[MilCom] FOST bashing

[Ron King]

Hi,

Nights wasnt so bad and after I finished went to Start Head to see what I
could hear - Overall a good day but it produced some queries.

First the HF stuff
(Freq then callsigns heard)

3.924
Unable to make out callsigns

4.033
U0L
T6Y
P6F
L1 - Helo
B8V
G3I

5.206
KI
KG

5.267
7EY
OI
T6Y
5KO
YIU
B8V
G3I
U0L
MAGIC

8.304 (although slightly off on 8.3038)
KA
KC
KI
KP

UHF

Plymouth Mil
370.325
124.150
121.250
315.525 (Did have this on list as R.N. FOST but certainly Plymouth)
268.525
300.175

Also Plymouth was heard on a Homer Freq 269.95 when a ship transmitted for a
test call.

FOST freqs
273.45 (Colilition ship D95)
249.60 Anyface Uniform
284.55 Ships chasing a Goblin
255.95 5GR, Magic 52
265.70 Colt
324.20 Very busy with trigraph callsigns, caught and written down were
T6Y G3I 7EY B8V 5KO Z3K E4O G4D 8YX (Helo) 3LP.
311.00 Broadway 05 to a ship

Also heard was 269.95, G3I speaking to Broadway 05, this freq was id'd by
Plymouth Mil as a Homer freq, earlier was used by Anyface Uniform. Also I
have 325.20 as a Flyco freq but amount of traffic on it suggests it might
not be one.

Another query was 337.95. I had this down as a FR Avaition air/air but again
traffic suggests otherwise. First caught T6Y calling G3I but getting no
reply, later BWY 05 called up and discussed his mission with T6Y and also
remarked that G3I was not at the arranged position and therefore he would do
his mission with T6Y first then would go to G3I. Comms then became a bit
faint but I'm almost certain Broadway 05 landed on T6Y so what was Broadway
05 and who was T6Y. Broadway 05 also discussed fuel with T6Y before arrival.
Shortly afterwards Broadway 05 appears to takeoff from T6Y and called
Plymouth Mil on 124.15 asking for a freq for G3I and given "Homer 269.95"
Broadway 05 then called G3I and then I lost contact so dont know what
happened afterwards.

Also caught Ascot 7600 calling Culdrose, ID'd type as a Jetstream!, Thought
they had been retired unless it was going to be used as spares for the Navy
ones.


Rgds Ron

ps for our foreign friends FOST = Flag Officer Sea Training.