Milcom Field Report - Ron in MD COTHEN Network: 14-24 July 2018

Freqs (all USB and ALE):
COTHEN: 5250, 5732, 5909.5, 7527, 8912, 10242, 11494, 12222, 13312, 13907, 14582, 15867, 18594, 20890, 24838.5 kHz
Commsta Kodiak ALE Net: 3053, 4730, 6709, 9034, 11196, 13221, 15082, 17988, 20135.6, 23072.6 kHz

14 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Calif & Mass
P39 (USCG COTHEN Remote Command Console  CGAS North Bend OR) w/K01 (USCG MH-65D #6501 CGAS North Bend OR)
Z19 (USCG Sector Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi, TX) w/UHC (USCGC DECISIVE WMEC 629 NUHC Pascagoula, MS)
BOS--COTHEN Remote Communications Transmitter Possible Boston, MA
T61--CBP BEECH 300 #N561A
Z34 (poss USCG Sector Anchorage AK) & CSK (USCG CommSta Kodiak AK) w/GDF--USCGC MUNRO  WHEC 724 NGDF Kodiak AK. On Jul 11th Ship Tracker had USCGC Munro docked in San Francisco harbor. Possibly in-transit to Alaskan waters.
13Z (USCG District 13 Ops  Seattle WA ) calling X11 (USCG HC-27J #2711 CGAS Sacramento CA)
Z31 (USCG Sector Columbia River WA) & PAC (USCG Comm. Det. Point Reyes, CA remotely controlled by COMMCOM, Chesapeake, VA) w/J03 (USCG MH-60T #6003 CGAS Astoria OR)
ZVE--USCGC  ALERT WMEC 630 NZVE Astoria, OR
DCK--USCGC SANIBEL WPB 1312 NDCK Woods Hole MA. On Jul 11 Ship Tracker had USCGC Sanibel moored in Provincetown Harbor MA
Z32 (USCG Sector Honolulu HI) calling OBY (USCGC Oliver Berry WPC 1124 NOBY Honolulu, HI)
K79--USCG MH-65D #6579 CGAS Detroit MI
CBE--USCGC TAHOMA  WMEC 908 NCBE Kittery ME

16 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in British Columbia & Mass
Z15 (USCG Sector San Juan - San Juan, PR) calling 4BF (unid)
Z03 (USCG Sector Southeastern New England - Woods Hole, MA) calling ERH (USCGC TYBEE  WPB 1330 NERH Woods Hole, MA)
X10 (USCG HC-27J #2710 CGAS Sacramento CA) calling SND (COTHEN Remote Communications Transmitter Poss San Diego CA)
PAL--USCGC KINGFISHER WPB 87322 NPAL Mayport FL
Z16 (USCG Sector Mobile - Mobile, AL) calling 21B (unid)
9DT--COTHEN Remote Communications Transmitter poss Detroit, MI 
CSK (USCG COMMSTA Kodiak, AK remotely controlled by COMMCOM, Chesapeake, VA) calling GDF (USCGC MUNRO  WHEC 724 NGDF Kodiak AK)
AXQ--USCGC OAK WLB 211 NAXQ Newport RI

17 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Mass & Canada
T31 (CBP BEECH 300 #N631L) w/EST (CBP AMOC Eastern Regional Communications Node)
07Z (USCG District 7 "Miami Ops" Miami FL) w/704 (USCG HC-130H7 #1704 CGAS Clearwater FL)
85G (unid) calling HNC (USCGC Harriet Lane WMEC 903 NHNC Portsmouth VA)
NMH (USCG Washington, DC) calling AYS (USCGC BRANT  WPB 87348 NAYS Corpus Christi TX)
DOJ--USCGC Benjamin Dailey  WPC 1123 NDOJ Pascagoula, MS
D48--CBP P-3 AEW&C #N148CS/BuNo 154575, Corpus Christi AMB, TX
D49--CBP P-3 AEW&C #N149CS/BuNo 154581, Corpus Christi AMB, TX,
AXQ--USCGC OAK WLB 211 NAXQ Newport RI
PHXNG (Arizona ArNG  AASF #1 Papago AAF Phoenix, AZ) & REDHAWK (Arizona ArNG  2-285 AVN, Papago AASF, Phoenix, AZ) w/R23976 (UH-60A #84-23976  Arizona ARNG, Papago Park AAF Phoenix, AZ).
TRK--USCGC ADELIE WPB 87333 NTRK Port Angeles WA

19 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Calif & Mass
LGV (USCGC NORTHLAND WMEC 904 NLGV Portsmouth, VA) calling 75G (USCG Response Boat-Medium)
29M--USCG Response Boat-Medium 45729
Z13 (USCG Sector Key West - Key West, FL) calling N09 (USCG HC-144A #2309 CGAS Cape Cod MA)
TSC (Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL) & T92 (CBP HAWKER B300 #N192F) w/BGN (USCGC WAESCHE WMSL 751 NBGN  Alameda CA)
N07 (USCG HC-144B #2307 ATC Mobile AL) calling P21 (USCG COTHEN Remote Command Console ATC Mobile AL)
Z39 (USCG Group North Bend - North Bend, OR) calling K01 (USCG MH-65D #6501 CGAS North Bend OR)
GU1 (poss USCG Guam) & GU2 (poss USCG Guam)
PHXNG (Arizona ArNG  AASF #1 Papago AAF Phoenix, AZ) w/R23963 (UH-60A #84-23963  Arizona ArNG Papago AASF, Phoenix, AZ). After handshake Redhawk Ops asks Raven 21 to clarify info about device he is carrying. Reply was not readable.

22 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in New Hampshire
Z03 (USCG Sector Southeastern New England - Woods Hole, MA) calling K18 (USCG MH-65D #6518)
FRE (unid) calling RKN (USCGC BEAR WMEC 901 NRKN Portsmouth VA)
07Z (USCG District 7 "Miami Ops" Miami FL) calling FRE (unid)
A58--CBP UH-60 tail # 86-24558

23 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Mass & Calif
AXQ--USCGC OAK WLB 211 NAXQ Newport RI. At 0916Z 23 Jul Ship Tracker has USCGC Oak located in Portland Harbor ME.
R26061 (UH-60A #88-26061, New Mexico ARNG) calling SFENG (Santa Fe Flight Operations, New Mexico ArNG AASF, Santa Fe Airport, NM)
11Z (USCG District 11 Ops  Alameda CA) calling 08X (USCG HC-27J #2708 CGAS Sacramento CA)

24 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Texas & Calif
TSC (Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL) w/THE (unid). First time THE noted. NOTE: THE being heard only on Texas SDR--not showing up on Calif SDR.
C30--US Army Corps of Engineers Anchorage, AK EOC 
TSC w/BGN (USCGC WAESCHE WMSL751 NBGN Alameda CA)

Milcom Field Report - Ron in MD COTHEN Network: 22 Jun - 3 Jul 2018

Freqs (all USB):
COTHEN: 5250, 5732, 5909.5, 7527, 8912, 10242, 11494, 12222, 13312, 13907, 14582, 15867, 18594, 20890, 24838.5 kHz
Commsta Kodiak ALE Net: 3053, 4730, 6709, 9034, 11196, 13221, 15082, 17988, 20135.6, 23072.6 kHz

22 Jun 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Mass & California

P26 (USCG COTHEN Remote Command Console CGAS Atlantic City NJ) w/K80 (USCG MH-65D #6580 CGAS Atlantic City NJ)

Z16 (USCG Sector Mobile - Mobile, AL) w/UHC (USCGC Decisive WMEC 629 NUHC Pascagoula, MS)

AWH--USCGC  Hawk WPB 87355 NAWH St. Petersburg, FL 

Z31 (USCG Sector Columbia River WA) calling 39A (USCG USCG Response Boat-Medium 45639)

HNL--COTHEN Remote Communications Transmitter, Honolulu, HI

Z32 (USCG Sector Honolulu HI) w/ZNE (USCGC Walnut WLB 205 NZNE Honolulu, HI)

TSC (Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL) calling K28 (USCG MH-65D #6528 CGAS Barbers Point HI)

23 Jun 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Mass & Hawaii

LNT (USCG Communications Command (COMMCOM) CAMSLANT Chesapeake, VA) & Z32 (USCG Sector Honolulu HI) calling OBY (USCGC Oliver Berry WPC 1124 NOBY Honolulu, HI)

TYMT2--unid

QSP (USCGC Vigorous WMEC 627 NQSP Little Creek, VA) calling TSC (Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL)

24 Jun 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Mass 

IKL--USCGC TAMPA WMEC 902 NIKL Portsmouth, VA. NOTE: Ship Tracker has Tampa on patrol off  Wilmington NC at 1128Z, 24 Jun.

