Sunday, August 16, 2009

Milcom Blog Logs - August 14 2009 - Mid Atlantic

Ron, a member of the MMP team, has passed along his Milcom blog log freqs monitored on August 14 from his his Mid Atlantic area. Thanks Ron.

ACY-Atlantic City NJ
ADW- Andrews AFB MD
BW- Bay Watch-NAS PAX Area Advisory Control
DAA- Davison AAF, Ft Belvoir VA
DCA- Reagan National Airport/CGAS Washington, Wash DC
DOV- Dover AFB DE
GK- Giantkiller (FACSFAC, Virginia Capes)
LFI- Langley AFB VA
MTN-Martin State Airport, Baltimore
NGTF-Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, Baltimore
NXX- Willow Grove JRB PA
PAX-NAS Patuxent River MD
PTC- Potomac Area TRACON
WRI-McGuire AFB NJ
ZBW-Boston ARTCC
ZDC- Washington ARTCC
ZNY- New York ARTCC

1. VHF/UHF: ((Times are EDT))

0820- SAM 50050 (C-20C # 85-0050, 99th AS ADW)-depart ADW (118.4)

0830- Roman 41 (F-18C VFA-106, NAS OCEANA VA)-check in w/ZDC Casanova (282.2) at FL200 cleared to FL100.

0834- Score 92 (KC-130J # 166473 VX-20 PAX)-check in w/GK (118.125) for transit of W386 at FL230 and will be west of W386 for 2.5 hours working with Hawkeye (E-2C) acft.

0855- Convoy 3586 (USN C-130)-check in w/PTC (125.65)--may have departed from ADW.

0859- Navy 998 (C-130T # 164998, VR-53 ADW)-w/VR53 Ops (328.4) reporting airborne.

0902- Score 50 (poss EA-6B, VX-20 PAX)-patterns at DOV (132.425 & 126.35).

0941- Bully flt (F-16s, 121st FS DC ANG ADW)-w/ZDC Coyle (254.3) & ZDC Sea Islae (281.45) then w/GK (255.0) for entry into W107 for AAR w/.DeeCee 52 (KC-135R, 756th ARS ADW). Advises they will be working with Scary flt (F-16s, 121st FS DC ANG ADW) & Devil flt (F-16s, 119th FS NJ ANG ACY)

0945- Salty Dog 403 (F-18C # 163987, VX-23 PAX-female pilot)-w/VX-23 Ops (250.7) reporting flameout on left engine. Working w/Salty Dog 103 (F-18E # 166843, VX-23 PAX).

0953- DeeCee 52-check into W105 (255.0)--returns to ADW at 1135.

1028- Rhody 35 (C-130J 143rd AS, RI ANG Quonset State Apt RI)-w/Baton Ops (395.1-PA ANG Harrisburg PA) w/inbound msg--offloading 35 pax.

1031- Navy 377 (ident as C-37 # 166377, VR-1 ADW)-w/BW (305.2 & 270.8) for entry into R4006 then some pattern work at PAX then on to Richmond before they head back to
ADW.

1038- Reach 119T- depart ADW (118.95)--returns to ADW at 1400.

1048- Roman 61 (F-18C VFA-106, NAS OCEANA VA)-check in w/ZDC Casino (285.4) then w/BW (270.8) for some patterns at Webster OLF.

1127- Tester 961 (T-6A Texan II # 165961, NTPS PAX)-check in w/BW (270.8)
1305- Cosmic flt (F-16s, 119th FS NJ ANG ACY)-w/Huntress (138.2) reporting they are vacating the area for RTB ACY.

1313- Guard 20452 (OH-58A+ Kiowa Co. 'A' / 1-224th Avn; (S&S), Maryland Ar.NG; Weide AAF)-w/Phillips tower (126.15) for permission to tramsit through airspace.

1332- N5NG (Gulfstream 4, NGTF)-w/Northrop Base (123.225) w/inbound msg.

1401- Crab 51 (C-130J # 97-1351, 135th AS MD ANG MTN)-land at MTN (121.3)

1402- Guard 525 (UH-60 # 24525, MD ArNG, Weide AAF)-local acty at Weide AAF (126.2)

1406- SAM 5456 (99th AS ADW)-land at ADW (119.3 & 118.4)

1409- Army 052 (UC-35 # 00-1052, OSACOM ADW)-land at ADW (119.3 & 118.4)

1412- Evac 404 (C-21 # 84-0134 458th AS Scott AFB IL)-depart ADW (118.95)

1423- Belgian Air Force 606 (C-130H CH-04, 20th Sqdn, Melbroek)-land at ADW (118.4)

1431- Salty Dog 103 (F-18E # 166843, VX-23 PAX)-w/BW (270.8)

1432- Rider 75 (C-17A #06-6166, 436th AMW DOV)-pattern work at DOV (132.425 & 126.35).

1439- SAM 5382 (99th AS ADW)-land at ADW (128.35 & 118.4)

1500- Guard 971 (UH-1/UH-60, MD ArNG Weide AAF)-w/Phillips tower (126.15) for transition of airspace to Nat'l Guard Armory, Havre de Grace MD.

1505- Navy 377 (C-27 # 166377, VR-1 ADW)-depart ADW (125.65) then w/BW (305.2) for entry into restricted area in block FL3.5 to FL200.

1510- Navy 948-land at ADW (128.35 & 118.4)

1604- Tester 963 (T-6A Texan II # 165963, NTPS PAX)w/BW (270.8) for entry into North Spin Area.

2. HF: ((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

08912.0 K43 (USCG MH-65D # 6543,ARSC Elizabeth City NC): 1433 USB/ALE sounding.

08912.0 LNT (CamsLant Chesapeake VA): 1430 USB/ALE calling F40 (USCG HU-25 #2140 CGAS Cape Cod MA).

08912.0 N03 (USCG HC-144A #2303 ATC Mobile AL): 1440 USB/ALE sounding.

11494.0 Z03 (poss CG Sector Southeastern New England): 1500 USB/ALE calling F33 (USCG HU-25 #2133 CGAS Cape Cod MA). Also on 08912.0 USB.

08912.0 LNT: 1525 USB/ALE calling J28 (USCG MH-60T #6028 CGAS Elizabeth City NC)

08912.0 500 (USCG HC-130H #1500, CGAS Elizabeth City NC): 1537 USB/ALE sounding.

09025.0 ADW (Andrews AFB MD): 1814 USB/ALE w/K65 (USCG MH-65C CGAS Savannah GA)-- after ALE handshake in voice request for pp but gets answering machine.

08912.0 J27 (USCG MH-60T #6027 ATC Mobile AL): 1902 USB/ALE sounding.

08912.0 N01 (USCG HC-144A #2301 ATC Mobile AL): 1905 USB/ALE sounding.

08912.0 LNT: 1915 USB/ALE calling J01 (USCG MH-60J #6001 CGAS Elizabeth City NC).

08912.0 I21 (US Customs CESSNA 550 #N26621): 1925 USB/ALE sounding.

08912.0 I34 (US Customs CESSNA 550 #N2734K): 1954 USB/ALE sounding.

Ron (mdmonitor1@verizon.net)
Baltimore MD (390747N 763711W)
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