PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (NNS) -- The Navy made history Dec. 18 when it launched the first aircraft from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Lakehurst, N.J., test site using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS, technology.
The Navy has been using steam for more than 50 years to launch aircraft from carriers.
The Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) program launched an F/A-18E Super Hornet Dec. 18 using the EMALS technology that will replace steam catapults on future aircraft carriers.
"This is a tremendous achievement not just for the ALRE team, but for the entire Navy," said Capt. James Donnelly, ALRE program manager. "Saturday's EMALS launch demonstrates an evolution in carrier flight deck operations using advanced computer control, system monitoring and automation for tomorrow's carrier air wings."
EMALS is a complete carrier-based launch system designed for Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and future Ford-class carriers.
"I thought the launch went great," said Lt. Daniel Radocaj, the test pilot from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX 23) who made the first EMALS manned launch. "I got excited once I was on the catapult, but I went through the same procedures as on a steam catapult. The catapult stroke felt similar to a steam catapult and EMALS met all of the expectations I had."
The current aircraft launch system for Navy aircraft carriers is the steam catapult. Newer, heavier and faster aircraft will result in launch energy requirements approaching the limits of the steam catapult system.
The mission and function of EMALS remains the same as the steam catapult; however, EMALS employs entirely different technologies. EMALS will deliver the necessary higher launch energy capacity as well as substantial improvements in system weight, maintenance, increased efficiency and more accurate end-speed control.
"I felt honored to be chosen as the shooter to help launch the first live aircraft tested on the new EMALS track at Lakehurst," said Chief Petty Officer Brandon Barr, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Test Department, Lakehurst. "It was very exciting to knowingly be a part of naval aviation history. Petty Officers 1st Class Hunsaker and Robinson, Petty Officers 2nd Class Williams, Wong and Simmons, were the Sailors on my team who worked together to help make this test a success. We all look forward to seeing this cutting edge technology deployed on the Gerald R. Ford."
"I'm excited about the improvement EMALS will bring to the fleet from a capability and reliability perspective," said Cmdr. Russ McCormack, ALRE, PMA-251, deputy program manager for future systems. "EMALS was designed for just that purpose, and the team is delivering that requirement."
The system's technology allows for a smooth acceleration at both high and low speeds, increasing the carrier's ability to launch aircraft in support of the warfighter.
The system will provide the capability for launching all current and future carrier air wing platforms – lightweight unmanned to heavy strike fighters.
Engineers will continue system functional demonstration testing at NAVAIR Lakehurst. The team will expand aircraft launches with the addition of T-45 and C-2 aircraft in 2011.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Boxer Amphibious Readiness Group, 13th MEU Complete Certification Exercise
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fletcher Gibson, USS Boxer Public Affairs
USS BOXER, At Sea (NNS) -- The 13th Marine Expeditionary unit, along with the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and the Boxer Amphibious Readiness Group, completed its certification exercise (CERTEX) off the coast of Southern California Dec. 17.
The 12-day period of amphibious actions demonstrated the unit's ability to perform a wide variety of missions and was the final check mark making the 13th MEU/Amphibious Squadron 1 team ready for deployment.
Alongside Boxer, the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), and the Marines of the 13th MEU completed simulated missions ranging from maritime boarding to amphibious land raids, to civilian evacuation drills.
"We've been able to evaluate our full set of missions," said Maj. Ryan Caughlin, 13th MEU operations officer. "Since the first day we formed up, this is what our entire training has built up to."
While the focus of the evaluation was on mission completion for the Marines, their ability to integrate with their naval partners and deploy to their assignments was a key part of the evaluation.
Launching harrier jets from Boxer's flight deck or equipping landing craft from USS Green Bay played a large part in their ongoing success.
"There's no such thing as a pure Navy or Marine Corps show when you're an amphibious force," said Col. David Coffman, 13th MEU commanding officer.
The all-amphibious operations of CERTEX also marked a shift for most of the Marines involved who had until now only been involved in land operations and training. Nearly 60 percent of the MEU personnel had never done a ship deployment, and Coffman said he was excited to be able to turn them into sea-going Marines.
"The [best] part to me is watching the Marines learn what it is to be a Marine," he said, "To not just ride around on a ship, but operate from a ship and do our mission."
CERTEX was the third and final group exercise for the 13th MEU and Boxer ARG. Previous exercises consisted of the PHIBRON/Marine Integration (PMINT) which first tested the Blue/Green team's ability to coordinate together, and the Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) which tested the Boxer Amphibious Readiness Group as a whole.
With these three major certifications behind them, the ARG and MEU are ready for their scheduled deployment in early 2011.
USS BOXER, At Sea (NNS) -- The 13th Marine Expeditionary unit, along with the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and the Boxer Amphibious Readiness Group, completed its certification exercise (CERTEX) off the coast of Southern California Dec. 17.
The 12-day period of amphibious actions demonstrated the unit's ability to perform a wide variety of missions and was the final check mark making the 13th MEU/Amphibious Squadron 1 team ready for deployment.
Alongside Boxer, the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), and the Marines of the 13th MEU completed simulated missions ranging from maritime boarding to amphibious land raids, to civilian evacuation drills.
"We've been able to evaluate our full set of missions," said Maj. Ryan Caughlin, 13th MEU operations officer. "Since the first day we formed up, this is what our entire training has built up to."
While the focus of the evaluation was on mission completion for the Marines, their ability to integrate with their naval partners and deploy to their assignments was a key part of the evaluation.
Launching harrier jets from Boxer's flight deck or equipping landing craft from USS Green Bay played a large part in their ongoing success.
"There's no such thing as a pure Navy or Marine Corps show when you're an amphibious force," said Col. David Coffman, 13th MEU commanding officer.
The all-amphibious operations of CERTEX also marked a shift for most of the Marines involved who had until now only been involved in land operations and training. Nearly 60 percent of the MEU personnel had never done a ship deployment, and Coffman said he was excited to be able to turn them into sea-going Marines.
"The [best] part to me is watching the Marines learn what it is to be a Marine," he said, "To not just ride around on a ship, but operate from a ship and do our mission."
CERTEX was the third and final group exercise for the 13th MEU and Boxer ARG. Previous exercises consisted of the PHIBRON/Marine Integration (PMINT) which first tested the Blue/Green team's ability to coordinate together, and the Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) which tested the Boxer Amphibious Readiness Group as a whole.
With these three major certifications behind them, the ARG and MEU are ready for their scheduled deployment in early 2011.
NMCB 7 Returns from Ten Month Deployment
By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Yan Kennon, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 Public Affairs
GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- More than 600 Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 returned to their homeport of Gulfport, Miss., Dec. 17, marking the completion of a successful 10-month deployment.
During the deployment, NMCB 7 provided contingency construction, humanitarian and civic assistance and exercise related construction projects throughout the European, African and Southern Command areas of responsibility.
NMCB 7 began its deployment in February and exercised command and control of their entire deployment from Naval Station Rota's Camp Mitchell. Once on deck, the battalion began deploying detachments, which completed construction and contingency projects in 33 separate locations in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, Central and South America.
More than 120 Seabees were continually assigned to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, as an enduring detachment, with smaller detachments completing projects in Kenya, Comoros, Ethiopia, and the Djiboutian countryside. The battalion also embarked Seabees aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), debarking for projects in several countries on the Pacific shores.
Prior to the battalions scheduled deployment, NMCB 7 was called upon to assist with disaster relief efforts in Haiti, during Operation Unified Response, amidst the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake which struck the area Jan. 12.
During Operation Unified Response, NMCB 7's Air Detachment made a huge impact supporting the Joint Task Force, while working with Underwater Construction Team 1, Amphibious Battalion 2, U.S. Marine Corps and various other joint forces.
"Though the situation was tragic, our Seabees reinforced the value of the naval construction force to the nation's national security strategy and our partner nations," said Cmdr. Jayson Mitchell, NMCB 7 commanding officer.
NMCB 7 turned over its operational responsibilities to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 during a December 14 ceremony at Naval Station Rota, Spain.
Throughout their 10 month deployment, NMCB 7 deployed Seabees on more than 15 detachments and details spanning locations such as Israel, Morocco, Liberia, Montenegro, Burkina Faso, Latvia, Senegal, Sao Tome and Romani.
NMCB 7 is one of the original ten Seabee battalions authorized by the Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks in 1942. The battalion is homeported at the Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Miss., home of the Atlantic Fleet Seabees, and is currently the east coast's Battle "E" Seabee battalion.
GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- More than 600 Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 returned to their homeport of Gulfport, Miss., Dec. 17, marking the completion of a successful 10-month deployment.
During the deployment, NMCB 7 provided contingency construction, humanitarian and civic assistance and exercise related construction projects throughout the European, African and Southern Command areas of responsibility.
NMCB 7 began its deployment in February and exercised command and control of their entire deployment from Naval Station Rota's Camp Mitchell. Once on deck, the battalion began deploying detachments, which completed construction and contingency projects in 33 separate locations in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, Central and South America.
More than 120 Seabees were continually assigned to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, as an enduring detachment, with smaller detachments completing projects in Kenya, Comoros, Ethiopia, and the Djiboutian countryside. The battalion also embarked Seabees aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), debarking for projects in several countries on the Pacific shores.
Prior to the battalions scheduled deployment, NMCB 7 was called upon to assist with disaster relief efforts in Haiti, during Operation Unified Response, amidst the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake which struck the area Jan. 12.
During Operation Unified Response, NMCB 7's Air Detachment made a huge impact supporting the Joint Task Force, while working with Underwater Construction Team 1, Amphibious Battalion 2, U.S. Marine Corps and various other joint forces.
"Though the situation was tragic, our Seabees reinforced the value of the naval construction force to the nation's national security strategy and our partner nations," said Cmdr. Jayson Mitchell, NMCB 7 commanding officer.
NMCB 7 turned over its operational responsibilities to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 during a December 14 ceremony at Naval Station Rota, Spain.
Throughout their 10 month deployment, NMCB 7 deployed Seabees on more than 15 detachments and details spanning locations such as Israel, Morocco, Liberia, Montenegro, Burkina Faso, Latvia, Senegal, Sao Tome and Romani.
NMCB 7 is one of the original ten Seabee battalions authorized by the Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks in 1942. The battalion is homeported at the Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Miss., home of the Atlantic Fleet Seabees, and is currently the east coast's Battle "E" Seabee battalion.
Monday, December 20, 2010
U.S. Southern Command Opens New Headquarters
By Arthur McQueen, U.S. Army Garrison Miami
DORAL, Fla. - The U.S. Southern Command opened its new $402 million headquarters here in an event that underscored the United States' ongoing partnership with Latin America and marked a new phase of the command's history in South Florida.
This facility "demonstrates the commitment of the U.S. to our partners in Latin America," Air Force Gen. Douglas M. Fraser, Southcom commander, said at the Dec. 17 event.
That partnership is carried out by what Fraser called "our great people" working for Southcom. "They are who make the difference, and they have not changed," he said.
Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command and former Southcom commander, described the event as a partnership representing the commitment to and the potential of the relationship between the United States and the Americas.
"Represented here are one-half billion people to the South," he said, gesturing to the flags of Latin America and the Caribbean. "The U.S. is but one country in those Americas."
The ceremony also marked a new phase in the command's history as a member of the South Florida community. Miami was selected as the home for Southcom from among 100 sites because of the city's links to the 31 countries and 10 territories in the Caribbean, and Central and South America in the command's area of responsibility.
Following the ceremony, guests toured the immense complex, which encompasses more than 39 football fields of office space. The facility is designed to host more than 2,800 people representing all branches of the armed forces, 13 federal agencies and six Western Hemisphere nations.
The complex features state-of-the-art planning and conference facilities. This capability is showcased in the 45,000-square-foot Conference Center of the Americas, which can support meetings of differing classification levels and multiple translations, information sources and video conferencing. This will support engagement and cooperative activities with military and security forces from across the Americas, ranging from multinational humanitarian assistance operations and military exercises to bilateral training and subject-matter-expert exchanges.
The largest building, the new Southcom headquarters, will serve as a hub for U.S. military coordination with other federal agencies that directly and indirectly support U.S. defense, security and partnership-building activities with Latin America and the Caribbean. Its four stories contain numerous offices, 20 conference rooms and eight training rooms.
