[MilCom] [MilRadioComms] HMS Blackpowder; live-fire exercise off Canaveral

[AllanStern at aol.com]

No one has heard of the "HMS Blackpowder."
     The callsign has been repeated in numerous USCG  announcements today.
     My best guess is that it is a coded callsign for a  ship that is out 
there with the USS Harry S Truman, but that is only  conjecture.
     Also, the aircraft working off of the USS Harry S  Truman have 
mentioned the vessel "Bluefin."  The E-2C "Closeout" pilot, on  318.875, told HOTEL 
ROMEO: "We got a hold of the Bluefin."  That is  probably another coded 
callsign.
 
Al Stern  Satellite Beach FL
     
allanstern at aol.com writes:

Sector  Jax announces (157.15) HMS Blackpowder is engaged in a live  fire  
exercise 30 miles southeast of Port Canaveral at position 28-15.312  North, 
 
80-16.487 West; advises ship approaching that area to contact  the HMS  
Blackpowder on 156.8.  

AL STERN  Satellite  Beach   FL
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