Re: What I should have done

I take your point about front end filtering on a hand held frequency
counter.  I've read that they have a tendency to lock onto the
strongest signal.  And to be honest I hadn't really appreciated how
much RF there is in the area.

The log periodic is a good idea, but they are a bit bulky - mind you,
so is a 2m yagi - what about a small dish, something like an old sat
TV dish?  Not sure how you could rig the counter or scanner up, with a
replacement for the LNB.  What I'm thinking is a way to null out RF
from other directions.  But then again, maybe thats not going to be
needed.

I like the idea of Signal Stalker, I'm still using some 80's gear that
is very basic by todays standards - I'd upgrade, but with the
inception of encryption I haven't bothered so far.  Incidentally, is
much of the radio traffic in the area encrypted or digital?

Do we know about any HF from the base - many air bases have a standby
HF system - although can't remember reading about HF or seeing any
antennas on Google Earth?   If they are testing what I think they are
testing, you can imagine an aircraft going out of VHF range real
quickly.

And what about UHF Satcom?  Surely that gotta be there.