09-22-2014, 05:00 AM
I got up too late this morning to listen in on the radio and hear these flights you are talking about, darn it. The orange helo you usually see fly in the mornings belongs to the fire department I believe, and that is the one used for the morning Civil Defense overflights. It goes by the call sign "Chopper One." If you buy yourself a radio to listen in you'll hear them.
Once in a while the pilot of Chopper 1 will tell ATC what they've seen but generally all you hear is position reports and other normal radio traffic between them and ATC. They were flying again just a few minutes ago, but didn't say anything worth noting here. The tour helicopters are more likely to talk about what they see than Chopper 1, listen to them on 122.85, the air-to-air frequency for this area.
Once in a while the pilot of Chopper 1 will tell ATC what they've seen but generally all you hear is position reports and other normal radio traffic between them and ATC. They were flying again just a few minutes ago, but didn't say anything worth noting here. The tour helicopters are more likely to talk about what they see than Chopper 1, listen to them on 122.85, the air-to-air frequency for this area.