[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcasts

D C _Mac_ Macdonald k2gkk at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 19 12:37:55 EDT 2014


Memory has failed me once again.  I'm trying to remember the callsigns of the SAC HF (Giant Talk?) broadcast stations but can only remember Outweigh, Retail, and Democrat.  What was the fourth one? 
 
One was near SAC HQ at Offutt AFB, NE and the others were close to the numbered Air Forces near Barksdale AFB, LA (2nd AF), one near Westover AFB, MA and the other in southern CA (March AFB?). As an EWO on a B-52F crew, I sure listened to a lot of the broadcasts from those stations, but that was 50 years ago! 
 
They simulcast on multiple frequencies back in the day. 
 
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> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:16:22 -0400
> From: rbethman at comcast.net
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcasts
> 
> SAC - USAF used the pilot carrier and each sideband carried different data.
> 
> One carried voice, the other was either RTTY or some other form other 
> than voice.
> 
> They still continue this today.
> 
> I pick them up in the 12MC range.
> 
> Bob - N0DGN
 		 	   		  


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