SOUTHCOM is one of six Defense Department geographic unified commands and is responsible for U.S. military operations, cooperation and partnership-building in a region that includes 31 countries and 10 territories in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
DORAL, Fla. - The U.S. Southern Command opened its new $402 million headquarters here in an event that underscored the United States' ongoing partnership with Latin America and marked a new phase of the command's history in South Florida.
This facility "demonstrates the commitment of the U.S. to our partners in Latin America," Air Force Gen. Douglas M. Fraser, Southcom commander, said at the Dec. 17 event.
That partnership is carried out by what Fraser called "our great people" working for Southcom. "They are who make the difference, and they have not changed," he said.
Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command and former Southcom commander, described the event as a partnership representing the commitment to and the potential of the relationship between the United States and the Americas.
"Represented here are one-half billion people to the South," he said, gesturing to the flags of Latin America and the Caribbean. "The U.S. is but one country in those Americas."
The ceremony also marked a new phase in the command's history as a member of the South Florida community. Miami was selected as the home for Southcom from among 100 sites because of the city's links to the 31 countries and 10 territories in the Caribbean, and Central and South America in the command's area of responsibility.
Following the ceremony, guests toured the immense complex, which encompasses more than 39 football fields of office space. The facility is designed to host more than 2,800 people representing all branches of the armed forces, 13 federal agencies and six Western Hemisphere nations.
The complex features state-of-the-art planning and conference facilities. This capability is showcased in the 45,000-square-foot Conference Center of the Americas, which can support meetings of differing classification levels and multiple translations, information sources and video conferencing. This will support engagement and cooperative activities with military and security forces from across the Americas, ranging from multinational humanitarian assistance operations and military exercises to bilateral training and subject-matter-expert exchanges.
The largest building, the new Southcom headquarters, will serve as a hub for U.S. military coordination with other federal agencies that directly and indirectly support U.S. defense, security and partnership-building activities with Latin America and the Caribbean. Its four stories contain numerous offices, 20 conference rooms and eight training rooms.
SOUTHCOM is one of six Defense Department geographic unified commands and is responsible for U.S. military operations, cooperation and partnership-building in a region that includes 31 countries and 10 territories in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
Milcom Blog Logs - 19 Dec 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
0202Z - AFA7GD NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5GR / AFD5MC
1210Z - AFA7CH NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5KG
3317.5 HF-USB
2303Z - NNN0YGW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net
3325.0 HF-USB
2330Z - NNN0QGB NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net
3390.0 HF-USB
0104Z - NNN0BUX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0BQH
4002.9 HF-LSB
0002Z - AAV4SV NCS for the Army Region 4 North Carolina MARS AAA4NC/T net
0101Z - AAM4ETN NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/M net
4007.0 HF-USB
0031Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH
4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net
4011.0 HF-USB
1400Z - NNN0GAR NCS for a Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS net: NNN0ASF / NNN0GAR-2
4013.5 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0BDW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0XPU
4020.9 HF-USB
1304Z - AAA6AR (AAR6CV) NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6HB
1405Z - AAM6OTX NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6QE
1503Z - Army Region 6 MARS net: AAM6OK pass MT63 msg & closes net @ 1506Z
4026.9 HF-USB
1224Z - AAM4IAL NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAR5QM / AAR4OH
4032.9 HF-LSB
1214Z - Army Region 3 MARS Virginia / West Virginia AAA3VA/A net: AAM3VA
4035.9 HF-USB
0205Z - AAM7RT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net transmitting in SSB & CW
1407Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAA7MO
4038.5 HF-USB
0205Z - NNN0ANX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: AAA9EC / NNN0PCC / NNN0RBA / NNN0RBD
1303Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0IIE
1407Z - NNN0TWA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H1B net
4041.0 HF-USB
0030Z - NNN0FKW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net
4517.0 HF-USB
1426Z - AFD7MO NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Missouri MARS 7MOS1 net
4724.0 HF-USB
0305Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43VCCY
4825.0 HF-USB
2301Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0ENS / NNN0WKH
6739.0 HF-USB
0305Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43VCCY
6809.0 HF-USB
[14:46:24][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
7457.0 HF-USB
1408Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFD4KY
8983.0 HF-USB
1620Z - Camslant calz CG 2004
8992.0 HF-USB
0305Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43VCCY
1533Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43TQRU to All Stations
9047.0 HF-USB
[17:12:28][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][6700AR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
10081.0 HF-USB
21:05:54 UTC Flight ID = CKS244 LAT 46 1 45 N LON 69 47 44 W
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CKS244
10194.0 HF-USB
[21:45:38][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 07
11226.0 HF-USB
[22:10:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
11282.0 HF-USB
2313Z - San Francisco w/ American-123
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL123
11494.0 HF-USB
[21:28:35][CHN 01][TO ][790 ][TIS][PAC ][AL0] BER 15 SN 07
14389.0 HF-USB
1603Z - AFA5RS NCS for the Air Force Phone Patch Admin Net APCN1: AFA1RE
15016.0 HF-USB
1533Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43TQRU to All Stations
3308.0 HF-USB
0202Z - AFA7GD NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5GR / AFD5MC
1210Z - AFA7CH NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5KG
3317.5 HF-USB
2303Z - NNN0YGW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net
3325.0 HF-USB
2330Z - NNN0QGB NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net
3390.0 HF-USB
0104Z - NNN0BUX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0BQH
4002.9 HF-LSB
0002Z - AAV4SV NCS for the Army Region 4 North Carolina MARS AAA4NC/T net
0101Z - AAM4ETN NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/M net
4007.0 HF-USB
0031Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH
4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net
4011.0 HF-USB
1400Z - NNN0GAR NCS for a Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS net: NNN0ASF / NNN0GAR-2
4013.5 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0BDW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0XPU
4020.9 HF-USB
1304Z - AAA6AR (AAR6CV) NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6HB
1405Z - AAM6OTX NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6QE
1503Z - Army Region 6 MARS net: AAM6OK pass MT63 msg & closes net @ 1506Z
4026.9 HF-USB
1224Z - AAM4IAL NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAR5QM / AAR4OH
4032.9 HF-LSB
1214Z - Army Region 3 MARS Virginia / West Virginia AAA3VA/A net: AAM3VA
4035.9 HF-USB
0205Z - AAM7RT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net transmitting in SSB & CW
1407Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAA7MO
4038.5 HF-USB
0205Z - NNN0ANX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: AAA9EC / NNN0PCC / NNN0RBA / NNN0RBD
1303Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0IIE
1407Z - NNN0TWA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H1B net
4041.0 HF-USB
0030Z - NNN0FKW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net
4517.0 HF-USB
1426Z - AFD7MO NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Missouri MARS 7MOS1 net
4724.0 HF-USB
0305Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43VCCY
4825.0 HF-USB
2301Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0ENS / NNN0WKH
6739.0 HF-USB
0305Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43VCCY
6809.0 HF-USB
[14:46:24][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
7457.0 HF-USB
1408Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFD4KY
8983.0 HF-USB
1620Z - Camslant calz CG 2004
8992.0 HF-USB
0305Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43VCCY
1533Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43TQRU to All Stations
9047.0 HF-USB
[17:12:28][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][6700AR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
10081.0 HF-USB
21:05:54 UTC Flight ID = CKS244 LAT 46 1 45 N LON 69 47 44 W
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CKS244
10194.0 HF-USB
[21:45:38][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 07
11226.0 HF-USB
[22:10:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
11282.0 HF-USB
2313Z - San Francisco w/ American-123
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL123
11494.0 HF-USB
[21:28:35][CHN 01][TO ][790 ][TIS][PAC ][AL0] BER 15 SN 07
14389.0 HF-USB
1603Z - AFA5RS NCS for the Air Force Phone Patch Admin Net APCN1: AFA1RE
15016.0 HF-USB
1533Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43TQRU to All Stations
USS Alexandria Returns from Deployment in Time for Holiday Season
By Lt. Patrick Evans, Commander Submarine Group 2 Public Affairs
GROTON, Conn. (NNS) -- Wearing Santa hats, elf hats and reindeer antlers, the crew of Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., Dec. 18, following a regularly scheduled deployment.
The homecoming, which included Santa Claus riding aboard the submarine's sail, was an early Christmas gift for loved ones who lined the pier in chilly winter weather to greet Alexandria's crew, which departed for deployment May 21.
"This crew has done great things," said Cmdr. Gene Doyle, USS Alexandria commanding officer. "The ship did fantastic, but it's just a hunk of metal without the crew."
Alexandria conducted operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, supporting missions vital to national security interests. Alexandria also visited ports in Bahrain and Limassol, Cyprus.
"These guys operated in some of the most extreme submarine environments out there," said Doyle. "We operated in places that no one else has gone before and have done things no one else has done before. And these guys did it professionally with a lot of pride, and most of the time, with a smile on their face."
According to Doyle, the submarine steamed about 30,000 miles and spent four and a half months in the Persian Gulf in a challenging environment.
The challenges extended out of the water as well.
"When we were ashore, you were talking temperatures in the 130's. We had to do unsupported maintenance thousands of miles from home. But we kept the ship in fighting trim throughout. It is an amazing story," said Doyle.
On the pier during the homecoming, two crew members received early presents of their own when they held their newborn babies for the first time. Lailah Torres and Percibal Jude Firkin were born while their fathers were deployed.
"She's so beautiful," said Electronics Technician 2nd Class Sergio Torres as he stood with his wife, Amanda, and held his daughter. "I'm just so happy to be home - not to just one beautiful girl, but two!"
Before holding him on this day, Lt. j.g. Joshua Firkin only saw his son in photos.
"It's not the same at all," said Firkin. "He's so handsome! It feels great. I'm glad to be back to see the kids."
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Patrick McClung and his wife Geri participated in the traditional "first kiss," while Susan Tweedy and family received the traditional "first hug" from Chief Culinary Specialist Chuck Tweedy.
Rounding out the homecoming, Santa passed out candy canes to the kids as USS Alexandria's 13 officers and 121 enlisted Sailors were reacquainted with their loved ones.
"Water out there is really less deep than the length of the ship," said Doyle.
"The sea water injection temperatures were routinely approaching 100 degrees. The ship is not designed to operate routinely in that kind of stuff. So, we just make it work, and the crew did that.
Doyle, a native of Kalispell, Mont. was commissioned through Officer Candidate School after graduating from Montana State University in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
Fast-attack submarines like Alexandria have multi-faceted missions. They use their stealth, persistence, agility and firepower to deploy and support special force operations, disrupt and destroy an adversary's military and economic operations at sea, provide early strike from close proximity, and ensure undersea superiority.
The submarine, commissioned June 29, 1991, is the third Navy vessel to be named for cities in both Louisiana and Virginia.
GROTON, Conn. (NNS) -- Wearing Santa hats, elf hats and reindeer antlers, the crew of Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., Dec. 18, following a regularly scheduled deployment.
The homecoming, which included Santa Claus riding aboard the submarine's sail, was an early Christmas gift for loved ones who lined the pier in chilly winter weather to greet Alexandria's crew, which departed for deployment May 21.
"This crew has done great things," said Cmdr. Gene Doyle, USS Alexandria commanding officer. "The ship did fantastic, but it's just a hunk of metal without the crew."
Alexandria conducted operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, supporting missions vital to national security interests. Alexandria also visited ports in Bahrain and Limassol, Cyprus.
"These guys operated in some of the most extreme submarine environments out there," said Doyle. "We operated in places that no one else has gone before and have done things no one else has done before. And these guys did it professionally with a lot of pride, and most of the time, with a smile on their face."
According to Doyle, the submarine steamed about 30,000 miles and spent four and a half months in the Persian Gulf in a challenging environment.
The challenges extended out of the water as well.
"When we were ashore, you were talking temperatures in the 130's. We had to do unsupported maintenance thousands of miles from home. But we kept the ship in fighting trim throughout. It is an amazing story," said Doyle.
On the pier during the homecoming, two crew members received early presents of their own when they held their newborn babies for the first time. Lailah Torres and Percibal Jude Firkin were born while their fathers were deployed.
"She's so beautiful," said Electronics Technician 2nd Class Sergio Torres as he stood with his wife, Amanda, and held his daughter. "I'm just so happy to be home - not to just one beautiful girl, but two!"
Before holding him on this day, Lt. j.g. Joshua Firkin only saw his son in photos.
