[ACARS] HF Acars logs

[Bart Hoekstra]

Hi Elliot & list,

I downloaded PC-HFDL and... It works!! I often heard ACARS bursts on HF
(8942 and
6712, on which I monitor voice now and then), but never heard of a decoder.
HFDL performs great! Here's a sample log on 8977. I also logged another
Lufthansa and a Finnair on 8942 working Shannon.

06/03/2002

[MPDU AIR CRC PASS]
Nr LPDUs = 1 Ground station ID REYKJAVICK - ICELAND SP ID 0 SYNCHED
Aircraft ID 29
Slots Requested medium = 0 Low = 0
Max Bit rate 1200 bps U(R) = 3 UR(R)vect = 0
[LPDU UNNUMBERED DATA]
[HFNPDU PERFORMANCE]
20:58:36  UTC  Flight ID = LH8160  LAT 46 46 48  N  LON 56 12 35  W

Here's another, more interesting log. Airbus A340-600 (an aircraft flown by
the Airbus company). Looks like a "normal" VHF ACARS message. This is on
11384 (Shannon). Apperantly the flightnumber was AP0172. It appeared with a
position report as F172 at 43.38.8N 1.22.13E .

 2.F-WWCB H11 C07AAP0172#CFB.1/WRN/WN0203070904  732102502MAINTENANCE STATUS
 EEC 3A  L

Later on the day I logged it again, with another flightnr, AAP371F. This one
was listed as '3F1F17' LFMI = Istres, LFBO = Toulouse.

 2.F-WWCB H12 C93AAP371F#CFB.1/WRN/WN0203071520  732103509
 2.F-WWCB 801 M07AAP371F1201 ONRP   371F/   LFMI/LFBO .F-WWCB  /ON
 1519/FOB ----

Lots of other flights as well, including a Polar Air Cargo enroute from
Ramstein to Kyrgystan on 11184 working Reykjavik.

The receiver I use for HF is a Lowe HF-225 with a 15 mtr longwire antenna.
Is HF Acars a topic on this list? I noticed a Yahoo group especially for HF
Acars as well.

It's a nice idea to be able to catch ACARS messages from all over the
world...

Gtx, Bart

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