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Those of you remember the old CB days with Channel 9 (and other local channels) monitoring for emergencies? Of course cell phones had yet to become a consumer service, so it was either land line telephone or some sort of radio system to call for help -- Citizen Band Radio was the choice at that time...

So does anyone ever use VHF simplex any more or is everyone just using low powered portables via the repeater. In the Springfield MA area, a simplex emergency net is held every Wednesday around 2000 hrs local on 146.42 (not .52), so amateurs can check out how well they could operate if all the local...

ADS-B is the transmitter category, Mode S is the mode capability for the ADS-B transmitter.
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New frequency is 127.525 (former frequency was 142.225).
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New Air Traffic Information Service (ATIS) frequency at Westover ARB, KCEF is: 127.525 (no longer 142.225)

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Apparently FIU, Golden Panthers flew into (EASTERN 9457) on Friday and just departed Westover/Metro back to Miami (2131 hrs local) this time with contract aircraft was EASTERN 5781 (AC2C850, Boeing 737).

Check out the UMass football schedule to get an idea of which other teams will be flying in
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Please refer to the presentation at: http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2015/08/mode-s-address-holes.html IMHO some these may be related to remote piloted vehicles. For those of you next to military training ranges and air spaces it might be worth your effort to take the lists posted and check your data ...

CAP has no authority to utilize 123.10 within its' internal operations. It can only use that channel and other Multicom VHF air channels for coordination with other organizations.
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There's quite a difference in performance. Prior to shut down page loads were VERY, VERY slow. Today VERY, VERY fast! Wondering if there's something on the internet that was causing part of the problem? Glad to see the site back in operation!!! I know the owner and the moderators work very hard to m...

I've set up the text log to dump every one minute to the same file that will change at the end of the day. When I check the log it only has multiple entries of the screen columns e.g. ADS Reg. Flight Lat. Long. Alt. Course Speed Time Msg Type Sqwk ADS Reg. Flight Lat. Long. Alt. Course Speed Time Ms...

Thank your for the suggestions, I did install the RTL1090 which has a decoder and than installed the Plane Plotter which appears to be a more advanced software for effectively monitoring ADS-B.
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Recently purchased the Noo Elect R820T & DVB-T NESDR mini. The SDR Sharp software works fine and I can tune in individual stations without issues. The issue is how to install the plug in (and I would assume additional software) that allows the unit to decode mode S. Ideally I'd like to use the plug ...

"Wow, got to admit for a price just a bit more than a large cup of coffee, this guide is packed with concise frequency information that one can readily use. It also provides a concise explanation of the organization of the Air Route Traffic Control Centers. As a daily monitor of milcom/milair and ci...

Apparently the Mt Tom Amateur Repeater Association's 147.00 mhz Repeater, on Soapstone Mountain in CT has been moved to a new site in Granville, MA. Should be interesting to see what coverage is obtained from that location, especially to the border areas of CT and everything south/southwest of Inter...

Someone representing to be in the "know" stated that this is a remote transmitter on Mount Tom in Holyoke, MA. The FAA public information does not list any transmitters located on Mt Tom Holyoke. HOWEVER, monitoring of the ground side seems to confirm the same monitoring/coverage parameters & signal...

Interestingly CAP 3730 (self ID'd as a Cessna 172), ID'd to Flight Watch (on 122.00) enroute from Fitchburg to Harrisburg (PA) at Flight level 6.5K, giving a PIREP while flying over Westover ARB. After the PIREP also noted check in with Bradley approach control 125.35 and there's was some informal c...

Interestingly today at home with a simple portable antenna on the back of the BCD 996T I'm picking up the base side (as well as the aircraft side) of Boston ARTCC. Additionally the base side of 370.9 is also being heard.
Some sort of short skip?
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RACES in WMass has very little community participation. Southwick is organized, Springfield has three hams in the Emergency Management EOC, and couple of other towns utilize the amateur radio members to assist in their EOC or shelter operations. At least in WMass the RACES program never really got o...

Anyone actively monitoring ACARS transmissions in the New England Area? ACARS information can be found at: http://www.acarsd.org/ACARS_frequencies.html I was utilizing ACARS-D software prior to Windows 7 (home edition) but never seemed to be able to get that software to work after an upgrade to W7. ...

Westover Metropolitan Airport Services "Metro Air Service" (the civilian side of the field) now has a new frequency for UNICOM: 122.95 Aircraft utilize this frequency to contact the fuel truck and/or for aircraft taxi/parking assistance. Looks like Aviation Spectrum Resources Inc, coordinated the li...