[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0/15016.0/8992.0 - LUNCHBOX; REBELLION; RATED MAN/TOP HAND; ORGANIZE; BLUE CHIP; and LIFELONG

[Jeff Haverlah]

0011z  11 Jul 26

UTC 10 Jul 26

0005z: LUNCHBOX with communications test count.
[USSTRATCOM CP]

[The digital problems common to the HFGCS ground stations over the past
year or so have been missing lately, until this CONUS evening. Something
changed.]
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0226z: REBELLION (NCS); B7something; digital garbage; stopped.

0226z: REBELLION; B7MEZN; P1; digital garbage.
B7MEZNSL5D2ADDK6TTDIQZU46V7WAX
[Pieced together from TACAMO PAC's broadcast of same.]

0233z: MAINSAIL with attempted unreadable test count. Digital garble.
0235z: MAINSAIL with unreadable test count.
0237z: MAINSAIL with unreadable babble.

[0238z+/-: 22.7 KHz (PAC) VLF FSK MSK broadcast indicated on the W1VD VLF
Grabber web site.]

0240z: MAINSAIL with clear test count; with intermittent problems.

0250z: RATED MAN (pre0000z CHANNING; still with harmonics on audio);
B7MEZN; h+20/h+40 TACAMO PAC restoral rebroadcast window.

[Apparent 30 minute message traffic window; a search did not find earlier
examples of B7MJJZ and B7R2YO. Odd.]
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0317z: REBELLION; B7PFRJ; P1.
B7PFRJRSZK4EIWSWPMKSOCCCMYGVPA

0320z: RATED MAN; B7MEZN; PAC restoral.

0331z: REBELLION; B7MJJZ; P1; first instance of hearing this string.
B7MJJZWK4LNXXG3G2A5UJPU2ISD6XU
More to follow (restoral activity)
B7R2YO; P1; first instance of hearing this string.
B7R2YO5GD4V5LNOZGIQHAOOTTA2EXC
More to follow (restoral activity)
B7PFRJ (originally from 0317z)

0347z: REBELLION; UUZOOR; 25 characters; P4.
UUZOOR4JYAILVLDMLCMBCCF6C
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0350z: RATED MAN; B7MEZN; PAC restoral.
0420z: Nothing heard.
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0407z: TOP HAND (the female operator and the harmonics audio matched RATED
MAN; suspect it to be their secondary backend call word) called MARS RADIO
"on 13927," simulcasting on 8992.0.

0419z: TOP HAND (male operator (harmonics); phonetically spelled his call
word at the request of the MARS operator) raised MARS RADIO (HONOLULU;
excellent levels on a California SDR)) on 13927 and requested the WORLD CUP
score for FRANCE v MOROCCO. The MARS operator came back with FRANCE 2;
MOROCCO zero. TOP HAND thanked the MARS operator for the information; and
gone.

[1208z+/-: AF6129 E6B launched from PAX RIVER and repositioned to OFFUTT.]

Quiet.

1439z: ORGANIZE (presumed AF6129) called MAINSAIL and raised REBELLION to
exit the net.
1443z: ORGANIZE exited the net while approaching OFFUTT from the east.

1444z: MAINSAIL with test count.
1448z: MAINSAIL with test count.

1502z: BLUE CHIP (presumed E6B; not visible on ADSB mapping sites) called
REBELLION with no known response.
1508z: BLUE CHIP called and raised MAINSAIL (very weak here; had him loud
and clear) but did not respond to MAINSAIL. Quiet afterward. Did not check
8992.0.

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1750z: REBELLION; B7DQGK; P1.
B7DQGKK6NT35BV3LKEC3EKHSBEL7YV
[Fed to the Due Regard GULF E6B.]

[1800z+/-: 27.2 KHz (GULF) VLF FSK MSK broadcast indicated on the W1VD VLF
Grabber website.]

1800z: BLUE CHIP; B7DQGK; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/GULF restoral rebroadcast
window.
1830z: BLUE CHIP; B7DQGK; GULF restoral.
1900z: BLUE CHIP; B7DQGK; GULF restoral.
1930z: BLUE CHIP; B7DQGK; GULF restoral.
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1939z: REBELLION; technical problem; disregard.
1940z: REBELLION; B7Q22W; P1.
B7Q22WE5YGRXFUXSYPNY5Z2EBPXJHB

1947z: REBELLION; B7Q22W; echo rebroadcast.
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2110z: REBELLION with test count.
2111z: REBELLION with test count.

[2117z+/-: AFC66C E6B launched from TINKER southbound; then eastbound; then
northbound; then eastbound by end of the UTC day.]

2134z+/-: LIFELONG (presumed AFC66C) called and raised REBELLION to enter
the net.
2138z: LIFELONG entered the net.

Quiet.

Jeff
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