Some people in our hobby find that listening to 800 mhz cellular communications is interesting. Those who do, might find that some real inside, juicy stuff could be found being broadcast from the private jets carrying entertainment industry executives, business leaders, and goverment officials across this great land of ours.
The frequency assignments are as follows:
Channel Ground Plane
1 454.950 459.950
2 454.900 459.900
3 454.850 459.850
4 454.800 459.800
5 454.750 459.750
6 454.700 459.700
7 454.725 459.725
8 454.775 459.775
9 454.825 459.825
10 454.875 459.875
11 454.925 459.925
12 454.975 459.975
CALL 454.675 459.675
The Ground stations broadcast an annoying tone when not in use. The Planes broadcast in simplex only, while the Ground station broadcast duplex similar to cordless phone base/handset operation. The easiest way to monitor this service is to load first a Plane frequency then a Ground frequency for each channel. After loading all the channels go back and lock out all of the Ground frequencies. Scan the Plane frequencies for simplex transmissions and when you get a hit, press your manual key to jump to the next frequency... the locked out ground frequency broadcasting in duplex! Leges.
Please keep in mind that the services provided on these frequencies are Common Carrier and perhaps subject to the same laws covering the monitoring of Cellular Phones. In which case it is a violation of federal law to listen to these frequencies.
