8000

[ridgescan]

Anyone able to follw them?

 

[SCPD]

They're on 2781.5 but I can't make them out. Very weak up here. I have bad QRM on 2783 as well.

 

[ridgescan]

Thank Nick-howd you do that?

 

[brandon]

Good catch Nick. I just got to the radio and was searching. Got 2 megs dialed in both sides lima charlie about S9 here.

 

[SCPD]

A bunch of us are on the IRC chat channel #wunclub
www.starchat.net

 

[ridgescan]

I would've never found them and I was all over the place.

I have that horrible QRM here too-sounds like a horsefly caught in a screen door

 

[SCPD]

Good catch Nick. I just got to the radio and was searching. Got 2 megs dialed in both sides lima charlie about S9 here.

Let us know what's going on ... no one else can seem to track them.

 

[R1VINCE]

im barely pickin traffic on 2781. I heard them mention a "primary frequency" but couldnt make out the numbers

edit: i can hear some calling "SURVEILLANCE 442 and 441" Saying "NO JOY" on some other freq.

 

[ridgescan]

I hear 442 taking a rollcall here

 

[R1VINCE]

I think theres a UHF channel involved - 311.4 But dont quote me

 

[Hooligan]

Bloodhound 300, Bloodhound 701 and 442 wkg Surveillance on 8000 USB.
I think this is Point Mugu activity.

Cool! You're hearing a nice little gamut of airframes there -- _C-130, P-3, & an S-2B.

 

[R1VINCE]

I hear one of the players is trying to get to FL160 to "get above the weather"

Still hearing random calls, here and there, as of 0550z

 

[ridgescan]

I hear one of the players is trying to get to FL160 to "get above the weather"

Still hearing random calls, here and there, as of 0550z

Me too-he hadda climb to 16,000 feet

 

[ridgescan]

Just heard "T-minus 50"

 

[ridgescan]

I'm thinking they said "60" but either way I got a feeling they are doing a launch at either 0650 or 0700.

 

[Romak3]

You guys are killing me! My radio, Icom R75 is setting at the Post Office and Universal hasn't shipped my antanne after ordering it 8 day ago! Worst thing is I live in Iowa so its unlikely I can get in on what you guys do(?) Green horn, but ready to go!!

Love follow your posts!

 

[R1VINCE]

ridge, are you on the longwire or the D130?
How does it sound there?

Im getting alot of fluctuations so im only pickin up part of the transmit.

 

[Token]

The 2781.5 freq was easy to find on the waterfall, when they switched freqs from 8000 kHz about 10 seconds later a line started on 2781.5. Of course it was one of several lines that started about the same time across the band and it took me a minute or so to sort them all out and find out which one was the one we wanted. Then I announced it in IRC One of the advantages of real time comms.

What I could not find was the tertiary freq.

From comments made I believe 8000 is primary, 2781.5 is secondary, and there is an unknown tertiary freq.

What makes me believe all of this is that when they left 8000 the last time they said "switching to secondary". 2781.5 then started up. However, earlier they said "switching to tertiary" and I never found that freq. That may be because it did not work out well for them and they were back on 8000 in a very short time, before making the

They just announced, “right now we are in an indeteremined hold”. So, whatever the launch time was supposed to be it might be slipping a bit.

Hmmm...they just said "6 minutes and 15 seconds and counting", I wonder if that is how long they have been in hold?

T!

 

[brandon]

I was away but checked the audio and it was T minus 15
(at the time ridgescan posted)

 

[ridgescan]

did ya look up??