Re: Can I hear UAVs?


Message posted by Joerg (Webmaster) on October 16, 2009 at 9:05:12 PST:

Listening to the scanner, it is hard to tell what is a UAV and what is a manned aircraft. I was listening to Nellis tower talking to a UAV operator at Creech during an air show a few years ago, and if I would not have known that it was a UAV I might have thought it was a manned aircraft.
Most UAV flights out of Creech stay within the ranges and probably switch right to mission frequency. Much of their data, such as speed, position etc. is relayed via a digital link anyway. Currently one of the projects in the ranges is the integration of that system into the systems of manned aircraft. But sometimes the UAV operators will talk to the ATC to de-conflict their air space.


In Reply to: Can I hear UAVs? posted by 9th life on October 15, 2009 at 11:16:07 PST:

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