why use a known Emergency FREQ to do so? This is SW West Virginia. Is anyone else hearing these?
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I would hazard a guess that the music might have been from one of those higher powered, made in China, FM transmitters. You just might be slope detecting one of the spurs.
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No clue on the numbers exchange.