ZVE--USCGC ALERT WMEC 630  NZVE Astoria, OR  

TYMT2--unid

V12--unid USCG/CBP entity

26 Jun 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Mass & Calif

GU1--poss USCG Guam

GU2--poss USCG Guam

AXQ- USCGC Oak  WLB 211 NAXQ Newport, RI

29 Jun 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Calif & Mass

JPO (USCGC Jacob Poroo WPC 1125 NJPO Pascagoula, MS) calling UHC (USCGC Decisive WMEC 629 NUHC Pascagoula, MS)

GU2-- poss USCG Guam. NOTE: Heard only on Calif SDR

HNL--COTHEN Remote Communications Transmitter, Honolulu, HI  

KOD--COTHEN Remote Communications Transmitter  Poss. USCG Kodiak, AK

REY--poss USCG Remote Transmitter, Point Reyes CA

X11 (HC-27J CGAS Sacramento CA) calling COTHEN. NOTE; First time seen COTHEN used.

K02--USCG MH-65D # 6502

Z32 (USCG Sector Honolulu HI) w/OBY (USCGC Oliver Berry WPC 1124 NOBY Honolulu, HI)

GKE--unid

JSJ--USCGC RAZORBILL  WPB 87332  NJSJ Portsmouth VA

Z38 (USCG CGAS Humboldt Bay - Humboldt Bay, CA) w/X11

OWK--USCGC DEPENDABLE WMEC 626 NOWK  Little Creek, VA 

AV7--unid

T92 (CBP HAWKER B300 #N192F) to 5869542200 (Detroit area)

BRG--USCGC STINGRAY WPB 87305 NBRG Mobile, AL  

Z39 (USCG Group North Bend - North Bend, OR) calling K01 (USCG MH-65D #6501 CGAS North Bend OR)

HIC (USCGC VIGILANT WMEC 617 NHIC Cape Canaveral, FL) calling K68 (USCG MH-65D #6568 HITRON Jacksonville FL)

TSC (Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL) calling 720 (USCG HC-130H7 #1720 CGAS Barbers Point HI)

30 Jun 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Calif

TBZ--USCGC ORCAS WPB 1327 NTBZ Coos Bay, OR

EGB--unid. NOTE: First time EGB heard

DBC--USCGC JUNIPER  WLB 201 NDC Newport RI

Z39 (USCG Group North Bend - North Bend, OR) w/K14 (USCG MH-65D #6514 CGAS North Bend OR)

D03 (CBP BOMBARDIER Q400 #N803MR) calling PVC (unid) NOTE: First time PVC heard.

Z32 (USCG Sector Honolulu HI) calling 703 (USCG HC-130H7 #1703 CGAS Barbers Point HI)

1 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Mass & Calif

TYMT2--unid NOTE: Only heard on Mass SDR

DCK (USCGC SANIBEL WPB 1312 NDCK Woods Hole MA) NOTE: Ship Tracker on 30 Jun had Sanibel on patrol off Martha's Vineyard Island 

Z02 (USCG Sector Boston - Boston, MA) & Z03 (USCG Sector Southeastern New England - Woods Hole, MA) & LNT (USCG Communications Command (COMMCOM) CAMSLANT Chesapeake, VA) w/DBC (USCGC JUNIPER  WLB 201 NDC Newport RI). NOTE: Ship Tracker on 30 Jun had Juniper at sea south of Newport RI

IUD--USCGC BARRACUDA WPB 87301 NIUD  Eureka, CA 

IKL--USCGC TAMPA WMEC 902 NIKL Portsmouth, VA

AYU--USCGC PETREL  WPB 87350 NAYU San Diego CA  

2 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Calif & Mass

GKE--unid

GEG--unid

DOF (USCGC  Benjamin Dailey  WPC 1123 NDOJ Pascagoula, MS 1-7-18) calling HIC (USCGC VIGILANT WMEC 617 NHIC Cape Canaveral, FL) 

RPM--USCGC LEGARE  WMEC 912 NRPM Portsmouth VA  

Z39 (USCG Group North Bend - North Bend, OR) w/K01 (USCG MH-65D #6501 CGAS North Bend OR)

Z04 (USCG Sector Long Island - New Haven, CT) calling J42 (USCG MH-60T #6042 CGAS Cape Cod MA)

PAC (USCG Comm. Det. Point Reyes, CA remotely controlled by COMMCOM, Chesapeake, VA) w/J43 (USCG MH-60T #6043 CGAS Sitka AK)

KJU (USCG Buoy Tender Kukui (WLB 203), Honolulu, HI) calling ZNE (USCGC Walnut WLB 205 NZNE Honolulu, HI)

13Z (USCG District 13 Ops  Seattle WA) calling 13X (USCG HC-27J #2713 CGAS Sacramento CA)

Z32 (USCG Sector Honolulu HI) w/OBY (USCGC Oliver Berry WPC 1124 NOBY Honolulu, HI)

K63--USCG MH-65D #6563 CGAS San Francisco CA

CSK (USCG COMMSTA Kodiak, AK remotely controlled by COMMCOM, Chesapeake, VA) w/N16 (USCG HC-144 # 2316) & J43.

Z01 (USCG Sector Northern New England - Portland, ME) w/J42.

Z29 (USCG Sector San Diego - San Diego, CA) w/J23 (USCG MH-60T #6023 CGAS San Diego CA).

3 July 2018 - Logs from KiwiSDRs in Mass & Calif

KRV--COTHEN Remote Communications Transmitter, poss Riverside, CA NOTE: Only heard on Calif SDR

TWX--USCGC TARPON  WPB 87310 NTWX St Petersburg FL

TSC (Technical Service Center and COTHEN Remote Transmitter, Orlando, FL) w/RTW (unid)  NOTE: First time RTW noted.

