August 2010

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Logs 20-Aug-2010

17904 USB 0026z: San Francisco wkg CDG5541. Boeing 737-800 delivery for Shandong Airlines, en route from Saipan to Jinan, Shandong China.

17904 USB 0028z: San Francisco wkg N556TT. Gulfstream G550 en route from Guam to Mumbai, India.

17904 USB 0134z: Reach 4185 wkg San Francisco.

17904 USB 0201z: San Francisco wkg Masher 52 (sound like) w/ clearance 27N 180W 24N 175E 21N 170E.

17904 USB 0209z: San Francisco wkg Tuff 72 w/ clearance to deviate 15 miles right of course.

17904 USB 0233z: San Francisco wkg Convoy 2357 w/ clearance to FL160.

17904 USB 0235z: San Francisco wkg Air Mike 968. Selcal check on JMKR. Boeing 737-800 operated by Continental Micronesia, en route from Tokyo to Guam.

17904 USB 0243z: Magic 12 wkg San Francisco and acknowledge cleared to FL400.

17904 USB 0254z: Air Mike 2 wkg San Francisco for selcal check on FSCQ. Boeing 767-400 operated by Continental Micronesia. N69063. Guam to Honolulu.

11282 USB 0330z: Reach 9025 wkg San Francisco. Selcal BCAQ. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. 69-0025.

6391.5 LSB 0344z: USA accented fishermen w/ informal chit chat.

9006 USB 0405z: Unid data transmission w/ heavy fading. (best way to describe sounds like a SciFi laser gun)

8935 LSB 0601z: Fishermen. Used voice scrambler for majority of comms.

8837 USB 1244z: Magadan clg Korean 086 and gives frequency for Tiksi Control on 129.500, but no response heard from aircraft. Boeing 747-400 en route from New York JFK to Seoul.

Logs 19-Aug-2010

17904 USB 0126z: San Francisco wkg Delta 277 and gives secondary of 11384. Boeing 747-400 en route from Honolulu to Kansai.

17904 USB 0251z: San Francisco wkg Pacific 391 w/ ATC clearance for weather deviation. Boeing 767-300 en route from Nadi to Hong Kong.

17904 USB 0252z: San Francisco wkg Flight Check 85 to confirm if they are landing in Majuro and what their arrival time is.

17904 USB 0254z: San Francisco wkg J-Ways 772. Boeing 777-200 en route from Sydney to Tokyo Narita.

17904 USB 0258z: San Francisco wkg CDG5541 w/ clearance. Boeing 737-800 delivery for Shandong Airlines. En route from Marshall Islands to Saipan.

17904 USB 0259z: San Francisco wkg Delta 626 w/ clearance to deviate 30 miles left of route. Boeing 757-200 en route from Nagoya to Guam.

17904 USB 0304z: San Francisco wkg Trek 20. Boeing C-17A based from Hickam Field. Unknown route.

17904 USB 0305z: San Francisco wkg Indonesia 8011. Boeing 737-800 delivery for Garuda Indonesia. En route from Marshall Islands to Biak-Mokmer, Indonesia.

17904 USB 0312z: San Francisco wkg Korean Air 122; cleared to deviate 10 miles left of track. Boeing 747-400 en route from Sydney to Seoul.

17904 USB 0322z: San Francisco wkg Air Mike 957 w/ clearance. Boeing 737-800 en route from Weno Island, Micronesia to Guam.

13231 USB 0458z: Unclouded clg Echo Lima 953 on High Fox in the red.

Logs 14-Aug-2010

8672.2 LSB 0533z: Fishermen w/ XXX language.

8935 LSB 0614z: Fishermen. Heavy usage of voice scrambler and occasional clear comms.

8891 USB 0654z: C-FHKB wkg Gander. De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en route from St Johns, Canada to Santa Maria, Azores.

6586 USB 0658z: KLM 744 wkg New York. Selcal LSMP. Boeing 777-200. PH-BQH. Lima to Amsterdam.

6628 USB 0703z: Santa Maria wkg Air France 3525 w/ clearance to FL340. Boeing 777-300ER. Pointe-a-Pitre to Paris Orly.

I monitored some odd sounding data bursts/scrambled voice on 8935 kHz in LSB mode this evening. Following the encoded message, a male voice could be heard reading letters phonetically. Hmmm…

Update 8/12/2010 – Better audio sample posted below. I have been informed these comms are possibly from a tuna fleet in the Pacific. I also monitored clear voice comms that further confirms this theory.

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Today’s audio clip for 261.575 w/ Jolly 07 calling for any station.  

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Logs 10-Aug-2010

8903 USB 0520z: N664D wkg Kinshasa (not heard). Canadair Challenger 604 registered to World Mission Agency International.

8903 USB 0525z: Mike November Bravo 1923 clg Kano several times but no response heard. This is an Airbus A300 operated by MNG Airlines. En route from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to Chalons, France.

6586 USB 0539z: JetBlue 701 wkg New York. Airbus A320. New York JFK to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

5555 USB 1205z: Fishermen. USA accented males.

5574 USB 1215z: Connie 368 wkg San Francisco. Selcal JLBS. Boeing 747-200. N713CK. Los Angeles to Honolulu.

5667 USB 1328z: Korean Air 011 wkg Tokyo. Selcal ASGP. Boeing 747-400. HL7404. Seoul to Los Angeles.

5643 USB 1328z: Pacific 822 wkg Nadi w/ position. Boeing 737-700. Nadi to Honolulu via Christmas Island.

5667 USB 1344: Philippine 117 wkg Tokyo. Selcal LSER. Airbus A340-300. RP-C3434. Vancouver to Manila.

Most often when you read the words SATCOM and PIRATES in the same sentence, you think of the Brazilians. This time it’s different. Here we have legit comms on 267.050 w/ Pirate 25 making calls to Peg Leg 20 and Heavy Hitter 10.  

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On 262.125 I recently logged Aircraft 741 calling for Spear Ops. This is a good SATCOM frequency to monitor for occasional clear voice transmissions.  

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For the past several days the US Navy has been working on 9031 USB w/ stations Golf Whiskey, Golf, Mike, Delta, Hotel, Echo, Lima and others. This is most like from the USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) taking place off southern California.

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Some in-the-clear radio checks heard on 267.050 w/ Pirate 25 calling Jolly Roger, then encrypted traffic followed.  

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