mancow said:
There seems to be alot of traffic on the GHFS system tonight. Skyking is active every minute or so. I just heard an aircraft with a foreign accent calling in and he was basically cut off by Andrews for another EAM.
I wonder if they're gearing up for something since this is the start of the supposed cease fire.
Your post confuses me, if I'm reading this wrong please forgive. But SKYKING is not a callsign in the sense of it being an aircraft or station, SKYKING is a codeword for a specific type of transmission. Here is the explanation. Even if you do know this aready, it might be knowledgable for someone else reading.
SKYKING messages are special EAM's. These presumably could be the nuclear go/no-go codes. There was a higher than normal number of EAM's and SKYKING messages being transmitted after the attackes of 9/11/01. Urgent SKYKING messages are repeated three or four times instead of the usual two. SKYKING is a group callsign, meaning "Any this net." "Do not answer" is the standard procedure ofr self-authenticating broadcasts, meaning that recipients don't need to give away their positions or existence by challenging the orders. While tuned to any of the GHFS frequncies and hear "SKYKING SKYKING Do not answer" you can bet you're hearing a very important, highest priority, and heavily encrypted message!
btw, i've never head anything like you described... wow that sucks i missed it. sounds like something is up.