VIP--USCGC POMPANO WPB 87339 NVIP Gulfport MS

J16 (USCG MH-60T #6016 CGAS Clearwater FL) calling LT2 (USCG COMMCOM Remote)

A41 (CBP UH-60 tail # 87-24641) calling A18 (CBP UH-60 tail # 77-22718) & A65 (CBP UH-60 tail # 80-23465)

Z38 (USCG CGAS Humboldt Bay - Humboldt Bay, CA) calling K02 (USCG MH-65D #6502 CGAS Humboldt Bay, CA)

COTHEN Net 8-2-15 to 8-3-15 Btown Blog Logs

Light day on the COTHEN Net. The following units/stations were observed during a 24 hour period from 8-2 to 8-3 on COTHEN frequency 13907 kHz.  You can use our COTHEN Systen profile list on this page at http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/p/us-cbp-cothen-net-updated-9302012.html to tie up the ALE addresses below with the identity of the various units using the system.
006 w/LNT
0WK
84B
85B
709
A73
A73CBP
ATL
CSK w/K63
D23
FTM
HAM
J16 w/OPB  J19 w/OPB  J26
K42  K62  K63 w/CSK
KCM
KRV
L04
LNT
MEM
N02  N11  N12  N14  N91
NLP
OMNI
OPB w/J16, J19
PR1
R23997
REDHWK
SAOPS
SLP
SSRPAC
T6VCBP
T61
VES

COTHEN Net 8-1-15 to 8-2-15 Btown Blog Logs

Light day on the COTHEN Net. The following units/stations were observed during a 24 hour period from 8-1 to 8-2 on COTHEN frequency 10242.0 kHz.  You can use our COTHEN Systen profile list on this page at http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/p/us-cbp-cothen-net-updated-9302012.html to tie up the ALE addresses below with the identity of the various units using the system.

001
015X
0WK
41M
709 w/PAC  716 w/PAC
A41
D07  D23  D46
J07  J18  J26 w/P06, TSC, Z01
K42
LNT w/001, N03, N11
MEM
N02  N03 w/LNT, PAC  N10  N11 w/LNT  N12 w/PAC  N14
P06 w/J26
PAC w/709, 716, N03, N12
PR1
REDHWK
SAOPS
SAR
TSC w/J26
VES
Z01 w/J26

COTHEN Net 7-31 to 8-1 Btown Blog Logs

The following units/stations were observed during a 24 hour period from 7-31/8-1 on COTHEN frequency 11494.0 kHz.  You can use our COTHEN Systen profile list on this page at http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/p/us-cbp-cothen-net-updated-9302012.html to tie up the ALE address with the identity of the unit.

001 w/LNT  002  006
09X 15X 21X 33X
0WK
95M
704 w/CSK, PAC  716
ABQ  ATL
CDR
CSK w/704
D03  D23
DEN
FTM
I00
J07  J14 w/TSC  J16  J19  J22 w/Z29  J24 w/TSC  J25 w/LNT, TSC J30  J36  J40
K42
LUV
MOBNG w/R23970, R26086
N02  N09  N10  N11 w/LNT  N14  N16
LNT w/001, J25, N11
PR1
R23970 w/MOBNG
R26055
R26086 w/MOBNG
R26388
REDHWK
RNO
SAOPS
SSRPAC
TC1169
TSC w/J14, J24, J25
VES
VGS
Z29

COTHEN Net 7-30 to 7-31 Btown Blog Logs

The following units/stations were observed during a 24 hour period from 7-30/7-31 on COTHEN frequency 11494.0 kHz.  You can use our COTHEN Systen profile list on this page at http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/p/us-cbp-cothen-net-updated-9302012.html to tie up the ALE address with the identity of the unit.

001 w/PAC  002 w/LNT, OPB  006 w/LNT
43M  51A  84B  96B
502
704 w/PAC  709 w/PAC  714 w/PAC   715 w/PAC   719 w/P18, PAC
A58
CBE
CNT w/I34
D03  D08 w/EPP, EST  D23  D31  D32
EPP w/D08
EST w/D08
I00  I01  I4C  I4J  I08  I34 w/CNT  I76
J02 w/LNT, LT2, TSC   J07  J08 w/LNT, Z14  J14  J18  J25  J26 w/P06, SND  J34  J40
JQ1 w/PAC
K11  K42  K46 w/OPB  K62 w/OPB
LNT w/002, 006, J02, J08
LT2 w/J02
MOBNG w/R23970
N02  N03 w/PAC  N05  N09 w/P06, R23920, PAC  N10  N11 w/PAC  N12  N14  N15  N16 w/P08
OPB w/002, K46, K62
P06 w/J06, N09, R23920   P18 w/719, N16
PAC w/001, 704, 709, 714, 715, 719, JQ1, N03, N09, N11, PBB
PBB w/PAC
R08797  R08818   R23502  R23920 w/ N09, P09   R23970 w/MOBNG  R26338 w/SANNG
REDHWK 
SAOPS w/SANNG 
SANNG w/R26338, SAOPS
SND w/J26
SSRPAC
T08  T6VCBP  T10 w/WST  T61
TC1169
TGT
TSC w/J02
VES w/Z17
WST w/T10
Z14 w/J08   Z17 w/VES
Was a busy 24 hours.

Milcom Blog Logs - 2 Feb 2011 - BTown NC

The National Guard frequencies have been active in the last 24 hours as indicated in the following logs from here on the radio ranch.

2240.0 KYAASF National Guard (KY) AASF 63 AVN Group - Boone ARNG Center Frankfort, KY
4021.5 KYAASF National Guard (KY) AASF 63 AVN Group - Boone ARNG Center Frankfort, KY
4562.0 TRYNY National Guard (NY) Troy, NY
4780.0 FEMA/FNARS Net: FC0FEM002 FC1FEM002 FC8
4790.0 BROOK National Guard (FL) AASF #2 Brooksville, FL
5304.0 BROOK National Guard (FL) AASF #2 Brooksville, FL
5306.5 C4M/F2H US Army or National Guard Tri-graphs
5778.5 KYAASF National Guard (KY) AASF 63 AVN Group - Boone ARNG Center Frankfort, KY
5821.5 C4M/F2H/S2L US Army or National Guard Tri-graphs
5875.0 BROOK National Guard (FL) AASF #2 Brooksville, FL
6911.5 BROOK National Guard (FL) AASF #2 Brooksville, FL
6911.5 KYAASF National Guard (KY) AASF 63 AVN Group - Boone ARNG Center Frankfort, KY
6911.5 SPO Unknown user/usage
6985.0 KYAASF National Guard (KY) AASF 63 AVN Group - Boone ARNG Center Frankfort, KY
6985.0 TIDNG National Guard (ID) Idaho (T)
7361.5 A51 C51 Unknown user/usage
7361.5 BROOK National Guard (FL) AASF #2 Brooksville, FL
8161.5 BROOK National Guard (FL) AASF #2 Brooksville, FL wkg R26331
8171.5 C4M/F2H/S2L US Army or National Guard Tri-graphs
9081.5 BROOK National Guard (FL) AASF #2 Brooksville, FL
9295.0 TIDNG National Guard (ID) Idaho (T)
9295.0 SABRE STONEWALL National Guard (VA)
12129.0 FEMA/FNARS Net: FC0FEM002 FC1FEM002
12129.0 C4M/F2H/S2L US Army or National Guard Tri-graphs
14653.0 A090ZN National Guard (AZ) Phoenix, AZ
14653.0 C080ON National Guard (CO) Centennial, CO

Pakistani Navy Info from Down Under

Pakistani Navy destroyers Shahjahan & Tippi_Sultan.

Our good friend of this blog Eddy Waters down under in South Australia passes along the following information on the Pakistani Navy -- thanks Eddy.

Here is a list of calls made by several ships etc. of the Pakistan Navy. The frequency is 12876.00 kHz USB. The mode used is ALE or for the purists MIL-STD 188 141A. The universal time these calls were logged, was between 1030 UTC and 1200 UTC.

http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/type21.htm

Khaibar, Badr and Shahjahan are destroyers. The ALE address KW is I believe Karachi. I do not know who School1 and Comschool refer to.

