Wings Over Houston Air Show Frequencies 10/20/06
119.6000 * "Air Boss" (2006)-coreographs all aircraft in show
124.5000 * "Air Boss" backup/discrete/intercom (2006)
other freqs from 122.700-123.575 may be used by teams during performances
These are the airshow staff channels for 2006:
1 464.500 operations/security (15W repeater-10' antenna/roughly 5 mile range)
2 464.550 fuel/oil/smoke
3 462.700 pilot registration/food/water carts/Eagle Squadron
4 464.500 parking
5 467.950 gates (input to HFD Ch.6 repeater)
6 467.750 setup/takedown
7 467.800 pyro
8 467.850 finance
9 467.900 pilot shuttle
10 451.825 ground safety
11 451.850 media (same as Southwest Services repeater freq)
12 451.900
13 451.950
14 452.000
15 451.800
16 461.4875
All channels use a PL of 218.1 Hz
Note: All frequencies 118-137 MHz and 225-400 MHz use AM mode unless otherwise noted.
126.0500 * Ellington Field Tower
121.6000 * Ellington Field Ground
135.5750 * Ellington Field ATIS
141.9000 * Ellington Air National Guard F16s Air-Air (AM mode)
157.0500 * US Coast Guard Helos stationed at Ellington
163.4875 * Ellington Air National Guard Security (P25 digital)
162.6125 * Ellington Air National Guard Security Primary (P25 digital)
163.0000 Ellington Air National Guard (used 2001)(P25 digital)
163.5375 * Ellington Flight Line Ops-repeats ground control units from 121.600 (P25 digital)
165.1375 * Ellington F16 Maintenance (P25 digital)
165.1875 * Ellington F16 Maintenance or POL trucks (Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants)(P25 digital)
173.5875 * Ellington Fire/Crash/Rescue (P25 digital)
235.4000 * NASA at Ellington
253.5000 * Ellington Field Tower
269.9000 * Ellington Field ATIS
275.8000 * Ellington Field Ground
345.0000 * US Coast Guard Ellington Ramp "Comm-1"
122.9500 Southwest Services FBO (fuel)
451.8500 * Southwest Services FBO (DPL 731)-licensed for 451.825 MHz
453.9000 * HPD Airport Police (best to use input, 458.900, to listen to just Ellington units)
460.2250 * HPD Ch.8 Car-Car
Amateur Radio Nets:
145.5000 * Main Net Control
145.6000 Spare
145.6500 Civilian Performers & Airshow Control platform
145.7000 * Fuel trucks
145.7500 * Finance/Gates (tickets)
145.9000 * Medical
443.8000 Medical (simplex)
151.9550 Family Use
154.5700 Concessions PL 100.0
462.5875 FRS 02 gate security?
462.6875 * FRS 06 used by pyrotechnics (2003)
462.7125 FRS 07 Unk use
463.5625 * Golf Cart control (portable repeater-DPL 532-about 2.5 mile range)
464.5500 * National Concession Company (DPL 245)
467.6875 FRS 13 CAP Ramp Control
467.7625 Concessions DPL 074
467.8375 Unk, parking related?
467.9250 Film Crew
469.5000 various users "command post" DPL?
469.5500 CAP Command Post PL 131.8
Dept. of Houston Aviation talkgroups:
STAR-Net 800 MHz trunked system talkgroup 22800 is Ellington Ops
Reportedly used by USAF Thunderbirds:
140.4000 use enroute to airshows air-air (AM mode)
141.8500 "Victor 1" (AM mode) Airshow formations primary (or channel 2)
142.1750 (FM mode)
142.5750 Program audio/Air-Ground comms (FM mode?)
143.8500 * "Victor 2" (AM mode) Airshows (or channel 1)
143.9000
235.2000 Thunderbird control/comm cart (AM mode)
235.2500 * Pre-engine start & Solo aircraft-Uniform 1 (AM mode)
250.8500 "Team leader" (AM mode)
322.6000 Air-Air (AM mode)
322.9500 Engine starts & Solo aircraft 5/6-"Uniform 2" (AM mode)
413.0000 ground ops-digital
413.0250 "Fox 6" Ground ops analog/digital (or channel 1)
413.1000 "Fox 1" Ground ops analog/digital (or channel 2)
413.1250 ground ops
413.2500 ground ops-analog
413.2750 ground ops-analog
413.3500 ground ops-digital
413.3750 ground ops-digital
Reportedly used by the Tora Tora Tora Warbirds Team:
123.1500
123.4500
469.5000
469.5500
Reportedly used by Sean Tucker Power Aerobatics:
122.8750
122.9500
123.1500
123.4750
Reportedly used by USAF Demonstration Teams:
127.1500
376.0250
384.5500
Try these for possible Civil Air Patrol comms:
148.1500
148.1250
Here is a possible list of channels programmed into Air National Guard Radios at Ellington.
Specific uses are not all known and all are using APCO P25 digital modulation.
1 173.5875 *
2 173.6125
3 163.4875 *
4 162.6125 *
5 164.5000 *
6 163.5125 *
7 165.1125
8 163.0000 *
9 165.1375 *
10 165.1875 *
11 163.5375 *
12 163.5875
13 163.4625 *
14 171.3875
15 165.0125 *
16 162.5500 (weather)
Might even try listening to the Federal Government's version of FRS (called ISR for Inter-Squad Radio).
The only radios I know of so far that is used in this band is the ICOM IC-4008M. Narrowband FM is the mode.
Main user of this radio service is military and CAP:
1 396.875
2 397.125
3 397.175
4 397.375
5 397.425
6 397.475
7 397.550
8 397.950
9 398.050
10 399.425
11 399.475
12 399.725
13 399.925
14 399.975