[ACARS] KLIA

Thu, 22 Aug 2002 23:02:37 +0000

Andreas / list

Thanks for the information: I can confirm that both the 'k' and '2' 
squitters were on 131.45 as well as just the 'k' squitter on 131.55 at KLIA. 
I too thought it odd and I double-checked, though I was unaware that 131.45 
was supposed to be ARINC-only (my first trip to Asia with ACARS)

With regard to your comments about Kota Kinabalu, then I did not do any 
logging while at the airport so cannot be certain that there were no 
squitters. We were staying in a hotel quite close to the airport but I got 
no uplinks at all. My logs show downlinks to 'B'; 'J'; 'L'; 'M'; 'S'; 'W' 
and '2'!

The 'local' Malaysian B737s seemed to use 'M' at the start of the log; and 
then 'L' later in the day!

On Mount Kinabalu itself all the logs were to 'W'

Hope that helps!

Ed
>From: "Andreas Schmidt" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [ACARS] KLIA
>Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:48:44 +0200
>
>Hello Ed,
>
> > At Kota Kinabalu there seemed to be no local ground station and I was
> > picking up IN / ON / OUT / OFF messages from the MAS B737s as they
> > re-established ACARS contact some 5 minutes after take-off. Also a few
>
>well, there should be one. According to my list, Kota Kinabalu (BKI)
>had a SITA-station using "b" on 131.55 in 12/2000. So maybe they
>switched it off, or there was maintainance.
>
> >
> > Anyway for starters, here is the 131.55 squitter from KLIA
> >
> > ACARS mode: k  Aircraft reg:
> > Message label: SQ  Block id:  [Uplink]
> > Message content:-
> > 00XS
> > -----------------------------------------------------------[18/08/2002
> > 14:25]
>
>Thanks, so no change since 12/2000.
>
> > And here are the two squitters from 131.45 at KLIA
> >
> > ACARS mode: k  Aircraft reg:
> > Message label: SQ  Block id:  [Uplink]
> > Message content:-
> > 00XS
> > -----------------------------------------------------------[18/08/2002
> > 14:41]
> >
> > ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg:
> > Message label: SQ  Block id:  [Uplink]
> > Message content:-
> > 01XAKULWMKK2ARINC
> > -----------------------------------------------------------[18/08/2002
> > 14:42]
> >
>
>That's strange - a SITA-squitter on an ARINC-freq? Are you shure,
>that you scanner did not receive side effects from 131.55? Normally
>they don't share a freq...
>
>Another question: there should be another station named Kuala
>Lumpur / Subang  (SZB) with letter "s" on 131.55? Did you note
>anything?
>
>Thanks for the squitters, I'll update the list available on
>http://www.acarsonline.co.uk within the next days.
>
>Best regards, Andreas
>
>
>Andreas Schmidt
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