"It's not the same at all," said Firkin. "He's so handsome! It feels great. I'm glad to be back to see the kids."
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Patrick McClung and his wife Geri participated in the traditional "first kiss," while Susan Tweedy and family received the traditional "first hug" from Chief Culinary Specialist Chuck Tweedy.
Rounding out the homecoming, Santa passed out candy canes to the kids as USS Alexandria's 13 officers and 121 enlisted Sailors were reacquainted with their loved ones.
"Water out there is really less deep than the length of the ship," said Doyle.
"The sea water injection temperatures were routinely approaching 100 degrees. The ship is not designed to operate routinely in that kind of stuff. So, we just make it work, and the crew did that.
Doyle, a native of Kalispell, Mont. was commissioned through Officer Candidate School after graduating from Montana State University in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
Fast-attack submarines like Alexandria have multi-faceted missions. They use their stealth, persistence, agility and firepower to deploy and support special force operations, disrupt and destroy an adversary's military and economic operations at sea, provide early strike from close proximity, and ensure undersea superiority.
The submarine, commissioned June 29, 1991, is the third Navy vessel to be named for cities in both Louisiana and Virginia.
Milcom Blog Logs - 19 Dec 2010 - Baltimore MD
Our friend Ron Perron from Baltimore MD checks in with his latest Milcom logs. Thanks Ron for sharing.
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 EST))
0704- SAM 8527 (99th AS ADW)-depart ADW, Returns to ADW at 1530.
0734- Marine 767 (UC-35 # 166767, VMR-4 ADW) check in w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
0745- Navy 478-depart ADW
0804- Gordo 85 (E-4B ABNCP, Offutt AFB NE)-depart ADW. Then w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
0805- SPAR 28-land at ADW. Depart ADW at 1035 then check in w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
0808- Score 52 (unid, VX-20 PAX)-depart PAX (121.0) then check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9). Also w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
0816- Reach 349-depart ADW then check in w/ZDC Montebello (121.675).
0825- Boxer 33 (C-38/C-40, 201st AS DC ANG ADW)-depart ADW. Returns to ADW at 0957.
0831- PAT 167-land at ADW
0845- Army 053 (UC-35 # 00-1053, OSACOM ADW)-depart ADW.
0925- PAT 02-depart ADW or DAA. Also w/Leesburg Radio (255.4). Then w/DOV approach (132.425).
0926- Wolf 23 (F-22 LFI)-w/PTC (348.725) then w/PAX approach (281.8) requesting climb out and RTB LFI.
0948- Marlin 23 (F-22, LFI)-w/PTC (335.5) the request for RTB LFI.
0950- DeeCee 51 flt (2 X KC-135Rs, 756th ARS ADW)-depart ADW. At 1346 return for patterns at ADW.
0954- Deft 11 flt (F-22s, LFI)-check into W386 (249.8) then w/PAX approach (281.8)
0957- Nighthawk 12 (VH-60N, HMX-1 MCAF Quantico VA)-w/ADW tower (118.4)
1003- Army 015 (id as helo)-w/Phillips AAF (126.15)
1004- Trooper 9 (BE-200, Maryland State Police)-land at ADW.
1007- unid ftr w/ZDC Coyle (254.3) cleared direct to Boston via flt plan route.
1015- N160W & N168W (T-39 Sabreliners, NGTF)-w/BW (270.8) for entry into R4006 for 1.5 hours work. Also on NGTF disrete (123.225)
1032- Crab 53 (C-130J # 97-1353 135th AS MD ANG MTN)-patterns at DOV (132.425)
1127- Navy 300-land at ADW.
1128- Vader 24 (C-130H 914th OG, OH ANG, YOUNGSTOWN OH)-w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
1135- Venus 22 (C-20C # 86-0202, 99th AS ADW)-patterns at DOV (126.35)--returns to ADW at 1209.
1338- Navy TP 38 (C-12C # 82-3132 NTPS PAX) check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9). Also w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
1344- Vader 2 (EA-6B VAQ-209 ADW)-patterns at ADW.
1345- Topcat 4 (KC-135R 108ARW/141ARS or 108ARW/150ARS NJ ANG McGuire AFB NJ)-w/ZDC Cape Charles (132.55)
1350- Pacer 99 (C-21A, 457th AS ADW)-land at ADW.
1354- Salty Dog 420 (F-18C # 163434 VX-23 PAX)-w/BW (270.8)
1426- Coast Guard 6559 (HH-65C, CGAS ACY-deployed to DCA)-w/ADW tower (118.4) for transition of airfiled airspace.
1428- Yankee 28 (C-21A, 118th FS/103rd FW CT ANG, Bradley ANGB CT)-land at ADW.
1505- PAT 1329-depart DAA.
1539- SAM 8579 (99th AS ADW)- depart ADW
1541- SAM 8507 (99th AS ADW)-depart ADW then w/PTC (118.675)
1543- JOSA 447-w/PTC (118.675)--land at ADW
1549- Ocean 68 (C-130J 115TH AS CA ANG NAS PT MUGU CA)-land at ADW.
1553- Reach 406 (id as heavy)-land at ADW.
1608- N124GL (Cessna Caravan 208B U S ARMY - AMRDEC Redstone Arsenal AL) landing at NGTF (123.225)
1615- Reach 3160-land at ADW
1624- Music 83 (C-130 105th AS, TN ANG at Nashville TN)-w/Crab Ops (384.1) w/inbound msg for drop off of 54 pax.
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 EST))
0704- SAM 8527 (99th AS ADW)-depart ADW, Returns to ADW at 1530.
0734- Marine 767 (UC-35 # 166767, VMR-4 ADW) check in w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
0745- Navy 478-depart ADW
0804- Gordo 85 (E-4B ABNCP, Offutt AFB NE)-depart ADW. Then w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
0805- SPAR 28-land at ADW. Depart ADW at 1035 then check in w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
0808- Score 52 (unid, VX-20 PAX)-depart PAX (121.0) then check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9). Also w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
0816- Reach 349-depart ADW then check in w/ZDC Montebello (121.675).
0825- Boxer 33 (C-38/C-40, 201st AS DC ANG ADW)-depart ADW. Returns to ADW at 0957.
0831- PAT 167-land at ADW
0845- Army 053 (UC-35 # 00-1053, OSACOM ADW)-depart ADW.
0925- PAT 02-depart ADW or DAA. Also w/Leesburg Radio (255.4). Then w/DOV approach (132.425).
0926- Wolf 23 (F-22 LFI)-w/PTC (348.725) then w/PAX approach (281.8) requesting climb out and RTB LFI.
0948- Marlin 23 (F-22, LFI)-w/PTC (335.5) the request for RTB LFI.
0950- DeeCee 51 flt (2 X KC-135Rs, 756th ARS ADW)-depart ADW. At 1346 return for patterns at ADW.
0954- Deft 11 flt (F-22s, LFI)-check into W386 (249.8) then w/PAX approach (281.8)
0957- Nighthawk 12 (VH-60N, HMX-1 MCAF Quantico VA)-w/ADW tower (118.4)
1003- Army 015 (id as helo)-w/Phillips AAF (126.15)
1004- Trooper 9 (BE-200, Maryland State Police)-land at ADW.
1007- unid ftr w/ZDC Coyle (254.3) cleared direct to Boston via flt plan route.
1015- N160W & N168W (T-39 Sabreliners, NGTF)-w/BW (270.8) for entry into R4006 for 1.5 hours work. Also on NGTF disrete (123.225)
1032- Crab 53 (C-130J # 97-1353 135th AS MD ANG MTN)-patterns at DOV (132.425)
1127- Navy 300-land at ADW.
1128- Vader 24 (C-130H 914th OG, OH ANG, YOUNGSTOWN OH)-w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
1135- Venus 22 (C-20C # 86-0202, 99th AS ADW)-patterns at DOV (126.35)--returns to ADW at 1209.
1338- Navy TP 38 (C-12C # 82-3132 NTPS PAX) check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9). Also w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
1344- Vader 2 (EA-6B VAQ-209 ADW)-patterns at ADW.
1345- Topcat 4 (KC-135R 108ARW/141ARS or 108ARW/150ARS NJ ANG McGuire AFB NJ)-w/ZDC Cape Charles (132.55)
1350- Pacer 99 (C-21A, 457th AS ADW)-land at ADW.
1354- Salty Dog 420 (F-18C # 163434 VX-23 PAX)-w/BW (270.8)
1426- Coast Guard 6559 (HH-65C, CGAS ACY-deployed to DCA)-w/ADW tower (118.4) for transition of airfiled airspace.
1428- Yankee 28 (C-21A, 118th FS/103rd FW CT ANG, Bradley ANGB CT)-land at ADW.
1505- PAT 1329-depart DAA.
1539- SAM 8579 (99th AS ADW)- depart ADW
1541- SAM 8507 (99th AS ADW)-depart ADW then w/PTC (118.675)
1543- JOSA 447-w/PTC (118.675)--land at ADW
1549- Ocean 68 (C-130J 115TH AS CA ANG NAS PT MUGU CA)-land at ADW.
1553- Reach 406 (id as heavy)-land at ADW.
1608- N124GL (Cessna Caravan 208B U S ARMY - AMRDEC Redstone Arsenal AL) landing at NGTF (123.225)
1615- Reach 3160-land at ADW
1624- Music 83 (C-130 105th AS, TN ANG at Nashville TN)-w/Crab Ops (384.1) w/inbound msg for drop off of 54 pax.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Milcom Blog Logs - 18 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site
Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.
