[MilCom] 22 hour satcom scan
pdgls
wtulknat at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 20 03:26:22 EDT 2012
22 hours of Conus yielded 21 minutes with only 6 seconds of good clear comms
when Serpent Mobile called Serpent main a couple of times on 258.65.
Started the recording at 7pm local Thursday and ended at 5pm Friday
Antenna is a Trivec AV2040-2 Foldable Manpack High-Gain SATCOM Antenna
Also used a radio shack in-line signal amplifier
Radio is a Icom IC-R20 with RF gain set to 6, delay at 0 seconds and negative delay (that's not what Icom calls it) at 4 seconds.
Squelch was set to auto. This seems to cut out much of the secure stuff. I guess it thinks it's just noise?
Only channels locked-out were 256.85 (signal always present), 265.25 (too much data transmissions?) and
265.55 (carrier often present).
258.65 Serpent mobile calling Serpent main, Military secure voice? and Pirates
262.225 Pirates
255.55 Pirates
269.65 Military data?
267.05 Pirates
260.625 Pirates and Military secure voice/data?
263.575 Military secure voice?
263.825 Military secure voice? and Pirates
257.15 Pirates and Military secure voice?
260.725 Military secure voice? and Pirates
253.85 Pirates
262.325 Pirates
262.425 Pirates
260.475 Military secure voice?
252.15 Pirates
263.925 Military secure voice?
Just listen to the first 6 seconds to hear Serpent Mobile. Continue to listen for the rest of the stuff.
This is not recomended :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6wbkK-kkYPaul, near Sacramento California
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