Back in the 60's when I first began my SWL experience I picked up Air Force One a couple of times when it was in the middle of the Pacific. Of course that was an HF signal, not the VHF you were listening to here. I build myself an 80 foot long dipole, the most I could fit onto my family's property in the city and heard Radio Hanoi during the Tet Offensive. Some interesting listening! Now I'm in a condo and can't put up a decent antenna, so I'm missing SWL. KG6DHV.
@urbex2007 Maybe you should research "FM's capture effect" and why Air Traffic does not use FM..
And FM has worse interference with poor signal strength differently from AM. With AM, the signal just fades away until it is lost in the noise. FM, the sound cuts out more and more with declining signal strength, but the strength of modulation does not change.
And yes God know how I got my license. He has blessed me with the knowledge and the career that allows me to use this knowledge. Thanks!
@MartinJWillett maybe they cant afford the ticket, as in enemies in foreign countries who might want to bring down the CinC while outside the country leaving the executive and military command in chaos while perhaps another terror attack is launched on the homeland, synchronicity.
@mikefan09 OK, we have poor terrorists who can't afford a ticket to Washington or a pair of binoculars but can afford an anti-aircraft missile, rapid response team and scanner. And because of this "risk" all the air traffic control centres around the world have to have scrambled radios. It doesn't seem to be a reasonable use of resources to me.
In addition to the regular VHF Radio for ATC they have special secure communications such as HF and SATCOM for saying anything that potentially sensitive
@max2950@kb5zcs Air traffic in AM. Also you will note that it states AM in the Radio at the top of the screen on the radio.. Air Traffic in in AM so that if two people try to talk at the same time it can still be heard. In FM it is very hard to understand if one keys over someone else.... 73 W5DRO
Sure i have a squelch control, but during that day i had about 10 receivers running at the same time and i got so excited to catch AF1 that i forgot the basics ;).
I also hoped i could ear the tower, which i can ear somedays if i leave the squelch open. But this day was not a good day, i could not receive the tower
Yes you can use them just as a scanner. But just for listening needs i would go for a real scanner.
Scanning modes a pretty limited on such ham radio gear.
I usually do not use this radio for listenning, but since there was dozen of frequencies to listen to during the NATO summit everything i had under my hand was used to listen !
excellent video max buddi hope you contact me so i can possibly get AF1. many thanks look forward to hearing from you. a good insght to the pilot of such a remarkable aircraft
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US presidential plane security is cheap. Why they said "Air force One" ? They dont have a secret code? I was thinking with military satelite control !!! Sorryn not secure. I'm not impressed.
Actually they made an approach like any commercial liner. During that time commercial traffic was not closed on the airport. So it is mandatory to use the regular frequency thus other planes know what is going on to avoid collisions.
All what is being said here is the same as commercial planes are saying when doing their approach, only difference is the call sign being used. More sensitive messages are passed using safe means i guess.
BTW at that times there were dozens of military helicopters and planes in the air and the weeks before the french army deployed anti-missile systems all around Strasbourg.
Yep that's bad, some days i can receive both tower and plane. But this day there was to much jam on the frequency... BTW the airport where Air Force One should land was kept secret until the last minute. I was quite surprised when i heard it, i thought they would kept their radio shut down, but actually they made an approach procedure like any regular flight !
its not a risk as they would only TX on approach to a restricted airspace on that freq im sure
Jamieduk999 2 days ago
Back in the 60's when I first began my SWL experience I picked up Air Force One a couple of times when it was in the middle of the Pacific. Of course that was an HF signal, not the VHF you were listening to here. I build myself an 80 foot long dipole, the most I could fit onto my family's property in the city and heard Radio Hanoi during the Tet Offensive. Some interesting listening! Now I'm in a condo and can't put up a decent antenna, so I'm missing SWL. KG6DHV.
retiredranger1999 1 week ago
@urbex2007 Also what is you call sign?