3267.5 HF-USB
0013Z - NNN0BTG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net
3269.0 HF-USB
0012Z - UI net in what sounds to be Olivia
3299.0 HF-USB
0107Z - AFF4MS NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4BZ
3308.0 HF-USB
0105Z - Air Force North Central Area Region MARS NCECM1 net: AFA7HZ / AFE5EC
0203Z - AFA5GR NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5MC
3317.5 HF-USB
0130Z - NNN0SVW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0KOD / NNN0FBL / NNN0PQX
2301Z - Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net
3390.0 HF-USB
0103Z - NNN0KQE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0APL
4007.0 HF-USB
0032Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net
4008.5 HF-USB
2202Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net
4013.5 HF-USB
0006Z - NNN0BTG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0YYT / NNN0XPU / NNN0YTR / NNN0ZEZ / NNN0BWS // QSY NBC
4035.9 HF-USB
1419Z - AAM7RT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7EMO / AAM7MO
4038.5 HF-USB
0201Z - NNN0AOC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0TZL
4041.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0KQE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0LWN / NNN0GLG / NNN0UAN / NNN0YBE
4604.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net
6721.0 HF-USB
[05:16:03][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 10 SN 06
[05:39:34][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 17 SN 07
[06:28:46][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 19 SN 07
6739.0 HF-USB
0135Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43CPG4
7457.0 HF-USB
1422Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4WJ / AFA4AA / AFA4AE
8012.0 HF-USB
1919Z - 0011ARCAP W/ 100 in SSB 0011ARCAP - US Civil Air Patrol - Arkansas - (SSB call should be Wildwood-####) 100 - not sure but suspect U.S. Civil Air Patrol - SW Regional HQ
8050.0 HF-USB
[14:46:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
8983.0 HF-USB
1509Z - Camslant w/ CG 2004 for flight opns (normal) & position rpt (sounded like 3535N 07354W)
8992.0 HF-USB
0121Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMYSSH to All Stations
1617Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NMYMRM; "more to follow,
stand-by" statement; precedes 6 character EAM NMCIXA to All Stations
9025.0 HF-USB
[11:36:06][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05
[12:39:06][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 15 SN 07
9047.0 HF-USB
[19:17:16][CHN 01][TO ][0011ARCAP ][TIS][100 ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
SSB comms followed btwn stations & qsy to 8012.0 for brief time
[19:33:53][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][4800MN ][AL0] BER 18 SN 04
[19:36:34][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0011AR ][AL0] BER 17 SN 05
[19:36:45][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0011ARCAP ][AL0] BER 19 SN 05
9121.5 HF-USB
0137Z - Link-11 data transmission
10194.0 HF-USB
[18:04:47][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 20 SN 06
[18:04:51][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
[18:18:26][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC4FEM ][AL0] BER 22 SN 06
11181.0 HF-USB
[23:08:18][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 18 SN 07
11494.0 HF-USB
[20:56:54][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][I52 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 07
14405.0 HF-USB
1618Z - Transcon Mission Support Net: AFA8SI
15016.0 HF-USB
1617Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NMYMRM; "more to follow,
stand-by" statement; precedes 6 character EAM NMCIXA to All Stations
1635Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43GZ2Q
1732Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43CDLK to All Stations
1747Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 434TJR to All Stations
1750Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass SKYKING, do not answer: WLI; time: 50; authentication: ZT
1840Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 4367KK to All Stations
1903Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43J323 to All Stations
1949Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43WT3G to All Stations
3267.5 HF-USB
0013Z - NNN0BTG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net
3269.0 HF-USB
0012Z - UI net in what sounds to be Olivia
3299.0 HF-USB
0107Z - AFF4MS NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4BZ
3308.0 HF-USB
0105Z - Air Force North Central Area Region MARS NCECM1 net: AFA7HZ / AFE5EC
0203Z - AFA5GR NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5MC
3317.5 HF-USB
0130Z - NNN0SVW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0KOD / NNN0FBL / NNN0PQX
2301Z - Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net
3390.0 HF-USB
0103Z - NNN0KQE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0APL
4007.0 HF-USB
0032Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net
4008.5 HF-USB
2202Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net
4013.5 HF-USB
0006Z - NNN0BTG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0YYT / NNN0XPU / NNN0YTR / NNN0ZEZ / NNN0BWS // QSY NBC
4035.9 HF-USB
1419Z - AAM7RT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7EMO / AAM7MO
4038.5 HF-USB
0201Z - NNN0AOC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0TZL
4041.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0KQE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0LWN / NNN0GLG / NNN0UAN / NNN0YBE
4604.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net
6721.0 HF-USB
[05:16:03][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 10 SN 06
[05:39:34][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 17 SN 07
[06:28:46][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 19 SN 07
6739.0 HF-USB
0135Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43CPG4
7457.0 HF-USB
1422Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4WJ / AFA4AA / AFA4AE
8012.0 HF-USB
1919Z - 0011ARCAP W/ 100 in SSB 0011ARCAP - US Civil Air Patrol - Arkansas - (SSB call should be Wildwood-####) 100 - not sure but suspect U.S. Civil Air Patrol - SW Regional HQ
8050.0 HF-USB
[14:46:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
8983.0 HF-USB
1509Z - Camslant w/ CG 2004 for flight opns (normal) & position rpt (sounded like 3535N 07354W)
8992.0 HF-USB
0121Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMYSSH to All Stations
1617Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NMYMRM; "more to follow,
stand-by" statement; precedes 6 character EAM NMCIXA to All Stations
9025.0 HF-USB
[11:36:06][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05
[12:39:06][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 15 SN 07
9047.0 HF-USB
[19:17:16][CHN 01][TO ][0011ARCAP ][TIS][100 ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
SSB comms followed btwn stations & qsy to 8012.0 for brief time
[19:33:53][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][4800MN ][AL0] BER 18 SN 04
[19:36:34][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0011AR ][AL0] BER 17 SN 05
[19:36:45][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0011ARCAP ][AL0] BER 19 SN 05
9121.5 HF-USB
0137Z - Link-11 data transmission
10194.0 HF-USB
[18:04:47][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 20 SN 06
[18:04:51][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
[18:18:26][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC4FEM ][AL0] BER 22 SN 06
11181.0 HF-USB
[23:08:18][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 18 SN 07
11494.0 HF-USB
[20:56:54][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][I52 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 07
14405.0 HF-USB
1618Z - Transcon Mission Support Net: AFA8SI
15016.0 HF-USB
1617Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NMYMRM; "more to follow,
stand-by" statement; precedes 6 character EAM NMCIXA to All Stations
1635Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43GZ2Q
1732Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43CDLK to All Stations
1747Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 434TJR to All Stations
1750Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass SKYKING, do not answer: WLI; time: 50; authentication: ZT
1840Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 4367KK to All Stations
1903Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43J323 to All Stations
1949Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43WT3G to All Stations
NRL Launches Nano-Satellite Experimental Platforms
By Daniel Parry - Naval Research Laboratory, Office of Public Affairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNS) -- Two Naval Research Laboratory Naval Center for Space Technology designed and built nano-satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Dec. 8, as secondary payloads on a Space Exploration (SpaceX) Technologies, Inc., Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
The satellites have been deployed to evaluate nano-satellites as a platform for experimentation and technology development.
Known as the CubeSat Experiment (QbX), the two 3U (30x10x10 cm) CubeSat buses were built by Pumpkin, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., and provided to the NRL by the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) Colony Program Office.
This is the first flight of the Pumpkin-built Colony I spacecraft bus and is being used to evaluate the performance of the vehicle as a platform for experimentation.
Engineers from the NRL Spacecraft Engineering department are in the checkout phase of the 3U CubeSats. The NRL developed tracking, telemetry and command (TTC) radio is fully functional, providing reliable two-way data transfers and the flight software ported from previous and ongoing NRL programs to the Pumpkin Colony I processor is providing an on board scheduler for routine vehicle control and operation.
"Currently, the spacecraft are healthy, and experimentation and checkout are continuing," said Dr. Stephen Arnold, NRL Spacecraft Engineering department electronics engineer. "Deployments, including arrays and antennas, were successful and verified shortly after launch."
Spacecraft attitude is controlled by, and operates in, a novel "Space Dart" mode. Due to the low orbit (300km) atmospheric drag provides a stabilization torque that, used with reaction wheels and torque coils, provides stable pointing to within five degrees of Nadir throughout the orbit. The system has been verified on both vehicles and is providing a stable platform for continued experimentation.
"It is expected that the QbX vehicles will remain in orbit for approximately 30 days," said Arnold. "After which, they will succumb to the effects of atmospheric drag and be destroyed during re-entry to Earth's atmosphere."
The primary payload launched aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 was the Dragon Module. Developed by SpaceX and sponsored by NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the Dragon Module is an initiative to develop private spacecraft to ferry cargo to and from the International Space Station.
Flight software, antennas, and the TTC radio were built and integrated by the NRL, as was the developmental communications payload. Environmental testing of the completed package was also performed at NRL. Ground stations on the east and west coasts provide coverage for command loads and data collection.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNS) -- Two Naval Research Laboratory Naval Center for Space Technology designed and built nano-satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Dec. 8, as secondary payloads on a Space Exploration (SpaceX) Technologies, Inc., Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
The satellites have been deployed to evaluate nano-satellites as a platform for experimentation and technology development.
Known as the CubeSat Experiment (QbX), the two 3U (30x10x10 cm) CubeSat buses were built by Pumpkin, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., and provided to the NRL by the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) Colony Program Office.
This is the first flight of the Pumpkin-built Colony I spacecraft bus and is being used to evaluate the performance of the vehicle as a platform for experimentation.
Engineers from the NRL Spacecraft Engineering department are in the checkout phase of the 3U CubeSats. The NRL developed tracking, telemetry and command (TTC) radio is fully functional, providing reliable two-way data transfers and the flight software ported from previous and ongoing NRL programs to the Pumpkin Colony I processor is providing an on board scheduler for routine vehicle control and operation.
"Currently, the spacecraft are healthy, and experimentation and checkout are continuing," said Dr. Stephen Arnold, NRL Spacecraft Engineering department electronics engineer. "Deployments, including arrays and antennas, were successful and verified shortly after launch."
Spacecraft attitude is controlled by, and operates in, a novel "Space Dart" mode. Due to the low orbit (300km) atmospheric drag provides a stabilization torque that, used with reaction wheels and torque coils, provides stable pointing to within five degrees of Nadir throughout the orbit. The system has been verified on both vehicles and is providing a stable platform for continued experimentation.
"It is expected that the QbX vehicles will remain in orbit for approximately 30 days," said Arnold. "After which, they will succumb to the effects of atmospheric drag and be destroyed during re-entry to Earth's atmosphere."
The primary payload launched aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 was the Dragon Module. Developed by SpaceX and sponsored by NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the Dragon Module is an initiative to develop private spacecraft to ferry cargo to and from the International Space Station.
Flight software, antennas, and the TTC radio were built and integrated by the NRL, as was the developmental communications payload. Environmental testing of the completed package was also performed at NRL. Ground stations on the east and west coasts provide coverage for command loads and data collection.
USS Olympia Returns Following Pacific Deployment
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Dec. 17, after completing a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific region in support of 7th Fleet operations.
"After a four-year refueling overhaul, the crew of Olympia was eager to get their submarine back overseas into the Western Pacific area of operations," said Cmdr. Mike Coughlin, USS Olympia commanding officer.
Olympia conducted a variety of operations and several training exercises throughout the deployment, contributing to the nation's strategic posture in the region. Olympia also strengthened relationships with Japan during several engagements with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force submarine, JDS Takashio (SS 587).
During the deployment, 28 new enlisted submariners became submarine qualified and are now entitled to wear the enlisted submarine warfare insignia. A majority of the crew also completed advanced qualifications, including Engineering Watch Supervisor, Diving Officer of the Watch and Chief of the Watch. These qualifications provide greater watch bill flexibility and helped ensure that Olympia's performance will remain strong.
"With about 60 percent of the crew making their first Western Pacific deployment, invaluable training and experience was obtained," said Coughlin.
With more than 32,000 nautical miles steamed and aside from the challenging operations, the crew made several port visits which included Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan, throughout their six months away from Pearl Harbor.
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Dec. 17, after completing a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific region in support of 7th Fleet operations.
"After a four-year refueling overhaul, the crew of Olympia was eager to get their submarine back overseas into the Western Pacific area of operations," said Cmdr. Mike Coughlin, USS Olympia commanding officer.
Olympia conducted a variety of operations and several training exercises throughout the deployment, contributing to the nation's strategic posture in the region. Olympia also strengthened relationships with Japan during several engagements with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force submarine, JDS Takashio (SS 587).
During the deployment, 28 new enlisted submariners became submarine qualified and are now entitled to wear the enlisted submarine warfare insignia. A majority of the crew also completed advanced qualifications, including Engineering Watch Supervisor, Diving Officer of the Watch and Chief of the Watch. These qualifications provide greater watch bill flexibility and helped ensure that Olympia's performance will remain strong.
"With about 60 percent of the crew making their first Western Pacific deployment, invaluable training and experience was obtained," said Coughlin.
With more than 32,000 nautical miles steamed and aside from the challenging operations, the crew made several port visits which included Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan, throughout their six months away from Pearl Harbor.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Milcom Blog Logs - 17 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site
Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.
