163.300

[ca836]

'Twas busy last week. Here are recordings from Tuesday and Wednesday:

Tuesday

Wednesday

RID on Tuesday was "1" and Wednesday was "13107"

Did you get any callsigns?

 

[kb8q]

Did you get any callsigns?

I just listened to both of those. Sounds like an aircraft (not h/c). I believe the SR in MSR is search/rescue. The content in the Wednesday tranmission sounds like a search op. IR is probably infrared. This is likely USCG or some other military. Their reference to “sector” suggests USCG.

 

[ecps92]

I just listened to both of those. Sounds like an aircraft (not h/c). I believe the SR in MSR is search/rescue. The content in the Wednesday tranmission sounds like a search op. IR is probably infrared. This is likely USCG or some other military. Their reference to “sector” suggests USCG.

Sector is also used regularly by CBP - Customs, OBP, and ICE/HSI

 

[kb8q]

Sector is also used regularly by CBP - Customs, OBP, and ICE/HSI

I was about to post something about CBP after seeing this from them this morning on “X” — Off the coast of Puerto Rico, Border Patrol agents found a 30-foot wooden makeshift vessel carrying 39 non-citizens from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Venezuela.

 

[ca836]

I was about to post something about CBP after seeing this from them this morning on “X” — Off the coast of Puerto Rico, Border Patrol agents found a 30-foot wooden makeshift vessel carrying 39 non-citizens from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Venezuela.

I listened again as i didn't catch the ASO saying sector before...but the kore i listen to it it sounded like victor not sector. In previous recording they used the call sign uniform. MSR1-4 are more than likely HF, SATCOM nets or possibly a TDL for the video downlink. It doesn't sound like a SAR case...very much an ISR mission.

 

[Direwolf131]

I was about to post something about CBP after seeing this from them this morning on “X” — Off the coast of Puerto Rico, Border Patrol agents found a 30-foot wooden makeshift vessel carrying 39 non-citizens from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Venezuela.

I'm curious as to how you caught all of that info, as the entire federal system is totally dark, its all fully encrypted, even the freaking forest service!

 

[kb8q]

I'm curious as to how you caught all of that info, as the entire federal system is totally dark, its all fully encrypted, even the freaking forest service!

Very simple. All the information in my post following the “—“ is a copy/paste from a CBP post that appeared yesterday morning on “X” (Twitter).

 

[Direwolf131]

Very simple. All the information in my post following the “—“ is a copy/paste from a CBP post that appeared yesterday morning on “X” (Twitter).

Thanks...

 

[YalekW]

Isnt this band allocated to EMWIN repeaters?

 

[ecps92]

Isnt this band allocated to EMWIN repeaters?

Yes
EMWIN thru the NWS has allocations in the VHF 162-174 band thru the NTIA

No
The VHF 162-174 band is not allocated to EMWIN

 

[YalekW]

"Has allocations" vs "is not allocated".
Unsure what your point is.

 

[ecps92]

"Has allocations" vs "is not allocated".
Unsure what your point is.

EMWIN is not allocated to the entire VHF band, they share it with many Federal Agencies thru the NTIA, including sharing this band with Non Federal Partners. Allocations - means they have a piece of the pie, not the whole pie (allocated to them)

And 163.3000 is not an EMWIN allocation

 

[YalekW]

Gotcha. Didn't understand what you said at first 😂

 

[RichardKramer]

I'm curious as to how you caught all of that info, as the entire federal system is totally dark, its all fully encrypted, even the freaking forest service!

I have over an hours worth of surveillance on this freq with the a/c in clear comms with encrypted ground units in a recording from my BCD436.

 

[TerryPavlick]

I have over an hours worth of surveillance on this freq with the a/c in clear comms with encrypted ground units in a recording from my BCD436.

You were able to hear the ground side of the comms as well ?

 

[RichardKramer]

You were able to hear the ground side of the comms as well ?

Yes, but no N# or uid showed with the ground tx. A/c NAC293 was Tango Mike cllng Tango Victor. They had a visual on X1 and later said to postpone the surv on X1. This was on 11/02.