11190 USB, Air Intercept Exercise

[Token]

11190 kHz USB, Air Intercept Ex. Lots of tactical call signs. Have not figured out exact location yet.

T!

 

[SCPD]

Token,whats your location and how strong of a signal are you recieving them? Im on the east coast and Im not hearing anything so far.

 

[ranger2004]

I am guessing Mid/Western US.. LA, Salt Lake, Texas mentioned.
In utah S5 to S20+ on comms.

 

[R1VINCE]

picking it up good here in Norcal, S5-+20dB
One of them sounds overmodulated but only gets me at S9.
Got some video of it, will try to post on youtube later.

 

[WisconsinRailfan]

Very faint signal into Central Ohio

 

[brandon]

I was only able to hear one side but signal was strong from the Tango unit. He was communicating with Romeo Whiskey. Here is an mp3 recording for anybody that is interested. Audio: 11190_Air_Intercept_Comms.mp3 (dead air removed)

Later heard another station Uniform but their signal was pretty garbled on my end.

 

[instrumentphilip]

I was only able to hear one side but signal was strong from the Tango unit. He was communicating with Romeo Whiskey. Here is an mp3 recording for anybody that is interested. Audio: 11190_Air_Intercept_Comms.mp3 (dead air removed)

Later heard another station Uniform but their signal was pretty garbled on my end.

Cool stuff.

 

[blantonl]

They are back active now today at 1744z

 

[instrumentphilip]

What about right now?

 

[R1VINCE]

Active again today as of 2250z today, 2-9-11

been listening since 2000z

most signals are less than S9 for me today, but clear comms

 

[CalebATC]

Listening faint about 3x4 on Global Tuners on the Colorado receiver.

 

[instrumentphilip]

Caleb what is the URL for the remote radio if you are listening to it online? I am wondering if I can pick up any signal up here in Michigan.

 

[CalebATC]

Stopped listening; it went to noise level after 30 minutes.

 

[instrumentphilip]

Web SDR ?

 

[Hooligan]

I am guessing Mid/Western US.. LA, Salt Lake, Texas mentioned.
In utah S5 to S20+ on comms.

"Rose Bowl" & "Salt Lake City" are not references to the actual places, but are brevity/OPSEC codes for other geographical locations.

Based on the mentioning of "side #s," the callsigns (which are definitely being used as callsigns but are actually Link-11/TADIX participating unit identifiers), & the use of "interrogative," it's definitely a Navy Task Force's Anti-Air Warfare net.


Cool stuff! Most of the guys talking are Operations Specialists ("OSs"), not Info Sys Techs (the old Radioman rating) & are located on the Bridges & Combat Direction Centers of ships, plus airborne early warning & control aircraft like the E-2Cs, and then also a shore-based command center or two might be on the net.

Other agencies can & do participate at times, but the whole thing about a US Navy/NATO Battle Group is self-sufficiency, so most of the time the participants are US/Allied Navy.

 

[Skypilot007]

On 11190usb at 02:41UTC this date I had Golf Whiskey working Romeo Whiskey. Had S7 to S9 signal on both stations. Several minutes of chatter and then silence.

 

[Token]

Based on the mentioning of "side #s," the callsigns (which are definitely being used as callsigns but are actually Link-11/TADIX participating unit identifiers), & the use of "interrogative," it's definitely a Navy Task Force's Anti-Air Warfare net.

What callsigns are you referring to as Link-11/TADIX identifiers? The single letter Golf, Tango, and Charlie kinds of calls?

T!