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GOODYEAR BLIMP FREQUENCIES --------------------------
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By John (Topol) Johnson KWV8BP
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Source: Monitoring Times
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Here are a few frequencies you might want to monitor if you ever see one
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of the Goodyear Blimps fly overhead. A couple quick notes first, there are
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three Blimps in operation in North America a fourth is operated in Europe.
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The American blimps are stationed at three locations, one on each coast
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and one in-between. The Enterprise, tail number N1A, is based in Pompano
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Beach, Florida: the America, tail number N3A, is based near Houston, Texas
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and the Columbia, tail number N4A, is based in Los Angeles.
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Each blimp is accompanied by a three vehicle ground fleet consisting of a
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van, a tractor-trailer, and a Greyhound-like bus.
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The communications between the blimp and ground crew are normally held on
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151.625 Mhz. The blimp also uses VHF aircraft band, communications can be
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monitored here at 132.00 Mhz. AM. Below is a list of other frequencies used
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by the blimp.
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123.050 Common Blimp port frequency
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123.250 Suffield (Ohio) Wingfoot Lake Facility
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132.000 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company channel
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151.625 Blimp Operations NBFM
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465.9125 Blimp Operations NBFM - Low Power
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465.9375 Blimp Operations NBFM - Low Power
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465.9625 Blimp Operations NBFM - Low Power
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For more information concerning the blimp or its operations, see the
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August 89 issue of Monitoring Times.
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