Utility Planet is the official blog for the column of the same name in The Spectrum Monitor. It replaces Utility World in the discontinued Monitoring Times magazine. Utilities are all VLF/LF/MF/HF (and sometimes low-band VHF) radio communications except broadcasting, CB, and non-emergency amateur. If you understood the last sentence, you know enough to read this blog.
Thursday, January 09, 2014
Mixed Logs (Mostly Military) for January 2-4
From MD Monitor, using the webSDR at Univ. of Twente, Netherlands:
2920.0 - Unid-Unknown OM, speaking Russian: 0050 USB w/several unid (O/M Russian). Informal contacts with much readability/comms terms. Procedures & terms sound like Russian hams. (2014/01/04 MDMonitor-MD)
11168.6 - KWA54-US State Dept: 1337 USB/ALE w/KVX45 (US State Dept)--voice checks after ALE handshake. (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)
11205.0 - Tascomm-UK Terrestrial Air-Sea Communications, 1213 USB w/Ascot 5529 (C-130J Hercules C.5.--ZH887) with 2 unsuccessful pp. Selcal check on DK-ER. At 1228 Ascot 5529 w/Brize Metro discussing severe wx conditions & forecast for Brize Norton at 1545Z. At 1334 again in pp w/Brize Metro for wx updates. (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)
11239.0 - Puna-Unknown OM, possibly speaking Urdu/Hindi, 1459 USB w/Regal (OM Urdu/Hindi). (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)
11360.0 - Chkalovskij-Russian Aviation Base, Moscow: 1200 w/several test counts. (2014/01/06 MDMonitor-MD)
11360.0 - Korsar-Russian Air Force 6985th Aviation Base, Pskov: 1256 USB w/78809 (IL-76MD) reporting 2 hrs flt, passed point (?SUGIR/SOGIR?) FL-240 and fuel 22 tons. (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)
From MD Monitor, in Maryland:
9025.0 - 180216-USAF Air Mobility Command C-5 #68-0216 60, AMW/22 AS, Travis AFB, CA: 0220 USB/ALE sounding. (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)
11175.0 - Convoy 3301-US Navy C-130T, USB calling Mainsail for radio checks 1828Z . Answered by Puerto Rico. (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)
11175.0 - Mainsail-USAF HFGCS collective ground call sign: 1713 USB w/Husker 17 (KC-135R 173rd ARS, NE ANG Lincoln NE) who requests current traffic. Mainsail responds that current traffic is G5RSTC, G57TPA & G5WUTJ. (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)
11232.0 - Trenton Military-Canadian Forces, Trenton, ONT: 1847 USB w/Sentry 60 (E-3B AWACS, Tinker AFB OK--not heard) in pp to Tinker Metro for wx at Tinker for 2230Z. (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)
11232.0 - Trenton Military, 1743 wkg Canforce 2553 reporting departure from CFB Trenton at 1638Z and ETA Comox of 0002Z. (2014/01/02 MDMonitor-MD)