posted on Jul, 30 2008 @ 03:58 PM
reply to post by FosterVS
The camo dudes are on an encrypted trunk radio system. You cannot monitor them.
Bob Grove publishes Monitoring Times. Larry Van Horn, an associate, did the original Groom Lake monitoring guide.
Phantom in the Desert
In any event, Bob could not look up any actual Groom Lake frequencies on the net because they are not published. Look carefully on the net, and what
you find are frequencies associated with Nellis AFB, the TTR, and the DOE. I have Groom Tower, Groom Approach/Departure, and Groom Ground because I
band-scanned on scene and found them. What Bob should have done was simply asked Chuck for the Groom Tower and Approach/Departure, which I know he has
because I heard the traffic from Chuck's scanner once when we were waiting for Red Flag aircraft to show up at Coyote Summit. I don't believe anyone
else has Groom Ground, or if they do, they never uploaded any audio.
Ironically, when that documentary was being put together, I got a call to do the Tikaboo part. I had just climbed Tikaboo twice the previous month and
really didn't have any interest in being part of what I suspected would be a really bad documentary based on a phone conversation I had with a women
associated with it. What would have been better was to have me replace Bob Grove, since I do have Groom frequencies. I also know where the border is
at the back gate.
Basically, they ended up making a pretty laughable show. In fact, it was so bad that one of the locals, an editor from an aviation magazine, and
myself did a BBQ at the back gate border, well beyond where those guys in the documentary refused to go, just to dis the documentary.
It took me an hour to find Groom Approach. It took the rest of the afternoon to find Groom Tower. Groom Ground was a bit more difficult since it is
used so sparingly.