The MilAirComms Spotting Network is a real-time military radio communication spotting network. This allows for the fast and easy exchange of military radio communications which will help all interested hobbyist in learning what frequencies are in use in all parts of the country including there own local area. If the network is used by MilAir enthusiast in all parts of the country it would become easy for hobbyists to track cross-country military flights giving the maximum number of people the opportunity to enjoy the excitement of hearing military communication. It will also allow the new person just entering into the hobby to learn exactly what it is he/she is hearing on the Military Bands.

Currently most military radio activity is exchange by email or on various user groups (again using email). The problem with that is that by the time you get information from your buddy of a flight of 4 military jets entering the bombing area its too late. First it requires the original listener to type an email (which he usually does not do until hours later). Next we are at the mercy of many email servers to correctly deliver email, in some cases it can take hours. And finally the person who might be interested in listening has to open his email program, download his new emails and weed through all the spam. By the time he receives the email from his favorite user group the military jets have returned back to base and all communications and excitement are over until the next time.

For many years radio Amateurs (Hams) who were interested in working rare DX stations have been using DX Spotting Networks. Usually called DX Clusters they provide a stand-alone program which you leave running on your computer, when another user spots a dx station he will enter the Call sign, frequency and any quick comments which will instantly appear on your computer.

With this program you would also be able to look back in time to see who spotted what in the past. This would be helpful for those wanting to look back and list all milair frequencies where comms where spotted on in a particular state.

At this time I am still in the concept stage however actual programming will start soon. If you want to get a feel of what the DX Cluster software packages look like you can check out these: http://www.ve7cc.net/ and http://www.benlo.com/dxmon.html. Hopefully soon the MilAir community will have something similar for military communications monitoring.