Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Milcom Blog Logs - 21 July 2009 - Mid Atlantic

Ron, a member of the MMP team, has passed along his Milcom blog log freqs monitored on 21 July from his his Mid Atlantic area in April 2009. Thanks Ron.

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

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

0735- Reach ??30 (first part missed)-w/DOV CP (349.4) w/inbound msg.
0800- 7A326 (UC-12, Base Flt PAX)-depart PAX (121.0)
0848- Venus 42 (VC-37A # 97-0402, 99th AS ADW)- check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
0853- 7A326- check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
1015- Tester 15 (T-38C # 61-4586, NTPS PAX)-w/BW (270.8) w/speed run of Mach 1.03 at FL310.
1111- Tester 959 (T-6A Texan II # 165959, NTPS PAX)-w/BW (354.8)
1156- N360TL (Britten-Islander, NGTF)-w/Northrop Base (123.225)--RTB Baltimore in the early 1300 hour.
1228- Slam 11 flt (F-22s, 149th FS VA ANG LFI)-in AAR w/Mash 61 (KC-135R 434th ARW, AFRC Grissom ARB, IN) in W386G (238.9). Later in ACM training on GK discrete freq
(238.175)
1246- Rocky flt (F-22s, LFI)-AAR in AR636 (238.9)--at 1310 clear out of W386 (249.8) RTB LFI.
1305- Crab 57 (C-130J # 98-1357, 135th AS MD ANG MTN) w/Crab Ops (384.1) w/departure msg.
1340- Reach 9005-w/DOV approach (132.425).
1346- Ugly flt (A-10s, 103th FS PA ANG NXX)-working on the Bollen Range (237.2) using discrete freqs (233.55 & 238.85)--also w/ANG Ops (141.8)
1410- Score 55 (sounds like P3, VX-20 PAX)-check in w/ZDC Cape Charles (132.55).
1420- UAV-1 & UAV-2 (unid)- working on 123.4 w/station using callsign Command--chat makes ref to voice comms and video downlinks.
1431- Salty Dog 102 (F-18E, VX-23, PAX) & Salty Dog 123 (F-18D # 164040, VX-23 PAX)-w/BW (354.8)
1444- Flyer 1 flt (2 X A-10s, 103th FS PA ANG NXX)-w/ZNY Lancaster (239.05).
1447- Dog 11 & 12 (unid, PAX)-in ACM target tracking system test on PAX test discrete (365.7)
1450- Salty Dog 400 (NF-18C #163476, VX-23 PAX) & Salty Dog 403 (F-18C #163987, VX-23 PAX)- w/BW (355.8). These may be the Dog 11 & 12 working on 365.7.
1500- PAT 1250 (prob C-12)-w/Leesburg Radio (255.4) reporting departure from Clarksburg WVA enroute to DAA.
1519- Baton 51 (EC-130J, 193rd SOG, PA ANG Harrisburg PA)-w/Baton Ops (395.1) w/inbound msg.
1525- Blackjack 1 (HH-65C, CGAS Washington)-w/Huntress (139.7)
1525- Salty Dog 321 (F-18D #162419, VX-23 PAX)-w/BW (270.8) for vertical maneuvering test.
1536- Tester 08 (T-38C, NTPS PAX)-w/BW (354.8)
1546- Titus 52 (C-13T, VR-53, ADW)-w/ZDC Calvert (133.9) for engine test flt.
1551- N168W (T-39 Sabreliner, NGTF)-w/Northrop Base (123.225)
1555- Colt 1 (A-10C, 104th FS MD ANG MTN)-w/Raven Ops (347.2) w/departure msg. Returned to MTN at 1650.
1700- N164W (BAC-1-11, NGTF)-check in w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)

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

09025.0 240067 (C-17 Aircraft # 94-0067, 437th AW, Charleston AFB SC): 1505 USB/ALE calling OFF (Offutt AFB NE). Noted again at 2030 calling OFF.

09025.0 OFF: 1545 USB/ALE calling MCK (unid--poss garble for MCC-McClellan AFB CA).

09025.0 JNR (Salinas Puerto Rico): 1620 USB/ALE w/719 (USCG HC-130H #1719, CGAS Clearwater FL) w/request for pp.

09025.0 170027 (C-5 #87-0027 9th AS/436th AMW Dover AFB DE): 1702 USB/ALE calling CRO (Croughton UK).

09025.0 OFF: 1752 USB/ALE calling 571456 (KC-135R # 57-1456, 77th ARS – AFRC,Seymour Johnson AFB, NC).

09025.0 591502 (KC-135R #59-1502,319th ARW,Grand Forks AFB, ND): 1845 USB/ALE calling ADW (Andrews AFB MD) & OFF.

09025.0 538013 (KC-135R # 63-8013, 121st ARW - OH ANG Rickenbacker AFB, OH): 2050 USB/ALE sounding.

09025.0 MOBD34 (unid): 2200 USB/ALE sounding.

Thanks for sharing with my readers Ron.