August 2010

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Logs 31-Aug-2010

8891 USB 0411z: El Al 005 wkg Iceland. Boeing 777-200. Tel Aviv to Los Angeles.

8891 USB 0428z: Gander wkg China Eastern 588. Gave 11279 for secondary and requests voice report at 141W. Selcal BMAJ. Airbus A340-600. B-6052. New York City to Shanghai.

8891 USB 0431z: Gander wkg Reach 435.

8891 USB 0438z: Continental 100 wkg Gander. Selcal ERJP. Boeing 757-200. Newark to Manchester.

8891 USB 0445z: Continental 108 wkg Gander. Selcal CHAJ. Boeing 757-200. Newark to Edinburgh.

8855 USB 0749z: JetStar 968 wkg JetStar Dispatch. Airbus A320. Melbourne to Perth.

8855 USB 0756z: JetStar 151 wkg JetStar Dispatch. Airbus A320. Sydney to Christchurch.

13927 USB 1928z: Aircraft 60829 wkg AFA5QW for radio check.

13155 USB 2008z: Jew Guard (sound like) w/ EAM broadcast. Lots of background noise.

11220 USB 2014: King 85 w/ Offutt HF-GCS station wrapping up phone patch.

11330 USB 2248z: New York wkg NOAA 49. Hurricane Earl reconnaissance flight position was 25.09N 70.34W at FL410.

I’ve caught a few clear transmissions on 260.625.

Darkness 01 calling Darkness Base for radio check.  

Darkness Base on SATCOM in the red.  

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13348 USB San Francisco ARINC phone patch w/ talk about ash from the Klyuchevskoy Volcano located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.


13339 kHz USB San Francisco ARINC w/ volcanic weather advisory.

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265.250 Chicago

Some brief clear voice SATCOM on 265.250 w/ Chicago calling Golf 01.  

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This morning I logged a Korean language numbers station on 6730 kHz in AM mode. Searching online it was found this is V24 and is believed to transmit from South Korea. Here is an audio clip of the transmission as heard from my location in Southern California.

More information about the V24 Korean numbers station can be found here.

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Logs 24-Aug-2010

10024 USB 0216z: Lan Peru 2609 w/ position report to Cenamer Radio. Boeing 767-300. San Francisco to Lima.

10024 USB 0220z: Lan Chile 601 wkg Cenamer Radio. Boeing 767-300. Los Angeles to Lima.

11232 USB 0246z: King 85 wkg Trenton Military for p/p to King Ops.

17904 USB 0322z: Air Mike 957 wkg San Francisco. Boeing 737-800 en route from Kosrae Island to Pohnpei, Micronesia.

17904 USB 0326z: San Francisco wkg Lion 01 w/ clearance to cruise FL400 and to report once on the ground at Majuro. Boeing 737-900 delivery for Indonesia based Lion Airlines, en route from Honolulu to the Marshall Islands.

17904 USB 0330z: Hawaiian 455 w/ position report to San Francisco. Boeing 767-300. Honolulu to Manila.

11390 USB 0443z: Magadan Radio wkg Air China 982 and requests report at ORVIT. Boeing 747-400. New York City to Beijing.

13282 USB 0455z: Auckland volmet signoff, then followed by Honolulu volmet broadcast for Alaskan airports.

5735 USB 0502z: Spanish language comms. Users had roger beeps each time they keyed up.

8992 USB 0539z: Andrews HF-GCS station w/ EAM message IN435C.

6651.3 LSB 0543z: Fishermen USA accents.

6221.6 USB 0549z: Simplex. Males unid Asian language.

16546 USB 0552z: VMC Australia automated voice broadcasting maritime weather for the Gold Coast.

16453 USB 0554z: Simplex comms. Man and woman in Asian sounding language.

4125 USB 0605z: KWL38 wkg several vessels w/ forecasts for Alaska region.

6837 USB 0628z: Unid whale sounds.

6730 AM 1333z: V24 numbers station w/ music followed by female voice reading groups in Korean language.

6765.1 USB 1346z: Bangkok Meteorological Radio automated voice weather broadcast for Thailand area.

8912 USB 1423z: Hammer clg Omaha 295 then both stations switch to Parkhill encrypted voice.

8912 USB 1500z: CG 1707 wkg CAMSPAC reporting ops normal and position 39.06N 121.56W.

6837 Whale Sounds

Here is an oddity from last night. I have read about “feedback/whales” stations on various newsgroups, but this the first time I have picked one up.

