[MilCom] MIL: 13200.00 (new) - AMBER 14 with an EXERCISE GLOBAL THUNDER 274 Message of 21 groups

[Jeff Haverlah]

2051z 28 Oct 12

     13200.0 was found active at 2045z while scrolling through the HFGCS
with (something; maybe AMBER) 14 (good/fair levels here) bcsting a 274
message of ? groups (missed complete message).  Last 10 groups: XMP ROS XMZ
WNB CTV XMP YTI HTF CTR WNB [note the repeats].

    Immediately after 14's bcst AMBER 14 (good/strong levels) came up on
13200.0 with "This is AMBER 14 with an EXERCISE GLOBAL THUNDER 274 message
of 21 groups" and into TYN XCE KSP RVO RAS GQE WNB YNL EJQ ROS XMP [maybe
RMOS or ROS] XMJ WNB CTV XMPYTI HTF YTI WNB XMP [again, note the repeats].
And out.

274 messages (replaced 369 messages a bunch of years ago) are sometimes
heard; at least one instance of an "JCS Exercise Global Guardian" EAM was
heard in the late 90s during a GLOBAL GUARDIAN exercise; but what is
unusual (to me) is the use of 13200.0.  I didn't hear these stations
rolling through the other HFGCS freqs.  Has 13200.0 become "special"?

It also confirmed that this is a GLOBAL THUNDER 13 exercise instead of a
GLOBAL LIGHTNING 13 exercise presumed to be common at this time of the year.

Jeff Haverlah

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