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.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

North Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends Today

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November 30 is the formal end of the hurricane season in the North Atlantic. Though the calendar says so, the hurricanes don't always n...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Netherlands WebSDR Update Nov. 29

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Here's the latest from the ham radio club at the U. of Twente, Netherlands , concerning the return of their WebSDR to service: Update...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Denice Stoops Ships Out!

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Denice Stoops worked at KPH when the station closed for commercial traffic. She was the first, and to my knowledge only, female Morse teleg...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Netherlands WebSDR Unavailable Until Further Notice

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If you're wondering where the University of Twente, Netherlands WebSDR online software defined radio has been the past few weeks, the an...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Did You REALLY Think There'd Be A TEAL 70?

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 191500 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1000 AM EST FRI 19 NOVEMBER 2010 SU...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Will TEAL 70 Finally Get A Go?

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 181500 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1000 AM EST THU 18 NOVEMBER 2010 SU...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Give Us This Day Our Daily TEAL 70 Cancelation

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 171620 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1120 AM EST WED 17 NOVEMBER 2010 SU...

New York VOLMET Is Back

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Listeners in the US and Europe are reporting New York Radio back on-air with VOLMET on the usual frequencies of 3485, 6604, 10051, and 13270...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Another Day, Another Teal 70 Cancellation (TCPOD)

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 161500 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1000 AM EST TUE 16 NOVEMBER 2010 SU...

Solar Flux Reaches 91

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In this cycle, we'll take whatever the sun gives us.  Usually 90 is where you start to hear a real effect on HF, and yesterday some long...

Buzzer "UVB-76" Up Again on 4625

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Good/readable signal, with heavy fading, into the web repeater's receiver somewhere in Europe at 16/1858 UTC.  Band conditions seem to h...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Air Recon Taskings for November 16-17

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 151415 CCA WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 0915 AM EST MON 15 NOVEMBER 2010...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Air Recon Taskings for November 15-16

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 141530 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1030 AM EST SUN 14 NOVEMBER 2010 SU...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Carnival Splendor ops on COTHEN

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The US Coast Guard High-Endurance Cutter Morgenthau , a ship which recently returned to service from its base in Alameda, CA, and which was ...
Saturday, November 06, 2010

4625 kHz Buzzer Up Today

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On the Internet reflector right now (2118 UTC) with QRM from an off-frequency broadcast.
Friday, November 05, 2010

Tomas Night Frequency is 3737 kHz LSB

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This 80 meter frequency was just given as where the emergency work will be tonight.  The Hurricane Watch Net is still active on 14325.  One ...

Hurricane Tomas Public Advisory #31

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000 WTNT31 KNHC 052035 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE TOMAS ADVISORY NUMBER   31 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL      AL212010 500 ...

STS-133 Delayed Until At Least Nov. 30

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NASA has called off any possible launch of STS-133 in this window. The next opportunity is November 30, at 0405 EST (0905 UTC). While the ...

Air Recon Taskings for Tomas November 6-7

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000 NOUS42 KNHC 051500 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 1100 AM EDT FRI 05 NOVEMBER 2010 SUBJECT...

Hydrogen Leak Scrubs STS-133

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Once again, a hydrogen leak discovered during tanking has forced a launch scrub. NASA: Managers Schedule 11 a.m. EDT Meeting to Discuss ...
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