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Logs 23-Aug-2010

10024 USB 0338z: American 940 w/ position report to Lima Radio. Boeing 767-300 en route from Santiago, Chile to Dallas.

8891 USB 0524z: KLM 606 wkg Gander w/ position 60N 40W at FL350. Boeing 777-300ER. San Francisco to Amsterdam.

8891 USB 0528z: Delta 7 wkg Gander. Boeing 777-200LR. Dubai to Atlanta.

8891 USB 0539z: Continental 49 wkg Gander. Flight diverting to Goose Bay for fuel. Boeing 777-200. Originally en route from Mumbai to Newark.

8891 USB 0548z: Air France 007 wkg Gander. Selcal FMBK. Airbus A380. New York JFK to Paris.

8891 USB 0601z: N767VA wkg Gander w/ position 60N 40W at FL380. Selcal check on JPDL. Boeing 767-200 operated by Vision Airlines. (note: Some speculate these flights are operated for the CIA. Here is an interesting article about this company)

8297 USB 0617z: Maritime simplex comms. Users had Australian accents.

8951 USB 1422z: China Eastern 581 wkg San Francisco. Given 10057 for secondary freq. Airbus A340-300 en route from Shanghai to Vancouver.

8951 USB 1439z: Japan Air 7902 wkg San Francisco. Selcal BRCL. Boeing 747-400. JA8902. Tokyo Narita to Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville.

8912 USB 1702z: Hammer wkg 139 on “central node” in the clear.

11175 USB 1830z: Icer 12 wkg McClellan reporting ops normal.

12222 USB 2015z: CAMSPAC wkg Kilo 16; reports loud and clear.

Logs 22-Aug-2010

8891 USB 0259z: Pakistan 712 wkg Gander. Selcal check on BDAF. Boeing 777-200LR. AP-BGY. New York JFK to Lahore, Pakistan.

6640 USB 0739z: Air India 101 wkg New York. Flight needs 4 wheelchairs upon arrival. Selcal BDPS. Boeing 777-200LR. VT-ALD. New Delhi to New York JFK.

6640 USB 0752z: United 58 wkg San Francisco for p/p to United Airlines Dispatch. Unable to copy and QSY to 11342.

11342 USB 0755z: United Airlines Chicago Dispatch w/ United 58 via p/p from San Francisco ARINC but still unable to copy. San Francisco relays message to the dispatcher about the flight reporting their right FMC failed. Dispatch has San Francisco relay to flight that Sam will contact them via ACARS.

8942 USB 1152z: Indonesia 863 wkg Singapore. Airbus A330-200 en route from Hong Kong to Jakarta.

10522 USB 1207z: V13 New Star Broadcasting Station.

11279 USB 2011z: Gander wkg United 897 w/ clearance from Edmonton ATC. Boeing 777-200. Washington Dulles to Beijing.

13354 USB 2018z: Air Transport 410 wkg San Francisco. McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60 en route from Travis AFB to Hickam AFB.

Logs 21-Aug-2010

6417 LSB 0514z: Fishermen w/ informal chit chat and talk about Mahi-mahi.

8903 USB 0658z: Tokyo wkg Magic 13 for position report.

3381 USB 0727z: Link-11 data.

5598 USB 0730z: Cabo Verde 691 wkg New York w/ position of 42N 45W. Boeing 757-200 operated by TACV Cabo Verde Airlines, en route from Boston to Praia, Cape Verde Island.

16530 USB 0737z: Maritime simplex comms in Tagalog language.

11175 USB 2302z: Raider 12 wkg McClellan for p/p to Hickam metro and requests weather for PAED.

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