[MilCom] Re: MilCom digest, Vol 4 #170 - 15 msgs

[Mike]

Hi

Obviously a pair of consummate professional airmen then with their minds
fully on the job at hand!
Good monitoring Steve, but what is a satcom antenna? and what is your aprox
QTH?




>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:18:07 -0600
>To: milcom@mailman.qth.net
>From: Steve Douglass <webbfeat@mail.1s.net>
>Subject: [MilCom] Interesting com
>
>Using a improvised SATCOM antenna I built, attached to a Motorola 
>communications System Analyzer  ( on loan from a friend) ( with 
>built- in spectrum scope) I found an interesting communication on 
>312.1000 Mhz. NBFM.  11:00 CST  local.  My antenna was pointed to the 
>south east.
>
>The coms was very weak at first ( hardly registered on  the scope) 
>but began with someone reading what sounded like from a pornographic 
>novel over the air.
>
>  I thought this might have been an image of a cell-phone conversation 
>but then the pair began talking about their "squadron" and how so-and 
>so was grounded Friday for drinking too much before a sortie.They 
>also talked about how hot his wife was .
>
>Then one talked about getting lot's of pictures of the" RG's"  dug in 
>near Tikrit and that they were so clear you could read their rank and 
>insignia." !!!
>
>One station was  louder than the other. I got the sense they were 
>flying because I could hear what sounded like ATC comms in the 
>background. I put this frequency in my BC-780 but even on the same 
>antenna it wouldn't break squelch.
>
>As they talked they made some very profane statements about  the 
>French and Germans and also commented " I wonder how much pi**  is 
>soaked into this seat right now? Lord knows I've soaked  it numerous 
>times over Baghdad."  Then he said "This aircraft was built in 1992 
>so it's probably been soaked with gallons of pi** since then."
>
>Then the guy on the other end of the conversation said " look to your 
>left" that's Tel Aviv isn't it?"
>at that point It grew weak and unintelligible.
>
>_Steve



Best wishes from

Mike in West Sussex

On the South Coast of the UK

Using FRG-100 with Wellbrook ALA1530 loop antenna.
And 250Hz filter inside the FRG for CW.
Realistic PRO 2005 base scanner and discone
For VHF/UHF.
Mobile with Yupiteru MVT7100
Stealth with Icom R2.