Wings over Houston Airshow Frequency List

                    Wings Over Houston Air Show Frequencies         10/10/20
                            by Myles Barkman KG5AI
                         http://freqzone.mototaku.net
                             kg5ai*at*comcast.net

119.6000 * "Air Boss" (2020)-choreographs all aircraft in show
124.5000 * discrete/intercom (2020)
122.7750   discrete/intercom (2019)
other freqs from 121.950-123.575 may be used by teams during performances

Note: All frequencies 118-137 MHz and 225-400 MHz use AM mode unless otherwise noted.

126.0500 * Ellington Airport Tower
121.6000 * Ellington Airport Ground
135.5750 * Ellington Airport ATIS
165.3125   US Coast Guard encrypted P25 NAC 293 Ch.CG121
413.0250 * US Coast Guard encrypted P25 NAC 293 Ch.CG411
345.0000   US Coast Guard Ellington Ramp "Comm-1"
163.4625   Ellington Fire N293 usually encrypted (input 173.4625)
163.4875 * Ellington ANG Security N293 (input 173.5125)
168.6625 * Ellington Flight Line Ops-repeats ground control units on 121.600 (P25 N147)
235.4000   NASA at Ellington
253.5000 * Ellington Airport Tower
269.9000 * Ellington Airport ATIS
275.8000 * Ellington Airport Ground
288.5000 * Air National Guard "Lone Star Ops"

122.9500 * Signature Flight Support FBO (fuel)
451.8500 * Signature Flight Support FBO (DPL 731)

Amateur Radio Nets:
145.500    backup simplex (2020)
147.060  * repeater PL 118.8 (low range-5 miles)
444.800    repeater PL 141.3 (low range)

462.5875 * FRS 02 Civil Air Patrol cadets?
467.9250   Film Crew

Houston Airport System on TxWARN P25 Trunked system:
1393 Security at Ellington
1423 Ellington Ops (site 152)
1425 Ellington Ops 1 (site 152)
1427 Ellington Ops 2
30110 HPD Airport (TDMA)
30112 HPD Hobby TAC 2 ENC
30191 HPD Airport (FDMA on 305 site)
Try ICS talkgroups 45301-45328 for HPD working traffic near Ellington.
Y-ICS 3 (45315) used on the grounds by HPD (2020)
Y-ICS 4 (45316)
Best sites to hear Ellington TG are Beltway Simulcast (1-52), Galveston County simulcast (1-54) or Pasadena Roamer (1-29).
Best sites to hear HPD/ICS TG are Southeast Simulcast (3-03) and General Services (3-05).


Reportedly used by the Tora Tora Tora Warbirds Team (Commemorative Air Force)(have never confirmed any of these personally):
118.7500
122.8500
122.8750
123.1500
123.4250
123.4500
FRS radios
469.5000
469.5500

Reportedly used by Demonstration Teams:
118.5000   air/air
122.4750 * Heritage P47 Thunderbolt/F35/A-10 (2019)
123.1500 * F-35 Lightning discrete (2019)-also used by Skydive Houston
123.3500   Texas Flying Legends (2016)
123.4250
123.4500
123.4750   Phillips 66 Aerostars
124.3750   P-51
127.1500
131.4500 * Houston Wing Commemorative Air Force (West Houston airport)
134.1000
136.5750
136.6750
238.1500   B-1B flyovers
255.1500 * F-35 demo team
282.8000
376.0250   F15E Strike Eagle
384.5500 * F-16 Viper demo team (and used by Blue Angels on ground)

Civil Air Patrol:
141.5750   Command & Control 1 (pl 127.3) N4F9
141.0000 * Command & Control 2 (pl 131.8) N526 (2019)
149.2750   Air 1 (pl 141.3) N585
150.2625   Air 2 (pl 151.4) N5EA
150.2250   CAPGuard (pl 162.2)
139.8750   TAC 1 (pl 173.8) N6CA
148.1250   Primary repeater
148.1500   Secondary repeater
148.1375   Aero/Portable repeater

These are the airshow staff channels for 2019 (DMR)
Simplex channels are Color Code 5, Talk group 1
1  463.2250 * Operations/Security repeater Color Code 15, Time slot 1, Talk group 1
2  464.1625   Fuel/Oil/Smoke repeater Color Code 9, Time slot 1, Talk Group 1
3  466.7875   Food/Eagle Squadron/Pilot registration/volunteers
4  464.1625 * Parking repeater Color Code 9, Time Slot 2, Talk Group 1
5  468.6125 * Gates
6  466.0625 * Waste Ops
7  466.7800   Pyro
8  461.0875 * Finance
9  461.1875   Pilot Shuttle/Motor Pool
10 462.7875   Ground Safety
11 464.9625   Media
12 463.2250 * Medical repeater Color Code 15, Time slot 2, Talk group 1
13 468.9375   Water Carts

Might even try listening to the Federal Government's version of FRS (called ISR for Inter-Squad Radio).
The only radios I know of so far that is used in this band is the ICOM IC-4008M.  Narrowband FM is the mode.
These radios are no longer manufactured and usage will probably diminish.
Main user of this radio service is military and CAP (have heard little usage of this at past Ellington airshows):
1  396.875
2  397.125
3  397.175
4  397.375
5  397.425
6  397.475
7  397.550
8  397.950
9  398.050
10 399.425 CAP not allowed
11 399.475 CAP not allowed
12 399.725
13 399.925 obsolete?
14 399.975 obsolete?


Frequency sources:
http://www.monitoringtimes.com/0312airshowguide.pdf
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=7836