Yes, they are Analog, Am 118 - 136. I could never imagine that they would every go digital, same as marine, "not for voice"
Can you imagine how the digital signal would work with the background noise? It would be like using phone in speaker mode in the hot tub.
You need to hear everything that is possible, no matter how faint, weak or noisy.
My dad is a Pilot he explained, well from what I understood, only the planes that get a transponder will show up on flight radar.
So anything that he flies, isn't going to. Also it is not required that a plane has a working radio.
I like the flghtradar24 app and the website. Friday, when I as at home, I heard the fire-dept calling for a life flight. I knew it would be coming over my house. I watched go by at was 3000'.
The main landing pad is a 2 min walk from a work, I hear about three a week come and go. I can watch what hospital the take them to. The call sign name will be blocked, but you can see the speed, etc.
With the app there is a sky view, it uses your camera and look in the sky through you tablet at the planes.
Another note, the airport here doesn't have a tower, and the frequency is 122.800. So if more than one is flying together I will here the say lets switch 2.5, they will switch to 122.500, etc. Easy to switch from .5 from .8 on a radio.
The Frequency of 121.500 is kind of the emergency channel, pilots are asked to listen to this for distress calls.
Dang, I hope all my info is correct.
Rod
