[ACARS] D-ABXA gets a reply!

[Ed Wilson]

Folks

This is interesting: after months of traversing the skies emitting 100+ 'Q0' 
messages per flight with no other data this finally burst in to life last 
Sunday!

All those long months when the crew faithfully inserted a flight number with 
no response ...

Doubly confusing is that all the 'Q0' messages were put out on the European 
primary 131.725, whereas these messages all came out on the ARINC dedicated 
frequency of 136.925

It is not of course D-ABXA, being TF-ELP

And, I recall, there was a similar experience about 9 months ago when SU-LBD 
(another 'wrong' identity) also put out 'Q0' messages for ever on 131.725 
and also burst into life on 136.925 and gave me angst by filling the log 
with engineering data covering the last three weeks!

Strangely within a short space of time SU-LBD then stopped transmitting 
(over the UK anyway), my last log being 31 Oct 2001

Here are the messages, starting with some typical 'Q0's

ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .D-ABXA
Message label: Q0  Block id: 3  Msg. no: S80A
Flight id: LS731F
-----------------------------------------------------------[10/02/2002 
07:21]

ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .D-ABXA
Message label: Q0  Block id: 4  Msg. no: S81A
Flight id: LS731F
-----------------------------------------------------------[10/02/2002 
07:22]

ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .D-ABXA
Message label: QC  Block id: 5  Msg. no: M47A
Flight id: LS0730
Message content:-
---0532
-----------------------------------------------------------[10/02/2002 
07:22]

ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .D-ABXA
Message label: QD  Block id: 6  Msg. no: M48A
Flight id: LS0730
Message content:-
---0532  82
-----------------------------------------------------------[10/02/2002 
07:22]

ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .D-ABXA
Message label: QE  Block id: 7  Msg. no: M49A
Flight id: LS731F
Message content:-
---0709      130---
-----------------------------------------------------------[10/02/2002 
07:23]

ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .D-ABXA
Message label: QF  Block id: 8  Msg. no: M50A
Flight id: LS731F
Message content:-
---0719---0709
-----------------------------------------------------------[10/02/2002 
07:23]

ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .D-ABXA
Message label: QF  Block id: 8  Msg. no: M50A
Flight id: LS731F
Message content:-
---0719---0709
-----------------------------------------------------------[10/02/2002 
07:23]

ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .D-ABXA
Message label: 1L  Block id: 9  Msg. no: M51A
Flight id: LS731F
Message content:-
0002622120007192710FEB02EGJJEGJJEGSSEXS731F   .D-ABXA,8157
,,0800,,LT
-----------------------------------------------------------[10/02/2002 
07:23]

Ed

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