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AL STERN's MILITARY RADIO MONITORING PAGE
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MY MAIN SHACK STATION
I have several "shack stations." This photo show part of my main shack station. The equipment wraps around me, with the computer and some handhelds on the desk in front of me, with the equipment shown in this picture to the right of me, and with more scanners and another computer on a credenza behind me.
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In this station alone there are 34 desktop units and 23 handhelds. They are supported by about 25 tower- and pole-mounted antennas. The balance of my radios are spread at other monitoring stations in my house, like at my TV-watching chair, bedrooms, etc. As I look out the window shown in the photo, I am looking into Judy DZ, a Drop Range alongside Patrick AFB, where I watch the PJs decend there and into BamBam DZ.
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SCANNERS: Three Pro2042s, three Pro2035s, seven Pro2045s, one Pro2036, one Pro2040, two Pro2048s, one Pro2049, two Pro2050s, four Pro2006s, one Pro2005, one Pro2004, one Pro2003, two Pro2002s, three Pro2009s, two Pro2032s, two Pro2022s, two Pro2021s, one Pro2026s, one Pro2023, one Pro2024, one Pro2027, one Pro508, one Pro55, one Pro57. Two BC780s, one BC800XLT, one BC760, one BC590XLT, two BC-250s, three BC210XLTs, two BC350As, one BC450A, one BC700A, two BCT-7s, one BC-310A, one BC-155, one BC-175XL, one BC-178XL, one Fox BMP 10/60.
HANDHELDS: One Sony ICF-SC1, one BC2500XLT, four BC200XLTs, three Pro43s, two Pro26s, one Pro60, one Pro62, one Pro64, one Pro90, one Pro46, one Pro28, three Pro39s, two Pro34s, one SC150 Sportcat and more.
ANTENNAS: About three dozen, including NilJon HD WB Omni, two Max Systems Ground Planes (cut to 225MHz), Scantennas, Grove Beams, Discones, Radio Shack 20-042 Omnis (like Scantennas), two Informant mag-mount whips, Larsen PO 150 whip, Cushcraft Commercial grade FM beam, etc, many on my 45-foot Rohn tower; and Radio Shack center-loaded whips and Bearcat AT002 window-mount antennas for handhelds. Also ample use of in-line amplifiers.
HF GEAR: One Icom R75, three DX-394s, three DX-390s, two DX-398s, one DX-440, one Yaesu FRG-7, one SW-100, MFJ-1020A Active Antenna, H-800 Skymatch LF/MF/HF Active Antenna, Super Vak-Tenna Active Antenna, many indoor/outdoor wires.
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My principal monitoring targets are:
Patrick AFB (KCOF) NASA-KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (KX68)
Avon Park Bombing Range (KAGR) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (KXMR)
JSTARS E-8 Acft Integration Facility, Melbourne IAP (KMLB)
Worldwide Military HF Communications
I also receive communications from Military aircraft working at Pinecastle Range in the Ocala area, in the Military Warning Areas off Florida's East Coast and offshore at Key West FL. I also monitor radio traffic of Homestead JARB, MacDill AFB, Jacksonville NAS, Cecil Field (US Customs Service), Mayport NAF, Tyndall AFB (NORAD Comms), and Eglin AFB Ranges.
My coastline location allows me to monitor USCG stations at Mayport FL, Cape Canaveral FL, Ft Pierce FL, Clearwater FL, Miami FL and Opa Locka FL
I am a Life Member of the Missile, Space and Range Pioneers, and have monitored comms related to the current Space Shuttle as well as its precursors, the Gemini and Apollo vehicles. I maintain up-to-the-minute frequency lists for the Space Shuttle, Delta, Atlas, and Pegasus launches from NASA-Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral AFS.
Visit my Space Shuttle Monitoring page at:
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