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Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 27 Feb 2016 10:10:12 -0700
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Thanks Pat,

I figure they would be on VHF or UHF but it would be fun to listen during the race.

Phil.
K0NX




> On Feb 27, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Phil,
> Ten years ago, and for the Indy500 a friend who always went borrowed 
> my scanner and loaded it with car/pit freqs.  They were available to 
> the public, but I don't know where.  As I recall they were vhf and he 
> really enjoyed listening.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 10:36 AM 2/27/2016, you wrote:
>> I listened here in Denver to one of our many sports stations as they =
>> covered the Daytona 500 last weekend.  I heard some of the radio =
>> transmissions between the pits and the drivers and wondered what =
>> frequencies they were using.  I figure it must be VHF, of course, but it =
>> would be fun listening in during an actual race.  I wish Denver would =
>> get into racing and build a big track but when we built the latest =
>> Bronco stadium, I was hoping they would build a retractible dome so we =
>> could host a Super Bowl some day but the mayor, who is now the governor, =
>> literally said on air that he was afraid it might get jammed.  Liberals! =
>> Can=E2=80=99t live without them and can=E2=80=99t shoot them, as Steven =
>> Wright said once, haha.
>> 
>> Phil.
>> K0NX

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