Start at: 8:59:28 PM 1/26/2011 with: MIL STD 188-141 ALE-A
[TO]SHAHJAHAN[THIS IS]KW@ IBAR@@
9:08:43 PM 1/26/2011 IBAR@@
9:08:45 PM 1/26/2011 [THIS WAS]KW@
9:09:04 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]MOA
9:09:07 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]MOA
9:09:13 PM 1/26/2011 SCHOOL1@@
9:09:14 PM 1/26/2011 SCHOOL1@@[THIS IS]MOA
9:20:51 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]KHA
9:24:43 PM 1/26/2011 IBA
9:24:45 PM 1/26/2011 R@@
9:31:37 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]MOA
9:41:10 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]MOA
9:41:12 PM 1/26/2011 [THIS IS]COM
9:41:13 PM 1/26/2011 OOL1@@
9:41:15 PM 1/26/2011 OOL1@@[TO]COM
9:41:17 PM 1/26/2011 1@@[THIS IS]MOAWIN
9:42:25 PM 1/26/2011 SCH
9:42:25 PM 1/26/2011 1@@[TO]COMSCHOOL
9:42:28 PM 1/26/2011 WIN
9:42:41 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]MOA
9:42:42 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]MOA
9:42:44 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]MOA
9:43:00 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]COM
9:43:01 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]COM
9:43:05 PM 1/26/2011 SCH
9:43:06 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]COM
9:43:08 PM 1/26/2011 WIN
9:45:58 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]COM
9:51:51 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]COM
9:51:55 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]COMSCH
9:51:56 PM 1/26/2011 1@@[TO]COMSCHOOL1@@[THIS IS]MOAWIN
9:52:04 PM 1/26/2011 SCHOOL1@@[TO]COM
9:52:05 PM 1/26/2011 OOL1@@
9:52:07 PM 1/26/2011 [THIS IS]MOA
9:52:25 PM 1/26/2011 SCH
9:52:27 PM 1/26/2011 OOL1@@[THIS WAS]MOAWIN
9:55:54 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]KHAIBAR@@[TO]KHAIBAR@@[THIS IS]KW@
9:59:06 PM 1/26/2011 IBA
9:59:07 PM 1/26/2011 [THIS IS]KW@
10:00:41 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]KHAIBA
10:00:54 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]MOA
10:00:59 PM 1/26/2011 OOL1@@
10:02:47 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]COM
10:02:51 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]COMSCHOOL1@@[TO]COMSCHOOL1@@[THIS IS]MOA
10:03:00 PM 1/26/2011 1@@
10:03:01 PM 1/26/2011 SCHOOL1@@[UUF] 124 0 7 [THIS IS]MOAWIN
10:04:05 PM 1/26/2011 IBAR@@[TO]KHAIBAR@@[THIS IS]KW@
10:04:13 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]KW@
10:05:33 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]KW@
10:07:58 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]SHA
10:08:01 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]SHAHJA
10:08:02 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]SHA
10:09:11 PM 1/26/2011 [THIS IS]BAB
10:11:23 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]KHA
10:11:24 PM 1/26/2011 IBAR@@[TO]KHA
10:11:26 PM 1/26/2011 R@@
10:12:35 PM 1/26/2011 IBA
10:12:36 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]KHAIBA
10:14:15 PM 1/26/2011 [THIS IS]KW@
10:15:07 PM 1/26/2011 IQ@
10:15:36 PM 1/26/2011 HJA
10:15:37 PM 1/26/2011 HJAHAN[THIS IS]KW@
10:17:32 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]KHA
10:22:27 PM 1/26/2011 [TO]BADR@@[TO]BADR@@

Kentucky CAP Callsigns

For those who monitor the CAP, here is a breakdown of the callsigns used by the Kentucky Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

The basic wing callsign is Kentucky CAP ####.

The callsigns are assigned in blocks of one-hundred call signs to each squadron.

Squadron - Callsign - Range
001 - Wing HQ 0 – 99
007 - London Composite 100 – 199
011 - Paducah Composite 200 – 299
039 - Louisville Composite 300 – 399
050 - Boone County Composite 400 – 499
057 - Bowling Green Composite 500 – 599
058 - Centenary Composite 600 – 699
063 - Frankfort Composite 700 – 799
073 - Campbell County Composite 800 – 899
077 - Golden Armor Composite 900 – 999
082 - Jim Brewer Composite 1000 – 1099
122 - Danville Senior 1100 – 1199
123 - KYANG Composite 1200 – 1299
131 - Bardstown Composite 1300 – 1399
214 - Bowman Senior 1400 – 1499
216 - Fort Campbell Composite 1500 – 1599
217 - Western KY Composite 1600 – 1699
218 - Fulton County Composite 1700 – 1799

Each squadron has reserved call signs in their block corresponding to the wing command structure and call signs. For Example “KY CAP 4” is the Wing Director of Communications. In the Fulton County Composite “KY CAP 1704” is assigned to the Squadron Communications Officer. The callsigns 0, 100, 200, 300, etc are assigned to the Wing and Squadron respectively for use with assigned equipment.

If you follow the CAP HF ALE side of things the ALE address 0148KYCAP is located in Lexington, Kentucky.

Milcom Blog Logs - 29-30 Dec 2010 Brasstown NC

LaMoure, ND -- Ed Krell operates FEMA's Incident Response Vehicle (IRV) set up at the base of Lake LaMoure sillway to provide live streaming video to local and state emergency operations center for planning and documentation purposes. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA.

Ran PC-ALE on the various known FEMA net frequencies. Found a new 15 MHz FNARS net ALE freq, and a new FEMA sponsored HF ALE net that I have discovered, usage yet to be determined (see the HIJ listings). My good friend and colleague Hugh Stegman on twitter (Twitter feed at UtilityWorld)posted up a couple of additional freqs yesterday. My best guess is that HIJ may be WGY 912 at Mt Weather in Virginia.

This new FEMA sponsored net uses the following frequencies:
4610.0 4979.0 5837.0 7870.0 10424.0 11448.0 12109.0 13437.0 16011.0 18475.0 20361.0 23390.0 kHz. More monitoring research is needed to determine the usage of this net.

Here are the ALE addresses and frequencies spotted up until 0530 EST (1030 UTC) this morning. Conditions yesterday were the pits thanks to the prop gods.

12/29-30/2010 Intercepts

3341.0 FC4FEM FC6FEM FC8 FC8FEM FR2FEM FR4FEM FR5FEM
4603.0 FC4FEM FC6FEM FC8FEM FC0FEM FR3FEM FR5FEM FR7FEM
4610.0 HIJ
4780.0 FC6FEM002 FC8 FC0FEM002
4979.0 HIJ
5135.0 MA1NC NA1SH SEMO01 SEMO05 SEMOHQ
5192.0 MA1NC NA1SH
5402.0 FC6FEM FC8 FC0FEM008 FR7FEM
5820.0 FC8
5821.0 FC8 FC0FEM008
5837.0 FC8 HIJ
6809.0 FC8
7348.0 FC4FEM FC6FEM FC8 FR2FEM FR3FEM FR4FEM FR5FEM
7360.0 SAOPS (US Military?)
7428.0 FC1FEM002 FC6FEM002
7477.0 SEMOHQ SEMO03 SEMO05
7805.0 MA1NC NA1SH 2104CTSCSP
7870.0 HIJ
7935.0 CM4 MNA (Algerian Military)
8050.0 CLS (Fort Campbell KY) FC8
8160.0 CLS (Fort Campbell KY) FC8
9462.0 FC4FEM FC6FEM FC8 FC8FEM FC0FEM008 FR3FEM
10194.0 FC4FEM FC8 FR2FEM FR3FEM FR5FEM
10588.0 FC4FEM FC8 FC8FEM FC0FEM FR2FEM FR3FEM FR5FEM FR7FEM
10899.0 FC4 FC1FEM002 FC6FEM002 FC0FEM002
11108.0 FC0FEM008
12129.0 FC1FEM002 FC6FEM002 FC0FEM002 C4M F2H (Unknown DoD Tri-Graphs)
12164.0 C4M (Unknown DoD Tri-Graph)
13446.0 FC6FEM FC8 FR7FEM
13894.0 FC1FEM002
14450.0 FC6FEM FR7FEM
14776.0 FC6FEM FC8 FC8FEM
14885.0 FC6FEM
15708.0 FC6FEM
15840.0 FC6FEM002 FC8

Milcom Blog Logs - 2 Dec 2010 Brasstown NC

Monitored the USAF CAP National ALE network and here is the result of that monitoring session. All frequencies are kHz and mode is ALE/USB.

