[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcasts

[rbethman]

I believe it was "Giant Killer" if memory serves me.

Bob - N0DGN

On 4/19/2014 12:37 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:
> 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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> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> * k2gkk hotmail com *
> * Oklahoma City, OK *
> * USAF & FAA (Ret.) *
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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