HF Milair/Civ Activity Sticky.

[Rick1959]

Monday 4-27 Monitoring Logs

5598: New York Air with numerous attempts to contact Reach 486. Type A/C ? Santa Maria successfully hailed Reach 486 on 3016 with a stern reminder to "maintain SELCAL watch".

5598: Lufthansa 465 Airbus A330-300 with New York Air at 41 North 020 West. En route from Orlando Intl. to Frankfurt Int'l

3016: Virgin Atlantic 30 Boeing 747-400 with Shanwick En route from Grantley Adams Int'l (Barbados) to London Gatwick.

3016: British Air 206 Boeing 747-400 with Shanwick at 47 North 30 West En route from Miami Intl to London Heathrow.

3016: Delta 66 Boeing 767-300 with Shanwick at 48 North 20 West. En route from Hartsfield-Jackson Intl to Zurich (Kloten).

4675: Air France 695 Boeing 747-400 with Shanwick at 45 North 20 West. En route from Miami Intl to Charles de Gaulle/Roissy.

3016: American 88 Boeing 767-300 with Shanwick requesting VHF for Shanwick. Shanwick Radio gave 125.875 as working victor frequency. American 88 en route from Chicago O'Hare to Brussels.

 

[ranger2004]

Gander contact

Pretty good catch on 5649 tonight.

Selcal and voice with flights.
I was able to copy SELCAL CREQ
Flight TOM109 @ 45.50N 38.00W . Was able to copy both voice sides pretty good. Gander and Aircraft asking for flight level 390.. Confirmed on Flight Explorer and Flightaware of location.

Gander is coming into Utah about S2-3 area.

 

[brandon]

Logs 27-Apr-2010

Logs from April 27, 2010 heard from Riverside County, California, USA
Equipment: SDR-IQ to Wellbrook ALA1530

11232 USB 0110z: Unid aircraft wkg Trenton Military and will call back in one hour for the final score of the Montreal game.

11282 USB 0111z: C-GSJB wkg San Francisco w/ position report. Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Boss. Santa Maria-Hilo.

8297 USB 0115z: Southbound net taking check-ins from vessels located off western Mexico.

13312 USB 0116z: Juliet 26 wkg CAMSLANT w/ flight ops. CAMSLANT also requests Juliet 26 to resound their ALE.

8906 USB 0123z: Lufthansa 467 wkg New York. Selcal GRAP. Airbus A330-300. D-AIKD. Miami-Dusseldorf.

10894.5 USB 0128z: Link-11 data.

8912 USB 0136z: Omaha 2CC advises Hammer they were Micky Mouse and to come up in the clear. Hammer then requests 2CC head towards El Paso to vector on an aircraft that departed out of Santa Rosa.

8912 USB 0153z: CAMSLANT wkg Juliet 16 for flight ops.

11366 USB 1128z: Indonesia 984 wkg Jakarta w/ position. Jakarta gave frequencies for Colombo 11285 and 5670. Boeing 747-400. Jakarta-Riyadh.

11366 USB 1205z: Emirates 357 wkg Jakarta. Selcal BFHL. Boeing 777-300ER. A6-EBL. Jakarta-Dubai.

11366 USB 1215z: Qatari 673 wkg Jakarta. Airbus A330-300. Jakarta-Doha.

11366 USB 1323z: Etihad 471 wkg Jakarta. Boeing 777-300ER. Jakarta-Abu Dhabi.

8942 USB 1456z: Brunei 876 wkg Singapore. Airbus A319. Kuala Lumpur-Bandar Seri Begawan.

11306 USB 1727z: VH-VUU wkg Boeing Radio for selcal check on ADPR. Boeing 737-800 being delivered to Virgin Blue. Boeing Field-Lihue.

11306 USB 1749z: Boeing 922 wkg Boeing Seattle selcal checks on HF 1 and HF 2. Boeing 737-800. Boeing Field-Yakima Air Terminal.

11306 USB 1951z: Boeing 763 wkg Boeing Seattle for selcal checks on HF 1 and HF 2. Boeing 737-700 for China Eastern. B-5267. Renton-Boeing Field.

18594 USB 2006z: CG 1720 wkg CAMSLANT w/ position of 29-25N 077-45W heading 287 at 160 knots.

14582 USB 2054z: CAMSLANT wkg November 08 for flight ops report.

11306 USB 2151z: Boeing Seattle wkg Boeing 004 advising them sunset time is 7:27 PDT. Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. N7874. [note: This should be ZA004 on FAA certification test flight that departed Victorville Airport.]

