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1422- Venus 97 (C-32 # 09-0017 AE4AEA) working ZDC Hagerstown (134.15) & ZOB Imperial (132.125) on way to the west.
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Ron
I think we determined that the Washington Center location for Millville was actually the Rainbow LF site
RCAG Sites - NJ Millville, NJ - RCAG 99 39.417222 -75.135 80
But New York Center has the correct lat/long for the site.
I think we determined that the Washington Center location for Millville was actually the Rainbow LF site
RCAG Sites - NJ Millville, NJ - RCAG 99 39.417222 -75.135 80
But New York Center has the correct lat/long for the site.
On ADSB-X you can scroll back through the History of each Hex Code, by Day and by Leg. Click on the "History +" Bar, use "Previous" button.
Hex 249249, 2021-03-17, Leg 2-3.
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mdmonitor
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1451- Hoku 51 off ADW heading west. Didn't stay too long ?
1314- ADS-B hex AE5B26 has been working off PAX this PM. According to the database this hex belongs to F/A-18E # 169215 from VX-9 out in China Lake CA.
1317- Couple of HMX-1 acft (no calls noted) working on discrete (273.95). They are over the Nottingham VOR and checking on wx conditions.
1314- ADS-B hex AE5B26 has been working off PAX this PM. According to the database this hex belongs to F/A-18E # 169215 from VX-9 out in China Lake CA.
1317- Couple of HMX-1 acft (no calls noted) working on discrete (273.95). They are over the Nottingham VOR and checking on wx conditions.
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Rgr on tape DEVIL 11 flight on ZNY 322.400 eta Harrisburg 10 minutes and was going to land Harrisburg but then called back something about a TOD of 2 hours and said a change of mission. Will just keep the rest of our flight plan after Harrisburg.
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freqhopping
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Funny RCH 476 departed Volkel today NW bound back across Southern England then down the coast
to Gibraltar then East thru the Med to Aviano.. Talk about taking the long way to get there.
Be like flying from NY to Atlanta via Kansas City and Dallas route
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1538- Venus 97 went out to Columbus OH then came back to ADW.
Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, hot-pit refuel at Lajes Field, Azores, March 16, 2021. The B-2s refueled at Lajes prior to supporting bomber task force missions in the Arctic region. I believe these are your TIGERS or JUICY planes.
B-2 Spirit arrives at Lajes Field, Azores
Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, hot-pit refuel at Lajes Field, Azores, March 16, 2021. The B-2s refueled at Lajes prior to supporting bomber task force missions in the Arctic region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar)
Yep, TIGERs were the B-2s, JUICYs were the B-52s out of Barksdale.
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1904- Fink 87 (E-6B # 163920 AE0412 VQ-4 Det) in PAX area at FL230. Fink87 departed from MacDill at 1648 local and is now working way up along the coast of NJ.
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freqhopping
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I've been hearing PINWHEEL on HF, not a great signal though.
Do they send a check out of net message prior to landing?
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Travis
Usually starts with E-6B/E4B contacting HF-GCS stn and sending authentication msg which is answered by the HF-CS stn with another authentication code & the acft confirms that authentication is valid with another code then tells the HF-GCS stn whether they are entering or exiting the net. Sometimes the acft will broadcast authentications in the blind if the HF-GCS stn doesn't respond.
Not sure at what point in the flight that they have to report entering or exiting the net. I would guess that they would report entering the net soon after takeoff since I've heard the PAX TACAMO broadcasting EAMs fairly soon after departure from PAX. Would think that exiting the net would be fairly soon before landing. Sometimes you'll hear the entering and departing acft contact each other--sort of a handshake/handoff.
mdmonitor
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If your HF reception is poor I would recommend trying this SDR on this list: http://kiwisdr.com/public/
There area ton of them located all over the world. For US, especially HF-GCS I recommend the one in Lamont Canada ve6slp. He gets great reception of CONUS, particularly of the San Francisco MWARA, good for tracking US acft heading to the Pacific. The only trouble with the Lamont SDR is that the owner is a member of the Canadian version of MARS, so when he's transmitting it blocks out the signal on the SDR.
There area ton of them located all over the world. For US, especially HF-GCS I recommend the one in Lamont Canada ve6slp. He gets great reception of CONUS, particularly of the San Francisco MWARA, good for tracking US acft heading to the Pacific. The only trouble with the Lamont SDR is that the owner is a member of the Canadian version of MARS, so when he's transmitting it blocks out the signal on the SDR.
freqhopping
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There is one in Burke, VA and another PA I use. Just heard DEADFALL standing by for traffic on 4724. Reception wasn't much different on the Burke station.
I'll have to check out some more.
2032- Heard DEADFALL again. VE6SLP reception was pretty similar to my own. Better than earlier.
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ZNY3347
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Wow, would've been cool for them to land at Harrisburg!
mdmonitor
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Yea, when reception is lousy in our area sometimes it's better in the Midwest or West. I would also recommend SDRs in Atlanta, KPH in Calif. there's one in Idaho that very good, and a couple of other Alberta ones. all three of them are Canadian MARS guys so they have bodacious antennas, etc.
I heard the " standing by for traffic" call, but I heard him as Dead Ball.
From yesterday's recordings: 260.900 CAP Pri; 247.050 Areflng; 259.900 a/a. On 260.900 a comment was made that there was broken/unreadable comms on CONAR 2; possible satcom? Playing back the recording several times they could be saying comm air 2.
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Since they tried to use the Satcom on Monday, I have added satcom channels to my feed from here - so maybe next time we might hear the uplink from the fighters. Since the aircraft are basically overhead we might get lucky.
UHF-MILSATCOM - The RadioReference Wiki
Known CONUS UHF Satcom Networks
Down Up Description
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260.4750 294.0750 CONR-1 NORAD
260.7250 294.3250 CONR-2 EADS (B-52 assets) <------------ CONR-2
263.9250 297.5250 CONR-3 WADS (Air Defense, E-3 Early Warning)
261.5750 295.1750 C-SARSAT / SOCOMM
265.2500 306.2500 401-Net JIATF (Counter-Narcotics)
268.1500 309.1500 DOD VIP Assets Net - Air Force 1 etc
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