[ACARS] HF Acars logs

Thu, 07 Mar 2002 21:49:43 +0000

Ver yinteresting Bart. Could you post more details please, e.g.
frequencies used and times? Brgds Ruediger.

Bart Hoekstra schrieb:
> 
> 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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