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Welcome to the Delmarva Milcom starter page. This article will give the novice milcomer living in the DC Metro and Delaware areas a chance to hear frequencies that have known activity. This is by no means a complete list - see the Delmarva Milcom Monitoring article for a much more complete list of frequencies and users.

This list will vary somewhat depending on where you are in the Delmarva. For example it's far easier to hear the BWI TRACON if you're in the flight path or close to the airport. A good antenna, mounted outdoors nice and high, fed with good coax is a must in this game. Unless you are very close, a rubber duck will not bring much success.

Our area is covered by the Washington DC ARTCC, often referred to as Washington Center. It's callsign is ZDC and is often referred to this way followed by the site, such as ZDC Coyle or ZDC Hagerstown.

Potomac TRACON (Note 1)

BWI 290.475 South Final 317.425 GRACO-Hi 282.275 North Final 307.900 Baltimore-Low (Shares UHF with WOOLY) 291.625 Baltimore-Hi 307.900 WOOLY 254.350 SWANN-Low

Dulles 257.875 LURAY 343.775 West Arrival MANNE 254.250 BUFFR (Also Westminster 5 Arrival into BWI) 343.775 South Arrival BARIN 350.200 North Departure ASPER 343.775 Final East IADFE 338.250 North Arrival MULRR 350.200 TILLY 239.025 LUCKE 343.775 Final West IADFW 343.775 North/Northwest Approaches, Southern Departures RCOLA

Reagan (Washington National) 306.300 Final East DCAFE 257.200 West 9500'& below TYSON 335.500 Approach ADWAR 322.300 West QJAAY 343.700 West 10,000' up to FL 230 FLUKY 279.575 Andrews for Arlington Flybys ADWFR 269.000 East ENSUE 338.200 Final West DCAFW 348.725 East 9500' & below KRANT 269.500 East 10,000' up to FL 190 DAILY 270.275 South East 19,000' down TO 3000' DEALE

Military

Andrews AFB 335.500 Potomac TRACON Arrival 348.725 Potomac TRACON Departure 279.575 Potomac TRACON Discrete for Arlington Cemetery Fly-bys 141.550 Special Air Mission (SAM) Command Post (Note 2) 378.100 Special Air Mission (SAM) Command Post

Davison AAF 229.400 Tower 241.000 Tower 245.200 Ground/Clearance Delivery 139.400 Davison Ops/Metro

Martin State 297.200 Tower 253.400 Ground 347.200 Md.Nat Guard 175 WG CMD POST ("Raven") Command Post (A-10 Thunderbolt "Warthogs" aircraft) 143.800 Md.Nat Guard 104th Fighter Squadron - Supervisor of Flying ("Raven Ops") 384.100 135th Airlift Squadron ("Crab") Command Post/Operations (C-130J Hercules aircraft)

Pax River - Baywatch (cut this down to the most often reported ones) 305.200 256.500 270.800 354.800 369.900 262.950 264.550 268.850 291.150 310.550 320.450

Huntress (NORAD) Note 3 260.900 Commonly used during Combat Air Patrol exercises 228.900 Occasional use during Combat Air Patrol exercises 139.700 Can be used during Combat Air Patrol and Falcon Virgo exercises

Other Related

126.550 ZDC Guard Dog alternate 135.525 ZDC Guard Dog (also used by ARTCC) Note 4 350.250 ZDC Guard Dog 157.175 USCG helos checking in with USCG Baltimore station FM mode callsign Blackjack

Mid Air Refueling

Area Primary Secondary ARCP Exit AR-636 238.9 319.7 306.9/238.1 306.9/238.1 AR-777 228.0 288.0

Notes

Note 1 : Controllers often echo flight instructions and other information from the VHF side to keep military pilots informed of activity in their area Note 2 : This frequency seems to have numerous problems - planes often call in several times with no response, and shift to 378.1 for initial contact. A simplex remote base has been suspected to be in erratic use. Note 3 : These frequencies can see activity at virtually any time. Note 4 : Guard Dog freqs are most used during Combat Air Patrol exercises