Voice & RTTY
I believe the voice over RTTY or vice versa depending on your perspective was an operator error.
Assuming this originated off a Rockwell Collins URG-III system site, there are many ways this inadvertent error could happen. The USAF utilizes a highly customized control system for this radio suite. There is extensive cross patching capability at the control points.
Obviously, radio to telephone (either commercial or DSN), packet, RTTY, various encryptors and so forth as well as good old voice can be patched into the audio path of the system. The sites are connected together via SIPERNET (Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet)). This interconnection mode is employed to connect both individual user sites as well as the station(s) in the network.
It is fairly simple for an operator to make such an error. Potentially audio going to another transmitter, i.e. sitcom could have been “bridged” to the URG-III HF voice path. By the way, there is a “bridge” setup command in the operator console software….
It’s a good catch by our “eagle eared” listeners, however, I would suggest one not read too much into this intercept, and I would consider it an operational error unless we hear more of it.