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On June 12th at 0055 UTC an M-class solar flare from Sunspot 1081 generated a solar radio burst. I happened to be recording at the time and have posted the audio. Note the rapid increase in noise levels.
Additional info about solar events can be found at SpaceWeather.com
13261 USB 0205z: Nadi wkg Bluebird 175. Boeing 737-800. Brisbane to Nadi.
11282 USB 1839z: Town 73 (sound like) wkg San Francisco w/ position.
11282 USB 1943z: Convoy 9239 wkg San Francisco w/ position.
11282 USB 0223z: Reach 6161 wkg San Francisco w/ position.
11282 USB 0234z: Scepter 22 wkg Trenton Military for p/p to DSN 460-7112.
8891 USB 0438z: Swiss 19N wkg Gander. Selcal BKQS. Boeing 737-800 operated by PrivatAir. HB-IIR. Newark to Zurich.
8894 USB 0443z: Victor Delta Alpha 7926 clg N’Djamena several times w/ no response heard. Antonov An-124 operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines.
8140 USB 0451z: Fishermen in QSO about fishing in North Pacific.
6673 USB 0512z: Evergreen 2618 wkg San Francisco. Selcal LMAF. Boeing 747-200. N471EV. Travis AFB to Hickam AFB.
6640 USB 0624z: Air Canada 890 in p/p regarding pax w/ medical condition. Boeing 767-300. Toronto to Rome.
6640 USB 0630z: Air Transat 422 wkg New York for p/p to Medlink. Airbus A310. Toronto to London Gatwick.
4724 USB 0650z: Clincher (sound like) w/ EAM and standing by for traffic announcement.
8951 USB 1439z: Canto 22 (sound like) wkg San Francisco w/ position 38N 173.25W.
8951 USB 1442z: Canto 05 (sound like) wkg San Francisco w/ position 42N 171.30W en-route to Elmendorf AFB.
8951 USB 1514z: Aeromexico 058 wkg San Francisco. Boeing 767-200. Tijuana to Tokyo.
8891 USB 0509z: World Express 970 wkg Gander. Selcal EJFG. Boeing 767-300 operated by DHL Air UK. G-DHLE. East Midlands to Cincinnati.
8867 USB 0642z: XA-ATL wkg San Francisco w/ position of 18N 150W at FL410. Gulfstream G550 operated by Aero Frisco.
8867 USB 0732z: NASA 817 wkg San Francisco w/ position. McDonnell Douglas DC-8-70. Honolulu to Melbourne.
8903 USB 1440z: San Francisco wkg Air Pacific 392 and tells them to contact Port Moresby center on 6622, 5565 or VHF 123.4. Boeing 767-300. Hong Kong to Nadi, Fiji.
8903 USB 1451z: San Francisco wkg Hawaiian 456. Boeing 767-300. Manila to Honolulu.
8843 USB 1751z: Biscayne 4000 wkg San Francisco w/ position. Boeing 737-700. Oakland to Kona.
11306 kHz (USB mode) is an excellent frequency to monitor if your interested in hearing Boeing test and delivery flights. Aircraft typically come up to conduct HF radio and selcal checks with Boeing Seattle. Most flights use Boeing ### for their callsigns, however registrations have been noted on delivery flights.
The Boeing Test Flights Blog is an excellent resource that provides additional information about recent flight activity and FlightAware can be used to find out when aircraft are flying.
I’ve even logged the Boeing 787 Dreamliner up on this net.
Tags: aviation
Back in March I ran across some comms between NASA 817 and Gander Radio on 8891 kHz. The NASA callsign sparked my interest, along with the fact this aircraft was flying at 1,500ft over the north pole, so I headed to Google and learned NASA 817 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-70 taking part in the the Spring 2010 IceBridge Mission. To learn more about IceBridge 2010 see the following links.
NASA – IceBridge – Spring 2010 Greenland
NASA Heads to Arctic to Measure Ice : Discovery News
NASA – Airborne Science Program – DC-8
Thankfully my recorder was operational, so I’m making the audio available for your listening pleasure. Pretty exciting to catch this aircraft during a totally random monitoring session just before local sunrise.
Stumbled across some OM’s with a very odd sounding dialect on 8225 kHz. I’m guessing they are fishermen. Any idea what language this could be?
11396 USB 0857z: Cathay 108 wkg Ujung Pandang. Airbus A340-300. Auckland to Hong Kong.
11396 USB 0956z: Go Cat 2716 wkg Jakarta. Selcal BJMQ. Airbus A320. 9V-TAH. Singapore to Perth.
11396 USB 1342z: Qantas 10 wkg Jakarta. Selcal JKDQ. Boeing 747-400. VH-OJU. Singapore to Perth.
8891 USB 0504z: SAM 7337 wkg Gander w/ position 50N 40W at FL380.
8891 USB 0511z: Charlie Tango Mike 1020 (CTM1020) wkg Gander w/ position.
8891 USB 0519z: Gander wkg N881WT w/ clearance. Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express registered to Qualcomm Inc. San Diego to Frankfurt.
8891 USB 0616z: Lima Victor Mike Echo Golf (LVMEG) wkg Gander. Position 75.02N 156.44W. Gander told them to try Anchorage on 135.300. Flight en route to Barrow, Alaska.
11282 USB 1946z: Trek 80 wkg San Francisco w/ position. Selcal CKGR. Listed as Boeing C-17A based at Hickam AFB.
13224 USB 0316z: Dragon Claw 05 wkg Miniature in both clear and ANDVT. Dragon Claw 05 passes coordinates of 20.23N 157.13W.
11387 USB 0634z: Australia volmet w/ weather conditions for Australian cities.
8131 USB 0808z: Simplex comms. Fishermen w/ Australian accents. F-bombs every other word.
13131 USB 0818z: Maritime phone link w/ YL in Russian.
11175 USB 1649z: Andrews w/ EAM message CQ7LLIW4OXAFTDYPQR7ZXX5YNZE5
12500 AM 1908z: Firedrake jammer w/ classical Chinese music.