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Howdy,

I live in Brinnon, WA. I have heard helicopter traffic overhead in the Dosewallips and possibly Duckabush areas, in and out of the mountain areas.

I am trying to spot frequencies. I am not sure if these are logging related (there is logging - perhaps Warehouser? - in the area), or Forest service. They were not Airlift/Lifeflight - those frequencies were dead.

Does anyone have a list of possible frequencies that might be active for these possible groups of helicopters? Forest Service/Logging?

Thanks in advance.

I think you are hearing Forest Service and Maybe DNR or the National Park. Do a search on http://interceptradio.com/s.php INTERCEPT FREQUENCY DATABASE for Jefferson & Mason county for Fe deral frequencies and you will be in business.

-m

Sorry, for DNR freq's you search by state not fed.

-m

I know the USFS was going to fix the washout up the Dosi. Maybe its something to do with that.

I've heard private company logging helos while camping several times. They were on the VHF RedDot/BlueDot freqs. They didn't talk too much, however, only if they were confused about something. The operation I actually got to watch involved a supervisor on the ground with an air horn as the primary means of communicating to the helo pilot. When the helo was overhead and the ground guy didn't want any more cable played out from the helo, he would sound the airhorn X number of times. When the logs were fully secured in the chain assembly (choker), the supervisor would sound the air horn a different number of times and the helo would lift the logs away. When the helo arrived at the site where the logging trucks were waiting, another ground supervisor used the airhorn signals in pretty much the same manner. It was the pilot who usually initiated radio comms, like "I'm setting down for lunch or I need more fuel." They started each day just before sunrise and quit within half hour after sunset. Except for lunch and fuel, what a grueling long day of flying!