Asian phone relays on 261.825. I started picking these up around the same time the Antarctic Deep Freeze traffic resumed. This also happened last year when Deep Freeze was using 263.625. Don’t know if related or not, but I thought it was an interesting observation.
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Tags: APAC
Ice 50 wkg Mac Center for a UHF SATCOM radio check on the usual frequency of 263.625. Ice 50 was just starting their return leg back to New Zealand after making a trip to the Pegasus Ice Runway at McMurdo Station.
Tags: APAC
Intercepted some traffic this morning between Ice 49 and Mac Center discussing weather conditions in Antarctica. Due to blowing snow and poor visibility, Ice 49 decides to abort mission and head back to Christchurch.
Tags: APAC
Ice 46 receiving weather report for Dunedin and Auckland, New Zealand.
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Ice 39 wkg Mac Center reporting position of 75°S 163°E (way down there!) on UHF SATCOM frequency 263.625. This flight was en route to McMurdo Station in Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze.
Tags: APAC, Operation Deep Freeze
Listening to Operation Deep Freeze activity on 263.625 w/ Ice 38, Mac Center and Deep Freeze Ops passing information on ice runway conditions, position reports and other related traffic.
Mac Center wkg Ice 38 w/ weather conditions for ice runway.
Ice 38 wkg Deep Freeze Ops and Mac Center w/ position report.
Tags: APAC, Operation Deep Freeze
263.625 w/ Ice 37 wkg Deep Freeze Ops on UHF SATCOM in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is the codename for a series of regular missions to resupply US Antarctic bases, coordinated by the United States military.
Tags: APAC, Operation Deep Freeze