 

[Rick1959]

Wednesday Evening 4-28 Logs:

Interesting monitoring on 5598 Wednesday night Thursday Morning. New York Air was denying air space entrance due to "system limitations" Traffic was re-routed by ATC. Air Space was shut down between 0015 thru 0045.

Across the pond nice bounce on Shanwick on 3016:

3016: Air India 126 Boeing 777-300ER with Shanwick at 52 North 30 West en route from Chicago O'Hare Int to Frankfurt Int'l

3016: Air India 144 Boeing 777-300ER with Shanwick at 54 North 20 West en route from Newark Liberty Intl to Frankfurt Int'l.

3016: United 958 Boeing 767-300 with Shanwick at 50 North 30 West en route from Chicago O'Hare Int to London Heathrow.

3016: Continental 96 Boeing 757-200 with Shanwick at 53 North 20 West en route from Newark Liberty Intl to Tegel Int'l. (Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport (IATA: TXL, ICAO: EDDT) is the main international airport in Berlin, Germany)

 

[Rick1959]

Saturday Morning Monitoring Logs: (5-8)

Monitored Santa Maria on 5598, 3476 and 2962 last night. New York Air and Santa Maria were stepping on each others all evening, had to wonder why Santa Maria did not change to another primary frequency.

2962: Continental 40 Boeing 767-400 pos report at 40 North 20 West en route from
Newark Liberty Intl to Leonardo da Vinci Int'l (Fiumicino Int'l).

2962 Cactus 718 Airbus A330-300 with SELCAL check en route from Philadelphia Intl
To Leonardo da Vinci Int'l (Fiumicino Int'l) No position copied.

5598 Delta 186 Boeing 767-300 position report with Santa Maria at 45 North 40 West. En route from John F Kennedy to Marco Polo Int'l (Marco Polo Venice)

5598: “Gold 01” with NY Air possibly US Air Force Boeing KC- 135 Stratotanker. NY air also with Tomahawk 201 no ID on Tomahawk 201 same time. Both reporting position of 35 North 20 West.

2962: Reach 843 A/C type ? With Santa Maria position report 38 North 50 West with request for Santa Maria to “send all data to World Airways”.

 

[DaveNF2G]

2962: Reach 843 A/C type ? With Santa Maria position report 38 North 50 West with request for Santa Maria to “send all data to World Airways”.

World Airways operates a lot of REACH flights. IIRC from my RadarBox data, their aircraft are DC-10s.

I read a message somewhere that civilian REACH flights will get a new callsign soon, so that REACH will only designate military aircraft. I don't know how valid that information is.

EDIT: I just checked. World operates MD-11 and Boeing 747-400F cargo aircraft.

 

[Rick1959]

Thanks for the info Dave. It would appear from the little research I have done that by far World Airways main source of revenue is US government driven.

 

[Rick1959]

Saturday Evening logs including a CIA catch:

Saturday Evening Sunday Morning monitoring logs. Monitored frequencies Santa Maria 6628,2962 and 6535.

Note: I monitored N610G BOEING 757-22L with Santa Maria on 6535 at 26 North 20 40 West. " N610G is an alleged CIA-linked aircraft. The name of the plane's owner, L-3 Capital LLC, is suggestively similar to L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. However, there is no evidence to conclusively link the two entities."

"L-3 Capital does not appear on the list of divisions on L-3 Communications' website On the other hand, in FAA records, L-3 Communications Advanced Aviation LLC and L-3 Capital both give the same address in Helena, Montana: 33S Last Chance Gulch St. That address appears to host several local law firms".

"L-3 Communications has its own CIA aviation links: it is the parent company of L-3 Crestview Aerospace,[11] which is very closely linked with CIA proprietary Tepper Aviation, Inc."

(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=N610)

“That plane has been around the world. FA shows the tail number goes with "L-3". L-3 Communications is a contractor to the Defense Dept. for electronics communications testing. Now, I bet you'd be really impressed if you could get to see the interior of that baby.”

(FlightAware > Discussions :: View topic - N610G COMCO)

6628: Delta 114 Boeing 767-400 with Santa Maria at 33 North 30 West SELCAL check RSAB en route from Hartsfield-Jackson Intl to Barcelona Int'l.

6628 Delta 216 Boeing 757-200 position report with Santa Maria 32 North 40 West en route from John F Kennedy Intl to Dakar. LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR INTL. Senegal.

 

[Rick1959]

Monday morning 5-10 logs:

Transatlantic comms few and far between last night due to volcanic ash cloud. Here's a nice link that shows just how large the cloud is:http://tinyurl.com/25yzuwo


I did copy several " Sky King Sky King Do not Answer" EAM from Andy.

