[MilCom] Venezuelan Navy HF ALE Profile

[Rapbep at aol.com]

All,

On 6 & 7 Dec 04 the Venezuelan Navy conducted a major exercise.  I noted this 
activity in HF ALE and was able to compile a good picture of the Venezuelan 
Navy HF ALE communications structure. 

Here's what I have been able to compile based upon my own monitoring as well 
as contributions from other SWL'ers.

But first a few notes:

1. The Navy uses both USB & LSB freqs. It appears that when using the USB 
freqs the ships use their names or some variation thereof as their identifiers.  
When using LSB freqs the ships generally use their pennant number, sometimes 
with a letter suffix, i.e. 61B for vessel T-61. So you're liable to see a ship 
identified in several ways depending on the comms freq used. 

2. In the case of at least one freq 08825.0 they use it in both USB & LSB 
modes.

3. In some cases the ALE is used to trigger encrypted comms (voice & data).  

Venezualan Navy HF ALE Profile

Freqs:

04632.0 USB 
06537.0 LSB
06888.0 LSB
06890.0 USB
06895.0 USB
07849.0 USB (shared w/Army & Nat'l Guard)
08270.0 LSB
08280.0 LSB
08291.0 LSB
08297.0 LSB
08340.0 LSB
08358.0 LSB
08582.0 LSB
08810.0 LSB
08825.0 USB & LSB
08500.0 USB
09017.0 LSB
09070.0 LSB
09075.0 LSB
09190.0 USB
09350.0 LSB
09380.0 LSB
10272.0 USB (shared w/Army & Nat'l Guard)
10600.0 USB (shared w/Army & Nat'l Guard)
10650.0 LSB
12220.0 LSB
12546.0 LSB
12660.0 LSB
13139.0 LSB
13500.0 USB
14759.0 LSB
14790.0 LSB
14911.0 LSB
16680.0 LSB
17080.0 LSB
19098.0 LSB
19200.0 USB
20400.0 LSB

ALE Identifiers:

Naval Organizations:

Armario- Naval base (named after Agustin Armario de Puerta Cabella) at Puerto 
Cabella
BDIRCO- Batallon de Ingenieros de Combata (Combat Engineer Battalion)
BNA = Naval Base "Amario"
BNARCO- Commando, Basa Navale "Amario"
BNF = Naval Base  "Falcon"
BNFACO- Naval Base  "Falcon" 
BNG = Naval Base "Guiterrez"
CANCO-  unidentified Commander
CEDOP- Fleet Command, Director of Operations--Comando de Escuadra, Direccion 
de Operaciones 
CFLCO- Commander, HQS Riverine Force-- Commando, Cuartel Fluvial
CGARM- Navy HQs (Cuartel General de Armada)
CGA = Navy HQs, (Cuartel General Armada)
CGACO- Commander, Venezuelan Navy- Comando, Cuartel General Armada
CNZACE- unidentified
COFFRI1- Commando Fluvial Fronterizo " General de Brigada Franz Rizquez 
Iribarren"
DCCOP--  Naval Operations Directorate--Direccion de Coordination Y Control 
Operacional,
DHD   unidentified (poss garble for DHN)
DHN-- Hydrographic & Navigation Directorate--Direccion de Hidrgrafia y 
Navigacion 
DIVIMBO- Division de Infanteria de Marina (Naval Marine Infantry) 
DIVIMCO1-  unidentified
EPG- unidentified
EPGLG- unidentified
Falcon- Base Naval “Mariscal Juan Crisóstomo Falcón”
FRM- possibly Riverine Forces
MASCARA-  unidentified
MACABRO-  unidentified
REDJEFE-  unidentified--literally means "main net"
VARGAS- Commando de Vigilancia Costera, La Guaira, Estado Vargas.


Naval Vessels:

BE-11- Training Ship "Simon Bolivar", BE-11
BOLIVAR- Training Ship "Simon Bolivar", BE-11
BRION-- Frigate, "Almirante Brion", F-22
CAPANA- Capana-class Medium Landing Ship " Capana", T-61
CONSTITUCION-Fast Attack Craft, "Constatucion", PC-11
F-21-Frigate "Mariscal Sucre" F-21
F-22-Frigate "Almirante Brion" F-22
F-24-Frigate "General Soublette", F-24 
F-26 Frigate "Almirante Garcia" F-26
GC11--Venezuelan Coast Guard Frigate, "Almirante Clemente", GC-11
GC12- Venezuelan Coast Guard Frigate " General Jose Trinidad Moran" GC-12
LIBERTAD- Fast Attack Craft "Libertad", PC-14
LLANOS--Amphibious Support Ship, "Los Llanos", T-64
PC-13- Constitucion-class Missile craft, "Independencia" PC-13
PR1 River Patrol Craft "Lago1" PBR-1
PR2 River Patrol Craft "Lago2" PBR-2
PR4 River Patrol Craft "Lago 4" PBR-4,
PUNTABRAVA--Oceanographic Support Ship "Punta Brava", BO-11
RIONEGRO1 (Venezuelan National Guard Protector-class patrol craft) 
SOUBLETTE (Frigate "General Soublette", F-24
SUCRE--Frigate "Mariscal Sucre", F-21
T-61, LST "Capana"
T-63- LSM "Goijaira"
T-64- LSM "Los LLanos"
T-72- LCU " La Orchila" T-72
T-81- Replenishment Oiler " Ciudad Bolivar"


Hope this helps


RON(Rapbep at aol.com)
Utility Station Monitoring
Maryland, USA