Difference between revisions of "Civil Air Patrol"

Revision as of 08:34, 20 October 2009

Please see the following public references for information.

Monitoring Times Magazine
- November 2006 Milcom column by Larry Van Horn page 53
- October 2006 Milcom column by Larry Van Horn
- Monitoring the Air Show Experience 2009 (per MT PDF file)

Feel free to list wings and specific frequencies actually heard here. Please do not quote old references (as frequencies are being shifted to narrowband, as documented in the MT article above), MT or any other copyrighted or so-called classified sources.

New Narrowband Basic Channel Plan

Template:Largetable |Frequency Out || Frequency In || Channel/Name || Notes |- | 141.5750 S || 127.3 || CC 1 || |- |Info Needed|| || CC 2 || |- |Info Needed|| || Air 1 || |- |Info Needed|| || Air 2 || |- | 150.2250 S|| 162.2 || Guard || |- |Info Needed|| || Tac 1 || |- | 148.1250 S|| || PA TA || Primary Talk-Around |- | 148.1500 S|| || PB TA || Secondary Talk-Around |- | 148.1250 R|| 143.5500 || Primary || Primary CONUS Repeater Pair |- | 148.1500 R|| 143.7000 || Secondary || Secondary CONUS Repeater Pair |- | 148.1250 R|| 139.8750 || Border Primary || Alt Pair near the Canadian Border |- | 148.1500 R|| Info Needed || Border Secondary || Alt Pair near the Canadian Border |- | 148.1375 R|| 143.6250 || Aero / Port Repeater || Portable and Aero Repeater Pair |- |}

Old Wideband Basic Channel Plan

Ch. 01-04 were Simplex using 100.0 Hz [Universal Access Tone]
Ch. 05-? were usually the State-Wing and Adjacent State Wing channels [Repeaters]
A repeater with 203.5 Hz was a Temp / Tactical Repeater Template:Largetable |Frequency Out || Frequency In || Channel/Name || Notes |- | 148.1500 || 143.9000 || Ch.01 || Primary Repeater also used in Simplex Mode |- | 148.1250 || 143.7500 || Ch.02 || Secondary Repeater also used in Simplex Mode |- | 148.1375 || || Ch.03 || Simplex - Ground Units Only |- | 149.5375 || || Ch.04 || Simplex - Aero Units Only |- |}

Frequencies near the Mexican and Canadian Borders may vary from these Standard 4 Pairs.

NEW - Narrowband Repeaters

Template:Largetable These are Dual Mode Repeaters [Analog and P25] |Repeater Output || Repeater Input || Tone / NAC || Wing/State || Location || Notes |- | 148.1500 || || 114.8 || AL || Daphne || R-44 |- | 148.1250 || || 131.8 || AL || Huntsville || R-49 |- | 148.1250 || || 123.0 || AL || Montgomery || R-11 |- | 148.1500 || || 146.2 / 5B6 || AL || Mt Cheaha || R-26 |- | 148.1250 || || 127.3 || AL || Muscle Shoals || R-61 |- | 148.1250 || || 146.2 || AL || Oak Mtn || R-?? |- | 148.1500 || || 131.8 || AL || Phillips || R-?? |- | 148.1500 || || 151.4 || AZ || Mt Eldon || R-46 Flagstaff |- | 148.1500 || || 107.2 / NAC430 || AZ || Mt Lemon|| R-56 Tucson |- | 148.1250 || || 162.2 / NAC656 || CA || Mt Diablo || R-39 Primary |- | 148.1500 || || 162.2 / NAC656 || CA || Mt Diablo || R-02 Secondary |- | 148.1500 || || 156.7 || CA || Oat Mtn ||R-28 |- | 148.1500 || || 167.9 || CA || Saddle Peak || R-14 |- | 148.1250 || || 186.2 || CA || Santiago Peak || R-59 Secondary |- | 148.1500 || || 186.2 || CA || Santiago Peak || R-62 Primary |- | 148.1250 || || 123.0 || CT || Need to Determine || R-11 |- | 148.1250 || || 156.7 || CT || Need to Determine || R-09 |- | 148.1500 || 143.7000 || 123.0 || CO || Breckenridge || R-38 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 146.2 || CO/UT || Cortez - Abajo Peak, UT || R-27 |- | 148.1500 || 143.7000 || 156.7 || CO || Denver - Mt Morrison - Linked|| R-28 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 110.9 || CO || Eagle - Castle Peak - Linked || R-01 |- | 148.1250 || || 107.2 || CO || Fort Collins - Linked|| R-25 |- | 148.1500 || 143.7000 || 107.2 || CO || Glenwood Springs - Sunlight Peak || R-56 |- | 148.1500 || 143.7000 || 146.2 || CO || Grand Jct - Black Ridge - Linked || R-26 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 127.3 || CO || Gunnison - Tenderfoot Mountain || R-61 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 141.3 || CO || Montrose - Storm King Mtn - Linked || R-21 |- | 148.1500 || 143.7000 || 141.3 || CO || Nucla - Raspberry Ridge || R-20 |- | 148.1500 || 143.7000 || 114.8 || CO || Steamboat Springs - Walton Peak - Linked || R-44 |- | 148.1500 || 143.7000 || 88.5 / $375 || MA || Danvers || R-18 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 186.2 / $746 || MA || Waltham || R-59 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 71.9 || MA || Sandwich || R-23 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 114.8 || MA || Worcester || R-31 |- | 148.1250 || || 82.5 ||ME || Sanford || R-17 |- | 148.1250 || || 146.2 || MN || Byron || R-27 |- | 148.1250 || || 162.2 || MN || St Cloud || R-39 |- | 148.1250 || || 88.5 || MN || Thief River Falls || R-33 |- | 148.1250 || || 107.2 || MN || Walker || R-25 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 107.2 / $430 || NH || Derry || R-25 |- | 148.1500 || || 77.0 / $302 || NH || Laconia || R-42 |- | 148.1500 || 143.7000 || 203.5 || NH || Portsmouth || R-64 |- | 148.1500 || || 77.0 || NJ ||Lakehurst || R-42 |- | 148.1500 || || 77.0 || PA || Laurel Mtn|| R-42 |- | 148.1250 || 143.5500 || 88.5 || RI ||Coventry || R-33 |- | 148.1250 || || 107.2 || TN ||Nashville || R-25 |}