 

[brandon]

Transatlantic comms few and far between last night due to volcanic ash cloud..

Try Gander and Iceland on 8891. It has been non-stop tonight and reception is outstanding even this far out here in California.

 

[brandon]

Logs 11-May-2010

HF aero logs from May 11, 2010 heard from Riverside County, California, USA.

8891 USB 0418z: VP-CFT wkg Gander for selcal check. Canadair Challenger. Goose Bay-London Luton.

8891 USB 0425z: Air India 101 wkg Iceland w/ position report. Boeing 777-200LR. New Delhi-New York JFK.

8891 USB 0500z: Gander wkg Emirates 242 w/ SIGMET advisory. Airbus A380-800. Toronto-Dubai.

8891 USB 0505z: United 851 wkg Gander. Gander advised flight to call Magadan on 11390 or 8837 at ORVIT. Boeing 777-200. Chicago-Beijing.

11282 USB 0604z: American 72 wkg San Francisco w/ message relay from N32MR. American 72 relays to San Francisco that N32MR is reporting declaration of emergency. N32MR position is 36-31N 129-58W with 5 1/2 hours of fuel and 2 souls on board. ETA to Oakland is 2 hours 54 mins. N32MR is a Britten-Norman BN2A-26 Islander registered to John Hutton Corp flying Kahului-Oakland.

8843 USB 1708z: Continental 175 wkg San Francisco. Boeing 737-700. Orange County-Honolulu.

8843 USB 1715z: N467AM wkg San Francisco. Reports FL190, destination Honolulu and selcal AHEF. Grumman G-1159 registered to Videotape Center, Hollywood CA.

8843 USB 1716z: N711KA wkg San Francisco w/ position. Cessna 414A. Tracy Municipal-Hilo.

8843 USB 1718z: Continental 3 wkg San Francisco for selcal check on ASHK. Boeing 737-900. N39415. Los Angeles-Honolulu.

8843 USB 1728z: Hawaiian 15 wkg San Francisco w/ position. Boeing 767-300. San Diego-Honolulu.

8843 USB 1729z: Biscayne 626 wkg San Francisco. Boeing 737-800. Victorville-Honolulu.

11342 USB 1911z: Hawaiian 7 wkg San Francisco for p/p to Medlink regarding a passenger suffering from nausea. Boeing 767-300. N587HA. Las Vegas-Honolulu.

 

[brandon]

Logs May 15-17, 2010

HF aero logs from May 15-17, 2010 heard from Riverside County, California, USA.
Equipment: SDR-IQ to Wellbrook ALA1530

15-May-2010

10048 USB 0845z: Cargo King 229 wkg San Francisco. Boeing 747-400 Freighter operated by China Cargo Airlines. Shanghai to Seattle.

10048 USB 0848z: Qantas 7583 wkg San Francisco. Boeing 747-400 Freighter. Shanghai to Anchorage.

10048 USB 0851z: Reach 032 wkg San Francisco for selcal check on CFJR. Boeing C-17A. Gave their registration as 80051A.

10048 USB 0900z: N194WM wkg San Francisco w/ position. Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express XRS registered to Challenger Administration LLC. [note: This appears to be one of Bill Gates aircraft.]

10048 USB 0919z: Gulfstream N1 wkg San Francisco w/ position. Flight handed off to Anchorage on 119.1. Gulfstream G-IV operated by the Federal Aviation Administration.


16-May-2010

8843 USB 2333z: Boeing 004 wkg San Francisco w/ position. Flight handed off to LA Center on 132.150. Boeing 787 test flight offshore California and Mexico.


17-May-2010

8891 USB 0346z: China Eastern 588 wkg Gander. Position 75N 107.40W. Selcal AKDR. Airbus A340-600. B-6053. New York JFK to Shanghai.

8891 USB 0350z: Air China 982 wkg Gander. Flight told when passing ORVIT contact Magadan on 4712 or 8837. Boeing 747-400. New York JFK to Beijing.

8891 USB 0356z: N596DC wkg Gander. Selcal JSBK. Gulfstream G-IV registered to Bay Asset Leasing LLC.

8891 USB 0400z: Air India 140 wkg Gander. Selcal BRGH. Boeing 777-200LR. VT-ALE. New York JFK to Mumbai.

8891 USB 0407z: Iceair 614 wkg Gander w/ position. Selcal EQFL. Boeing 757-200. TF-FIO. New York JFK to Keflavik.

8891 USB 0414z: Iceair 602 wkg Gander. Selcal KMLQ. Boeing 757-200. TF-FIU. Toronto to Keflavik.

8891 USB 0510z: Emirates 226 wkg Gander. Selcal JKAC. Boeing 777-300ER. A6-ECM. San Francisco to Dubai.

8891 USB 0559z: El Al 842 wkg Gander. Selcal ADFM. Boeing 747-200 operated by El Al Israel Airlines Cargo. 4X-AXL. New York JFK to Liège, Belgium.

