Try these sites
Check the town or city where the racetrack is located
to find the frequencies for the tracks owners, venders and local police/f=
ire/EMS.
http://www.cityfreq.com/mi/brooklyn/
And some NASCAR sites that may have frequencies:
http://motorsports.thepaddock.com/freqs.html
http://w8akr.dynip.com:8080/info.htm
some frequency information:
http://www.speedfx.com/article.asp?artnum=3D8541
http://www.telcoweb.net/racing.html
http://www.strongsignals.net/index.cgi
GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MESSAGE BOARDS!
Look at the bottom of the frequency board for lots
of data bases through out the country and world!
Look up your local and the NASCAR track's frequencies to see if they
us trunking radio and/or APCO-25 DIGITAL radios
Another place to look is the air band for helicopters that bring VIP=
's and
drivers to the races and the air ambulance helicopter. Also the military =
aircraft
fly by at the start of the race
should show up, on the air band!
A check of
http://www.airnav.com
will turn up some tower, approach
and departure frequencies. LOOK FOR A HELIPAD! They will have to be aroun=
d thirty
(30) to fifty (50) miles from your location to receive the aircraft side
of the communications. To receive the ground side that would
be the TOWER, DPARTURE/APPROCH control, HELIPAD or the ground
side of the ARTCC stations remote transceivers, your location/receiver ha=
s to be
within
range, that's three (3) to ten (10) miles of an air band ground station=
!.
Scroll down to the bottom of the" airnav" airport pages for your airp=
ort, to
see if any web links
for business at the airport, have air band frequencies listed..
You should be able to hear both sides of the air band VHF-AM communicatio=
ns from
any HELIPAD adjacent to the speedway!
They may use DISCONE antennas with there radios, which then send/receive =
skyward.
Another consideration is bringing/using a radio scanner aboard airlines
and check out the thread at rec.radio.scanner regarding that.
http://www.fordyce.org/scanning/scanning_info/scan_fly.html
If you would lake to see a great BAND PLAN for the air band look at
New Users FAQ on strongsignals.net , go to =93Frequently Asked Frequenci=
es=94 go to
the
bottom to see who's on what part of the band. This can help narrow down a=
search
to find unknown frequencies.
Two other New Users FAQ sections is "What's illegal" and" CTCSS & DCS (ak=
a PL &
DPL)" NASCAR web sites also mention states that ban radio scanners and/o=
r
require permits!
I really like the preprogrammed SERVICE SEARCH capabilities of the U=
NIDEN=AE
radio scanners.
They search at three hundred (300) steps a second and allow LOCK OUT of u=
nwanted
frequencies during the search, it includes the civilian VHF air band!
The UNIDEN=AE BC 250D has racing frequencies preprogrammed into the SERVI=
CE SEARCH
and dose S.A.M.E. weather alert! It also covers the Military UHF 220MHz-=
400 MHz
air
band! It also has PL tone capability. Down load a manual at Uniden=AE we=
b site and
check it out.
Here's a vendor that supports racing radios
http://www.racingelectronics.com/
They may sell and download racing frequencies at the track, possibl=
y free
for folks who purchase (Uniden=AE SC200 and there own Racing Electronics=
RC 2000)
radios, form them! The
SC 200 will search out PL/DPL tones. The RC 2000 can use PL/DPL tones B=
UT WILL
NOT SEARCH THEM OUT! You have to know them, another good reason to have a=
vendor
'load'
racing frequencies,
IF THIS INCLUDES PL/DPL codes, into the radio at the track! NOTE everythi=
ng in
the radio will be overwritten, you will loose frequencies/PL when a down =
load is
done,
Take along a list of frequencies for the track, police EMTs and
air band. Then after a vendor loads up the racing frequencies ,key your l=
ist into
another bank
(if they aren't already loaded) if something happens or when your leaving=
,
bring-punch up that custom bank in the scanner you have loaded with loc=
al
frequencies!
Another place to us a air band scanner is at air shows.
If you want to listen to the military air demonstration teams a UHF AM c=
apable
radio is needed! And one that has independent selectable MODE I.E. AM FM=
nFM.
This really puts
you into the action!
Along with sunglasses, a folding chair and sun screen. Take along Walkman=
headphones
and an extra set of batteries for the radio scanner and camera, one roll =
of film
should do, for NASCAR or air shows.
If you have a camcorder patch the scanner into the audio input jack=
with a
=93Y=94 splatter
so your able to listen with the head phones while recording the air show
performance. If the Camcorder audio has s monitor jack then run the audio=
cable
right into the camera while
listening via the headphones on the monitor circuit
Here is a schedule for air shows
http://www.aero-pix.com/schedule/sched2004dt.htm
And frequencieshttp://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtairshows.html
Check out the individual air show's web site to see if they ban radio s=
canners
and two-way radios!
If so, when you go to the show. keep the scanner in your vehicle, then le=
ave
about an hour before the demonstration. Drive out of the show area and li=
sten to
the air demonstration team
off base! This will give you a head start on traffic, some folks do this =
at the
stock car races also.
Have fun this summer and be safe!
Jim
Zerex wrote:
anyone know where I could find a list of frequencies being used at the =
Little
500 this coming weekend at Anderson Speedway? Thanks.
--Jim