3234.5 HF-LSB
0105Z - AAR7AT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAM7IA
3255.5 HF-USB
1136Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/B net: AAM4SC / AAR4EK / AAM4AL // stations moved to KAI to pass tfc
3308.0 HF-USB
1203Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5ML / AFA5HF
3317.5 HF-USB
0134Z - NNN0THC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0HKF
2306Z - Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net: NNN0QGB / NNN0ASZ
3325.0 HF-USB
0006Z - NNN0AMY NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0APJ / NNN0BTQ
0135Z - NNN0GAQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B5C net: NNN0XES / NNN0GAQ-24
3341.0 HF-USB
[01:38:42][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 21 SN 06
[01:46:23][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06
[01:52:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
3370.5 HF-USB
0202Z - Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net: AFA6DV
3390.0 HF-USB
0119Z - NNN0GKQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0ITN / NNN0NHP
0202Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0LHR
4002.9 HF-USB
0208Z - AAA4MS NCS for the Army Region 4 Mississippi MARS AAA4MS/A net
4007.0 HF-USB
0035Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH / NNN0XFB
4008.5 HF-USB
2201Z - NNN0BSF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0AZO / NNN0QGC
4011.0 HF-USB
0004Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0WKH / NNN0AFW / NNN0AAK
4013.5 HF-USB
0004Z - NNN0ZEI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0BTK / NNN0XPU
4017.9 HF-USB
1404Z - AAA8CO NCS for the Army Region 8 MARS AAA8RD/B net: AAM8ACO / AAM8RE
4026.9 HF-LSB
1141Z - AAR5QM NCS for the Army Region 5 Ohio MARS AAA5RD/OH net: AAR5VI / AAR5XE / AAA2NJ / AFA5KG / AAT2AG / AAA9AC / AAR5TU
4026.9 HF-USB
1202Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAV4WR / AAM4AL
4032.9 HF-LSB
1201Z - Army Region 3 MARS AAA3RD/A net: AAR3GV
4035.9 HF-USB
0205Z - AAR7PB NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAR7AL / AAM7EMO
1414Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7EMO
4038.5 HF-USB
0206Z - NNN0PCC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0TBK / NNN0RBA
4038.9 HF-LSB
1202Z - Army Region 2 MARS AAA2RD/M net: AAR2XJ
4041.0 HF-USB
0032Z - NNN0KQE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0GLG / NNN0KRQ / NNN0XOR / NNN0VJM / NNN0ICH / NNN0UAN / NNN0EVQ / NNN0FSW / NNN0FKW
4469.0 HF-USB
1233Z - Florida Civil Air Patrol Net: Florida-CAP-104 / Florida-CAP-108 / Florida-CAP-256 / (sound like) Florida-CAP-476 / Goldenrod-595
4506.0 HF-USB
1400Z - Red-Cloud-235 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "Red-Cloud" CAP net: Red-Cloud-144 / Red-Cloud-194
4517.0 HF-USB
1415Z - AFE7DM NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA7HZ
4603.0 HF-USB
[11:51:02][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 04
4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-114 (sounded like) NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net: Goldenrod-595 / Red-Fire-47
0031Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17 unable to hear NCS rqst relay
1400Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
2231Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-82 / Red-Fox-93
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
1500Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net: (sound like NNN0ELA) / NNN0ETC
4724.0 HF-USB
0230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 433YSC
4825.0 HF-USB
2301Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net
5004.5 HF-USB
1501Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0VHI
6715.0 HF-USB
[07:54:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[09:59:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
[10:35:49][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
6721.0 HF-USB
[06:38:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
6739.0 HF-USB
0230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 433YSC
7302.0 HF-USB
1421Z - AFF6RM NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFF6AR / AFA6HJ
7457.0 HF-USB
1419Z - AFF4MS NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4AA / AFD4KY
7635.0 HF-USB
1504Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Head-CAP-58 / Louisiana-30 / Aspen-Gold-04 / Wildwood-6704 / Wildwood-1504 / Southeast-CAP-01 (mobile) / Kittyhawk-114 / Iowa-CAP-04 / Mockingbird-04
8992.0 HF-USB
0230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 433YSC
1634Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 4323VQ to All Stations
10194.0 HF-USB
[17:23:24][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
11232.0 HF-USB
1524Z - Trenton Military provides Goliath-Alpha w/ 3 commercial phone patches
Patch 1 to Best Deal: Best Deal in exercise can not take call
Patch 2 to Bigfoot: Goliath-Alpha pass TAD D line report to Bigfoot w/ rqst to relay to Deerhunter: Line 1: Goliath-Alpha; Line 2: KTIK; Line 3: 1452; Line 4: 1652;
Line 5: 0574; Line 6: NA
Goliath-Alpha to Bigfoot: can you support format training @ 1600Z?
Bigfoot to Goliath-Alpha: affirmative
Goliath-Alpha to Bigfoot: will meet you on Conr-3 @ 1600Z
Patch 3 to Autotire: refused to take call
1557Z - Trenton Military provides Peach-33 w/ pp to Peachtree: 33 to Peachtree: Line 1: 1434; Line 2: 1518; Line 5: 1518 & rqst forecast for Robins @ 1900Z
12129.0 HF-USB
[18:26:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC0FEM ][AL0] BER 21 SN 05
12216.0 HF-USB
[19:21:23][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC0FEM ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
13200.0 HF-USB
1634Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 4323VQ to All Stations
13993.0 HF-USB
1516Z - AFA1FF NCS for the TRANSCON HF Voice Net
15016.0 HF-USB
1634Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 4323VQ to All Stations
1718Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43AYT5 to All Stations
1721Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43CA2A to All Stations
1730Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43CA2A; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1732Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43AYT5
1800Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass preamble for 43POQI prior to "disregard this transmission" statement
1801Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass SKYKING, do not answer: HUK; time: 01; authentication: AZ
1802Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43POQI; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1804Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43CA2A; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1806Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43AYT5
1830Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43POQI; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1832Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43CA2A; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1834Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43AYT5
1837Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NM4GV5 to All Stations
1846Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMG4CD to All Stations
1902Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43POQI
1904Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43E5RV to All Stations
1906Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43CA2A; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1908Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43AYT5
1910Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43DYX4 to All Stations
3234.5 HF-LSB
0105Z - AAR7AT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAM7IA
3255.5 HF-USB
1136Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/B net: AAM4SC / AAR4EK / AAM4AL // stations moved to KAI to pass tfc
3308.0 HF-USB
1203Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5ML / AFA5HF
3317.5 HF-USB
0134Z - NNN0THC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0HKF
2306Z - Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net: NNN0QGB / NNN0ASZ
3325.0 HF-USB
0006Z - NNN0AMY NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0APJ / NNN0BTQ
0135Z - NNN0GAQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B5C net: NNN0XES / NNN0GAQ-24
3341.0 HF-USB
[01:38:42][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 21 SN 06
[01:46:23][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06
[01:52:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
3370.5 HF-USB
0202Z - Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net: AFA6DV
3390.0 HF-USB
0119Z - NNN0GKQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0ITN / NNN0NHP
0202Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0LHR
4002.9 HF-USB
0208Z - AAA4MS NCS for the Army Region 4 Mississippi MARS AAA4MS/A net
4007.0 HF-USB
0035Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH / NNN0XFB
4008.5 HF-USB
2201Z - NNN0BSF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0AZO / NNN0QGC
4011.0 HF-USB
0004Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0WKH / NNN0AFW / NNN0AAK
4013.5 HF-USB
0004Z - NNN0ZEI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0BTK / NNN0XPU
4017.9 HF-USB
1404Z - AAA8CO NCS for the Army Region 8 MARS AAA8RD/B net: AAM8ACO / AAM8RE
4026.9 HF-LSB
1141Z - AAR5QM NCS for the Army Region 5 Ohio MARS AAA5RD/OH net: AAR5VI / AAR5XE / AAA2NJ / AFA5KG / AAT2AG / AAA9AC / AAR5TU
4026.9 HF-USB
1202Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAV4WR / AAM4AL
4032.9 HF-LSB
1201Z - Army Region 3 MARS AAA3RD/A net: AAR3GV
4035.9 HF-USB
0205Z - AAR7PB NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAR7AL / AAM7EMO
1414Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7EMO
4038.5 HF-USB
0206Z - NNN0PCC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0TBK / NNN0RBA
4038.9 HF-LSB
1202Z - Army Region 2 MARS AAA2RD/M net: AAR2XJ
4041.0 HF-USB
0032Z - NNN0KQE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0GLG / NNN0KRQ / NNN0XOR / NNN0VJM / NNN0ICH / NNN0UAN / NNN0EVQ / NNN0FSW / NNN0FKW
4469.0 HF-USB
1233Z - Florida Civil Air Patrol Net: Florida-CAP-104 / Florida-CAP-108 / Florida-CAP-256 / (sound like) Florida-CAP-476 / Goldenrod-595
4506.0 HF-USB
1400Z - Red-Cloud-235 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "Red-Cloud" CAP net: Red-Cloud-144 / Red-Cloud-194
4517.0 HF-USB
1415Z - AFE7DM NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA7HZ
4603.0 HF-USB
[11:51:02][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 04
4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-114 (sounded like) NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net: Goldenrod-595 / Red-Fire-47
0031Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17 unable to hear NCS rqst relay
1400Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
2231Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-82 / Red-Fox-93
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
1500Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net: (sound like NNN0ELA) / NNN0ETC
4724.0 HF-USB
0230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 433YSC
4825.0 HF-USB
2301Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net
5004.5 HF-USB
1501Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0VHI
6715.0 HF-USB
[07:54:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[09:59:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
[10:35:49][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
6721.0 HF-USB
[06:38:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
6739.0 HF-USB
0230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 433YSC
7302.0 HF-USB
1421Z - AFF6RM NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFF6AR / AFA6HJ
7457.0 HF-USB
1419Z - AFF4MS NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4AA / AFD4KY
7635.0 HF-USB
1504Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Head-CAP-58 / Louisiana-30 / Aspen-Gold-04 / Wildwood-6704 / Wildwood-1504 / Southeast-CAP-01 (mobile) / Kittyhawk-114 / Iowa-CAP-04 / Mockingbird-04
8992.0 HF-USB
0230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 433YSC
1634Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 4323VQ to All Stations
10194.0 HF-USB
[17:23:24][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
11232.0 HF-USB
1524Z - Trenton Military provides Goliath-Alpha w/ 3 commercial phone patches
Patch 1 to Best Deal: Best Deal in exercise can not take call
Patch 2 to Bigfoot: Goliath-Alpha pass TAD D line report to Bigfoot w/ rqst to relay to Deerhunter: Line 1: Goliath-Alpha; Line 2: KTIK; Line 3: 1452; Line 4: 1652;
Line 5: 0574; Line 6: NA
Goliath-Alpha to Bigfoot: can you support format training @ 1600Z?
Bigfoot to Goliath-Alpha: affirmative
Goliath-Alpha to Bigfoot: will meet you on Conr-3 @ 1600Z
Patch 3 to Autotire: refused to take call
1557Z - Trenton Military provides Peach-33 w/ pp to Peachtree: 33 to Peachtree: Line 1: 1434; Line 2: 1518; Line 5: 1518 & rqst forecast for Robins @ 1900Z
12129.0 HF-USB
[18:26:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC0FEM ][AL0] BER 21 SN 05
12216.0 HF-USB
[19:21:23][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC0FEM ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
13200.0 HF-USB
1634Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 4323VQ to All Stations
13993.0 HF-USB
1516Z - AFA1FF NCS for the TRANSCON HF Voice Net
15016.0 HF-USB
1634Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 4323VQ to All Stations
1718Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43AYT5 to All Stations
1721Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43CA2A to All Stations
1730Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43CA2A; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1732Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43AYT5
1800Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass preamble for 43POQI prior to "disregard this transmission" statement
1801Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass SKYKING, do not answer: HUK; time: 01; authentication: AZ
1802Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43POQI; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1804Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43CA2A; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1806Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43AYT5
1830Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43POQI; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1832Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43CA2A; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1834Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43AYT5
1837Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NM4GV5 to All Stations
1846Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMG4CD to All Stations
1902Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43POQI
1904Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43E5RV to All Stations
1906Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43CA2A; "more to follow, stand-by" statement precede
1908Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43AYT5
1910Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43DYX4 to All Stations
Peleliu ARG Returns From Deployment
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group (PEL ARG) returns to San Diego Saturday Dec. 18 after a seven-month deployment to the 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility, conducting humanitarian relief in Pakistan and counter piracy operations off the Horn of Africa.
"The Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit worked together and completed a variety of missions during deployment," said Capt. Dale G. Fuller, Amphibious Squadron 3 commander. "I am proud of each Sailor and Marine's dedication, professionalism and honorable service to their country."
The ARG is comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5), amphibious transport dock USS Dubuque (LPD 8), amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and embarked Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).
While deployed, the PEL ARG participated in Exercise Crocodilo in Timor-Leste, conducting a broad range of military-to-military training; including harbor security, weapons, navigation and engineering while the MEU integrated with Indonesian marines for jungle warfare training.
In August, PEL ARG/15th MEU responded to Pakistan's request for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief after monsoonal rains flooded much of the country. Fifteen heavy and medium-lift helicopters from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (Reinforced) delivered supplies and rescued those stranded.
Along with U.S. Navy helicopters assigned to Mine Countermeasure Squadron 15, the ARG/MEU delivered five million pounds of relief supplies and evacuated more than 9,000 people throughout 98 days of providing assistance to the people of Pakistan.
Other significant mission contributions from PEL ARG/15th MEU include AV-8B Harriers of Marine Attack Squadron 311 providing close air support for U.S. military ground forces in Afghanistan, sending in a Maritime Raid Force from Dubuque to embark, seize and recover Motor Vessel Magellan Star after it was hijacked by suspected pirates, and Pearl Harbor, along with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81), rescued 62 persons stranded at sea after their skiff capsized off the coast of Somalia.
Peleliu, Dubuque and Pearl Harbor help provide deterrence, promote peace and security, preserve freedom of the seas and humanitarian assistance/disaster response within 3rd Fleet's 50-million square mile area of responsibility in the Eastern Pacific, as well as supporting the Navy's maritime strategy when forward deployed.