11282 USB 1630z: Dragon 13 wkg San Francisco for radio check.

11282 USB 1700z: World 2827 wkg San Francisco. Position 39N 130W. Boeing 747-400. Seoul to Los Angeles.

 

[brandon]

Logs May 19-20, 2010

19-May-2010

8843 USB 1503z: N167AA wkg San Francisco for selcal check on DJCF. Gulfstream G-IV registered to AAI Aviation Inc.

8843 USB 1553z: Omni 302 wkg San Francisco w/ position. McDonnell Douglas DC-10. NAS North Island to Honolulu.

8843 USB 1745z: Air China 051 wkg San Francisco. Selcal QSDH. Boeing 737-800. B-5508. Delivery flight en route from Boeing Field to Honolulu.

8843 USB 2045z: Boeing 004 wkg San Francisco. Flight cleared to operate within lateral confines of 28.30N 128.30W, 28.30N 121W, 23.30N 121W, 23.30N 128.30W and to report ops normal every hour. Additional clearance requests and other traffic passed. Boeing 787-8. N7874 (ZA004). I am including an mp3 audio for those interested (file edited to remove dead air and non-related chatter): 8843.0_boeing_787_test.mp3


20-May-2010

10522 USB 1221z: Numbers station w/ YL in unid Asian sounding language. It was suggested this might be New Star broadcasting station [V13] but awaiting confirmation. Here is the audio recording for those interested: 10522.0_unid_numbers_station.mp3

13354 USB 2116z: Hawaiian 9971 wkg San Francisco. Flight receives re-route clearance to destination airport Maui. This is one of Hawaiian Airlines new Airbus A330-200 en route from Los Angeles to Kahului.

 

[R1VINCE]

19-May-2010

8843 USB 2045z: Boeing 004 wkg San Francisco. Flight cleared to operate within lateral confines of 28.30N 128.30W, 28.30N 121W, 23.30N 121W, 23.30N 128.30W and to report ops normal every hour. Additional clearance requests and other traffic passed. Boeing 787-8. N7874 (ZA004). I am including an mp3 audio for those interested (file edited to remove dead air and non-related chatter): 8843.0_boeing_787_test.mp3

brandon, the link is dead-if its not too much trouble, can you re-up?

thanks in advance and thanks for the logs

 

[brandon]

Hi R1VINCE, Heres the updated link for the Boeing 787 audio: solarix.net » Boeing 787 Test Flights

 

[brandon]

Logs May 26-27, 2010

HF logs from May 26-27, 2010 heard from Riverside County, California, USA.
Equipment: SDR-IQ to Wellbrook ALA1530

26-May-2010

11342 USB 0029z: Ryan 7300 wkg company dispatch via p/p through San Francisco ARINC. Boeing 767-300. Kaneohe Bay to Chicago Rockford Intl.

4125 USB 0834z: USCG Kodiak Alaska Communications Station clg F/V Seawolf several times, followed by additional calls to same vessel from Vancouver Coast Guard Radio.

15867 USB 2137z: CG 1712 wkg CAMSPAC w/ flight ops and position.


27-May-2010

12222 USB 0000z: November 03 wkg CAMSLANT reports flight ops normal.

8294 USB 0236z: Unid Pacific maritime net. One vessel reported position of 05.04S 110.29W.

6235 USB 0313z: OM’s in Spanish. Station read names of individuals and used phonetic alphabet.

4167 USB 0409z: Link-11 data.

8867 USB 0420z: N711EG wkg San Francisco w/ position of 05N 150W. Gulfstream G-1159A registered to Entrepreneurial Asset Management.

11220 USB 0423z: Akela 76 wkg Andrews for p/p to Davis-Monthan Metro; requests weather for KABQ at 0700z.

6940 USB 0430z: Link-11 data.

6835 USB 0431z: Link-11 data.

8867 USB 0518z: Nadi wkg Kiwi Rescue 941, a P-3 Orion belonging to the Royal New Zealand Air Force on SAR mission. Nadi advises them to contact Port Vila (Vanuatu) on 5484 or 6553 secondary. Special thanks to the kind folks on UDXF for help identifying this aircraft.