DonaldOhse2 4 weeks ago
@urbex2007 Maybe you should research "FM's capture effect" and why Air Traffic does not use FM..
And FM has worse interference with poor signal strength differently from AM. With AM, the signal just fades away until it is lost in the noise. FM, the sound cuts out more and more with declining signal strength, but the strength of modulation does not change.
And yes God know how I got my license. He has blessed me with the knowledge and the career that allows me to use this knowledge. Thanks!
DonaldOhse2 4 weeks ago
Oh, there it is! But why dont you use it?
FinRadioDX 1 month ago
Dont you have SQL?
FinRadioDX 1 month ago
Where do I get one of those transmission things?
justinlego001 1 month ago
If I were President I would demand that they teach me how to fly the Air Force One.
MonacoBlast 5 months ago
any enemy could monitor this then? and know where air force one is? thats a risk for sure.
mikefan09 1 year ago
@mikefan09 Or alternatively they could just ask for a press briefing and find out where he'll be all week. Or they could go to his house.
MartinJWillett 1 year ago
@MartinJWillett maybe they cant afford the ticket, as in enemies in foreign countries who might want to bring down the CinC while outside the country leaving the executive and military command in chaos while perhaps another terror attack is launched on the homeland, synchronicity.
mikefan09 1 year ago
@mikefan09 OK, we have poor terrorists who can't afford a ticket to Washington or a pair of binoculars but can afford an anti-aircraft missile, rapid response team and scanner. And because of this "risk" all the air traffic control centres around the world have to have scrambled radios. It doesn't seem to be a reasonable use of resources to me.
MartinJWillett 1 year ago
@MartinJWillett
Yep, and what we hear here is only regular approach ATC communication, a regular liner would say pretty much the same just with an other call-sign...
max2950 11 months ago
@mikefan09
If womeone knows the approach procedure of a given airport he doesn't even have to listen to ATC to know the route the plane will follow....
max2950 1 year ago 10
@mikefan09
In addition to the regular VHF Radio for ATC they have special secure communications such as HF and SATCOM for saying anything that potentially sensitive
mewrox99 1 year ago
@mikefan09
But by the time the enemy have acted on the info,its too late right?
The plane would have landed before any hostile activity toook place,
125or200px 7 months ago
@125or200px its a risk thats all im sayin. shud be encrypted i suggest.
mikefan09 7 months ago
@mikefan09 Not a problem for Air Force One, they'll see you coming before you do.
unicornsh12 3 weeks ago
@mikefan09 Air Force One my rear end. His wife preceeded him on a separate PRIVATE fight. Enjoy your socialism...
SaddleCat1 2 weeks ago
The Icom is a bad ass radio dude.......
kb5zcs 1 year ago 3
@kb5zcs
I am pretty happy with it except its bad modulation on FM...
max2950 1 year ago 3
@max2950 its a good radio.
are you ham radio?
vitorix24 1 year ago
@max2950 @kb5zcs Air traffic in AM. Also you will note that it states AM in the Radio at the top of the screen on the radio.. Air Traffic in in AM so that if two people try to talk at the same time it can still be heard. In FM it is very hard to understand if one keys over someone else.... 73 W5DRO
DonaldOhse2 1 month ago
@DonaldOhse2 You will only hear the strongest signal no matter what MODE is used!
God knows how you got an amateur licence when you don't know anything about RF,
urbex2007 4 weeks ago
@max2950 Aviation is carried on AM, not FM, for technical reasons. Aircraft speed would cause distortion on FM because of doppler effect...
SaddleCat1 2 weeks ago
@kb5zcs icom rules !!!
penkomon 1 year ago
Thats Dope Homie!
JakeDean91909 1 year ago
why the white noise between communications??? does not have a squelch control?? or what?
daniel10263 1 year ago
Sure i have a squelch control, but during that day i had about 10 receivers running at the same time and i got so excited to catch AF1 that i forgot the basics ;).