2011.0 JNR
3204.0 0148KYCAP 043MERCAP
3385.0 043MERCAP
4477.0 0004MSCAP 0148KYCAP 6700ARCAP 034MERCAP 043MERCAP 202SERCAP
5006.0 0004MSCAP 0112GACAP 0148KYCAP 0181ALCAP 0360FLCAP
6773.0 043MERCAP
6806.0 0004MSCAP 0004WICAP 0011ARCAP 0011RICAP 0021CTCAP 0011DCCAP 0012GACAP 0181ALCAP 6700ARCAP 043MERCAP 101NCRCAP
7602.0 074 0004WICAP 0011ARCAP 0011DCCAP 0025CTCAP 0148KYCAP 0181ALCAP 0360FLCAP 6700ARCAP 034MERCAP 100SWRCAP 101NCRCAP 202SERCAP
8012.0 074 0004MSCAP 0004NYCAP 0004WICAP 0011ARCAP 0011DCCAP 0011RICAP 0021CTCAP 0025CTCAP 0360FLCAP 0748MOCAP 6700ARCAP 034MERCAP 058NHQCAP 202SERCAP
9047.0 0004WICAP 0011DCCAP 0011RICAP 4800MNCAP 6700ARCAP 058NHQCAP 202SERCAP
10162.0 0004NYCAP 0011ARCAP 0011DCCAP 0021CTCAP 0360FLCAP 100SWRCAP
11402.0 0010PACAP 0011RICAP 0021CTCAP 0025CTCAP 0360FLCAP 042RMRCAP
12081.0 0004NYCAP 0021CTCAP 100SWRCAP 101NCRCAP
13415.0 001RICAP 0025CTCAP 4800MNCAP
14357.0 0011NHCAP 0025CTCAP 4800MNCAP
15602.0 042RMRCAP
17412.0 042RMRCAP

The following frequencies have been identified as USAF CAP National ALE network freqs: 2011.0 3204.0 4477.0 5006.0 6806.0 7602.0 8012.0 9047.0 10162.0 11402.0 12081.0 13415.0 14357.0 15602.0 17412.0 19814.0 25354.0 kHz.

I have tentatively identified some possible CAP regional nets that will be ramping up bigtime next year, but it is a bit to early to publish at this point. More on that is more on-the-air data becomes available.

Milcom Blog Logs - 4 Aug 2010 - BTown 9025 kHz

Here are the raw owlogs from monitoring the HF-GCS Scope Command ALE frequencies 9025.0 kHz yesterday here on the radio ranch.

[01:25:46][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][180221 ][AL0] BER 29 SN 08
[01:16:08][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][ICZ ][AL0] BER 23 SN 06
[23:47:28][FRQ 09025000][TO ][OFF ][TIS][580021 ][AL0] BER 30 SN 07
[23:41:30][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][580021 ][AL0] BER 29 SN 08
[23:32:49][FRQ 09025000][TO ][OFF ][TIS][580021 ][AL0] BER 30 SN 08
[23:32:46][FRQ 09025000][TO ][580021 ][TIS][OFF ][AL0] BER 28 SN 30
[23:32:42][FRQ 09025000][TO ][OFF ][TIS][580021 ][AL0] BER 30 SN 07
[23:25:39][FRQ 09025000][TO ][580021 ][TWS][OFF ][AL0] BER 30 SN 08
[23:22:36][FRQ 09025000][TO ][OFF ][TIS][580021 ][AL0] BER 27 SN 30
[23:22:33][FRQ 09025000][TO ][580021 ][TIS][OFF ][AL0] BER 29 SN 28
[23:22:28][FRQ 09025000][TO ][OFF ][TIS][580021 ][AL0] BER 25 SN 07
[22:44:02][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 19 SN 07
[22:43:55][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
[22:42:36][FRQ 09025000][TO ][ADW AGA ][TIS][MCC ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[22:22:48][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][HAW ][AL0] BER 20 SN 08
[22:12:06][FRQ 09025000][TO ][CRO ][TIS][ICZ ][AL0] BER 29 SN 07
[22:12:00][FRQ 09025000][TO ][CRO ][TIS][ICZ ][AL0] BER 29 SN 30
[22:11:37][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 24 SN 07
[21:29:22][FRQ 09025000][TO ][ADW ][TIS][580021 ][AL0] BER 26 SN 07
[21:09:03][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][580021 ][AL0] BER 25 SN 07
[20:45:39][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][ICZ ][AL0] BER 23 SN 06
[20:39:55][FRQ 09025000][TO ][HAW ][TWS][PLA ][AL0] BER 24 SN 08
[19:40:23][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][PLA ][AL0] BER 21 SN 05
[19:07:17][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][150009 ][AL0] BER 30 SN 09
[18:19:00][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][OFF ][AL0] BER 29 SN 07
[17:41:00][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 27 SN 07
[17:13:54][FRQ 09025000][TIME OUT][ ]
[17:11:22][FRQ 09025000][TO ][MEF XLA ADW ][TIS][538872 ][AL0] BER 24 SN 07
[17:07:54][FRQ 09025000][LINKED ][538872 ]
[16:10:48][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 27 SN 08
[15:07:33][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][180221 ][AL0] BER 26 SN 08
[10:48:09][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][OFF ][AL0] BER 30 SN 30
[10:05:28][FRQ 09025000][TO ][ADW ][TIS][OFF ][AL0] BER 30 SN 30

ALE Addresses:

150009 USAF C-5B 436AW Dover AFB, DE #85-0009: Selcal FQ-BE
180221 USAF C-5A 433AW/68AS Kelly AFB, TX #68-0221 AE0521 Selcal DP-CS
538872 USAF ANG KC-135R 101ARW/132ARS Bangor IAP, ME #63-8872

ADW USAF Andrews AFB MD
AGA USAF Hickam AFB HI
CRO USAF RAF Croughton G
HAW USAF Ascension Island
ICZ USN NAS Sigonella (Sicily), Italy
JNR USAF Salinas, PR
MCC USAF McClellan, CA
MEF US DoD Unknown (Marine Expeditionary Force?)
OFF USAF Offutt AFB, NE
PLA USAF Lajes Field, Azores
XLA US DoD Unknown

Milcom Blog Logs - 3 Aug 2010 Brasstown NC

Yesterday here on the Radio Ranch I set my main ALE setup to scan the Customs COTHEN HF ALE network. Started the scan at 1415 to 2116 UTC. Here is a summary of the stations monitored during that ALE scan.

