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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 (cut this down to the most often reported ones)
250.300 Approach/Departure
250.850 Approach
281.800 Approach
301.200 Approach
314.000 Approach
318.800 Approach
362.600 Approach
256.500 Baywatch
270.800 Baywatch
354.800 Baywatch
369.900 Baywatch
262.950 Baywatch
264.550 Baywatch
268.850 Baywatch
291.150 Baywatch
310.550 Baywatch
320.450 Baywatch

Kiowa MOA/Bollen Range R-5802A/B (Penn.)
237.200 Primary Ops
227.300 Secondary Ops
142.450 Range Control
41.400 Range Control

Willow Grove NAS (Penn.)
266.80 Approach
341.75 AF Ops
343.00 ANG Ops CP Callsign 'Shortstop'

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 Note 5

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
Note 5 : These frequencies may have recently shifted with other AR changes happening some time ago