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0045 Zulu Friday 9-23
5598 Reach 595 McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender with New York Air en-route to Hilda requesting ride reports at 38,000.
5598 Reach 595 McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender with New York Air en-route to Hilda requesting ride reports at 38,000.
Sunday 10-2 thru Monday 10-3
2899 N16NK Gulfstream V with Shanwick selcal radio and pos report. N16NK was reporting current altitude of 49,000.! Gulfstream V ceiling tops out at 51,000. N16NK is registered to the FAA. Absolutely a beautiful a/c. Private Jets Charter - Gulfstream V/G-V Private Jet
2899 N16NK Gulfstream V with Shanwick selcal radio and pos report. N16NK was reporting current altitude of 49,000.! Gulfstream V ceiling tops out at 51,000. N16NK is registered to the FAA. Absolutely a beautiful a/c. Private Jets Charter - Gulfstream V/G-V Private Jet
Friday 10-07 1745 - 1830 Zulu
8906 British Air 2202 Boeing 777 with NY Air en route from Curacao Venezuela to (CUN) to London Gatwick (LGW) about 2 hours in 7.5 left to arrival.
8906 KLM 783 Boeing 747 with NY Air en route Curacao Venezuela to Amsterdam NL. 2 hours in 8 to go.
8906 American 198 Boeing 767-300 with NY Air en route JFK to Malpensa (Milan) Italy. Hand off to Gander Air.
8906 British Air 2202 Boeing 777 with NY Air en route from Curacao Venezuela to (CUN) to London Gatwick (LGW) about 2 hours in 7.5 left to arrival.
8906 KLM 783 Boeing 747 with NY Air en route Curacao Venezuela to Amsterdam NL. 2 hours in 8 to go.
8906 American 198 Boeing 767-300 with NY Air en route JFK to Malpensa (Milan) Italy. Hand off to Gander Air.
woebbers
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Some one calling Sky Master after New Blood EAM at 2248 utc on 11175...can not make connection seems to be off freq... all I could make out was 220 from the station calling Sky Master
Token
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Skymaster seems to be a position, group, or network, possibly somewhat like Skyking. The station at the time you posted that was answering whenever anyone called Skymaster was using the callsign Addition whenever they initiated a call themselves. ALso, more than once, that station used both Skymaster and Addition in one transmission.
Several "odd" freqs showing up with EAMs and EAM-like traffic on them, 13535, 14907, and 14975 kHz, for example.
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(edit) add freq of 10674 kHz also.
(edit) add freq of 8035 kHz also.
(edit) add freq of 10805 kHz also.
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Token
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My assumption is that Skymaster was a E-6B or an E-4. But, if Jonathan is also an E-6B it is not the same one that was using the callsign Addition/Skymaster 45 minutes ago. What makes you say Jonathan is an E-6? Last Jonathan TX I heard was 0006 UTC, on 8992/11175/15016.
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(edit 0025 UTC) Same source that was up as "Addition / Skymaster" last hour is now up as "Ballque".
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Token
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In the last hour + I have heard Addition, Lostdime, Jonathan, Ballque, A5T, A6S, T42, B0W, N2M, 9YP and Alienate all announce "standing by for traffic" after passing a message. But only Addition has been tied by ID to Skymaster. Ballque is using the same transmitter as Addition and Skymaster were, but has not yet IDed as Skymaster. Jonathan is NOT using the same transmitter as Addition or Ballque. It (Jonathan) also is passing traffic in the same format as Lostdime, but not in the same format as Addition or Ballque.
If Jonathan is an E-6B it is another one that is in the air at the same time as Addition/Ballque.
However, this (Jonathan being an E-6B) is possible. There is an E-6B up in the Fresno area right now. That correlates well with the signal strength and received signal direction for Skymaster/Addition/Ballque (all three are coming from the same transmitter). There also appears to be an E-6B up on the east coast, and that could be Lostdime/Jonathan.
Not arguing with you that Jonathan is not an E-6B, just wondering what makes you think it is?
Why do I say Skymaster/Addition/Ballque are coming from the same transmitter? Because it has a technical issue that makes it VERY easy to ID on a wideband display when it keys up, but does not impact received audio. I have been watching this particular airborne transmitter in use since I first noted the issue in October of last year.
Here is a picture of the spectrum of the transmitter last October (they were using the ID of Hipbone at the time), and it still looks the same today:
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Token
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Lostdime/Jonathan switched to Alienate c/s at about 0030 UTC. The last Jonathan call I heard was 0028 and the first Alienate was 0039.
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DaveNF2G
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Maybe SKYMASTER is a general call for any AWACS aircraft, and the one actually on site responds with its own callsign.
Token
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Yeah, I thought about that. But I also heard Lostdime (the other possible E-6B or E-4) call Skymaster, and the transmitter that was associated with Addition/Ballque/Skymaster (the first possible E-6B or E-4 that I noticed/logged during this event) responded. Possibly one is primary and the other backup? Maybe one responds unless one of the others notices an unanswered call? Kind of like what you hear with Andrews/Offutt at times maybe.
It was interesting activity, regardless.
T!
Where roughly was this exercise?
Last night, six K135s, (REDBALL, MI ANG & RUFF OH ANG) launched from Travis AFB (CA) headed south towards Fresno. Could have possibly been related?
They also used KEYMASTER to refer to one of the REDBALL birds.
Last night, six K135s, (REDBALL, MI ANG & RUFF OH ANG) launched from Travis AFB (CA) headed south towards Fresno. Could have possibly been related?
They also used KEYMASTER to refer to one of the REDBALL birds.
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