Saturday, June 20, 2009

BTown Blog Logs 6/20/2009 - Update

Here are a few intercepts that I made this morning in the shack here in Btown. All times are UTC and freqs are kHz.

Rig Icom 706MKII, Antenna G5RV 80 meter version, 350 foot longwire, Decoders: Multipsk, Skysweep, Sigmira and others with Rigblaster Pro interface.

8566.0 Unknown military Stanag 4285 looks like a 300L 5N2 no decode at 1407.

8762.4 KPH Marine Coast San Francisco CA Global Wireless Radio Network GW-OFDM mode at 1304.

8672.4 WNU Marine Coast Sildell LA Global Wireless Radio Network GW-OFDMmode at 1405.

8675.5 VCS Marine Coast Halifax NS Global Wireless Radio Network GW-OFDM mode at 1403.

8697.0 Stanag 4285 transmission, probably CFH CanForce Halifax NS. No decode on Sigmira or Skysweep.

8878.0 WLO Mobile Radio AL with synthesized voice Alaska offshore weather then traffic list in USB at 1512 // 8806.0 kHz.

8806.0 WLO Mobile Radio AL with synthesized voice Alaska offshore weather and traffic list in USB at 1512 // 8788.0 kHz.

8831.0 Gander Radio NF working various aircraft (NAT-F MWARA) USB at 1502, weak.

8846.0 New York Radio NY working Jet Blue 787, American 69, and others for position reports, etc (CAR-A MWARA) at 1515 in USB.

8912.0 Cothen HF Network, USB/ALE burst at 1507.

8918.0 New York Radio NY working various aircraft, not as busy as 8846.0 (CAR-B MWARA). USB at 1520.

8983.0 NMN USCG CAMSLANT Chesapeake VA working CG 2129 with position report, echo heard indicating multiple transmitters selected by CAMSLANT. USB at 1504.

9010.0 US DoD Link-11 (TADIL-A) data signal, Mil-Std-188-203-1A at 1114.

9030.0 NAR USN Saddlebunch Key FL NATO-75 (RTTY) 850/75 KG-84 Encryption Stanag 4481 at 1118.

9084.6 NPG USN NRTF Dixon CA NATO-75 (RTTY) 850/75 KG-84 Encryption //5344.6 Stanag 4481 at 1120.

9121.0 US DoD Link-11 (TADIL-A) data signal, Mil-Std-188-203-1A at 1124.

9215.0 US DoD NATO-75 (RTTY) 850/75 KG-84 Encryption Stanag 4481 at 1133. May be a NAR xmsn.

9265.0 WINB SWBC Red Lion PA SS Religious broadcast AM at 1140.

9276.9 Unid SS OMs with lots of talk about some sort of activity tomorrow (6/21) at 11:44.

9345.0 Voice of Korea SWBC Pyongyang AM broadcasting nearly continuous Chinese music, station announcement by YL in Mandrin at 1155 then off at 1157. Weak here in BTown. At 1200 broadcast resumed in Korean language with the Song of Kim Il Sung then ID then DPRK National Anthem followed by news by OM/YL.

9370.0 WTJC SWBC Newport NC AM at 1206 with the Calvary Hour religious broadcast in English.

9430.0 FEBC SWBC Bocaue PHL AM at 1220, weak with religious music and OM/YL announcers in either Chinese or Mandrin (to weak to really tell).

9459.0 ZKLF Meteo Auckland NZL FAX Meteo Products: 1200 SW Pacific MSL Prog H+30 chart from 1215-1230.

9475.0 Radio Australia SWBC Shepparton AM in English with Saturday Night Country music program in English at 1235.

10000.0 WWV US STFS Fort Collins CO Standard Time and Frequency Station usual tic toc format at 1535.

10000.0 WWVH US STFS Kekaha HI Standard Time and Frequency Station usual tic toc format in AM u/WWV at 1540.

10051.0 WSY 70 VOLMET New York NY NAT VOLMET with aviation weather for various US airports in USB at 1530.

10426.3 Unknown military NATO-75 75/850 at 1542.

10945.0 CFH CanForce Halifax Military NS RTTY 850/75 ITA-2 Baudot marker "DE CFH ZKR F1 2812 3287 4158 8324 12371 16552 AR" at 1651.

11330.0 New York Radio NY working various aircraft (follows) for position reports, etc (CAR-B MWARA) at 1655 in USB. Other freq in use 8918.0 kHz. Air Canada 948, American 1416, Speedbird 253, Cactus 1018, American 412, American 834 (Selcal bp-em), and Cactus 1209.

11550.0 WEWN SWBC EWTN Vandiver AL with SS rosary religious program at 1715.

11610.0 Voice of Russia SWBC Moscow RUS with English to the Middle East, classical music YL anncr, fair signals at 1732.

11655.0 Radio Ibrahim, two OMs chatting away in Arabic at 1745, several references to the Internet. Gave URL at end of broadcast as www.radioibrahim.com, off at 1800.

11685.5 Unknown military NATO-75 75/850 at 1809. Very strong, probably transmitting from North America (Cutler ME?).

11775.0 Worldwide University Network SWBC Anguilla, with Pastor Melissa Scott preaching at 1815.

11930.0 Radio Marti SWBC Greenville NC with SS programming and music, heavy broadband jamming at 1826.

11965.0 Deutsche Welle SWBC Kigali Rwanda relay with programming in Hausa by YL and full ID in Hausa at 1825.

11990.0 Radio Kuwait SWBC Kuwait City with English rock songs You are my only one, That'll be the day, at 1857. Full English ID at top of the hour by YL.

12052.5 Unknown military NATO-75 75/850 at 1907.

12120.0 Unknown military NATO-75 75/850 at 1908.

12133.5 AFN Key West FL in USB with a discussion about the qualifications of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

12160.0 WWCR SWBC Nashville TN with the Worldwide Country Radio program in English at 1915.

12581.5 WLO Marine Coast Mobile Radio AL SITOR idler/CW ID (callsign only) at 1920.

12584.5 WLO Marine Coast Mobile Radio AL SITOR idler/CW ID (callsign only) at 1922.

12590.5 KLB Marine Coast Seattle Radio WA SITOR idler/CW ID (callsign only) at 1923 (weak).

Will probably post some more later this evening if the heat doesn't run me out of the shack.

73 de Jefe