[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - RED BREAST; CURLY TOP; and SNOWSLIDE

[Jeff Haverlah]

0443z  20 Aug 26

UTC 19 Aug 26

Quiet (except for a tone from 0016z to 0117z).

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0147z: RED BREAST (NCS); TMXYPK; P1
TMXYPKXIZXIYUAFTMUKNJSHVPZMKWA

0151z: RED BREAST; TMXYPK; echo rebroadcast.

[0200z+/-: 17.8 KHz (LANT) VLF FSK MSK broadcast.]

0210z: CURLY TOP (pre0000z FEEDBACK); TMXYPK; h+10/h+40 TACAMO LANT
restoral rebroadcast window.

0240z: CURLY TOP; TMXYPK; LANT restoral.
0310z: Nothing heard.
0340z: Nothing heard; CURLY TOP just south of VIRGINIA BEACH enroute to PAX
RIVER at that time.
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0437z: RED BREAST; NUCDVK; 164 characters; P3.
NUCDVKQFXCB73KCTR6GCO64OR3N2ODDB77P3ZSE3P7777J4WK6R3EEPJRHDFMDHKKKKZ64MXBHX2R4G7BM3RGVVVVNSO3T2YTKIUN64F6I36666LTYDKLIGZGNY3EUWPAQQQQYUHIAERWRAY3KB33BBBBBB2O7LZX7WV

Reformatted for structure:

𝙽𝚄𝙲𝙳𝚅𝙺  [𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎; 𝟼]
𝚀𝙵𝚇𝙲𝙱𝟽𝟹𝙺𝙲𝚃𝚁𝟼𝙶𝙲𝙾𝟼𝟺  [𝟷𝟽]
𝙾𝚁𝟹𝙽𝟸𝙾𝙳𝙳𝙱𝟽𝟽𝙿𝟹𝚉𝚂𝙴𝟹𝙿𝟽𝟽𝟽𝟽  [𝟸𝟸]
𝙹𝟺𝚆𝙺𝟼𝚁𝟹𝙴𝙴𝙿𝙹𝚁𝙷𝙳𝙵𝙼𝙳𝙷𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺  [𝟸𝟸]
𝚉𝟼𝟺𝙼𝚇𝙱𝙷𝚇𝟸𝚁𝟺𝙶𝟽𝙱𝙼𝟹𝚁𝙶𝚅𝚅𝚅𝚅  [𝟸𝟸]
𝙽𝚂𝙾𝟹𝚃𝟸𝚈𝚃𝙺𝙸𝚄𝙽𝟼𝟺𝙵𝟼𝙸𝟹𝟼𝟼𝟼𝟼  [𝟸𝟸]
𝙻𝚃𝚈𝙳𝙺𝙻𝙸𝙶𝚉𝙶𝙽𝚈𝟹𝙴𝚄𝚆𝙿𝙰𝚀𝚀𝚀𝚀  [𝟸𝟸]
𝚈𝚄𝙷𝙸𝙰𝙴𝚁𝚆𝚁𝙰𝚈𝟹𝙺𝙱𝟹𝟹𝙱𝙱𝙱𝙱𝙱𝙱  [𝟸𝟸]
𝟸𝙾𝟽𝙻𝚉𝚇𝟽𝚆𝚅  [𝟿]
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Quiet.

[1304z+/-: AE9C7C suspected E6B launched from TINKER and flew to OFFUTT.]

[1409z: AEC6EC presumed E6B launched from OFFUTT west bound and back on
FlightRadar24, but all over CONUS (including to PAX RIVER) on ADSB
Exchange. It appears that two aircraft were using the same HEX code, the
second being TACAMO LANT at 1652z.]

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1633z: RED BREAST; K7M5AE; 35 characters; P2.
K7M5AEGPRI7SWYYRGHCPOTZTVNE7YQ5NA6T
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[1652z+/-: AEC6EC (2nd aircraft) E6B launched from PAX RIVER and flew to
the ATLANTIC off the NORTH CAROLINA coast; TACAMO LANT.]

1713z: CURLY TOP (presumed AEC6EC; 2nd aircraft) called MAINSAIL with no
response.
1714z: CURLY TOP called MAINSAIL.
1718z: CURLY TOP called MAINSAIL.
1722z: CURLY TOP called MAINSAIL.
1728z: CURLY TOP called MAINSAIL.
1729z: CURLY TOP called MAINSAIL.
[All the above during many test counts via multiple locations. Never heard
a connection. CURLY TOP was headed to the ATLANTIC off the NORTH CAROLINA
coast at the time of these calls.]

No message traffic was heard from the NCS while CURLY TOP was over the
ATLANTIC.]

[1718z+/-: AE0416 static HEX E6B launched from TINKER and flew to ARKANSAS,
LOUISIANA, TEXAS and back to TINKER.]

[1743z+/-: AE9C7C relaunched from OFFUTT and repositioned to MACDILL,
FLORIDA.]

No message traffic was heard on HF from the NCS or from CURLY TOP at
h+10/h+40, yet there were two VLF FSK MSK broadcasts as follows...

[1900z+/-: 17.8 KHz (LANT) VLF FSK MSK broadcast of unknown string
indicated on the W1VD VLF Grabber website; see 2030z.]

[2030z+/-: 17.8 KHz (LANT) VLF FSK MSK broadcast of unknown string
indicated on W1VD.]

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2052z: RED BREAST; FOR LIMPS 20 (sounds like); K7RSUO; P2.
K7RSUONMNAFNVBIVLJQRYHEVF3EDSE

[2107z+/-: AF63C1 E6B launched from TRAVIS and flew to the PACIFIC; TACAMO
PAC.]

2121z: Single tone for a few seconds and quiet.

[30 minutes.]
2122z: REDBREAST; TMGJLX; P1.
TMGJLXRCH7T; disregard.

2123z: REDBREAST; TMGJLX; P1.
TMGJLXRCH7TLLZWLWFEBK6RORP7U4V
[Fed to TACAMO PAC.]

2150z: Nothing heard.
2220z: SNOWSLIDE (presumed AF63C1); TMGJLX; h+20/h+50 TACAMO PAC restoral
rebroadcast window.
[2250z+/-: 22.7 KHz (PAC) VLF FSK MSK broadcast indicated on W1VD.]
2250z: SNOWSLIDE; TMGJLX; PAC restoral.
2320z: SNOWSLIDE; TMGJLX; PAC restoral.
2350z: SNOWSLIDE; TMGJLX; PAC restoral.
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SNOWSLIDE ----> BILLY BOB in the UTC new day.

Jeff
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Jeff Haverlah               Coastal Texas
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