[MilCom] Coastal GA MilCom; 21 April 2005

Thu Apr 21 22:11:48 EDT 2005

VHF and UHF conditions were enhanced tonight for a time
enabling me to receive the Kings Bay UHF TRS as well as
some unid'd USCG traffic and a possible TSA hit.

Hunter AAF
----------
133.550/279.575     Tower
     -ARMY 419 (MH-60L, 3-160 SOAR)
     -DAWG 05 (C-130H, 165 AW)
     -SUNNY 16, 22, 33 (RC-12N, 224 MI Bn)
     -TESTHOOK 21 (H-47)
     -USCG 6524, 6551, 6594, 6595 (HH-65B)

127.650     Hunter GCA
     -LF 88 (P-3C, VP-16)

345.000     USCG Air Station Savannah     

Savannah IAP/CRTC
-----------------
119.100/257.800     Tower
     -ANGEL 01 (HH-46) 
      Note:  This aircraft's unit at Beaufort was deactivated
                  this week, unknown why it was in Savannah today.
     -DAWG 05 (C-130H, 165 AW)
     -ELVIS 18 (C-5, 164 AW TN ANG)
     -RULER 58 (C-17, 172 AW MS ANG)
     -GULFTEST 35, 40 (Gulfstream Test)
     -Airship N2012P (Liberty Mutual Blimp for Golf Tournament)
     -N10814 (Bell 206, USFS lease)

225.750     165 AW CP
     -ELVIS 18, pushed to 237.000 for CRTC
     -DAWG 01 (ramp traffic)
     -DAWG 05
225.050     165 AW; DAWG 05 wkg DAWG MOBILE     
165.0125    165 AW MOC
     -JUNKYARD wkg KING(?) ref computer issue

237.000     CRTC CP?
     -ELVIS 18
     -RULER 58
149.1625    CRTC
     -unid'd control station wkg FORKLIFT # and BUS # ref
      unloading of cargo and processing of pax

123.575     Gulfstream Test Ops

MCAS Beaufort, SC
-----------------
301.200     App/Dep
     -CHECK 6# (F/A-18A+, VMFA-312)
     -HAWK 8# (F/A-18D, VMFA-533)
     -SCAR 9# (F/A-18C, VFA-82)
     -TOPGUN 5#, 6# (F/A-18, NSAWC)

299.275     VMFA-312 Base
301.950     VMFA-312 Tac 1

310.200     VMFA(AW)-533 Base
289.275     VMFA(AW)-533 Tac 1
299.300     VMFA(AW)-533 Tac 2

228.200     VFA-82 Base
277.200     VFA-82 Tac 1

250.300     TOPGUN Tac
258.900     TOPGUN Tac

Townsend Range
--------------
228.400     Range Control
     -HAWK 81/82 (F/A-18D, VMFA-533) FAC-A wkg CONDOR (Ground
      FAC?) and other flights; 289.275 Tac 
     -HAWK 83/84 (F/A-18D, VMFA-533) wkg HAWK 81/82; 299.300 Tac
     -JAWS 11 (F-16, 134 FS Shaw Det.) wkg HAWK 81/82 and CONDOR
     -RENO 41 (F-16CJ, 77 FS) range and emitter work; 143.800 a2a
     -CHECK 61/62/63 (F/A-18A+, VMFA-312); 301.950 a2a

Sealord
-------
284.500     North Primary UHF
     -TOPGUN 5#, 6# (F/A-18, NSAWC)
     -SCAR 9# (F/A-18, VFA-82)
     -FANG/SNAKE (F-15A, 125 FW)
120.950     North Primary VHF
     -GULFTEST 35, 40 (Gulfstream Test)

349.800     W-157 Discrete
     -TOPGUN 6# (DOG, SNAKE tac c/s)
385.300     W-157 Discrete
     -SCAR 9#; 277.200 Tac

350.675     N. TACTS Range     
     -TOPGUN 58 (DOG tac c/s) v. TOPGUN 62 (SNAKE tac c/s)

301.000     S. TACTS Range; FANG wkg STEALTH (117 ACS) v. SNAKE
350.000     S. TACTS Range; SNAKE wkg STEALTH (117 ACS) v. FANG
234.800     125 FW a2a; FANG/SNAKE common

376.900     W-157 Discrete; FANG v. SNAKE
385.300     W-157 Discrete; SNAKE v. FANG
234.800     125 FW a2a; FANG/SNAKE common

293.600     NORAD Discrete; FANG wkg OAKGROVE v. SNAKE
316.300     NORAD Discrete; SNAKE wkg OAKGROVE v. FANG
234.800     125 FW a2a; FANG/SNAKE common

Misc
----
282.200     ZJX Coastal Georgia
     -LN 451 (P-3C, VP-45)

286.350     WBFM Signal with embedded voice, tones

310.200     NAS Jacksonville Base Ops
     -BEAR 02 (E-2, VAW-124)

311.000     RAYMOND 19, Robins CP
     -QUID 45 (KC-135)

343.750     Bulldog MOA
     -HAWK 8# (F/A-18D, VMFA-533); 289.275 Tac

DHS
---
156.800     Marine VHF Ch. 16
     -USCGC Maria Bray (WLM-562)
157.050     Marine VHF Ch. 21
     -6524 (HH-65B) wkg Group Charleston, en route AirFac
     -USCGC Maria Bray wkg Group Charleston
     -6594 (HH-65B) wkg Group Charleston ref training in 
      Port Royal Sound
157.150     Marine VHF Ch. 23
     -6594 (HH-65B) wkg Station Brunswick
     -Station ?????? (initially thought he was saying Ocala,
      Ocala doesn't have a USCG Station, had an "a" sound on 
      end of name) wkg Marine Patrol ref boarding number.

FedCom
------
168.200     USFWS
     -Helicopter 10814 wkg SAVANNAH BUNKHOUSE (also referred to
      as SHOP), passing maintenance numbers (Torque, TOT, N1, N2)
      and also reporting fire they noticed on way back to LZ

172.900     TSA?; very weak unencoded P25, too weak to decode
                  legibly though.  Unknown location, probably not 
                  local, have never heard it under normal conditions

Kings Bay TRS
-------------
Control Channel:  409.550
TG 368       Police 1; HQ wkg 4## and 9## units
TG 4080     Waterfront; unknown discussing light that went out
TG 6400     Unknown; traffic ref "the plant", pressures, dew
                    point, clearing alarms, and a breaker problem
TG 6912     Unknown; traffic ref pressures, possibly related
                    to TG 6400

Mac McCormick                      "Green Comms Suck"
Savannah, GA
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kf4lmt/index.html