[MilCom] Homeland Security Logs, 1 Dec 04

[Rapbep at aol.com]

(NOTE: Only logs with significant information are included in each section. 
Units that were only noted sounding in ALE or in voice radio checks are logged 
in section 4))

((ALL FREQS ARE KHZ & TIMES UTC))

1. U.S. COAST GUARD:

08980.0 NOJ (USCG COMSTA Kodiak AK): 0221 USB/ALE TO J12 (USCG HH-60J #6012 
CGAS Kodiak). 

07527.0 F41 (USCG HU-25 #2141 CGAS Cape Cod): 1317 USB/ALE TO LNT (Camslant) 
then in voice reports departure from CGAS Cape Cod w/6 POB for local training 
flight. Camslant sets COTHEN as primary comms w/8 MHz (8983) as secondary 
comms. 

08912.0 J11 (id as USCG HH-60J #6011 homeplate A&RSC Elizabeth City):  2148 
USB/ALE TO LNT (Camslant) then reporting airborne from Charlotte/Concord NC 
enroute w/3 POB to NAS Patuxent River.              

2. Customs & Border Patrol (CBP): 

15867.0 WST (CBP Regional Communications Node (West): 0004 USB/ALE TO I75 
(CBP CESSNA 550 #N6775C). ALE followed by encrypted speech. In clear voice Hammer 
(Customs Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC), March AFB, Riverside, CA) 
w/75C trying to ascertain if 75C had voice comms with PGR (Procuraduria General 
de la República (Mexican attorney general, PGR)  helo. 75C (not heard) 
advises Hammer that the King Air and PGR helo had comms. CBP aircraft I3L (CBP 
CESSNA 550 #N6763L) also in ALE and also involved in the same operation. The use of 
the West communications node and Hammer as controller indicates the operation 
is taking place in the southwestern US or northern Mexico.  

10242.0 I3L (CBP CESSNA 550 #N6763L): 0054 USB/ALE TO WST then in clear voice 
w/Hammer. Hammer asks 63 Lima if they have comms with the King Air. 63 Lima 
says they had comms a while ago and advised Hammer that they have about 1/2 
hour left. 

10242.0 TSC (CBP Service Center): 1323 USB/ALE TO CS5 (COTHEN Remote 
Wilmington, NC). Also noted in voice testing.

13907.0 COE (possibly US Army Corps of Engineers): 1325 USB/ALE TO TSC (CBP 
Service Center). 

08912.0 STR (unidentified): 1328 USB/ALE TO TSC (CBP Service Center). Also 
noted on 10242.0; 11494.0; 13907.0; 15867.0; & 20890.0. 

VHF/UHF:

282.425- Thor (Washington DC area CBP controller) in voice checks on Blue 1
165.4625 (PL 100.0)- Container inspection operations- Port of Baltimore MD.  
165.2375 (PL 100.0)- CBP Sector Baltimore- radio checks w/1India920 & 
1India926.                                

3. OPERATIONS BAHAMAS TURKS & CAICOS (OPBAT):

13907.0 X61 (USA UH-60L prob tail #94-26561 2-3rd AVN, Hunter AAF, Savannah): 
0029 USB/ALE TO OPB (OPBAT) then in voice X61 passes encoded position report 
from checkpoint W11.

4. OTHER UNITS NOTED:

J13 (USCG HH-60J #6013 CGAS Clearwater)
LNT- Camslant Chesapeake
D69- CBP P-3B "Slick" #N769SK/BuNo 152729, Jacksonville AMB, FL
D47- CBP P-3 AEW&C #N147CS/BuNo 152722, Jacksonville AMB, FL 
I08- CBP CESSNA 550 #N5408G
708- USCG HC-130H #1708, CGAS Kodiak
J42-HH-60J #6042 CGAS Elizabeth City
718- USCG HC-130H #1718, CGAS Sacramento
PAC- CamsPac Point Reyes, CA
1705- USCG HC-130H #1705, CGAS Clearwater
J25- USCG HH-60J #6025 CGAS Clearwater  
704- USCG HC-130H #1704, CGAS Sacramento
J15- USCG HH-60J #6015 CGAS Clearwater  
790- USCG HC-130H #1790, CGAS Elizabeth City  
T72- CBP BEECH C-12C #N72472
M70- CBP BEECH C-12C #N72470
D31- CBP P-3B "Slick" #N431SK/BuNo 153431, Jacksonville AMB, FL
D48- CBP P-3 AEW&C #N148CS/BuNo 154575, Corpus Christi AMB, TX  
T91- CBP PIPER PA-42-720R #N9091J, Jacksonville, FL AMB
J42- USCG HH-60J #6042 CGAS Elizabeth City
D31- CBP P-3B "Slick" #N431SK/BuNo 153431, Jacksonville AMB, FL 
720- USCG HC-130H #1720, CGAS Clearwater  
A21- CBP UH-60 tail # 79-23321 Miami or Caribbean AMB 
X51- USA UH-60L tail # 94-26551 2-3rd AVN, Hunter AAF, Savannah.
I49- CBP CESSNA 550 #N12549
I53- CBP CESSNA 550 #N753CC
PNR400- OPBAT base, Georgetown, Bahamas  
X52- USA UH-60L tail # 94-26552 2-3rd AVN Hunter AAF, Savannah.
D43- CBP P-3 AEW&C #N143CS/BuNo 153447, Corpus Christi AMB, TX
709- USCG HC-130H #1709, CGAS Kodiak


Ron (RAPBEP at AOL.COM)
Maryland
Icom R-75 w/45-ft PAR EF-SWL 
Sangean ATS-909 w/random wire