freqhopping
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This one was at Martin States today.
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This one was at Martin States today.
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BM82557
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0130z I have a BLUE77 passing through Maine from Selfrige ANGB heading East at FL350. He's showing a "fake" HEX of: B1862A
Just turned on the radios to catch him on ATC.
Got him!
0144z 127.125 BLUE77 Heavy, check in with Moncton Center FL350.
My guess? a KC-135 to join the rest of the tankers that will be dragging the SJ F-15s back home this week.
Just turned on the radios to catch him on ATC.
Got him!
0144z 127.125 BLUE77 Heavy, check in with Moncton Center FL350.
My guess? a KC-135 to join the rest of the tankers that will be dragging the SJ F-15s back home this week.
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BM82557
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Thanks for the info, don't believe I've heard of one with a fake hex before.
Yes, very odd! I did catch him just now checking in with Moncton Center identified as, "Heavy". Most likely a KC135.
From tape 1840 local HAWK-21 with ZDC UHF FL390 dropping to FL270 currently direct.
Guess the HAWKS came back.. short 5 hour round trip.
reconrider8
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i dont see how you guys can monitor vhf with all the civil traffic also lol its hard enough catching callsigns on uhf for me
AF1 visit to Kalamazoo, Michigan has been rescheduled to Friday, February 19. Guess they are concerned with the weather moving in.
Appears to be 58-0129, got the flight on SATCOM using its regular hex code AE062A. I'm not sure what the deal is with these "fake" codes ? In this case why does it appear on ADSB-X but not SATCOM ? I have noticed a few other KC-135s using them on occasion.
Re: HAWK 01
I pulled up the KBAF LiveATC archives and did hear a HAWK 21 get clearance to KNBG, departed at 17:19 UTC. While looking for the HAWK flight I also came across SLAM 01 on a scramble exercise to intercept PATHFINDER 30 (RCAF CP-140 according to the database, which makes sense as they were cleared to CYQI/Yarmouth after the exercise was complete).
I pulled up the KBAF LiveATC archives and did hear a HAWK 21 get clearance to KNBG, departed at 17:19 UTC. While looking for the HAWK flight I also came across SLAM 01 on a scramble exercise to intercept PATHFINDER 30 (RCAF CP-140 according to the database, which makes sense as they were cleared to CYQI/Yarmouth after the exercise was complete).
McRadioface
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For real, I have milair around me 24/7 on a half dozen radios, and while I enjoy the total immersion, the context of the communications blows right by me, so it helps to come here and get closure on some of that. Like therapy
Maybe they went down there to KNBG to meet up with some fellow F-15C JZ Bayou Eagle Drivers
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freqhopping
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Not fake, just a screw up of the octal programming of the transponder. In this case transposing the 3 and 4.
B1862A = 54303052
AE062A = 53403052
Supposedly the newer DC Air National Guard paint job vs the older scheme. I like the darker color.
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mdmonitor
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What I do is to use ADS-B Exchange to give me a picture of the air activity. Then, if I spot an interesting acft that I want to check out I then try to zero in on a specific ATC sector or an area. In my case I have two banks in my scanner for civil air. One covers the East Coast & Southern (MD/VA). The other bank holds freqs for the Northern & Western areas of my reception range. From my location outside Baltimore , depending on the aircraft's altitude, I can normally pick up aircraft as far as 150-175 miles away.
Over time it's fairly easy to narrow down which routes are usually used by milair and zero in those. This way I cut down on the number of ATC VHF freqs to listen to to pick out the milair.
For me the key is using ADS-B to pinpoint what I want to check out.
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mdmonitor
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Mark,
I like the darker color for the acft but the black tail number & tail code is easier to read in a photo.
mdmonitor
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Doesn't look like a good milair day for our area. My location is encrusted in a fairly thick layer of ice and more ice/freezing rain is forecast. It's days like these that I'm glad my antennas are in the attic
I notice that when it came up on the Europe side ADSB-X was showing it using the AE062A code again. So it seems to have changed mid flight. Is this "octal programming" something that can be done by maintenance, by the flight crew, or some sort of ADSB-X glitch ? Checking the history on that aircraft the last time I could find it using AE062A was back in March 2020.
freqhopping
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Anybody with access to the transponder can change it.
These are my photos haha
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