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Title: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: Captain Plummet on June 03, 2015, 11:33:54 AM
Hi all.

I'm off to Dorset for my holidays next week, staying just east of Dorchester.

Any chance of a heads-up from anyone local there as to what are the most useful freqs to programme into my scanner for overflights? (Mainly interested in upper airways stuff, but all info welcome.) I will be putting in the Bournemouth/Hurn freqs too, but I'm not sure how useful they will be that far away.

I always do my best to look airways freqs up in Airwaves and UKAIP, but I usually get totally flummoxed and end up programming the wrong ones in...  :-[

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: shakysen on June 03, 2015, 12:08:18 PM
try mhm's webpage Capt.http://www.air.radiouk.com/london.html.
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: Captain Plummet on June 03, 2015, 12:31:31 PM
Yes, thanks for that. What I had more in mind was just a couple of frequencies specific to the Dorchester area from someone with local knowledge.

For example, here in Altrincham I have all the frequencies programmed in, but in reality I only have to scan 132.86 and 131.13 to get most of the upper airways stuff passing above me, even though the descriptions of those two, (Lakes South and Sector 32/Daventry), wouldn't necessarily draw anyone visiting this area to them as being the 'obvious' ones to listen to.

As I say, I have all the frequency lists to hand, but I often choose the wrong ones when I go on me hols despite them appearing to be correct in the lists.
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: Captain Plummet on June 03, 2015, 12:50:46 PM
Perhaps I could put it another way.

Is there anyone local to Dorchester who can confirm that the frequencies I ought to programme in there are 128.815, (Berry Head Upper, Sector 36) and 129.425, (Hurn West, Sectors 20 -21)?
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: G4UMW on June 03, 2015, 03:20:19 PM
Those, plus 126.075 and 132.840
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: Graham Bell on June 03, 2015, 04:19:27 PM
On the two freqs. mentioned by "G4" you should get two-way transmissions as the transmitter is at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight
Regards-
G.B.
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: Captain Plummet on June 03, 2015, 10:13:11 PM
Roger dodge! Just what I was after!

Thanks for that; much appreciated.
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: G4UMW on June 04, 2015, 03:17:34 PM
128.815 and 129.425 are transmitted from Ventnor too. I got good reception from there when I was in Shanklin a few weeks ago!  ;D
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: mhm on June 04, 2015, 03:47:57 PM
http://www.air.radiouk.com/page63.html
All listed here
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: G4UMW on June 04, 2015, 04:04:58 PM
That link gives me a 404 error - page not found.

http://www.airradiouk.com/page63.html (http://www.airradiouk.com/page63.html) works.
Title: Re: Heads-Up Request from Lazy Dorset Holiday Maker...
Post by: mhm on June 04, 2015, 04:36:07 PM
Quote from: G4UMW on June 04, 2015, 04:04:58 PM
That link gives me a 404 error - page not found.

http://www.airradiouk.com/page63.html (http://www.airradiouk.com/page63.html) works.

Cheers Rob