Wing/Squadron VHF Nets

Template:Largetable |Wing/Squadron || Date || Time || Notes |- | AL Wing ||Mon-Fri|| 1900 Local || |- | AZ Wing ||Nightly|| 1930 Local || |- | CA Wing ||Mon-Fri|| 1900 Local || |- | CO Wing ||Nightly|| 1830 Local || |- | CT Wing ||Mon-Fri|| 1900 Local || |- | DC Wing || Sun || 2000 Local || |- | FL Wing - Tampa Group ||Mon-Thur|| 1830 Local || |- | IL Wing || ? || 1900 Local || |- | MA Wing ||Nightly|| 2000 Local || |- | MD Wing ||Thursday|| 1900 Local || |- | NH Wing ||Mon-Fri|| 1900 Local || |- | NJ Wing ||Wed|| 1930 Local || |- | NJ Wing - Group 221 ||1st/3rd Tue|| 1900 Local || |- | NM Wing ||Mon|| 1930 Local || |- | OH Wing - Northern Ohio ||Tue|| 2000 Local || |- | PA Wing - Western PA || Mon-Fri || 1730 Local || |- | TN Wing - Group 3 ||Mon|| 2030 Local || |- | WI Wing - East Central Group ||Mon|| 1830 Local || |- | WI Wing - South East Group ||Wed & Fri|| 1830 Local || |- |}

PL to NAC Conversion Chart for Civil Air Patrol

Template:Prettytable |Freq / Hz || Code / Motorola || NAC / Hex |- |67.0||XZ||$29E |- |69.3||WZ||$2B5 |- |71.9||XA||$2CF |- |74.4||WA||$2E8 |- |77.0||XB||$302 |- |79.7||WB||$31D |- |82.5||YZ||$339 |- |85.4||YA||$356 |- |88.5||YB||$375 |- |91.5||ZZ||$393 |- |94.8||ZA||$3B4 |- |97.4||ZB||$3CE |- |100.0||1Z||$3E8 |- |103.5||1A||$40B |- |107.2||1B||$430 |- |110.9||2Z||$455 |- |114.8||2A||$47C |- |118.8||2B||$4A4 |- |123.0||3Z||$4CE |- |127.3||3A||$4F9 |- |131.8||3B||$526 |- |136.5||4Z||$555 |- |141.3||4A||$585 |- |146.2||4B||$5B6 |- |151.4||5Z||$5EA |- |156.7||5A||$61F |- |162.2||5B||$656 |- |167.9||6Z||$68F |- |173.8||6A||$6CA |- |179.9||6B||$707 |- |186.2||7Z||$746 |- |192.8||7A||$788 |- |203.5||M1||$7F3 |- |206.5||8Z||$811 |- |210.7||M2||$83B |- |218.1||M3||$885 |- |225.7||M4||$8D1 |- |229.1||9Z||$8F3 |- |233.6||M5||$920 |- |241.8||M6||$972 |- |250.3||M7||$9C7 |- |}