Scanner recordings of Janet and Groom aircraft 

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Code Words:

large cargo: a Janet aircraft
fast mover: any high performance aircraft
slow mover: generally a Janet 737
company: well, duh, the operating base near Groom Lake
station nine: McCarran
keyhole: This may have something to do with flight patterns when there are tours at the Nevada Test Site.

Aviation Fixes:

FIDOE
Planet
Pyramid
ABBIE
TEDDY
SHOWW

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ogg audio (04/24/2008, 9.4Mbytes) Callsign of the month is Amber. Tower on right channel, control on left channel. Note the expression "cross the :DAF".  This may be the Device Assembly Facility at the Nevada Test Site. Military callsign Chevy 16 and Chevy 15. Amber 2 refers to "media day arrivals". This probably refers to visitors at the Nevada Test Site or perhaps Yucca Mountain. They route the 737 Janets so that they can't be seem from the NTS. I'd hate to think they had Media Day at Groom Lake and I wasn't invited.

Device Assembly Facility on Google Earth

ogg audio (04/23/2008, 12.9MBytes) Callsign of the month is Amber.  Tower on right channel, control on left channel. Non-janet flights Chevy 68, Chevy 36. One of the Beech Janets does a 14 landing, i.e loops around and lands towards the south.

ogg audio (6/18/2007, 6.2Mbytes)  Callsign of the month is "Dumbo." Keyhole 2 in effect; Right channel is control, left channel is tower.. Fixes STAGE, ABBIE, SMOKY, and crater. Callsign WEED24 and WEED68  are Groom test aircraft. 

ogg_audio (6/13/2007, 2.6Mbyes)  WEED63 flew specific orbits for this test.. Three distinct ground voices can be heard."Ramrod" was the ground control callsign. Callsign "coffee tree" called out air traffic warnings during the test. The plane is a two seater, with both seats occupied. References to X band and C band are probably for IFF transponder.

wave audio (5/19/2006, 3.2Mbytes) Janets using Jester (perhaps Chester) callsign. Military flights using Indy callsign (hey, it was close to Memorial Day and time for the big race). Note the use of Keyhole-1. Also, a coyote was on the runway. Unknown if the space aliens like to eat coyote, but I hear it tastes just like chicken. [Ow-oooooo]

wave audio (9/30/2005,  509kbytes) Slow mover Eagle 34 (perhaps a chopper) sweeps birds from the runway. Birdwatch condition elevated to severe.

wave audio (8/19/2005, 3.682Mbytes) Military flights Philly 60,  25, 36, 63, 65 and 61, plus Janets using the Sting callsign. New fixes "Abbie"  and "Teddy" used. Sting 0 should be a Janet. The unusual operation may be to qualify the pilot or new equipment. Telescope Peak is in Death Valley, so perhaps the plane was going to Edwards or Palmdale.

wave audio (8/17/2005, 925Kbytes) Fixes Teddy, Planet. Military flights Philly 13 and 26. Janets use Sting callsign. Keyhole in effect. 

wave audio (8/16/2005, 997Kbytes) Fixes Planet teddy. Military Philly 87 83. Note the flight of four fast movers.  Janets use Sting callsign. [A squelch setting problem cuts out some words. It's not your computer.] Glideslope is mentioned, which means the base must also have a localizer. Sting 09 accidentally IDs as Janet 09. ;-)
 
wave audio (7/21/2005, 1.973Mbytes) Groom Lake air traffic recorded from the Power Line Overlook that is mostly Janets using the Razor callsign with the exception of a plane with callsign Sparky 32.  The reference to "foxtrot bravo" pertains to using certain taxiways. The audio contains  a  waring for a pilot regarding a nearby UAV. 

wave audio (1/2004, 260Kbytes) Janet flights on Nellis control.

wave audio (1/2004, 45Kbytes) N27RA landing at the Tonopah Test Range  The frequency is 124.75 (Silverbow tower)

wave audio (May 2003, 19Kbytes) Groom Lake tower audio for a Janet flight going to "station nine." (McCarran according to ufomind.com)  Note the tower calls the aviation fix FIDOE, aka "doggie".

mp3 audio (247Kbytes) Janet planes using the Queen callsign on the approach/departure frequency of Groom Lake.

wave audio  (6/19/2002, 43Kbytes) N20RA leaving Edwards North Base.

wave audio (5/29/2002, 60Kbytes) N661BA requesting clearance to the Tonopah Test Range. Of course, all flights going north seem to head to the TTR, even if they are not going there. ;-)  

wave audio (5/28/2002, 67Kbytes) N654BA requesting clearance to Edwards AFB. If you have a good ear, you can tell that this is the same pilot in the link above. 

wave audio (49kbytes)  Traps 51 discusses altitude restrictions for under "keyhole"

N5083J: is a Cessna T310 owned by GRW Aerial Surveys Inc  These audio files recorded during May 2005 are related to an aerial survey related to the Yucca Mountain Project, but flies much beyond YMP
wave audio (578Kbytes) Flies into R4808 and EC South
wave audio (729Kbytes) Flies into ranges 71 and 76

wave audio (22Kbytes) A Cessna 206 was active int the MOAs. This could be a "basecamp" type training operation,  Civil Air Patrol, or ????.

wave audio Energy 29 (probably the Department of Engergy N229DE) lands at the Tonopah Test Range (TNX) for an after hours party.

wave audio  (54Kbytes)Navy 300 lands at DRA (Desert Rock Airport)

Blackjack

Blackjack controls the air traffic in the ranges. These frequencies can be found in the FLIP, but occasionally air traffic control gives them out.
wave audio (24Kbytes) 139.75MHz AM
wave audio (22Kbytes)  377.8 MHz AM

Janet Callsign Changes

wave audio  Janet 336 becomes Traps   51
wave audio  Joker  51 becomes Janet   236 (unusual routing with direct to Stratosphere)

wave audio  Janet 301 becomes Traps  16  becomes Janet 201

wave audio  Janet 323 becomes Traps  38
wave audio  Janet 391 becomes Traps  09
wave audio  Janet 356 becomes Traps  71
wave audio  Janet 343 becomes Joker  58

wave audio  Janet 354 becomes Joker  69
wave audio  Joker  69 becomes Janet 254

wave audio  Janet 378 becomes Joker  93
wave audio  Janet 310 becomes Joker  25
wave audio  N654BA becomes Traps    4 
wave audio  N661BA becomes Traps    1 (mentions Gold Coast, which is the operations at the Janet Terminal at McCarran)
wave audio  N662BA becomes Joker    2