Monday, September 22, 2008

Milcom Blog Logs - 9/22/2008 Central Florida

Here are some great Milcom Blogs logs from Anonymous in Central Florida on 9/22/2008.

UTC FREQ
1304 156.800 Ch-16
FREEDOM STAR departing the tanker berths. LIBERTY STAR also
heard a short time later. Both are NASA SRB Booster Recovery ships.

1308 7457.0 usb
AFA2GF Region 2 stations with traffic-none, other check in's:
AFA2AJ / AFA2QB-WV / AFA2OS-VA / AFA2VA-VA / AFA2YU-TN
AFF2V / AFA2SF-NC / AFA2GC-NC / AFA2CV-GA / AFA2AR-GA
AFA2-T-FL / AFA2HR-Orlando FL / AFF2F / AFA2AE-Deltona
AFA2BL-FL / AFA2RM-AL / AFF2AL-AL / AFA2NG-Boaz AL.

1333 157.075 Coast Guard RANGE CONTROL
"switch guard back to Station Canaveral"

1539 6947.0 usb Link-11
10 stations polled, slow baud rate / signal S5

1541 292.200 Avon Park Range Control
KING 15 (HC-130P, 71st RQS) cleared to enter the range

1613 6235.0 usb Link-11
Signal S5, one station S9+

1626 288.900 Tyndall AFB
CUJOE 1-2 'JDAM would not power up'; mention of Aux 2
(sounded like F-22's)

1626 8971.0 usb Jax NAS
TRIDENT 45 (P-3C, VP-26) calling FIDDLE, relay to Golden Hawk,
Spare Group 6, then direct with Golden Hawk

1731 311.000 MacDill AFB LIGHTNING OPS
AUTO 71 (KC-135R, 927th ARW) 30 min out, 10 med crew members


Late evening monitoring of the USS Eisenhower Carrier Support Group.
CVW-7 / CWC callsign prefix INDIA

AG 100 VFA-143 F/A-18E DOG
AG 200 VFA-103 F/A-18F VICTORY
AG 300 VFA-83 F/A-18C RAM
AG 400 VFA-131 F/A-18C WILDCAT / CAT
AG 500 VAQ-140 EA-6B STINGER
AG 600 VAW-125 E-2C TIGERTAIL / TIGER
AG 610 HS-5 HH-60F/SH-60F CANVAS

2000-2300 EDT:
120.950 SEALORD N
225.350 Pinecastle Target
267.500 SEALORD S
277.800 USN Fleet Tac
289.200 Pinecastle Range Control "SEALORD"
313.825 MARSHAL
317.350 DEPARTURE
318.075 107, 110
324.175 RAM air-air
335.675 RED CROWN
335.925 "cleared to ___"
343.575 INDIA ROMEO
351.675 STRIKE
357.350 VIPER air-air
360.325 KILO AIC / RAM - VIPER ACM
360.350 Possible VICTORY air-air
363.600 RAM 51-52, 305, 312, 602
366.000 BLUETAIL AIC (OPFOR?)

-Misc HF logs-
4369.0 usb WLO with weather broadcast and traffic list
4444.0 usb Link-11 (weak signal)
4517.0 usb MARS Region 3 Net
4620.0 usb Link-11
5071.0 usb Link-11 (QRM from nearby broadcaster)
7635.0 usb Civil Air Patrol Net
8177.0 usb Link-11