[MilCom] Receiving JSTARS comms from Louisiana area

[AllanStern at aol.com]

It is 8:51pm EST.
   I have been listening to JSTARS comms and messaging tests most of the 
afternoon on 231.75.  Tests relate to JTIDS, Satcom, etc.
   Two or three minutes ago I heard a Melbourne JSTARS E-8, just off the 
Louisiana peninsula, talking to Northrop Grumman here. I got BOTH sides of the 
comms. Don't ask me how. . . possibly propagation, or the acft side came through 
the N-G mic if the N-G radio operator kept the mic depressed.
   The acft side was not strong, but it was there. I have it recorded.

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL (28-11N 80-36W) monitoring
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