September 2010

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Logs 30-Sep-2010

September 30, 2010 in logs | No comments

8894 USB 0036z: Niamey wkg Air France 805. Airbus A340-300 en route from Cotonou to Paris.

8894 USB 0043z: Niamey wkg Air France 928. Boeing 777-300 en route from Paris to Luanda.

8894 USB 0123z: Angola 650 wkg Nouakchott w/ position and selcal check on BPAQ. Boeing 777-200 operated by TAAG Angola Airlines. D2-TEF. Flight en route from Luanda to Lisbon.

6556 USB 1339z: Qantas 10 wkg Jakarta. Boeing 747-400 en route from London to Melbourne via Singapore.

6556 USB 1345z: Jakarta wkg Malaysian 127. Flight told to contact Brisbane on 8879. Airbus A330-300 from Kuala Lumpur to Perth.

6556 USB 1349z: Jakarta wkg Etihad 471. Boeing 777-300 en route from Jakarta to Abu Dhabi.

6556 USB 1403z: JetStar 115 wkg Jakarta. Airbus A320 en route from Jakarta to Perth.

8903 USB 1421z: Manila Radio w/ multiple attempts to raise Philippine 469. Requests flight to call on 2998. Airbus A330-300. Seoul to Manila.

8903 USB 1424z: Philippine 417 wkg Manila. Airbus A320 en route from Busan to Manila.

8903 USB 1438z: Air Evac 71502 wkg San Francisco for selcal check on KSFG.

11396 USB 1456z: Lion 770 wkg Ujung Pandang requesting weather for Manado. Boeing 737-900 en route from Jakarta to Manado, Indonesia.

Logs 29-Sep-2010

September 29, 2010 in logs | 1 comment

8888 USB 0251z: Luanda wkg Springbok 204. Selcal ERGH. Airbus A340-300. ZS-SXB. New York to Johannesburg.

8888 USB 0254z: Namibia 706 clg Luanda Radio for position report. Boeing 737-800. Johannesburg to Accra.

8891 USB 0558z: Gander wkg Qatari 078 w/ selcal check on EGLP. Boeing 777-200LR. A7-BBD. Houston to Doha.

8891 USB 0631z: Gander advising American 293 to call Edmonton on 134.4. Boeing 777-200 en route from Delhi to Chicago.

8891 USB 0632z: Gander wkg World Express 970. Boeing 767-300 operated by DHL Air Limited. En route from East Midlands to Cincinnati.

8891 USB 0645z: Singapore 21 wkg Gander. Airbus A340-500 en route from Newark to Singapore.

5634 USB 1154z: New Zealand 176 wkg Brisbane w/ position. Told to call Melbourne Center on 135.0. Boeing 767-300 en route from Perth to Auckland.

5634 USB 1246z: Brisbane wkg JetStar 970. Airbus A320 en route from Melbourne to Perth.

5634 USB 1314z: Brisbane wkg Indonesia 728. Boeing 737-800 en route from Denpasar Bali to Perth.

5634 USB 1322z: Brisbane wkg Bluey 4161. Boeing 737-800 operated by Virgin Blue. En route from Perth to Denpasar Bali.

5652 USB 1448z: San Francisco wkg Qantas 80 and requested flight to try another radio due to bad signal. Boeing 767-300 en route from Tokyo to Perth.

11175 USB 1857z: Andrews transmitting in the blind to “Recognize” that they contact any global station for destination weather update.

15867 USB 2048z: Service Center wkg CG 1709 w/ phone patch to Kodiak Air Station. CG 1709 estimates arrival into Kodiak at 1330 local.

260.475 Skull 14

September 27, 2010 in satcom | No comments

Skull 14 calling Red River for a radio check on 260.475.  

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261.575 Test Counts

September 27, 2010 in satcom | No comments

Two stations heard today on 261.575 with test counts and radio checks.  

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262.125 Spear Ops

September 27, 2010 in satcom | 5 comments

Aircraft 742 calling Spear Ops for radio check.  

Brief comms on 262.125 w/ Spear Ops calling Aircraft 776.  

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HF Volmet Broadcasts

September 25, 2010 in hf | No comments

Ever tuned the HF aeronautical bands and stumbled across automated voice broadcasting weather info for various cities? If so, then you most likely heard a VOLMET station. VOLMET, or meteorological information for aircraft in flight, is the term applied to a worldwide network of radio stations that broadcast TAF, SIGMET and METAR reports on shortwave frequencies. In addition to helping pilots find weather at airports, these stations are a great resource for SWL listeners to check propagation conditions to various parts of the world.

Posted below is my collection of audio clips for Volmet stations that have been monitored at my location in Southern California.

5505 kHz – Shannon Volmet

5673 kHz – Guangzhou Volmet  

6604 kHz – New York Volmet

6676 kHz – Australian Volmet

6676 kHz – Bangkok Volmet

6676 kHz – Singapore Volmet

6679 kHz – Auckland Volmet

6679 kHz – Hong Kong Volmet

6679 kHz – Honolulu Volmet

6679 kHz – Tokyo Volmet

6754 kHz – Trenton Military Volmet

10051 kHz – Gander Volmet

See the DX Info Centre for a complete list of frequencies and schedules for VOLMET stations.

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Logs 22-Sep-2010

September 22, 2010 in logs | No comments

8891 USB 0443z: Gander wkg Etihad 150. Selcal BRFL. Airbus A340-600. A6-EHL. Chicago to Abu Dhabi.

8891 USB 0447z: Gander wkg KLM 602 w/ Sigmet. Boeing 747-400. Los Angeles to Amsterdam.

6556 USB 1335z: Jakarta wkg Singapore 234. Boeing 777-300 en route from Sydney to Singapore.

6556 USB 1351z: Etihad 450 wkg Jakarta. Airbus A340-600 en route from Abu Dhabi to Sydney.

6556 USB 1356z: Etihad 471 w/ position report to Jakarta. Flight advised to contact Colombo on 11285 primary or 5670 secondary. Boeing 777-300 en route from Jakarta to Abu Dhabi.

6556 USB 1427z: Jakarta wkg Qantas 42. Airbus A330-300 en route from Jakarta to Sydney.

12222 USB 1551z: November 01 wkg CAMSLANT reporting position 29.17N 088.52W.

12222 USB 1749z: Female operator identifies as “CommSta Kodiak” clg unheard unit. Service Center then heard wkg Juliet 38 and requesting them to resound their radio.

268.150 Hogs

September 19, 2010 in satcom | No comments

A few days ago heard comms on 268.150 (Ch 37) w/ Hog 4 calling Hog Base.  

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260.475 Aircraft 229

September 19, 2010 in satcom | No comments

Clear voice activity on 260.475 from a couple weeks ago w/ Aircraft 229 calling any plane or any station.  

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261.575 Radio Checks

September 16, 2010 in satcom | No comments

Activity on 261.575 with stations “25” and “29” in radio checks.  

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