Saturday, September 12, 2009

Milcom Blog Logs - Sep 8-11 2009 - Mid Atlantic

Our old friend and MMP reporter Ron checks in again with some more great HF blog logs from his Mid Atlantic listening post. Thanks Ron for sharing. All times are UTC and frequencies in kHz

8 Sep

13270.0 Gander: 1720 USB w/volmet.

10051,0 Gander: 1728 USB w/volmet.

16540.0 Maribel (O/M Tagalog/EE): 1748 Calling Paricoy (unid maritime company) for radio check. Indicates he's calling from Maryland. Changes and calls himself Maryland and is calling Morocco. He's

L/C at my Maryland location so sometimes must be using vessel's location as callsign.

08107.0 XSS (UK DHFCS-Forest Moor UK): 2210 USB/ALE sounding.

08340.0 O/M (Italian): 2256 USB w/O/M (Italian). Prob maritime link.

08134.0 Unid: 2303 CW in progress w/5-ltr group msgs. L/C at my QTH--prob Cuban DGI.

08040.0 Nat'l Meteorologial & Oceanography Centre, Northwood UK: 2329 FAX w/WX maps.

08454.0 Unid: STANAG 4285. Prob French Navy FUO-Toulon

08464.0 Unid: 2341 STANAG 4285. Prob French Navy

08474.0 Unid: 2343 STANAG 4285. Prob French Navy

08541.0 Unid: 2344 STANAG 4285. Prob French Navy

08695.0 Unid: 2348 STANAG 4285.

08141.0 O/M (Spanish): 2350 USB w/Y/L (Spanish).

9 Sep

14396.5 NNN0VUV (Navy/USMS MARS, CA): 1600 USB w/KEY 798 (ident as Maryland station) in weekly SHARES net check in. Key798 is possibly the National Institues for Health (NIH), Bethesda MD.

10194.0 FC8FEM001 (Communications Manager, FEMA Region 8, Denver CO): 1800 USB/ALE sounding.

09462.0 COLLINS004 (unid Rockwell Collins entity): 1845 USB/ALE sounding. Also sounding on 10194.0 USB.

09462.0 MO7FEM (State EOC, Springfield MO): 1900 USB/ALE sounding.

10194.0 FC4FEM (Communications Manager FEMA Region 4 Thomasville GA): 1915 USB/ALE sounding. Also on 07348.0 USB

10 Sep

09075.0 F21 (Venezuelan Navy Frigate "Mariscal Sucre" F-21): 0300 LSB/ALE calling CGA2 (HQs Venezuelan Navy).

09075.0 2TB9 (Venezuelan Navy LSM "Goijaira" T-63): 0310 LSB/ALE calling T5L1 (CEDEF-Commander, Frigate Squadron).

09462.0 NC4FEM(State EOC, Raleigh NC), MS4FEM (State EOC, Jackson MS) & SC4FEM (State EOC, Columbia SC): 1600 USB/ALE sounding.

07348.0 AR6FEM (State EOC, Little Rock AR): 2030 USB/ALE sounding.

11 Sep

08540.0 T8R1 (unid Venezuelan Navy): 0030 LSB/ALE calling 1F5G (Venezuelan Navy Base "Amario").

09075.0 ESEQUIBO (Venezuelan Navy Capana-class Medium Landing Ship "Esequibo" T-62): 0100 LSB/ALE calling CAPANA (Venezuelan Navy Capana-class Medium Landing Ship " Capana", T-61).

08912.0 500 (USCG HC-130H #1500, CGAS Elizabeth City NC): 1130 USB/ALE w/LNT--in voice reports airborne from CGAS Clearwater w/9 POB for " a couple of fly-bys" then RTB Clearwater.

08912.0 F35 (USCG HU-25 #2135 CGAS Miami FL): 1145 USB/ALE calling Z13 (USCG Sector Key West, FL).

08912.0 J19 (USCG MH-60J #6019 CGAS Clearwater FL): 1207 USB/ALE w/LNT (CamsLant Chesapeake) then in voice reporting airborne from homeplate CGAS Clearwater w/5 POB for local training mission.

08912.0 J12 (USCG MH-60J #6012 CGAS Clearwater FL): 1200 USB/ALE sounding. Also on 10242.0 USB.

08912.0 720 (USCG HC-130H #1720, CGAS Clearwater FL): 1215 USB/ALE sounding.

08983.0 CamsLant: 1340 USB w/CG 2112 (HU-25 CGAS Cape Cod MA) who reports they are 24nms on heading of 052 degrees from benchmark Echo.

08983.0 CamsLant: 1347 USB w/CG 2118 (HU-25 ATC Mobile AL who reports airborne from Mobile w/6 POB enroute to Talahassee FL.

08983.0 CamsLant: 1358 USB w/CG 2117 (HU-25 CGAS Miami FL-not heard)--also radio checks at 1735.

11175.0 Offutt: 1405 USB w/Roof 81 (EC-135 552nd ACW, Tinker AFB, OK) in pp w/Barksdale AFB Metro for 1715Z wx at Hurlburt Field FL (KHRT) & Blackwater Airfield ,Munson, FL (KCEW).

15867.0 I49 (US Customs CESSNA 550 #N12549, STB, Oklahoma City, OK): 1445 USB/ALE sounding.

15867.0 LNT: 1515 USB/ALE calling J15 (USCG MH-60J #6015 CGAS Elizabeth City NC).

08983.0 CamsLant: 1730 USB w/CG 2002 (HC-130J CGAS Elizabeth City NC-not heard) who reports departing CGAS Borienquen PR enroute to Guantanamo Bay Cuba.

07527.0 F29 (USCG HU-25 #2129 CGAS Cape Cod MA): 1812 USB/ALE sounding.

08285.0 LSH3 (unid Venezuelan Navy): 2310 LSB/ALE to 4LA3 (unid Venezuelan Navy)--DTM msgs.

08191.0 O/M (Hebrew): 2323 USB w/O/M (Hebrew). Poss maritime link.

08281.0 O/M (Spanish): 2338 USB w/O/M (Spanish)-prob maritime link.