5909.5 005 A39 D46 D48 J26 J30 LNT

5732.0 500 D14 D41 D46 EST J08 J12 J25 J30 LNT N01

7527.0 3WY 005 07Z 719 720 A39 D07 D14 D46 D48 F29 F40 I31 I34 I53 J08 J12 J26 J31 J42 LNT MAG N01 N03 N07 TSC Z13

8912.0 0R0 005 719 720 D46 D48 F29 F41 I34 I53 I96 J12 J30 J31 LNT N01 N07 Y9A Z13

10242.0 07Z 500 720 CRB D07 D46 D48 EST F29 F40 I34 I43 I76 J12 K62 LNT MAG N01 N07 N08 P07 PAC T9A

11494.0 005 0P5 07Z 500 707 719 720 A39 CNT CRB D07 D14 D46 D48 F29 F40 F41 I4J I34 I43 J12 J30 J31 K62 K69 K82 LNT N01 N07 P07 PAC T97 Z13

12222.0 005 D46 D48 I34 I96 J08 J26 LNT N01 N03 N07 N08 Z13

13312.0 005 D46 D48 I43 J08 J31 LNT N01 N07

13907.0 005 D46 F29 F33 F40 I34 I53 J31 LNT N07 N08 Z13

14582.0 D46 D48 N08

15867.0 07Z 720 I43 I53 LNT N03 Z13

18594.0 720 A50 D14 D48 I63

23214.0 D14

ALE Addresses:

0P5 US BICE Unknown
0R0 US BICE Unknown
3WY US BICE Unknown
005 USCG HC-130J CGAS Elizabeth City, NC #2005
07Z USCG USCG District 7 Miami, FL Miami Ops
500 USCG HC-130H CGAS Clearwater, FL #1500
707 USCG HC-130H CGAS Sacramento, CA #1707
719 USCG HC-130H CGAS Clearwater, FL #1719
720 USCG HC-130H CGAS Clearwater, FL #1720
A39 US BICE AB139 #N139HS
A50 US BICE UH-60A Caribbean AMB #79-23350
CNT US BICE ICE Regional Communications Node Central
CRB US BICE CBP AMOC Regional Communications Node Caribbean
D07 US BICE Bombardier Q400 #N807MR
D14 US BICE P-3A Corpus Christi AMB, TX #N18314/Buno No. 150513 "Slick," Voice call Omaha 314
D41 US BICE P-3B LW acksonville AMB, FL #N741SK/Buno No. 152741 "Slick," Voice call Omaha 41SK
D46 US BICE P-3B AEW&C Jacksonville AMB, FL #N146CS/Buno No. 154605
D48 US BICE P-3B AEW&C Corpus Christi AMB, TX #N148CS/Buno No. 154575
EST US BICE CBP AMOC Regional Communications Node
F29 USCG HU-25C CGAS Cape Cod, MA #2129
F33 USCG HU-25C CGAS Cape Cod, MA #2133: Voice Call Foxtrot 33
F40 USCG HU-25C CGAS Cape Cod, MA #2140: Voice Call Foxtrot 40
F41 USCG HU-25C CGAS Corpus Christi, TX #2141: Voice Call Foxtrot 41
I4J US BICE Cessna 550 San Angelo AMB, TX #N5314J
I31 US BICE Cessna 550 San Diego AMB, CA #N2531K
I34 US BICE Cessna 550 #N2734K
I43 US BICE Cessna 550 Miami AMB, FL #N43SA, Voice call Omaha 35A
I53 US BICE Cessna 550 Oklahoma City AMB, OK #N753CC
I63 US BICE Cessna 550 #N26663Y
I76 US BICE Cessna 550 San Diego AMB, CA #N6776T, Omaha 76
I96 US BICE Cessna 550 #N26496
J08 USCG MH-60J CGAS Clearwater, FL #6008
J12 USCG MH-60J CGAS Clearwater, FL #6012
J25 USCG MH-60J CGAS Cape Cod, MA #6025: Voice Call Juliet 25
J26 USCG MH-60T CGAS Elizabeth City, NC #6026: Voice Call Juliet 26
J30 USCG MH-60J CGAS Astoria, OR #6030
J31 USCG MH-60J CGAS Elizabeth City, NC #6031
J42 USCG MH-60J CGAS Clearwater, FL #6042: Voice Call Juliet 42
K62 USCG MH-65C CGAS Atlantic City, NJ #6562
K69 USCG MH-65C CGAS Humboldt Bay, OR #6569
K82 USCG MH-65C CGAS Borinquen, PR #6582
LNT USCG CAMSLANT Chesapeake, VA Voice Call CAMSLANT
MAG USCG USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) Coast Guard Vessel NMAG
N01 USCG HC-144A ATC Mobile, AL #2301
N03 USCG HC-144A ATC Mobile, AL #2303
N07 USCG HC-144A ATC Mobile, AL #2307
N08 USCG HC-144A ATC Mobile, AL #2308
P07 USCG Coast Guard Air Station Remote Command Console, Miami Ops
PAC USCG CAMSPAC Point Reyes, CA NMC Voice Call: CAMSPAC
T9A US BICE Piper PA-42-720R Jacksonville AMB, FL #N9279A
T97 US BICE Pilatus PC-12/45 Bellingham AMB, WA #N497PC
TSC US BICE Customs National Law Enforcement Communications Center -- Technical Service Center Orlando, FL Voice Call Service Center
Y9A US BICE Unknown
Z13 USCG USCG Sector Remote Communications Consoles Key West, FL USCG Sector Key West

Lots of CG aircraft guard comms, much like we use to hear on the other prim A/G HF channels (5696, etc). Most of the comms were in the clear. Some of the ICE units used voice encryption.

COTHEN is a very active network, one that I recommend most monitors new to ALE comms start with. It is real busy and there are clear comms to monitor. I will have more on this in one of my future Milcom columns in Monitoring Times magazine.

Also monitored the HF-GCS Scope Command ALE frequency 9025.0 kHz. Here is the result of that effort.

[20:25:08][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][ICZ ][AL0] BER 22 SN 06
[19:51:05][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 24 SN 06
[18:46:05][FRQ 09025000][TO ][OFF ][TIS][E30557DAT ][AL0] BER 15 SN 04
[18:46:02][FRQ 09025000][TO ][E30557DAT ][TIS][OFF ][AL0] BER 29 SN 07
[18:00:52][FRQ 09025000][TO ][JNR ][TIS][6900008 ][AL0] BER 28 SN 09
[17:13:30][FRQ 09025000][TO ][JNR ][TIS][190008 ][AL0] BER 26 SN 08
[17:12:09][FRQ 09025000][TO ][JNR ][TIS][190008 ][AL0] BER 30 SN 09
[16:05:34][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][180221 ][AL0] BER 24 SN 07
[15:20:36][FRQ 09025000][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 28 SN 08
[15:15:21][FRQ 09025000][TO ][JNR ][TIS][720 ][AL0] BER 24 SN 06

CAP Nationwide Exercise Cancelled until the Fall

Last month I reported on this blog that CAP was going to conduct a nationwide communications exercise prior to the 4th of July (see http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2010/06/cap-to-conduct-nationwide-exercise-soon.html).

Well word has reached my desk that the highly vaulted summer nationwide CAP comm exercise has been postponed and may now be conducted in the Fall.

The CAP is quite active within the HF spectrum and can be interesting to monitor. The following ALE addresses have been seen here in BTown.

