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5736 USB 0530: ANDVT
6220 USB 0208: Spanish speaking OMs w/ some type of radiogram message traffic — probably Mexican military usage.
10458 USB 0822: Unid OM reading off long messages — almost sounded like an order or shipment? Unknown language w/ some English and Spanish words recognized.
13294 USB 0254: Unid aircraft calling Kinshasa “on 13294” with no response heard.
15015 USB 0312: Unid YLs in unknown language.
261.575 CONUS: Casino 1 calling Money Net (sound like) reporting launch no go. Casino 1 also attempted to raise Red Crown but was no joy.
Tags: CONUS
266.750 CONUS: Chinook 764 calling Darkhorse Ops on “sat echo” in the clear.
Tags: CONUS
With North Korea back in the news, I thought it would be a great time to check in with the Voice of Korea. Their English language broadcast from Pyongyang can be heard daily from much of the western USA. The frequencies to monitor are 9335 and 11710 kHz during the morning hours, and again in the late evening on 13760 and 15180 kHz.
15180 kHz – Response to US bombers over South Korea — DPRK strategic rocket forces ready to strike US targets and general threats of nuclear war.
9335 kHz – Full broadcast from March 26, 2013 at 1500 UTC.
9335 kHz – Full broadcast from March 29, 2013 at 1500 UTC.
9335 kHz – Full broadcast from March 30, 2013 at 1500 UTC.
Tags: broadcast, incidents, north korea
5693 USB 0334: Coast Guard 1708 attempting to raise USCG surface assets on SVN Alpha. Multiple calls to USCGC Haddock, USCGC Alert and USCGC Tern in USB voice & ANDVT but no joy.
5837 USB 0811: ZG7DB sounding in ALE.
11244 USB 2236: Base Line (sound like) w/ EAM message PMGQEY. Simulcast on 8776 and 13155.
11282 USB 1932: Pistn 72 wkg San Francisco. Selcal checked JSCK. En route from KMCF to PHNL.
11282 USB 1935: Reach 9016 wkg San Francisco. Selcal checked FRQS. En route from KSUU to PHIK.
12239 USB 2350: X-ray Whiskey with roll call for Echo, Lima, November, Oscar and Mike.
14452.5 USB 2221: CFARS net in progress w/ CIW681 asking for check-ins from 300 district stations.
16420 USB 2309: Unk stations (possibly Filipino) asking for a radio checks in English.
8912 USB 0650: 1701 wkg CAMSPAC at position 09-12N 087-02W.
11205 USB 0107: Mike clg X-ray Charlie. Other station using ANDVT but no joy.
11244 USB 0121: Leg Boot w/ EAM message PMVHMD.
13155 USB 0150: Leg Boot w/ EAM message PMVHMD.
8891 USB 0434: Gander wkg United 906 and United 900. Heavy echo from Gander’s multiple transmitters making local reception difficult.
11175 USB 1513: Otis 02 in comms w/ Offutt for HF phone patch. Told by Offutt to QSY to 11220.
11175 USB 1833: Viking 88 wkg Offutt for phone patch w/ North Star (sounded like).
11175 USB 2025: Bell 45 wkg Offutt for phone patch to DSN 339-3063.
11175 USB 2245: Holt clg Offutt but poor copy and Offutt requests they QSY to 4897.
11345.8 USB 0514: Tuna fishermen (in the Pacific Ocean) w/casual chit chat.
13261 USB 0307: San Francisco wkg Magellan 319 w/ ATC clearance from Christmas Island to Honolulu. Boeing 727-200 operated by Asia Pacific Airlines.
Had a brief voice check from Sniper 21 on 263.875 off the Pacific region.
Tags: APAC
4442 USB 0701: Fishermen. General chit chat.
4470 USB 0439: Males in Spanish language. Tadiran bypass mode. Suspect Mexican military units.
4635.5 USB 0248: Fishermen. New England accents.
5616 USB 0652: IAF 114 wkg Gander for selcal check on GMAE. Boeing 707 from Israeli Air Force.
5732 USB 1507: USCGC Boutwell wkg Commsta Kodiak for HF radio check.
6692 USB 0507: Fishermen. Two OMs talking about loads.
10050 USB 0437: OMs in Asian sounding language.
10585 USB 2302: 9100CA sounding and 001N also noted with ALE sounding at 2330.
17115 USB 2336: OM and YL in Tagalog and some broken English.
17398 USB 2324: OM and YL talking in unknown Asian sounding language.
18550 USB 0417: Unid broadcast or open microphone with very poor/muffled sounding audio and heavy fading. Not sure of language maybe Russian?
5690 USB 0456: Coast Guard 1713 and 1715 w/ brief discussion about HF radios and ALE codes.
8861 USB 0332: Johannesburg wkg Springbok 223. Airbus A332 from Sao Paulo to Johannesburg.
11175 USB 1809: Jaded 911 clg Mainsail and Saber 35 also wkg Offutt for radio checks.
13270 USB 1438: Sound of Hope (Xi Wang Zhi Sheng) clandestine station — no sign of Firedrake jammer.
17904 USB 0338: San Francisco wkg CDG5726. Boeing 737-800 on delivery flight for Shandong Airlines.