[MilCom] Fwd: [MilRadioComms] Shuttle Launch Prep comms

[Allan.Stern at gmail.com]

Re: [MilCom] Fwd: [MilRadioComms] Shuttle Launch Prep comms
jeffv at op.net writes:
> Thanks for the 2nd hand seat!
> I know I can't expect Florida comms, but is there any chance that any of
> this will be hear-able in the Philadelphia area?  I can do HF/VHF/UHF
> and looked at the MT pdf, but I get the sinking feeling it won't exactly
> be passing over my house :)

Well Jeff, you certainly could have heard the comms on 5711 kHz USB,
and there you would have heard comms between "BRD" (Booster Recovery
Director) and the two Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) retrieval ships
"Freedom Star" and "Liberty Star."

Those comms get fairly interesting too. Before the launch there are
comms to make sure the ships position themselves safely yet within
range of the touchdown point of the two falling SRBs, as they hit the
water.  Then after the launch you will hear the SRBs report finding
the SRBs, reporting the position of the SRBs, the condition, etc.  And
you will hear the reports of the divers going over the side of the
ships to attach closures to the ends of the spent SRBs and attaching
the SRBs to the sides of the vessels in order to tow them into Port
Canaveral.

ALSTERN Satellite Beach FL
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