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Suspected US military stations Hammer 16 and Hammer 11 conducting radio checks on CONUS satcom 252.150. Their signals were super weak for me, but I could make out one of them reporting at checkpoint Budweiser. They seem to be able to hear each other just fine however.
Possible related traffic on 253.850 as well, which was referred to as channel 3.
Tags: conus
Kanto 88 clg any radio for comms check on AC1 SATCOM net (268.350) – This freq is quite busy on a daily basis with encrypted traffic.
Tags: pacific
251.850 with a brief transmission from what sounded like Zoogie 81 calling Tanker Base for a radio check on Sat Bravo.
Tags: conus
Nighthawk 45 clg Cactus for radio check on “Sat EA” (East Asia?) freq 260.575.
Tags: pacific
267.050 radio check from Grumman AA60 (sound like) via CONUS.
Tags: conus
Wire 06 attempting contact with Wire 78 for radio check on 251.850 “Sat Bravo”
Tags: conus
Clear voice on Pacific SATCOM freq 260.525 w/ Ironhorse Mobile conducting a comms check. I have logged “Iron Horse” quite regularly over the years on this frequency. Good to see it still active in 2023 🙂
Tags: pacific
251.850 CONUS: Draco 77 calling Draco 99 on “sat 2” for radio check.
Tags: conus
I recently heard some ham traffic being relayed by pirates on UHF SATCOM (263.675) – Someone was rebroadcasting: “CQ CQ CQ Parks on the Air KE8WLW in K-6803” which sounded like it was coming from HF SSB. A quick Google Search found that Parks on the Air (POTA) is a program that encourages amateur radio operators to get outdoors and operate from state and national parks. The park identifier “K-6803” is Vestaburg State Game Land according to the POTA website. Obviously these hams probably don’t realize pirates are rebroadcasting their traffic across US military satellites. As to why they would retransmit ham radio comms is a total mystery to me and quite strange. In addition, there was a lot of the other usual shenanigans, whistling and inappropriate noises being transmitted on the frequency. Here is a recording of the intercept. Caution: Use headphones if in public setting otherwise you might get strange looks from those around you. The ham stuff starts around the 1:55 marker.
US military units Charlie One Romeo and Charlie 37 with Iridium voice comms regarding “multiple gunshot wounds, 2 bilateral tourniquets, CASEVAC Wounded Eagle…” appears to be some type of training exercise but quite interesting.
Tags: iridium