Attention Military Radio Scanner Enthusiasts
Someone on a scanner list/group just took a trip out to the China Lake area and posted up his list of active and interesting frequencies. Useful when you see things zooming through the sky above Death Valley!
Day Trip: China Lake Posted by: Mike
Spent a few hours in Ridgecrest on Wednesday May 1st. These are my logs,
mostly from Ridgecrest but a few enroute to & from Riverside.
118.35 Southern CA Logistical AP tower (didn't get an a/c ID but as I drove by I watched a CA ANG C-130 do a touch & go).
120.15 China Lake tower (340.2)
120.25 unid user, FAA notice of 2012 ID's this as China Control initial contact. I previously logged this as Joshua A/D.
120.7 EDW tower
123.2 unid base L&C
123.375 NASA 804 w/ Sport, flight test near Isabella/ NASA 2
126.55 Joshua A/D
133.65 Joshua A/D & SABRE 6-0 25m s/o InyoKern
139.525 (FM) unid user
140.1 (FM) China lake tower & airfield units
140.2 unid a/c
141.95 a/a (COBRA?)
143.5 (FM) PL123.7 unid user
235.1 RATTS 3-1
240.175 DOGS & RAZOR a/a (CA ANG)
251.3 unid a/c
261.2 unid a/a
263.0 ZLA
264.1 unid a/c
266.3 unid a/c
267.075 (random search) unid a/a L&C
269.8 (random search) SATAN & WIZARD/ base to base L&C/ a/c
271.55 unid a/c
274.7 China Lake CD > 360.2 China lake ground
276.65 a/a TORCH & CHASE a/c 2m w/o Cuddleback
278.1 unid user
279.6 ZLA
284.025 discrete freq given to VAMPIRE a/c from China Control on 313.9
279.6 ZLA
284.7 ZLA
291.6 Joshua A/D w/ VIPER 4 @ Eagle Mountain
298.3 unid a/c
299.5 unid a/a
301.0 China Control w/ unid a/c
309.05 freq given as dep on China Lake CD
309.8 a/a VAMPIRE a/c
310.725 unid a/c
317.375 unid a/c
317.7 ZLA from 348.7 Joshua A/D
313.9 China Control
318.1 EDW tower
322.375 China Lake ATIS
336.45 China Control w/ COSO 1-1/ VAMPIRE 5-1/ COUGAR 1-1 flight for Superior Vally & R-2505/ DOGS flight, also talking to Superior Vally
tower on this freq/ 10m w/o Owens Lake, Pilot Knob is ref point/ SAVAGE a/c
340.2 China Lake tower (120.15) > 348.7 Joshua A/D
342.75 unid a/c reporting ordinance w/ a base or range
346.45 unid a/c
348.7 Joshua A/D w/ FIST rtb Lemoore/ China Lake dep
351.4 Sport Control
351.9 ZLA
360.2 China Lake ground
360.65 ZLA
367.35 (random search) unid a/c
369.3 COSO a/c w/ China Control > Microspeech tower
375.4 (random search) unid user
376.075 unid a/c
380.475 unid a/c
381.9 China Control w/ VIPER a/c > 291.6 Joshua A/D
<>< Mike