Ham Radio/SFO Approach

Garage G (International) Monitoring Setup

1. Spotting Location: Drive up to Level 8 (Roof) and park along the northeast or east perimeter wall. This gives you an unobstructed line of sight down the 28 approaches, the taxiways, and the Terminal G gate gates.
2. Scanner Reception: From the open roof deck, you are no longer limited by distance or terrain. You will have full, clear two-way reception of both the controllers and the aircraft across all phases:
   • 133.950 MHz (NorCal Arrival)
   • 134.500 / 128.325 MHz (NorCal Vectors/Final)
   • 120.500 MHz (SFO Tower)
   • 121.800 MHz (SFO Ground)
   • 131.000 MHz (United / SFO Ramp - Terminal G alley)
3. Flight Tracker Cue: When checking FlightAware or FlightRadar24 while en route, watch for UA190 descending through FL240 (24,000 ft) offshore west of Marin County. That descent point signals that NorCal contact is about 5 minutes away.

Favorite list for Uniden Scanner:

C-Group SFO Tower & Approach 0 0 0 0 0

C-Freq SFO NorCal Coast 133.950000 AM 0 0 0 0 1 0

C-Freq SFO NorCal Downwind 134.500000 AM 0 0 0 0 1 0

C-Freq SFO NorCal Vectors 128.325000 AM 0 0 0 0 1 0

C-Freq SFO Tower 28L/R 120.500000 AM 0 0 0 0 1 0

C-Freq SFO Ground 28s 121.800000 AM 0 0 0 0 1 0

C-Freq SFO West Ramp G 131.000000 AM 0 0 0 0 1 0