"The Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit worked together and completed a variety of missions during deployment," said Capt. Dale G. Fuller, Amphibious Squadron 3 commander. "I am proud of each Sailor and Marine's dedication, professionalism and honorable service to their country."
The ARG is comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5), amphibious transport dock USS Dubuque (LPD 8), amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and embarked Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).
While deployed, the PEL ARG participated in Exercise Crocodilo in Timor-Leste, conducting a broad range of military-to-military training; including harbor security, weapons, navigation and engineering while the MEU integrated with Indonesian marines for jungle warfare training.
In August, PEL ARG/15th MEU responded to Pakistan's request for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief after monsoonal rains flooded much of the country. Fifteen heavy and medium-lift helicopters from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (Reinforced) delivered supplies and rescued those stranded.
Along with U.S. Navy helicopters assigned to Mine Countermeasure Squadron 15, the ARG/MEU delivered five million pounds of relief supplies and evacuated more than 9,000 people throughout 98 days of providing assistance to the people of Pakistan.
Other significant mission contributions from PEL ARG/15th MEU include AV-8B Harriers of Marine Attack Squadron 311 providing close air support for U.S. military ground forces in Afghanistan, sending in a Maritime Raid Force from Dubuque to embark, seize and recover Motor Vessel Magellan Star after it was hijacked by suspected pirates, and Pearl Harbor, along with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81), rescued 62 persons stranded at sea after their skiff capsized off the coast of Somalia.
Peleliu, Dubuque and Pearl Harbor help provide deterrence, promote peace and security, preserve freedom of the seas and humanitarian assistance/disaster response within 3rd Fleet's 50-million square mile area of responsibility in the Eastern Pacific, as well as supporting the Navy's maritime strategy when forward deployed.
Milcom Blog Logs - 17 Dec 2010 - Baltimore MD
Our friend Ron Perron from Baltimore MD checks in with his latest Milcom logs. Thanks Ron for sharing.
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
NTPS- Naval Test Pilot School, PAX
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 EST))
0743- PAT 01 (UH-60, DAA)-w/Leesburg Radio (255.4) opening flt plan from Weide AAF MD to Davison AAF VA.
0746- SAM 8672 (99th AS ADW)-depart ADW then check in w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
0813- Venus 93 (VC-32A # 98-0003, 1st AS ADW)-depart ADW.
0839- Venus 50 (C-20C # 85-0050, 99th AS ADW)-depart ADW. Also w/SAM Control (142.75) advising they are headed to Salisbury for about an hour of pattern work.
0954- Blackjack 1 (HH-65C, CGAS Wash DCA)-radio checks w/Huntress (139.7)
0957- Reach 802 (id as heavy C-17)-land at ADW.
1001- Hawk 01 (C-21A, 457th AS ADW)-w/Griffin CP (378.1)w/inbound m sg & asking that CP contact their sqdn, the 457th AS.
1005- PAT 166-land at ADW. Departs from ADW at 1050 then w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
1010- Marine 767 (UC-35 # 166767, VMR-4 ADW)-land at ADW.
1107- DeeCee 51 & 51 (KC-135Rs, 756th ARS ADW)-depart ADW. DeeCee 51 does some pattern work at DOV (132.425) seperate from DeeCee 52. Then gets clearance to rejoin w/DeeCee 52 and to head up off the NJ coast for some AAR work. Return to ADW at 1415.
1152- PAT 228 (prob C-12, 2/228th AVN NXX)w/ZDC Cape Charles (132.55)
1421- Reach 982T-land at ADW.
1425- Navy 377 (C-37 # 166377 VR-1 ADW)-land at ADW
1433- Reach 313-w/DOV CP (134.1) w/inbound msg.
1437- Avalon 39 (C-40, 375th AW, Scott AFB, IL)-w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
1441- Sliver/Slipper 31 flt (3 X F-22s, LFI)-depart from W396 (238.1)
1445- Viking 83 (id as C-130, 934th AW Minneapolis-St Paul MN)-land at ADW.
1449- Army 301 (UC-35 # 01-0301 OSACOM ADW)-land at ADW
1545- Maple 37 (F-16C/D 134th FS, VT ANG Burlington VT)-w/ZDC Cape Charles (132.55) then w/ZDC Woodstowne (363.0)
1618- Ocean 31 (C-130J 115TH AS CA ANG NAS PT MUGU CA)-land at ADW.
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
NTPS- Naval Test Pilot School, PAX
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 EST))
0743- PAT 01 (UH-60, DAA)-w/Leesburg Radio (255.4) opening flt plan from Weide AAF MD to Davison AAF VA.
0746- SAM 8672 (99th AS ADW)-depart ADW then check in w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
0813- Venus 93 (VC-32A # 98-0003, 1st AS ADW)-depart ADW.
0839- Venus 50 (C-20C # 85-0050, 99th AS ADW)-depart ADW. Also w/SAM Control (142.75) advising they are headed to Salisbury for about an hour of pattern work.
0954- Blackjack 1 (HH-65C, CGAS Wash DCA)-radio checks w/Huntress (139.7)
0957- Reach 802 (id as heavy C-17)-land at ADW.
1001- Hawk 01 (C-21A, 457th AS ADW)-w/Griffin CP (378.1)w/inbound m sg & asking that CP contact their sqdn, the 457th AS.
1005- PAT 166-land at ADW. Departs from ADW at 1050 then w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
1010- Marine 767 (UC-35 # 166767, VMR-4 ADW)-land at ADW.
1107- DeeCee 51 & 51 (KC-135Rs, 756th ARS ADW)-depart ADW. DeeCee 51 does some pattern work at DOV (132.425) seperate from DeeCee 52. Then gets clearance to rejoin w/DeeCee 52 and to head up off the NJ coast for some AAR work. Return to ADW at 1415.
1152- PAT 228 (prob C-12, 2/228th AVN NXX)w/ZDC Cape Charles (132.55)
1421- Reach 982T-land at ADW.
1425- Navy 377 (C-37 # 166377 VR-1 ADW)-land at ADW
1433- Reach 313-w/DOV CP (134.1) w/inbound msg.
1437- Avalon 39 (C-40, 375th AW, Scott AFB, IL)-w/ZDC Montebello (121.675)
1441- Sliver/Slipper 31 flt (3 X F-22s, LFI)-depart from W396 (238.1)
1445- Viking 83 (id as C-130, 934th AW Minneapolis-St Paul MN)-land at ADW.
1449- Army 301 (UC-35 # 01-0301 OSACOM ADW)-land at ADW
1545- Maple 37 (F-16C/D 134th FS, VT ANG Burlington VT)-w/ZDC Cape Charles (132.55) then w/ZDC Woodstowne (363.0)
1618- Ocean 31 (C-130J 115TH AS CA ANG NAS PT MUGU CA)-land at ADW.
U.S. Troops to Observe South Korean Live-fire Drills
By Karen Parrish, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON - U.S. trainers and observers will be present for South Korean live-fire artillery drills planned to start tomorrow and to continue until Dec. 21, Defense Department officials said today.
A Pentagon spokesman told reporters the drills will occur as scheduled, and are intended to ensure that South Korean forces are prepared to respond to any threat to their security and stability.
Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed the drills during a question-and-answer session following a briefing to Pentagon reporters yesterday.
"The area [where] they're going to conduct these live-fire drills is an established and well-used range," Cartwright said. "It's not a new activity, and it's not one that the North Koreans haven't seen on a routine basis."
Because the live-fire drills are set for Yeonpyeong Island, site of a Nov. 23 North Korean artillery attack that killed four people, South Korea has taken pains to ensure its intent is clear, Cartwright said, noting that artillery positions on another nearby island will be included in the drill.
"The impact area is out in the water, not pointed towards the land," the vice chairman said. South Korean officials earlier this week laid out exactly what they were going to be doing and when they were going to be doing it, "so that we would take any ambiguity out that was at all possible," he added.
Cartwright said South Korea's government also has published information on the planned drills extensively on the Web "to ensure that anybody in that area knows what's going to go on and when it's going to go on, including a notice to mariners."
A total of 21 U.S. military trainers and observers on the two islands will be present for the drills, along with a contingent of United Nations troops, Cartwright said.
According to news reports in South Korea, the government has announced that island residents will be evacuated or, if they prefer, housed in shelters while the live-fire drills take place.
"If North Korea were to react to that in a negative way and fire back ... at those firing positions on the islands, that would start potentially a chain reaction of firing and counter-firing," he said. "What you don't want to have happen out of that is ... for us to lose control of the escalation. That's the concern."
WASHINGTON - U.S. trainers and observers will be present for South Korean live-fire artillery drills planned to start tomorrow and to continue until Dec. 21, Defense Department officials said today.
A Pentagon spokesman told reporters the drills will occur as scheduled, and are intended to ensure that South Korean forces are prepared to respond to any threat to their security and stability.
Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed the drills during a question-and-answer session following a briefing to Pentagon reporters yesterday.
"The area [where] they're going to conduct these live-fire drills is an established and well-used range," Cartwright said. "It's not a new activity, and it's not one that the North Koreans haven't seen on a routine basis."
Because the live-fire drills are set for Yeonpyeong Island, site of a Nov. 23 North Korean artillery attack that killed four people, South Korea has taken pains to ensure its intent is clear, Cartwright said, noting that artillery positions on another nearby island will be included in the drill.
"The impact area is out in the water, not pointed towards the land," the vice chairman said. South Korean officials earlier this week laid out exactly what they were going to be doing and when they were going to be doing it, "so that we would take any ambiguity out that was at all possible," he added.
Cartwright said South Korea's government also has published information on the planned drills extensively on the Web "to ensure that anybody in that area knows what's going to go on and when it's going to go on, including a notice to mariners."
A total of 21 U.S. military trainers and observers on the two islands will be present for the drills, along with a contingent of United Nations troops, Cartwright said.
According to news reports in South Korea, the government has announced that island residents will be evacuated or, if they prefer, housed in shelters while the live-fire drills take place.
"If North Korea were to react to that in a negative way and fire back ... at those firing positions on the islands, that would start potentially a chain reaction of firing and counter-firing," he said. "What you don't want to have happen out of that is ... for us to lose control of the escalation. That's the concern."
