Aircraft Repeaters also operate on the primary and secondary repeater frequencies, and aircraft repeaters will always have special IDs transmitted with them. Aircraft will announce they have switched to repeater mode by transmitting the tactical callsign "HIGH BIRD" along with thier "CAPFLIGHT 45xx" callsign. CAP aircraft also use 122.9 and 123.1 MHz, AM, for air-to-air communications. Virginia Wing radio stations ID with "Jefferson" callsigns, with a two or three number suffix. Stations with callsigns "Jefferson 7xx" are CAP mobile stations. Stations with callsigns "Jefferson x00" (for example, "Jefferson 200" or "Jefferson 400") are group radio cache stations. During search and rescue operations, many stations will assume tactical callsigns, such as "Mission Base", "Ground Team Alpha" etc. Large search and rescue operations will usally see a repeater being used, another channel for simplex operations, and the aircraft channel, channel 4 (149.5375 MHz) being used also. Radios have Virginia State Police and Virginia Department of Emergency Management VHF-high band frequencies as well as National Park Service frequencies for communication with these agencies.

Frequencies

Civil Air Patrol

Virginia Wing

The Virginia Wing Civil Air Patrol also uses the nationwide standard frequency plan.

FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
141.575 BM 127.3 PL CAP CC 1 A Command and Control 1 Analog FMN Military
141.000 BM 131.8 PL CAP CC 2 A Command and Control 2 Analog FMN Military
141.575 BM 4F9 NAC CAP CC 1 D Command and Control 1 Digital P25e Military
141.000 BM 526 NAC CAP CC 2 D Command and Control 2 Digital P25e Military
139.875 BM 173.8 PL CAP Tac 1 A Tac 1 Analog FMN Military
139.875 BM 6CA NAC CAP Tac 1 D Tac 1 Digital P25e Military
150.225 BM 162.2 PL CAP Guard 1 A Guard 1 Analog FMN Military
150.225 BM 656 NAC CAP Guard 1 D Guard 1 Digital P25 Military
123.100 M CSQ SAR 123.1 Air To Air SAR On Scene Coordination Primary AM Interop
122.900 M CSQ SAR 122.9 Air To Air SAR On Scene Coordination Primary AM Interop
149.275 BM 141.3 PL CAP Air 1 A Air To Air 1 Analog FMN Military
150.5625 BM 151.4 PL CAP Air 2 A Air To Air 2 Analog FMN Military
149.275 BM 585 NAC CAP Air 1 D Air To Air 1 Digital P25 Military
150.5625 BM 5EA NAC CAP Air 2 D Air To Air 2 Digital P25 Military
155.205 M CSQ VA EMS On Scene/Landing Zone Common FMN Interop
155.160 M CSQ SAR160 On Scene Search and Rescue Common FMN Interop
148.125 RM 156.7 PL CAP R-09 Wytheville (Sand Mountain) Repeater (R-09) FMN Military
148.150 RM 173.8 PL CAP R-12 Blackstone Repeater (R-12) FMN Military
148.150 RM 167.9 PL CAP R-14 Berryville Repeater (Mount Weather) (R-14) FMN Military
148.150 RM 136.5 PL CAP R-16 Baileys Crossroads Repeater (R-16) FMN Military
148.125 RM 107.2 PL CAP R-25 Hampton Repeater (Langley AFB) (R-25) FMN Military
148.125 RM 146.2 PL CAP R-27 Grundy Repeater (Keen Mountain) (R-27) FMN Military
148.150 RM 156.7 PL CAP R-28 Abingdon Repeater (R-28) FMN Military
148.125 RM 114.8 PL CAP R-31 Richmond (Downtown) Repeater (R-31) FMN Military
148.150 RM 114.8 PL CAP R-44 Charlottesville Repeater (Bucks Elbow) (R-44) FMN Military
148.125 RM 186.2 PL CAP R-59 Viewtree Mountain Repeater (Warrenton) (R-59) FMN Military
148.125 RM 127.3 PL CAP R-61 Lynchburg Repeater (R-61) FMN Military
148.150 RM 186.2 PL CAP R-62 Covington Repeater (R-62) FMN Military
148.1375 RM CAP R67-R70 Anl Ch. R67-R70 Portable and Aero Repeater Analog (various tones) FMN Military
148.1375 RM CAP R67-R70 Dig Ch. R67-R70 Portable and Aero Repeater Digital (various NAC codes) P25e Military