Utility Planet

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.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Digital Mode Programs That Work #2: Multipsk

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Multipsk is a multimode receive/transmit program that works with the PC sound card in Windows or Linux. It's rapidly becoming the big g...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Air Recon Taskings for Bonnie 24-26 July (Note NOAA Canx)

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 241330 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 0930 AM EDT SAT 24 JULY 2010 SUBJEC...

Tropical Depression Bonnie Advisory Number 9

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000 WTNT33 KNHC 241434 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Air Recon Taskings for Bonnie 24-25 July

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 231530 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1130 AM EDT FRI 23 JULY 2010 SUBJEC...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Tropical Storm Bonnie Advisory Number 3

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Bonnie is now a tropical storm. Models show a gradual curve which would take the center very close to the oil spill area. The effect will ...

Air Recon Taskings for TD-3 22-23 July

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 211500 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1100 AM EDT WED 21 JULY 2010 SUBJEC...

Tropical Depression Three Public Advisory #1

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[This depression has the potential to develop into Bonnie, and early predictions show its northwest quadrant passing directly through the oi...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Digital Mode Programs That Work #1: DSCdecoder

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DSC stands for Digital Selective Calling. It's an automated mode used with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). DSC...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Night of Nights XI Underway

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So far nothing from USCG. All other stations active. KKUI is working coast stations on 12552.0. KLB, the other half of ShipCom with WLO,...

Don't Forget Night of Nights XI

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I can't believe it's been 11 years since the last stations pulled the plugs on commercial Morse telegraphy in the US. Be that as i...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Updated July 12 Night of Nights IX Information

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Each year the Maritime Radio Historical Society commemorates 12 July 1999, the date on which the supposed last commercial message was sent i...

Tropical Depression Two Public Advisory #1

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000 WTNT32 KNHC 080304 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022...

Air Recon Taskings for TD-2 7-8 July

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 061530 COR WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1130 AM EDT TUE 06 JULY 2010 SU...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Air Recon Taskings for Hurricane Alex 1 July

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 301400 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1000 AM EDT WED 30 JUNE 2010 SUBJEC...

HURRICANE ALEX ADVISORY #22

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000 WTNT31 KNHC 010237 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER 22 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012010 1000...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Air Recon Taskings for Hurricane Alex 30 June

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 291430 COR WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1030 AM EDT TUE 29 JUNE 2010 SU...

HURRICANE Alex Advisory #18

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000 WTNT31 KNHC 300231 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012010 1000...
Monday, June 28, 2010

Short Wave Radio Figures In Yet Another Spy Bust

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From CBS News : NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, June 28, 2010 FBI: 10 Russian Spies Arrested in U.S. Suspects, Arrested in Four States, Were ...

Air Recon Taskings for T.S. Alex 28-29 June

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 271500 COR WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1100 AM EDT SUN 27 JUNE 2010 SU...

T.S. Alex Public Advisory #12A

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000 WTNT31 KNHC 281736 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALEX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL...
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