11220 USB 1708z: Pinon 71 wkg Hickam for p/p to 530 area code number. Hickam has trouble w/ copy and requests QSY to 11255 kHz.

11220 USB 1921z: Pinon 71 wkg McClellan for p/p to DSN 368-8505.

14582 USB 2328z: November 08 secures guard w/ CAMSLANT.

20890 USB 2342z: CG 1718 wkg Kokomo w/ position report of 34.32N 118.44W.

 

[Rick1959]

Monitoring Logs Saturday May 29th:

Saturday May 29th Monitoring Logs

5598 Lufthansa 445 Airbus A340-300 (quad-jet) with New York at 44 North 50 West en route from Hartsfield-Jackson Intl to Frankfurt Int'l.

4675 KLM 672 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (tri-jet) with Shanwick at 56 North 30 West en route from Montreal-Trudeau to Amsterdam Schiphol.

4675 American 110 Boeing 767-300 (twin-jet) with Shanwick at 57 North 20 West en route from Chicago O'Hare Intl to Leonardo da Vinci Int'.

3016 Speed Bird 206 Boeing 747-400 with Shanwick at 48 North 20 West en route from Miami Intl to London Heathrow.

3016 Livingston Air 012 (Livingston is an airline based in Milan, Italy. It operates scheduled and charter services connecting major Italian cities to holiday destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and South America, the Indian Ocean, Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Its main base is Malpensa International Airport, Milan) with Shanwick at 47 North 15 West. No origin or destination information available. Note Livingston’s entire fleet consists only of 6 a/c. 3 Airbus A321-231 and 3 Airbus A330-243.

 

[Rick1959]

Monitoring Logs Tuesday June 1

5598 CanForce 4121 with Santa Maria A/C ? Reporting position of 43 North 20 West

6535 Speed Bird 247 Boeing 747-400 With Dakar en route from London Heathrow to Sao Paulo Brazil.

6649 Lufthansa 504 A340-300 with ATLANTICO en route from (MUC) Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich to Guarulhos International Airport Sao Paulo.

6649 Air France 418 Boeing 777-200/200ER with ATLANTICO en route from Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ministro Pistarini Airport City: Buenos Aires.

Note: First time I have logged ATLANTICO ATC. I believe this was the last ATC Air France 447 was in contact with before it disappeared.

 

[brandon]

Logs 3-Jun-2010

HF logs for June 3, 2010 heard from Riverside County, California, USA.

11330 USB 0229z: Southern Air 532 wkg San Francisco. Selcal JKCM. Boeing 747-200. N704SA. Anchorage to Los Angeles.

8974 USB 0503z: Kiwi 452 wkg Air Force Auckland. Caught tail end of comms but mentioned something about Kilo Oscar 2 on Delta Yankee Zulu.

8843 USB 0508z: N32PA wkg San Francisco w/ position. Learjet 35 registered to Phoenix Air Group. Brown Field to Honolulu.

8867 USB 0508z: Unid aircraft wkg Tahiti Radio in French.

8164 USB 0510z: Simplex comms w/ OM's and YL in English. Possible boaters and mentioned Hawaii several times.

6735 USB 0518z: Unid military a/c wkg Mojo tracking airborne target. Here is audio clip (dead air removed) if anyone can identify: 6735_Unid_Military_Tracking_Net.mp3

6586 USB 0711z: Air Canada 091 wkg New York. Selcal HJAL. Boeing 767-300. C-FCAF. São Paulo to Toronto.

15867 USB 1927z: CG 6001 wkg CAMSPAC for radio check on HF ALE.

15867 USB 2101z: CG 1712 clg CAMSPAC in the red, then followed by ANDVT traffic.

 

[Rick1959]

Monitoring Logs from Wednesday Evening 6/9/2010

Monitored 6535 Dakar Senegal ATC South Atlantic Area 1 this evening. Most was broken and unreadable but I did catch a few flights.

6535 Alitalia 680 Boeing 777-200 with Dakar with SELCAL CPDLC check en route from Rome Leonardo da Vinci (Fiumicino) Airport to Ministro Pistarini International Airport

6535 KLM 792 Boeing 777-200 SELCAL check with Dakar en route from Sau Paulo Guarulhos to Amsterdam.

6535 Delta 201 777-200LRF/LR with Dakar. (Note: This was an interesting catch as the Delta crew argued with Dakar Control regarding their current altitude. Dakar was insisting 201 was at 35, 500 with the crew maintaining they were at or below 34,000. The crew appeared to have won. Apparently, from the quick research I did on Dakar Control, that facility is not highly regarded in the aviation community.) Anyway, 201 was en route from Johannesburg to Atlanta.