[MilCom] USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) ARG Working the Coastal Georgia Area

[Mac McCormick III]

342.175 - USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) ARG
   -THRUST 51/52 (AV-8B, 165427/164551, VMA-223) wkg ICE PACK
   -VORTEX ## (MV-22?, VMM-162?) wkg ICE PACK
   -BLACKOUT 2# (Unknown, CH-53E? - seemed to correspond to AE4B30/CH-53E
16126o on ADS-B Exchange)

120.950/284.500 - SEALORD Primary North
   -OMEGA 71 (B703, N707MQ, Omega Air)
   -THRUST 51/52 (AV-8B, 165427/164551, VMA-223); 235.500 a2a
   -VORTEX 1# (MV-22B, VMM-162)

248.100 - USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) ARG? Aerial Refueling
   -OMEGA 71 AR with THRUST 51/52 (AV-8B, 165427/164551, VMA-223), passed
BuNos 165427 and
    164551, ID'd as VMM-162 aircraft when OMEGA requested unit.
   -OMEGA 71 AR with VORTEX 15

127.350/279.625 - Marne Radio
   -THRUST 51/52 (AV-8B, 165427/164551, VMA-223); 235.500 a2a, for Coastal
MOA and MARSA VORTEX
   -VORTEX 1# (MV-22B, VMM-162) for Colmar Complex
228.400 - Townsend Range/Coastal MOA
   -THRUST 51/52 (AV-8B, 165427/164551, VMA-223); 235.500 a2a
   -BLACKOUT 2# (Unknown, CH-53E?)

226.525 - USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) ARG?
   -THRUST 51/52 clg PITBULL
   -THRUST 51/52 wkg VORTEX
289.275 - USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) ARG?
   -VORTEX ## wkg ?????
227.525 - USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) ARG?
   -weak traffic, unable to ID, possibly related to traffic on 226.525 &
289.275

Using the Airspy R2 with the SDR# Frequency Scanner plug-in has been
invaluable in finding this activity; it's found in minutes what would have
likely taken me hours to find previously.

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
Savannah/Brunswick, GA
https://radioactiverecluse.wordpress.com/