I also hoped i could ear the tower, which i can ear somedays if i leave the squelch open. But this day was not a good day, i could not receive the tower
max2950 1 year ago
Thanks max, this is a pretty cool RS,
I know what the excitement of hearing the AF1 !!! Good catch, over..!
daniel10263 1 year ago 2
@daniel10263 who cares about squelch ??
penkomon 1 year ago
This was really great to hear. I have never heard air force one on the radio before.
kaypicutres 1 year ago 3
can you use one of these radios without a mike and only listen if you want to i would like to use one of these as a scanner
bm51879 2 years ago
Yes you can use them just as a scanner. But just for listening needs i would go for a real scanner.
Scanning modes a pretty limited on such ham radio gear.
I usually do not use this radio for listenning, but since there was dozen of frequencies to listen to during the NATO summit everything i had under my hand was used to listen !
max2950 2 years ago
haha very nice, I dream too to hear AF1 pilots on my radio...thanks for sharing!
MrVielanda 2 years ago 2
cool
daniel10263 2 years ago
Good catch!
mkrubsack 2 years ago
Actually i think it is not so bad, the DSP is producing some strange effect when the signal is affected by QSB...
max2950 2 years ago
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icom 706 is crap on AM
Deltahoteljapan 2 years ago
who cares, do u transmit there ?
maciejwrotek 2 years ago
Nice Radio !!!!
Dj4T67 2 years ago 2
excellent video max buddi hope you contact me so i can possibly get AF1. many thanks look forward to hearing from you. a good insght to the pilot of such a remarkable aircraft
RnliRescue1414 2 years ago
Thank you for your comment !
That is exactly what i like about radio scanning, only the pilot is closer to the action ! :)
max2950 2 years ago
hi,
Leaving the squelch open was not necessary. but i wish i could receive the tower, some days i do receive it, some days not...
max2950 2 years ago
Was leaving the squelch open necessary?
tfreakvids 2 years ago
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US presidential plane security is cheap. Why they said "Air force One" ? They dont have a secret code? I was thinking with military satelite control !!! Sorryn not secure. I'm not impressed.
ghisfrederic 2 years ago
Actually they made an approach like any commercial liner. During that time commercial traffic was not closed on the airport. So it is mandatory to use the regular frequency thus other planes know what is going on to avoid collisions.
All what is being said here is the same as commercial planes are saying when doing their approach, only difference is the call sign being used. More sensitive messages are passed using safe means i guess.
max2950 2 years ago
BTW at that times there were dozens of military helicopters and planes in the air and the weeks before the french army deployed anti-missile systems all around Strasbourg.
max2950 2 years ago
umm no... are you retarded?
shadowkilla123 2 years ago
Pretty Cool!!!
Thankx 4 Posting This!!!
Is a Unique Video!!!
ErickReyKing91 2 years ago 5
too bad we couldnt here the tower ,thanks for sharing Max
Baldy2007 2 years ago 6
Yep that's bad, some days i can receive both tower and plane. But this day there was to much jam on the frequency... BTW the airport where Air Force One should land was kept secret until the last minute. I was quite surprised when i heard it, i thought they would kept their radio shut down, but actually they made an approach procedure like any regular flight !
Thanks for commenting ! :)
max2950 2 years ago
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If you love him so much, you can keep him.
O B A M A
One Big Ass Mistake America
ceceliacolleen 2 years ago
OK, let's make an exchange, you take Sarkozy and we keep Obama !
max2950 2 years ago
BTW, Bush was America's big mistake !
max2950 2 years ago
Le bruit de fond est un autre récepteur en arriere plan, je ne pensais pas que cela s'entendrait autant...
Si il avait prit la 23 il serait passé au dessus de moi ....
max2950 2 years ago
Dommage pour le bruit de fond.
(et dommage que ça ait été la 05 et pas la 23... les jumelles n'auront servi à rien)
jderyckere 2 years ago