DEEP FREEZE flights 2016?

[VK3RX]

Anyone heard these flights resume on SATCOM since the Christmas/New Year break?

I haven't heard anything on 261.725, and 257.050 has a strong data from here in Australia. I scan the O & P bandplans but haven't heard them.

While the aircraft can talk to MAC CENTER on HF and that would explain their absence on SATCOM, they must also be talking to BASE OPS and I don't know they have HF.

 

[brandon]

Seems like they start out the season on Satcom voice, then switch comms over to HF or Iridium text. I notice this the past few years too.

 

[brandon]

They briefly used 263.625 this week. Ice 25, Base Ops, Mac Centre and Charleston ROF were logged.

 

[VK3RX]

Thank you!

I had that one locked out due to a data transmission also on it.