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SCANNING: VHF Featured Frequency for 2023.11.26

SCANNING: VHF Featured Frequency for 2023.11.26

Our NatCom feature regularly highlights frequencies to monitor

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Chuck Gysi | N2DUP
Nov 27, 2023
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We were doing a simple unrelated Google search today when we came across a frequency that might be of interest to our readers. As we have previously mentioned, it’s hard to find frequencies that are used in every nook and cranny of the United States.

However, our search today unearthed a VHF high band frequency that can be heard for miles around when used over a large area of the country. Granted you will need to be in more remote areas, but with the extended range of communications from airplanes, you might even hear it in nearby more developed areas as firefighting planes hit the skies. Read further to learn about this Featured Frequency.

A U.S. Forest Service DC-10 tanker demonstrates a water drop at March Air Reserve Base in California. | Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joselito Aribuabo

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