Thursday, July 22, 2010

Milcom Blog Logs - HF July 19-21, 2010 - Mid Atlantic

Our good friend Ron P in Maryland checks in with the following HF military logs heard on 19-21 July.

(All Times UTC, Freqs KHz)

19 Jul:

08156.0 Coral Harbour base (Bahamas Defence Force, New Providence Bahamas): 1155 USB w/C6DR (patrol vessel) w/vessel status & course & speed report.

08992.0 Andrews: 2352 USB w/Pelican 82 (P-3C VP-45 NAS Jacksonville FL) in radio checks.

20 Jul:

08983.0 CamsLant Chesapeake: 2308 USB w/ CG 2128 (HU-25D CGAS Miami FL) who reports they are deployed to Guantanamo Bay Cuba w/5 POB & establishing radio guard. CamsLant advises they cannot accept radio guard without CG 2128 providing their homeplate. No response from CG 2128.

08922.0 Andrews: 2317 USB w/Navy LA 05A (P-3C VP-5, NAS Jacksonville FL) in pp w/Fiddle (TSCC NAS Jacksonville FL) who reports they are Spare Group 16 at 2320Z and will be Spare Group 36/40 at 2335Z.

21 Jul:

08337.6 Swordfish 28 (HU-25D CGAS Miami FL): 0005 USB calling Shark 17 (USCGC Vigilant WMEC-617, Patrick AFB FL) w/no response.

11232.0 Sentry 50 (E-3B AWACS Tinker AFB OK): 2047 USB w/Trenton Military (not heard) in pp w/Raymond 24 (552nd ACW, Tinker AFB, OK CP) DSN 884-XXXX passing formatted report.

11175.0 Wind Fall (prob ABNCP or TACAMO): 2256 USB calling Mainsail w/no response. McClellan responds--Wind Fall requests pp to DSN 268-XXXX (721ST SG/CC CHEYENNE MT CO). Wind Fall requests ground station switch to 010--ground station responds in the affirmative.

04593.5 AFA3AJ (Net Control): 2332 USB w/NE2S1 net check-ins for AFF3WV (West Virginia), AFA3AO (West Virginia), AFA1BT (New Hampshire), AFA3LF (Penn), AFA5LK.

06754.0 Halifax Military: 2342 USB w/volmet.