0001OKCAP 0002SCCAP 0004IACAP 0004ILCAP 0004MSCAP 0004NVCAP 0004NYCAP 0004SCCAP 0004WICAP 0004WVCAP 00081ILCAP 0010NVCAP 0010PACAP 0011ARCAP 0011DCCAP
001NHQCAP 0016MECAP 0020NHCAP 002NHQCAP 0032WICAP 0032WVCAP 0033COCAP 0040IACAP 0041CTCAP 0041MICAP 0041WICAP 0042MICAP 0042NHCAP 0043ILCAP 0048FLCAP 004MERCAP 004RMRCAP 004SERCAP 004SWRCAP 0078NVCAP 0094ALCAP 009NHQCAP 0100NDCAP 0100PRCAP 0112GACAP 0140NVCAP 0148KYCAP 0164CACAP 0196NECAP 0204MICAP
0204SCCAP 022NHQCAP 0272HICAP 028NHQCAP 0303WACAP 0314MICAP 031NHQCAP 033NHQCAP 034MERCAP 0355OKCAP 0360FLCAP 037RMRCAP 040NHQCAP 042RMRCAP 42SERCAP
0431ILCAP 043MERCAP 043NHQCAP 043SERCAP 044NCRCAP 046NHQCAP 047NHQCAP 047SERCAP 054NHQCAP 0602IACAP 060PCRCAP 062NHQCAP 064NHQCAP 0775NVCAP 0902ALCAP
1000SWRCAP 100NCRCAP 100NDCAP 100NDCAP 100NERCAP 100SWRCAP 101NCRCAP 101NERCAP 101SWRCAP 104MERCAP 201SERCAP 202SERCAP 900NHQCAP 901NHQCAP 909NHQCAP 9101ORCAP 951NHQCAP 952NHQCAP 971NHQCAP 991NHQCAP 998NHQCAP 999NHQCAP\

I have found the assignment pattern for their ALE addresses as follows:

#### (state two ltr abbrev) CAP aka 0001OKCAP (A state/wing callsign)
### (region abbrev/NHQ) CAP aka 004MERCAP or 909NHQCAP (Region address/National HQ assigned address)

There are some 4-number addresses and these have all been associated with a state wing.

And here is my latest freq list (I know I am still missing some high end freqs)

2011.0 3204.0 4477.0 4585.0 5006.0 5447.0 6773.0 6806.0 7602.0 7665.0 8012.0 9047.0 10162.0 11402.0 12081.0 13415.0 14357.0 15602.0 17412.0 19814.0 25354.0 29894.0 kHz.

Updates are always welcomed via the email address in the masthead.

Another New Freq for T69ME1 using LSB mode

T69ME1 and its sister stations T43DE1 and T55WA2, continue to intrigue the Mil/Gov HF monitors. Even as we try to get a handle on the Mil/Gov agency of T69ME1 (I still say it is a station in Maine), Jon, a HF ute monitor in Florida has found them on a new frequency.

Jon wrote, "On the #wunclub IRC channel tonight while monitoring other ALE activity on 6995 U (Chilian Navy) heard some off freq ALE. Tuned to 6997 LSB and got T69ME1 many times. I did some Googling and found your weblog. Now parked on it for the night, 6997 L awaiting anything else."

Thanks Jon. So now we have T69ME1 on the following frequencies (mode is USB unless otherwise indicated): 4490.0 5211.0 6766.0 6800.0 6985.0 6997.0(LSB) 9106.0 10493.0 10816.5 11217.0 11608.5 13242.0 13568.0 14396.5 14653.0 15094.0 16338.5 17458.5 17487.0 kHz.

We also have T43DE1 (Delaware?) on the following frequencies: 10493.0 11608.5 kHz working a NG WMD-CST unit out of New Jersey earlier in the year.

And finally a new one T55WA2 (Washington?) on 7720.0 kHz discovered by Jack Metcalfe recently.

Interesting ALE addresses for sure. Anyone else have anything to add to these stations - frequencies/ID? Drop me some email.

Who are T43DE1 and T69ME1?

Shannon on the UDXF list posted a new frequency for our latest ALE mystery address - T69ME1. As my good friend Hugh has pointed out on the UDXF list T69ME1 is a recent player on the US Gov and the NG military nets. I first reported this station last week on March 23, 2010.

Back in January I saw another player on some of the same frequencies with a similiar ALE address: T43DE1. It was monitored on 10493.0 and 11608.5 kHz.

I can also add another freq for T69ME1 that I have monitored on 13242.0 kHz that didn't make the freq list that Hugh reported. So the current freq list and primary usage is as follows:

4490.0 SHARES SCN ALE Net
9106.0 SHARES SCN ALE Net
10493.0 FEMA National Radio System (FNARS)
10816.5 National Guard STARC Nationwide Net
11608.5 US Army Emergency, Operational Command and Alerting Net
13242.0 SHARES SCN ALE Net
13568.0 National Guard STARC Nationwide Net
14653.0 National Guard STARC Nationwide Net
16338.5 National Guard STARC Nationwide Net
17458.5 National Guard STARC Nationwide Net

My best guess right now is a US Army NG unit. So it will be fun to watch and see what other ALE addresses pop up using the T43DE1 and T69ME1 format and what new frequencies are used by our T69ME1 friend. Anybody out there reading this blog have any insight that they would like to share? Remember I do accept anonymous contributions.

Milcom Blog Logs - 29 Jan 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3308.0 HF-USB
0201Z - AFA5JM NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net

3325.0 HF-USB
0007Z - NNN0FCT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0AVT
0133Z - NNN0LZD NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0IEA makes net call for NCS / NNN0AKT / NNN0UZS / NNN0BHZ / NNN0KBP ((all complaining of being unable to hear NCS))

3349.0 HF-USB
0010Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0AAK / NNN0KCC / NNN0AGB-T

3384.0 HF-USB
0011Z - Link-11 data transmission

3390.0 HF-USB
0011Z - NNN0LGK-T NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Mississippi MARS 4E2B net
0202Z - NNN0JKI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0TWA

4002.9 HF-LSB
0204Z - AAM4MS NCS for the Army Region 4 Mississippi MARS AAA4MS/A net: AAV4TT (Alt NCS)

4007.0 HF-USB
0035Z - NNN0XEE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0AXK / NNN0BQH / NNN0ANT
1409Z - NNN0XBO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 8 Montana MARS 8M1B net

4008.5 HF-USB
0015Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Louisiana MARS 6L1B net closed
0103Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O1B net closes net
0207Z - NNN0VHO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 South Texas MARS 6S1B net: NNN0EYT

4011.0 HF-USB
1412Z - NNN0YGW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0SVW / NNN0TUL

4017.9 HF-USB
1501Z - AAM8TCO NCS for the Army Region 8 MARS AAA8RD/C net: AAR8CF / AAR8GI

4018.0 HF-USB
0104Z - British accented personalities (YL & OM) & ref to Nassau

4035.9 HF-USB
0105Z - AAR7AT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAM7IA / NN0FCT / AAR9HH
1420Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net w/ NCS rotating among stations: AAA7MO / AAR7FB-T / AAM7EMO / AAM7EKS / AAR7DZ / AAA7RD / AAM7ANE

4038.5 HF-USB
0209Z - NNN0RBD NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0PCC / NNN0JTS / NNN0TBK / NNN0ATX / NNN0UTE
1419Z - NNN0RBD NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H1B net: NNN0OGD

4041.0 HF-USB
0039Z - NNN0BSV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0AEY / NNN0ABN-T / NNN0APO / NNN0VJM (1 msg Olivia)

4062.0 HF-USB
0141Z - Link-11 data transmission

4506.0 HF-USB
0001Z - MO_CAP-10 NCS for the North Central Region Missouri (MO-CAP) CAP net
1400Z - Red_Cloud-335 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "RED CLOUD" CAP net

