[MilCom] SE PA Oct. logs; 8983 now

[Richard L. Kramer]

Here are some late posts from the "SHACK" near Reading, PA:

10/24 - 0600z - 257.1 / 261.95 USB - Satcom, sounds like a snare drum type
signal - same on both freqs.

10/25 - 0830z - 319.4 - Claw 07 / McGuire CP; no pax, no cargo, arriving
your station A1.
            0834z - 124.625 - Claw 07 / ZNY.

Rotorfest helo airshow - Brandywine airport helo museum - Chester County,
PA:
10/16/05
The winds were blowing at 25mph to 35mph. All the scheduled helos flew and
performed; but the Army's Black Daggers did not jump.
123.000 - Brandywine airport ops.
123.075 - Dave Shultz Airboss.
132.950 - Dave Shultz Grouondboss.
148.150 - Civil Air Patrol primary.
467.6875 - FRS CH 13 - Civil Air Patrol secondary.
124.350 - Departures contact w/Phila. approach control.

Military Helos on scene:
HH 65C - American Eurocopter - CGAS Atlantic City, NJ.
MH 68A Stingray - Augusta - CGAS Jacksonville, FL.
CH 47 Chinook - Boeing - Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA. (Guard ###)
UH 1H Iroquois - Bell - Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA. (Mystic ##)
CH 53E Super Stallion - Sikorsky - MCAS New River, NC.
MH 53E Sea Dragon - Sikorsky - NAS Corpus Christi, TX.
MH 60S Knighthawk - Sikorsky - NS Norfolk, VA.
UH 60A Blackhawk x2 - Sikorsky - Fort Bragg, NC. & Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA.

The New Jersey State Police helo (Sikorsky S 76B), had  2 snipers standing
on either side of the helo with their weapons pointed at the crowd which was
pretty cool.

11/6/05 - 0715z + - 8983 USB - CG 2114 / Camslant Chesapeake; re comms will
be on CH16 VHF FM with the destroyer. 8 MHz pri / 5 MHz secondary. At 0740z,
CG 2114 reports ops normal, pos: 29.55N / 81.12W on 8983 USB.


Rich - Reading, PA