Logs, 16 Jan
ACY- Atlantic City NJ (KACY)
ADW- Joint Base Andrews MD (KADW)
BW- Bay Watch-NAS PAX Area Advisory Control
DAA- Davison AAF, Ft Belvoir VA (KDAA)
DCA- Reagan National Airport/CGAS Washington, Wash DC (KDCA)
DOV- Dover AFB DE (KDOV)
GK- Giantkiller (FACSFAC, Virginia Capes)
LFI- Langley AFB VA (KLFI)
MTN- Martin State Airport, Baltimore (KMTN)
NGTF-Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, Baltimore (KBWI)
NTPS-Naval Test Pilot School, PAX
PAX- NAS Patuxent River MD (KNHK)
PTC- Potomac Area TRACON
WRI- Joint Base-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst NJ (KWRI)
ZBW- Boston ARTCC
ZDC- Washington ARTCC
ZNY- New York ARTCC
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Boeing maintenance flt of Dover C-17
2. New callsign for VX-20 P-3.
3. 1st Helo Sqdn shuttles between ADW and Democratic Caucus meeting in Baltimore.
1. VHF/UHF: ((Times are EST))
((Some acft idents from local Mode-S collection))
0934- DeeCee 51 flt (2 X KC-135R # 57-152 & # 58-0075 756th ARS ADW)-depart ADW. DeeCee 52 returns to ADW for patterns in the 1100 hour.
0959- Venus 2 (VC-25 #92-9000 PPO ADW)-depart ADW.
1002- Boeing 75 (C-17 # 07-7175 436thAW/3rd AS DOV)-w/ZDC Calvert (133.9)
1005- Venus 31 (C-40C # 01-0041 99th AS ADW)-depart ADW.
1011- Evac 72597 (KC-135R # 57-2597 TN ANG 134ARW/151ARS McGhee-Tyson Airport TN)- w/Griffin CP (378.1)
1018- Tester 14 (T-38C # 67-4943 NTPS PAX)-w/BW (270.8). Did Mach speed run (354.8) in early 1500 hour.
1020- Jinx 81 (C-17A 305th AMW WRI)-w/GK (118.125) for entry into block FL220-240.
1024- Slam flt (4 X F-22s 149th FS VA ANG LFI)-on sqdn discrete (228.45). Slam 2 develops comms problem and will return to LFI w/Slam 3. Slam 1 will stay in W386 and wait for arrival of Slam 4.
1100- Navy 378 (C-37B # 166378 VR-1 ADW)-depart ADW
1103- Bash flt (4 X F-22 149th FS VA ANG LFI)-w/ZDC Snow Hill (236.825), check in w/GK (238.1) then on sqdn discrete (228.45)
1104- Marine 767 (UC-35 # 166767 MAW-4 ADW)-depart ADW
1113- Willow 5 (ident as P-3C, prob #158912, VX-20 PAX)-w/PAX approach (127.95) then w/BW (270.8) for entry into restricted areas for 3:45 mins. New callsign for VX-20 P-3s.
1145- Scan 84 (Dash-8 N984HA NGTF)-w/BW (119.275) for entry into R-4006 block FL100-150 for work w/Echo Control until 1500 local. At 1530 w/BW (119.275) to clear out of area and RTB BWI.
1149- Mussel 12 (UH-1 1st Helo Sqdn ADW)-land at ADW. At 1555 w/Mussel Ops (292.2) reporting holding prior to landing.
1238- Omaha 5 (US Customs helo)-w/ADW tower (118.4) for airspace transit.
1243- Unid acft (using encrypted voice signal)-on Sierra Nevada Corp test discrete (267.35 FM). Intermittenly active until late 1600 hour.
1509- Mussel 10 (UH-1 1st Helo Sqdn ADW)-land at ADW.
1515- Tester 11 (T-38C # 68-8158 NTPS PAX)-w/BW (354.8) for Mach speed run.
1524- SAM 040 (C-37B # 09-0525 99th AS ADW)-depart ADW.
1535- Tester 25 (T-6B # 166075, NTPS PAX)-w/BW (354.8)
1558- USCGC Chock (WYTL 65602 Curtis Bay, MD)-w/CG Sector Baltimore (157.15) securing radio guard.
1615- SPAR 116 (C-21A # 84-0072 CT ANG 103FW/118FS Bradley ANGB CT)-land at ADW.
1619- Tester 22 (T-6B # 166042 NTPS PAX)-w/BW (355.8) in ACM training.
1620- Mussel 7 (UH-1 1st Helo Sqdn ADW)-land at ADW.
2. HF: ((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))
08974.0 1340Z Tango Whiskey USB w/unid stn w/ref to interloper track.
08971.0 1436Z Fiddle (TOC NAS Jacksonville FL) USB R/Cs w/Trident 12 (P-3C VP-26 NAS Jacksonville FL). Trident 12 reports "off deck" at 1430Z.
08971.0 1454Z Fiddle USB w/Trident 12 reporting "on station" at 1450Z and Kilo Bravo on Link-11 but no receive on HF Green and no transmit on UHF Green.
08971.0 1552Z Fiddle USB w/Trident 12 reporting "off station" at 1550Z at 2932N/8026W.
08971.0 1900Z G53 (unid) USB/ALE sounding.
08971.0 2000Z Fiddle USB w/Trident 14 (P-3C VP-26 NAS Jacksonville FL) R/Cs in clear and ANDVT.
Ron (mdmonitor1@verizon.net)
Baltimore MD (390747N 763711W)
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045 w/Diamond D-130J discone
HF: Icom R75 & Sangean ATS 909 w/45-ft PAR EF-SWL