Friday, December 17, 2010
Milcom Blog Logs - 16 Dec 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
0103Z - AFF7AKS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Kansas MARS 7KSS1 net: AFA7HZ ./ AFN7NC
0204Z - AFA7VP NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AAM5RD (in MFSK-16)
1241Z - AFF7KS Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5KG
3370.5 HF-USB
0209Z - Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net: AFA6IT
3390.0 HF-USB
0102Z - NNN0EPY NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0QGR
0212Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0AHE
0302Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TJC
4007.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0XYA / NNN0BQH
4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net
4011.0 HF-USB
1404Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0TUL
4020.9 HF-USB
1301Z - AAR6HB NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
4023.9 HF-USB
1406Z - Army Region 5 Illinois MARS AAA5RD/IL net in Olivia & SSB: AAA5RD
4035.9 HF-USB
0101Z - AAM7IA NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net
1302Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/C net: AAM7RT
1412Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/D net: AAM7EMO
4038.5 HF-USB
0201Z - NNN0TBK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0YGY / NNN0HEL / NNN0AOC
1301Z - NNN0SYF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0EVT / NNN0TWA
4469.0 HF-USB
1238Z - Florida Civil Air Patrol Net: Florida-CAP-256
4517.0 HF-USB
1403Z - AFF7KS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA7JW / AFA5RF / AFA7UB
4603.0 HF-USB
[22:56:55][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR7FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
4604.0 HF-USB
0030Z - (sound like) Red-Fox-84 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17
0200Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1431Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net:
Red-Fox-93
2230Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17 / Red-Fox-74
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2331Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net
4627.0 HF-USB
1300Z WildWood-46 NCS for the Southwest Region Arkansas "Wild-Wood" CAP net
4825.0 HF-USB
2300Z - Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH
6715.0 HF-USB
[05:56:13][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
[07:56:27][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 7 SN 04
[08:56:36][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 04
6739.0 HF-USB
0031Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 43VKJY
7302.0 HF-USB
1419Z - AFF6RM NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFA6ZU / AFA6BZ
7457.0 HF-USB
1416Z - AFF4AA NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4MS / AFD4KY
7635.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: WildWood-04 / Louisiana-30 / North-Central-54 / Bluemound-03 / Head-CAP-58
8050.0 HF-USB
[22:45:51][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 04
8983.0 HF-USB
1436Z - Camslant w/ Rescue 2006 for flight opns & position rpt
8992.0 HF-USB
1346Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NMWQE5 prefaced by "For (sound like) Warpsong" to All Stations
10162.0 HF-USB
[21:12:14][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0004MS ][AL0] BER 18 SN 07
10895.0 HF-USB
2213Z - Link-11 data transmission
11175.0 HF-USB
2203Z - Puerto Rico (HF-GCS) provide Baton-55 w/ pp to commercial #
11238.0 HF-USB
[17:06:34][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][CNU ][AL0] BER 11 SN 06
12103.0 HF-USB
[20:14:31][CHN 01][TO ][MHE ][TIS][CTB ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
14902.0 HF-USB
1516Z - National CAP net: Goldenrod-595
15016.0 HF-USB
1346Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NMWQE5 prefaced by "For (sound like) Warpsong" to All Stations
1519Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass two 6 character EAMs: NMRUNJ & NMKAT2 to All Stations
1523Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMJM56 to All Stations
19458.6 HF-USB
[18:05:42][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][CNU ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06
[19:09:24][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][CNU ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
[19:17:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][CNU ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
3308.0 HF-USB
0103Z - AFF7AKS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Kansas MARS 7KSS1 net: AFA7HZ ./ AFN7NC
0204Z - AFA7VP NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AAM5RD (in MFSK-16)
1241Z - AFF7KS Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5KG
3370.5 HF-USB
0209Z - Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net: AFA6IT
3390.0 HF-USB
0102Z - NNN0EPY NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0QGR
0212Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0AHE
0302Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TJC
4007.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0XYA / NNN0BQH
4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net
4011.0 HF-USB
1404Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0TUL
4020.9 HF-USB
1301Z - AAR6HB NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
4023.9 HF-USB
1406Z - Army Region 5 Illinois MARS AAA5RD/IL net in Olivia & SSB: AAA5RD
4035.9 HF-USB
0101Z - AAM7IA NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net
1302Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/C net: AAM7RT
1412Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/D net: AAM7EMO
4038.5 HF-USB
0201Z - NNN0TBK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0YGY / NNN0HEL / NNN0AOC
1301Z - NNN0SYF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0EVT / NNN0TWA
4469.0 HF-USB
1238Z - Florida Civil Air Patrol Net: Florida-CAP-256
4517.0 HF-USB
1403Z - AFF7KS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA7JW / AFA5RF / AFA7UB
4603.0 HF-USB
[22:56:55][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR7FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
4604.0 HF-USB
0030Z - (sound like) Red-Fox-84 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17
0200Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1431Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net:
Red-Fox-93
2230Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17 / Red-Fox-74
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2331Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net
4627.0 HF-USB
1300Z WildWood-46 NCS for the Southwest Region Arkansas "Wild-Wood" CAP net
4825.0 HF-USB
2300Z - Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH
6715.0 HF-USB
[05:56:13][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
[07:56:27][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 7 SN 04
[08:56:36][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 04
6739.0 HF-USB
0031Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 43VKJY
7302.0 HF-USB
1419Z - AFF6RM NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFA6ZU / AFA6BZ
7457.0 HF-USB
1416Z - AFF4AA NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4MS / AFD4KY
7635.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: WildWood-04 / Louisiana-30 / North-Central-54 / Bluemound-03 / Head-CAP-58
8050.0 HF-USB
[22:45:51][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 04
8983.0 HF-USB
1436Z - Camslant w/ Rescue 2006 for flight opns & position rpt
8992.0 HF-USB
1346Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NMWQE5 prefaced by "For (sound like) Warpsong" to All Stations
10162.0 HF-USB
[21:12:14][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0004MS ][AL0] BER 18 SN 07
10895.0 HF-USB
2213Z - Link-11 data transmission
11175.0 HF-USB
2203Z - Puerto Rico (HF-GCS) provide Baton-55 w/ pp to commercial #
11238.0 HF-USB
[17:06:34][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][CNU ][AL0] BER 11 SN 06
12103.0 HF-USB
[20:14:31][CHN 01][TO ][MHE ][TIS][CTB ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
14902.0 HF-USB
1516Z - National CAP net: Goldenrod-595
15016.0 HF-USB
1346Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 6 character EAM NMWQE5 prefaced by "For (sound like) Warpsong" to All Stations
1519Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass two 6 character EAMs: NMRUNJ & NMKAT2 to All Stations
1523Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMJM56 to All Stations
19458.6 HF-USB
[18:05:42][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][CNU ][AL0] BER 14 SN 06
[19:09:24][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][CNU ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
[19:17:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][CNU ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05
Warfighters to Get Improved 'Eyes in the Sky'
The Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance-Imaging System demonstrates is surveillance capabilities during a November 2009 test at Quantico, Va. Courtesy photo
By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON - Warfighters in Afghanistan will get an unprecedented capability to track and monitor activity on the ground in the coming months with the initial deployment of a new ultra-high-resolution camera able to scan a wide field of view and download images in real time.
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, the Defense Department's high-tech research and development arm, is working with the Army to deploy its new Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance-Imaging System program during the first half of 2011, program manager Brian Leininger told American Forces Press Service.
The ARGUS-IS system, with an acronym that recalls the 100-eyed Greek mythological figure, will give ground troops a persistent "eyes in the sky" capability that improves their ability to identify and track targets of interest and enemy operatives.
The heart of the system is a 1.8-gigapixel color camera, the largest video sensor ever used to conduct tactical missions.
To provide a sense of just how high-resolution this sensor is, Leininger compared it to a standard cell phone camera. A cell phone image typically runs between 1 million and 2 million pixels. With ARGUS-IS, it's 900 to 1,800 times that number –- enough to track people and vehicles from altitudes above 20,000 feet.
But ARGUS-IS offers more than just high-resolution imagery. To be deployed on an A-160 "Hummingbird" unmanned aerial platform, it will be able to scan almost 25 square miles.
This represents a big technological leap over current airborne surveillance systems, Leininger said. Those that deliver high-resolution images are limited to very small fields of view, he explained, and those covering broader areas provide low-resolution imagery.
In addition, ARGUS-IS operators on the ground can designate "windows" around up to 65 specific sites or targets they want to monitor. They can choose buildings, road intersections or other fixed locations the system will "stare" at, or people or vehicles to trail –- even if they're moving in different directions.
"And if you have a bunch of people leaving a place at the same time, they no longer have to say, 'Do I follow vehicle one, two, three or four?'" Leininger said. "They can say, 'I will follow all of them, simultaneously and automatically.'"
ARGUS-IS's processing system compresses the massive amount of data collected to what's most valuable to warfighters, such as movement or changes on the ground. Then it transmits this data to operations centers and troops operating in the area in multiple, real-time video streams at the rate of 10 frames per second.
DARPA, working in partnership with the Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory and National Geospatial Agency, conducted its first test flights using the ARGUS system last year. For those tests, the system's sensor and airborne processing unit were slung in a pod under a special UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a fixed-wing DC-8 aircraft.
Now scientists are integrating the system into the Hummingbird platform, which can fly at up to 20,000 feet for 12 hours or more, for deployment to Afghanistan.
Even before ARGUS-IS reaches the field, DARPA already is looking ahead to the next step in its evolution. A contract awarded this past summer is funding a program to integrate an infrared capability that will enable the system to operate at night.
Leininger, who started the ARGUS-IS program just over three years ago, said the increased intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance capability the system will provide will help ground troops carry out their missions and save lives in the process.
"This is a very useable system that will provide an enormous [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] multiplier for the troops," he said. "It gives them a new and better way to see what is around them with a big eye in the sky."
General: Exercises Vital to U.S., South Korea
By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON - Exercises such as the Invincible Spirit series are helping the U.S.-South Korean alliance transform for the future while sending an unmistakable message to North Korea that its provocations won't be tolerated, the top U.S. general in South Korea said yesterday.
Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, condemned North Korea's spate of destabilizing activities during a speech to the East Asia Institute and Center for a New American Security in Seoul.
The most recent attack, on South Korea's northwest islands, "crossed a significant threshold and represents a worrying trend toward more frequent and more violent provocations," Sharp said. "Our task ... is to find ways to change North Korea's strategic calculus and end the cycle of provocations."
The United States and South Korea's message to North Korea is clear, he said. "We will not tolerate attacks against the civilian population and all provocations will be met with the utmost response that the combined [South Korea]-U.S. instruments of national power can bring to bear and that the laws of land warfare permit."
Sharp said North Korea's actions bolstered the U.S.-South Korean alliance, which is observing its 60th anniversary this year. "Alliance resolve has never been stronger, and we will strengthen the alliance further still, both in terms of capability and commitment," he said.
The new Strategic Alliance 2015 plan lays out a framework for that effort. It includes improvements in the military exercise and training program, transfer of wartime operational control to South Korean forces by 2015 and the consolidation of U.S. forces to hubs around Pyeongtaek and Daegu.
Sharp called a realistic and adaptable exercise and training program critical to the plan, particularly in light of recent events on the peninsula.
"We will seek to further adapt our exercises to address limited, as well as full-scale, North Korean attacks," he said. "All our exercises are designed to improve our interoperability and demonstrate unwavering alliance resolve to maintain peace and stability in the region."
Sharp cited the success of the recent Invincible Spirit naval and air readiness exercises, the most recently that included the Carrier Strike Group George Washington. Together with the biannual theater-level exercises, Key Resolve and Ulchi Freedom Guardian, and future bilateral and multilateral exercises, these are improving alliance capabilities and readiness to respond to the full range of provocations and attacks, he said.
He emphasized, however, that the U.S.-South Korean alliance isn't focused solely on North Korea. "The [South Korean]-U.S. alliance is a vital element in providing security, stability and prosperity on the peninsula and in the region," he said. "Based on our shared values, our countries are primed to cooperate and act on a global basis to contribute to international security."
WASHINGTON - Exercises such as the Invincible Spirit series are helping the U.S.-South Korean alliance transform for the future while sending an unmistakable message to North Korea that its provocations won't be tolerated, the top U.S. general in South Korea said yesterday.
Army Gen. Walter L. "Skip" Sharp, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, condemned North Korea's spate of destabilizing activities during a speech to the East Asia Institute and Center for a New American Security in Seoul.
The most recent attack, on South Korea's northwest islands, "crossed a significant threshold and represents a worrying trend toward more frequent and more violent provocations," Sharp said. "Our task ... is to find ways to change North Korea's strategic calculus and end the cycle of provocations."
The United States and South Korea's message to North Korea is clear, he said. "We will not tolerate attacks against the civilian population and all provocations will be met with the utmost response that the combined [South Korea]-U.S. instruments of national power can bring to bear and that the laws of land warfare permit."
Sharp said North Korea's actions bolstered the U.S.-South Korean alliance, which is observing its 60th anniversary this year. "Alliance resolve has never been stronger, and we will strengthen the alliance further still, both in terms of capability and commitment," he said.
The new Strategic Alliance 2015 plan lays out a framework for that effort. It includes improvements in the military exercise and training program, transfer of wartime operational control to South Korean forces by 2015 and the consolidation of U.S. forces to hubs around Pyeongtaek and Daegu.
Sharp called a realistic and adaptable exercise and training program critical to the plan, particularly in light of recent events on the peninsula.
"We will seek to further adapt our exercises to address limited, as well as full-scale, North Korean attacks," he said. "All our exercises are designed to improve our interoperability and demonstrate unwavering alliance resolve to maintain peace and stability in the region."
Sharp cited the success of the recent Invincible Spirit naval and air readiness exercises, the most recently that included the Carrier Strike Group George Washington. Together with the biannual theater-level exercises, Key Resolve and Ulchi Freedom Guardian, and future bilateral and multilateral exercises, these are improving alliance capabilities and readiness to respond to the full range of provocations and attacks, he said.
He emphasized, however, that the U.S.-South Korean alliance isn't focused solely on North Korea. "The [South Korean]-U.S. alliance is a vital element in providing security, stability and prosperity on the peninsula and in the region," he said. "Based on our shared values, our countries are primed to cooperate and act on a global basis to contribute to international security."