4517.0 HF-USB
1403Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA5WD

4601.0 HF-USB
0100Z - Aspen_Gold-67 makes net call for NCS of the Rocky Mountain Region Colorado Wing HF net

4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red_Fire-113 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana (Red_Fire) CAP net: Red_Fire-49 / Red_Fire-281 / Blue_Mound-03 / Red_Robin-127 / Golden_Rod-595 / Tennessee-104 // net closed @ 0004Z
0031Z - multiple calz for the NCS of the Great Lakes Region Illinois (Red_Fox) CAP net // Red_Fox-17 / Red_Fox-98 // mention made that either Red_Fox-97 or Red_Fox-04 were going to be NCS // Red_Fox-93 / Red_Fox-27 / Red_Robin-127
0102Z - Blue_Mound-03 NCS for an UI Great Lakes Region CAP net: Red_Robin-197 / Red_Robin-04 / Red_Robin-32
1400Z - Red_Robin-127 NCS for an UI Great Lakes Region CAP net: Red_Robin-204 / Red_Robin-256
1430Z - Red_Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net: Red_Robin-304 / Red_Robin-111 / Red_Robin-103 / Red_Robin-32 / Red_Fox-82 / Red_Fox-79 / Red-Fire-1?? (QRM ALE on 4603.0) / Columbus-37 / Columbus-41 / Columbus-42 / Columbus-361 / Columbus-722 / Blue_Mound-03 / Blue_Lake-01 // net closed 1433Z followed by two stations discussing imagery test results fm aircraft @ 10000 & Pontiac, IL is also mentioned //

4623.5 HF-USB
1404Z - NNN0KXP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W4B net: NNN0ULK
1502Z - NNN0EQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net

4865.0 HF-USB
0140Z - Link-11 data transmission

5402.0 HF-USB
[07:12:49][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 13 SN 04 FC6FEM - FEMA, Region 6

6721.0 HF-USB
[08:10:42][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06 ADW - Andrews HF-GCS, MD
[09:32:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 21 SN 06 JNR - Puerto Rico HF-GCS, Salinas, PR
[09:46:07][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][AE1 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 05 AE1 - Unknown
[11:02:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05 JNR - Puerto Rico HF-GCS, Salinas, PR
[11:11:05][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06 ADW - Andrews HF-GCS, MD
[11:16:55][CHN 01][TO ][JNR ][TIS][ADW ][AL0] BER 20 SN 05 JNR - Puerto Rico HF-GCS, Salinas, PR ADW - Andrews HF-GCS, MD
[12:41:18][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 16 SN 07 ADW - Andrews HF-GCS, MD

7457.0 HF-USB
1407Z - AFA4CV NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4WJ

7527.0 HF-USB
1346Z - Camslant w/ Juliet-28: flight opns normal; position: 2828N 02827W J28 - USCG MH-60T #6028 CGAS Elizabeth City

8050.0 HF-USB
[17:56:40][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][DKB ][AL0] BER 12 SN 04 DKB - either US JSOC:Fort Bragg, NC or unid Unit, 160th SOAR, Hunter AAF Savannah GA

8992.0 HF-USB
1733Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass two 28 character EAMs: 4EARWM & 4EYBSP

9025.0 HF-USB
[22:08:13][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 13 SN 04 ADW - Andrews HF-GCS, MD
[22:35:30][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 04 JNR - Puerto Rico HF-GCS, Salinas, PR
[23:38:30][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05 ADW - Andrews HF-GCS, MD
[23:46:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][AE1 ][AL0] BER 9 SN 05 AE1 - Unknown

10194.0 HF-USB
[16:59:50][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR4FEM ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05 FR4FEM - FEMA, Region 4

10895.0 HF-USB
1653Z - Link-11 data transmission

11175.0 HF-USB
1733Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass two 28 character EAMs: 4EARWM & 4EYBSP

11494.0 HF-USB
[20:29:22][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][T74 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05 T74 - CBP BEECH A200 #N7074G
[20:32:06][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][N03 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06 N03 - USCG HC-144A #2303 ATC Mobile
2047Z - CG 1720 w/ Camslant: arriving AS Borinquen @ 2200Z. Rqst notify them we rqst 10K fuel

13200.0 HF-USB
1733Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass two 28 character EAMs: 4EARWM & 4EYBSP

13993.0 HF-USB
1600Z - AFA1FF (MA) NCS for the TRANSCON HF Voice Net: AFF4TN (TN) / AFA4GJ (TN) / AFA4ED (AL) / AFA4ZX (FL)// NCS chatting about using a "delta loop" antenna to work freq RB during exercise

15016.0 HF-USB
1733Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass two 28 character EAMs: 4EARWM & 4EYBSP

Milcom Blog Logs - 28 Jan 2010 - Kentucky

Our Blue Grass state reporter Jack Metcalfe checks in with the following HF intercepts. If anyone has any tieups for the 11500.0 kHz intercept contact me at the email address in the masthead.

2289.0 CHLTNC116, Telecommunications NS/EP station, Charlotte, NC & FTLDFL152, NS/EP station, Fort Lauderdale, FL: 1318 - 1401 USB ALE

3170.0 SPFDIL248, NS/EP station, Springfield, IL: 1415 USB ALE

6803.1 WNDRFL252, NS/EP station, Windermere, FL: 1423 USB ALE

7697.1 WPTNNJ256, NS/EP station, West Patterson, NJ: 2205 USB ALE

9496.0 CVTNGA131, NS/EP station, Covington, GA & SANATX236, NS/EP station, San Antonio, TX: 2136 USB ALE

11400.0 VAA443, VDS408, VDX200, VEB232, VEX & XJQ294, Canadian Forces stations: 1600 - 1720 USB ALE

11500.0 ALM, CMT, PZ2, VJ8, 2BO, 4BP & 6BP, unid stations: 1334 - 2125 USB ALE

Thanks Jack

Milcom Blog Logs - 27 Jan 2010 - BTown

Parked a HF receiver on SHARES ALE frequency 9106.0 kHz today to see if there was anything shaking on the Haiti front by these folks and monitored the following ALE activity during the daylight hours here in BTown:





5QWAFA US Air Force MARS Greenwood, IN

050NCS NCC Unknown

82KNY National Communications System - NTCN-HF Lenexa, KS

87KNY National Communications System - NTCN-HF Denver, CO

AAT3BF US Army MARS Newark, DE

KFW652 US Government Unknown

KMN93 US Department of State HF Emergency and Evacuation Network Springfield, VA

KNY87 National Communications System - NTCN-HF Denver, CO

KTQ313 Environmental Protection Agency Montgomery, AL

OARNNN Navy/Marine Corps MARS Machesny Park, IL

USARC5 US Government Unknown

WWLNNN Navy/Marine Corps MARS Hendersonville, NC

As always, fills and tieups are always welcomed to the address in the masthead.

Milcom Blog Logs - 22 Jan 2010 - BTown

Spent the day watching the HF-GCS Scope Command ALE Net (primarily watched 11226). Observed the following AMC aircraft sounding and calling various stations in the net.

100465 C-5A 164AW/155AS Memphis IAP, TN #70-0465 cld by Ascension (HAW) at 2011 UTC

290059 C-17A 62AW McChord AFB, WA #99-0059 1607-1954 UTC sounding on the net

538007 KC-135R 117ARW/106ARS Birmingham IAP, AL #63-8007 1848-1931 UTC sounding and calling various ground stations in the net including ADW Andrews, CRO Croughton, GUA Guam, and HIK Hickam.

Observed the following stations on this net throughout the daylight hours here EST:

ADW Andrews AFB, MD
AC2 Unid USAF aircraft possibly from the 89AW stable.
AE1 Complete unknown
CRO Croughton AB, UK
F12 USCG HU-25C Falcon Asset CGAS Cape Cod, MA #2112
GUA Andersen AB, Guam
HAW Ascension Island
HIK Hickam AFB, HI
ICZ Sigonella NS (Sicily), Italy
IKF Keflavik Iceland (see my blog for more on this at http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-is-story-on-iceland.html)
JDG Diego Garcia
JNR Salinas PR
MCC McClellan, CA
MOBD17 USAF Air Bridge Station at Homestead ARB, FL Voice call: Kingfish
Kilo? (Tentative)
OFF Offutt AFB, NE
PLA Lajes AB, AZR