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December 30th 03, 09:12 AM

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says...
Chances are that even if you do get the right freq, the voice link is going
to be encrypted and all your going to hear is tones and white noise swishing
sounds.

Depends on what you're listening to. Of course, with aviation
monitoring, ALWAYS monitor the GUARD frequencies -- 121.5 for civilian,
243.0 for military. Those are the standard emergency frequencies. If
you're monitoring an intercept, chances are the military aircraft will
attempt to make contact with the aircraft being intercepted via one or
both of the GUARD channels, since all pilots should wherever possible be
monitoring GUARD whenever they are flying.

As for tactical communications between the aircraft, that may or may not
be encrypted. Procedures have possibly changed between my time in the
Air Force and now, but in the 70s the only time communications were
encrypted were during actual combat operations. Air defense intercepts
were usually not encrypted then. (And we did our share, as I was
stationed up in Alaska back during the bad old days of the Cold War,
when Ivan would send his Bear bombers out to see just how far they could
penetrate the ADIZ before being politely told at missile-point to take
his toys and go home....)

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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