Showing posts with label Btown Monitoring Post. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Btown Monitoring Post. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Monitoing Military Aircraft Using HFDL Digital Comms


In this digital age we have a lot of ways to monitor military aircraft. Within VHF/UHF you can monitor not only voice comms, but Mode-S and VHF ACARS digital transmissions.

If you monitor HF frequencies for over the horizon comms the most common communications you will encounter are USB voice transmissions. But there is another ACARS style digital stream you can monitor on HF freqs and decode -- HFDL. It has been around for a while, but it is getting more attention by aero monitors now that there are more than 2000 aircraft worldwide that can send and receive HF digital messages and to a network of 15 different stations located worldwide.

I have added a new reference page with the current frequencies in use on HFDL monitoring to our sister blog the BTown Monitoring Post at http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/p/hfdl-system-table-48-frequencies.html. I will be updating that page as necessary so check back often or become a follower of the Btown MP.

In addition to the new ref page above, I have moved our International Aeronautical HF Frequency List and Civilian Air Cargo/Airline and Select Military Call Signs over to the Btown MP at http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/.

I will be using that blog to consolidate all of our new upcoming HF ref pages and future updates to existing ref pages.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Btown Blog Logs - 1/17/2009



Here are the latest active civilian and military aero freqs intercepted this morning here in Btown.

**Need some help from my readers. Does anyone have any additional information on ATL ARTCC freq 125.825 (RCAG, Sector, etc)?

124.325 ATL ARTCC Hampton GA Ultra High Altitude FL330 and above Sector 23 Clark Hill Sector

124.875 ATL ARTCC Chattanooga TN High Altitude Sector 36 Alatoona Sector

125.025 ATL ARTCC Jonesville SC High Altitude FL330 and above Sector 26 High Rock Sector

125.575 ATL ARTCC Columbus GA High Altitude Sector 10 LaGrange Sector

125.625 ATL ARTCC Owning (Greenville) SC High Altitude Sector 32 Spartanburg Sector

**125.825 ATL ARTCC Unknown RCAG Atlanta ARTCC Discrete: Ultra High Altitude

125.925 ATL ARTCC Crossville (Hinch Mountain) TN High Altitude Sector 39 Burne Sector

128.000 ATL Approach Control - Erlin 5 STAR Arrival/Herko 2 STAR Arrival

128.725 ATL ARTCC Birmingham AL High Altitude Sector 03 Gadsden Sector

132.050 ATL ARTCC Chattanooga TN Low Altitude Discrete: Approach/Departure services for various small airports via this RCAG Sector 05 Dallas Sector

132.975 ATL ARTCC Hickory NC Ultra High Altitude FL330 and above Sector 43 Pulaski Sector

134.075 ATL ARTCC Newport TN Ultra High Altitude FL330 and above Sector 40 Blue Ridge Sector

380.350 ATL ARTCC Foothills (Toccoa) GA High Altitude Sector 50 Lanier Sector
(Ground and air side audible here in Btown)