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Milcom Blog Logs - 15 Dec 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 - AFA5GR NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5LD
3325.0 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0APJ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net
0133Z - NNN0IEA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net
3390.0 HF-USB
0108Z - NNN0KZC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0BUX / NNN0ZZO / NNN0ABN
0200Z - NNN0ANX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0ICX
4007.0 HF-USB
0032Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0HKF / NNN0AQK
4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0BSF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0AZO / NNN0QGC
4011.0 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0AHH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0TWA
1404Z - NNN0EQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0TUL
4013.5 HF-USB
0002Z - NNN0BTG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0LSO / NNN0BTK
4023.9 HF-USB
0105Z - Army Region 5 Illinois AAA5RD/IL net: AA5RGO
4035.9 HF-USB
0107Z - AAR7AH NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAT7CN
0204Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAR7HH
1407Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7RD
4038.5 HF-USB
0203Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0LKA / NNN0PCC / NNN0TBK / NNN0HEL / NNN0TWA
0300Z - NNN0QAA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0EVT / NNN0SYH
4506.0 HF-USB
1402Z - Red-Cloud-194 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "Red-Cloud" CAP net: Red-Cloud-144 / Red-Cloud-355 / Red-Cloud-195
1431Z - Iowa-CAP-04 NCS for the North Central Region Iowa CAP net
4603.0 HF-USB
[00:25:35][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-114 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net
0030Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17
1401Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
1403Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W4B net: NNN0UNK
4724.0 HF-USB
0430Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43D2BI
5004.5 HF-USB
1501Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net
5140.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Oklahoma Civil Emergency Management net: WNUW212 / WNUW214
7302.0 HF-USB
1417Z - AFA6CN NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net
7457.0 HF-USB
1408Z - AFF4AL NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4VN / AFA4ZV
9025.0 HF-USB
[08:39:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
[10:46:35][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
[10:53:39][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
[11:07:48][CHN 01][TO ][MCC ][TIS][ADW ][AL0] BER 19 SN 07
[12:24:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 14 SN 07
[13:14:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][DEF ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
9121.5 HF-USB
0112Z - Link-11 data transmission
10194.0 HF-USB
[15:47:28][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05
[15:49:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR5 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05
[15:54:58][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR4FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[16:01:30][CHN 01][AMD][ND8FEM ][^>>> ND8FEM SAYS:^TEMP HERE IS 17 WITH HIGH PRESICTED OF 28. ALSO SNOW FORECAST ]
[16:01:37][CHN 01][AMD][ND8FEM ][ED FOR TODAY AND TONITE. KK ]
[16:07:25][CHN 01][TO ][FC8FEM ][TWS][ND8FEM ][AL0] BER 22 SN 05
[16:47:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[17:00:49][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
[17:20:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[17:20:07][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM001 ][AL0] BER 20 SN 06
[17:37:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FCS ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[17:47:54][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 20 SN 06
[18:20:17][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM001 ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[18:45:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
[18:48:04][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 20 SN 05
[19:48:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 16 SN 05
[20:01:26][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 22 SN 06
11181.0 HF-USB
[22:32:48][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 07
11226.0 HF-USB
[22:47:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 20 SN 08
[22:49:26][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
[22:56:59][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][180226 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 06
11494.0 HF-USB
[23:22:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][720 ][AL0] BER 19 SN 07
3308.0 HF-USB
0201Z - AFA5GR NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5LD
3325.0 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0APJ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net
0133Z - NNN0IEA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net
3390.0 HF-USB
0108Z - NNN0KZC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0BUX / NNN0ZZO / NNN0ABN
0200Z - NNN0ANX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0ICX
4007.0 HF-USB
0032Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0HKF / NNN0AQK
4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0BSF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0AZO / NNN0QGC
4011.0 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0AHH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0TWA
1404Z - NNN0EQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0TUL
4013.5 HF-USB
0002Z - NNN0BTG NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0LSO / NNN0BTK
4023.9 HF-USB
0105Z - Army Region 5 Illinois AAA5RD/IL net: AA5RGO
4035.9 HF-USB
0107Z - AAR7AH NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAT7CN
0204Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAR7HH
1407Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7RD
4038.5 HF-USB
0203Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0LKA / NNN0PCC / NNN0TBK / NNN0HEL / NNN0TWA
0300Z - NNN0QAA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0EVT / NNN0SYH
4506.0 HF-USB
1402Z - Red-Cloud-194 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "Red-Cloud" CAP net: Red-Cloud-144 / Red-Cloud-355 / Red-Cloud-195
1431Z - Iowa-CAP-04 NCS for the North Central Region Iowa CAP net
4603.0 HF-USB
[00:25:35][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-114 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net
0030Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17
1401Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
4623.5 HF-USB
1403Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W4B net: NNN0UNK
4724.0 HF-USB
0430Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43D2BI
5004.5 HF-USB
1501Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net
5140.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Oklahoma Civil Emergency Management net: WNUW212 / WNUW214
7302.0 HF-USB
1417Z - AFA6CN NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net
7457.0 HF-USB
1408Z - AFF4AL NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4VN / AFA4ZV
9025.0 HF-USB
[08:39:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
[10:46:35][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
[10:53:39][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
[11:07:48][CHN 01][TO ][MCC ][TIS][ADW ][AL0] BER 19 SN 07
[12:24:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 14 SN 07
[13:14:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][DEF ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
9121.5 HF-USB
0112Z - Link-11 data transmission
10194.0 HF-USB
[15:47:28][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05
[15:49:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR5 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05
[15:54:58][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR4FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[16:01:30][CHN 01][AMD][ND8FEM ][^>>> ND8FEM SAYS:^TEMP HERE IS 17 WITH HIGH PRESICTED OF 28. ALSO SNOW FORECAST ]
[16:01:37][CHN 01][AMD][ND8FEM ][ED FOR TODAY AND TONITE. KK ]
[16:07:25][CHN 01][TO ][FC8FEM ][TWS][ND8FEM ][AL0] BER 22 SN 05
[16:47:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[17:00:49][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
[17:20:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[17:20:07][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM001 ][AL0] BER 20 SN 06
[17:37:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FCS ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[17:47:54][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 20 SN 06
[18:20:17][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM001 ][AL0] BER 18 SN 05
[18:45:31][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
[18:48:04][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 20 SN 05
[19:48:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 16 SN 05
[20:01:26][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 22 SN 06
11181.0 HF-USB
[22:32:48][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 07
11226.0 HF-USB
[22:47:01][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 20 SN 08
[22:49:26][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
[22:56:59][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][180226 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 06
11494.0 HF-USB
[23:22:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][720 ][AL0] BER 19 SN 07
USS Pasadena Departs for Western Pacific Deployment
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Los Angeles-Class fast-attack submarine USS Pasadena (SSN 752) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Dec. 14 for a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific region.
"The crew is excited and ready to get underway," said Cmdr. Andrew St. John, Pasadena's commanding officer. "They have all worked hard in getting this submarine ready to go and completing all the requirements to deploy."
Pasadena will be conducting various training exercises and a multitude of missions during the next few months.
"A major part of this mission is training the junior Sailors and getting them submarine warfare qualified," said St. John. "Out of a crew of 137 Sailors, 50 percent are making their first deployment, so we made this one of our main focus areas."
Pasadena was commissioned in July 1991 and is the U.S. Navy's second "improved" Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine. Throughout its proud and illustrious 20-year history, Pasadena has deployed to and conducted operations in virtually every part of the Pacific Ocean, from the west coast of North and South America to Australia and the Arabian Gulf.
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Los Angeles-Class fast-attack submarine USS Pasadena (SSN 752) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Dec. 14 for a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific region.
"The crew is excited and ready to get underway," said Cmdr. Andrew St. John, Pasadena's commanding officer. "They have all worked hard in getting this submarine ready to go and completing all the requirements to deploy."
Pasadena will be conducting various training exercises and a multitude of missions during the next few months.
"A major part of this mission is training the junior Sailors and getting them submarine warfare qualified," said St. John. "Out of a crew of 137 Sailors, 50 percent are making their first deployment, so we made this one of our main focus areas."
Pasadena was commissioned in July 1991 and is the U.S. Navy's second "improved" Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine. Throughout its proud and illustrious 20-year history, Pasadena has deployed to and conducted operations in virtually every part of the Pacific Ocean, from the west coast of North and South America to Australia and the Arabian Gulf.
Lassen Returns from Final 2010 Underway
By Ensign Sean A. Brophy, USS Lassen Public Affairs
YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Dec. 13.
Lassen joined USS George Washington (CVN 73) Carrier Strike Group during the past two weeks to participate in exercises with the Republic of Korea (ROK) navy and air force and with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) during Keen Sword 2011.
Exercises with the ROK military in waters west of the Korean peninsula were planned months in advance to increase the interoperability between the ROK navy and U.S. Navy. The two navies participated in highly coordinated drills including anti-submarine warfare and anti-air warfare scenarios.
The exercises also provided the opportunity for the U.S. to reinforce and emphasize its commitment to the Republic of Korea.
Following the completion of Korean naval exercises Dec. 1, Lassen took part in Keen Sword 2011 with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces.
Joined by the attack submarines USS San Francisco (SSN 711) and USS Houston (SSN 713), and the Japanese destroyers JS Hatakaze (DDG 171) and JS Hamagiri (DD 155), Lassen was the only U.S. surface ship playing the role of opposition forces.
"Taking part in exercises like these is what being forward deployed is all about," said Cmdr. H. B. Le, USS Lassen commanding officer. "Working together with our allies' military forces — particularly the maritime forces — improves our mutual interoperability and promotes regional security and stability in the Western Pacific. It also supports U.S. 7th Fleet's persistent priority to develop and build maritime partnerships."
Earlier this year Lassen was presented the Commander, Naval Surface Forces Battle Effectiveness Award and awarded the 2010 Association of Old Crows Outstanding Navy (Surface) Unit Award.
Lassen's very own Chief Operational Specialist (SW) Samira McBride was recognized for her individual performance when she was selected as one the Navy's four Sailors of the Year.
Away from its forward-deployed port for 201 days in 2010, Lassen's crew made several port calls to Saipan, Korea, India, Guam, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and locations in Japan.
USS Lassen will hold its sixth change of command ceremony Dec. 17, as Cmdr. Walter C. Wrye IV will assume duties as Lassen's seventh commanding officer. Lassen is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and is forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.
YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Dec. 13.
Lassen joined USS George Washington (CVN 73) Carrier Strike Group during the past two weeks to participate in exercises with the Republic of Korea (ROK) navy and air force and with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) during Keen Sword 2011.
Exercises with the ROK military in waters west of the Korean peninsula were planned months in advance to increase the interoperability between the ROK navy and U.S. Navy. The two navies participated in highly coordinated drills including anti-submarine warfare and anti-air warfare scenarios.
The exercises also provided the opportunity for the U.S. to reinforce and emphasize its commitment to the Republic of Korea.
Following the completion of Korean naval exercises Dec. 1, Lassen took part in Keen Sword 2011 with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces.
Joined by the attack submarines USS San Francisco (SSN 711) and USS Houston (SSN 713), and the Japanese destroyers JS Hatakaze (DDG 171) and JS Hamagiri (DD 155), Lassen was the only U.S. surface ship playing the role of opposition forces.
"Taking part in exercises like these is what being forward deployed is all about," said Cmdr. H. B. Le, USS Lassen commanding officer. "Working together with our allies' military forces — particularly the maritime forces — improves our mutual interoperability and promotes regional security and stability in the Western Pacific. It also supports U.S. 7th Fleet's persistent priority to develop and build maritime partnerships."
Earlier this year Lassen was presented the Commander, Naval Surface Forces Battle Effectiveness Award and awarded the 2010 Association of Old Crows Outstanding Navy (Surface) Unit Award.
Lassen's very own Chief Operational Specialist (SW) Samira McBride was recognized for her individual performance when she was selected as one the Navy's four Sailors of the Year.
Away from its forward-deployed port for 201 days in 2010, Lassen's crew made several port calls to Saipan, Korea, India, Guam, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and locations in Japan.
USS Lassen will hold its sixth change of command ceremony Dec. 17, as Cmdr. Walter C. Wrye IV will assume duties as Lassen's seventh commanding officer. Lassen is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and is forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.
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