[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - BINOCULAR; PRODUCER; FORTNIGHT; SCENARIO/TWOTIMER; and DECURRENT

[Jeff Haverlah]

0101z  08 Oct 26

UTC 07 Oct 26

P1: 56

Similar to Sunday 04 Oct and Monday 05 Oct, Wednesday, with the exception
of TACAMO restoral rebroadcast activity, had a single NCS message traffic
broadcast, and it was a 56 prefix string in the middle of the CONUS night.

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0001z: BINOCULAR (NCS); 565EZR; 56BAVL; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/GULF restoral
rebroadcast.
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0221z: BINOCULAR; 56KK4V; P1
56KK4VUX3OLHTFG4CQEIJZDA7QVWXZ
[Fed to TACAMO PAC and TACAMO LANT.]

0224z: PRODUCER (pre 0000z CARPETBAG); 56KK4V; h+20/h+50 TACAMO PAC
restoral rebroadcast window.

[0230z+/-: 22.7 KHz (PAC) and 17.8 KHz (LANT) VLF FSK MSK broadcasts.]

0240z: FORTNIGHT (pre 0000z RAFT LOG); 56KK4V; h+10/h+40 TACAMO LANT
restoral rebroadcast window.
0250z: AFK
0310z: FORTNIGHT; 56KKV4; LANT restoral.
0320z: PRODUCER; 56KK4V; PAC restoral.
0340z: FORTNIGHT; 56KKV4; LANT restoral.
0350z: PRODUCER; 56KKV4; PAC restoral.
0410z Nothing heard.
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0536z: PRODUCER called MAINSAIL with no known response; simulcasting on
8992.0.
0543z: PRODUCER called MAINSAIL "on 8992" and raised; requested to exit the
net.
0546z: PRODUCER exited the net.

Quiet.

[Standalone string in the middle of the CONUS night.]
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0812z: BINOCULAR; 56C3AW; P1.
56C3AWKXZUJYMOUM6RC7KEGNXNSOW6
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Quiet.

[1405z: AE8548 E6B launched from TRAVIS and flew to the GULF.

1406z: SCENARIO (launch call word; presumed AE8548) called MAINSAIL and
raised BINOCULAR to enter the net.
1411z: SCENARIO entered the net.
[See 1830z and 2336z.]

[1528z: AFB67E E6B launched from TRAVIS and immediately flew to the
PACIFIC; TACAMO PAC. It was over the PACIFIC for about 3 hours prior to its
restoral sessions; eventually returning to TRAVIS.]

l531z: PRODUCER (presumed AFB67E) called MAINSAIL and raised a weak WEST
COAST (active responding to calls) but did not respond.

1543z: PRODUCER called MAINSAIL and raised WEST COAST but did not respond.
Lost them. Probably wanted to enter the net. See 2124z.

[1634z+/-: AE041C static hex E6B launched from OFFUTT; entered into two
racetrack/holding pattern orbits while in flight; eventually repositioned
to TINKER; relaunched westbound at the end of the UTC day.]

1637z: DECURRENT (presumed AE041C) patiently called MAINSAIL; eventually
raised MAINSAIL at 1648z to enter the net.

1653z: DECURRENT entered the net.
[See 2327z.]

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1809z: BINOCULAR; 56ZWXI; P1.
56ZWXIT42VXRJAKAGLDJYTLUOF4IHC
[Fed to TACAMO PAC and the GULF E6B.]

[1818z+/-: 27.2 KHz (GULF) VLF FSK MSK broadcast.]

[1820z+/-: 22.7 KHz (PAC) VLF FSK MSK broadcast.]

1820z: PRODUCER; 56ZWXI; PAC restoral.
1830z: TWOTIMER (SCENARIO; secondary ID); 56ZWXI; GULF restoral.
[1845z+/-: 27.2 KHz 2 FSK broadcasts of "CHANNEL ONEs" only.]
1850z: PRODUCER; 56ZWXI; PAC restoral.
1900z: TWOTIMER; 56ZWXI; GULF restoral.
1920z: PRODUCER; 56ZWXI; PAC restoral.
1930z: TWOTIMER; 56ZWXI; GULF restoral.
1950z: PRODUCER; 56ZWXI; PAC restoral.
2000z: TWOTIMER; 56ZWXI; GULF restoral while west northwest bound over LAKE
BUCANAN, HILL COUNTRY TEXAS.
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Message traffic quiet though 2359z.

[2101z: AE041A static hex E6B launched from TINKER west southwest bound to
NEW MEXICO; dropping off ADSB mapping sites just northeast of ROSWELL, NEW
MEXICO; reappearing 2 hours later and apparently returning to TINKER.]

2120z: PRODUCER called and raised a weak MAINSAIL (on a CALIFORNIA SDR) but
did not respond.
2124z: PRODUCER called MAINSAIL and exited the net in the blind;
authentication BK. He was at 30000 feet just north of the BAY AREA,
CALIFORNIA and must have been in an HF skip zone from the nearby west coast
transmitter site.

[2149z: AFB8B5 E6B launched from PAX RIVER and flew a route mostly inside
the CONUS Northeast and was eastbound over southern NEW HAMPSHIRE by the
end of the UTC day.]

2154z: FORTNIGHT (presumed AFB8B5) called MAINSAIL with no known response.
Weak/mostly unreadable on a couple of SDRs.

[2257z+/-: AE041C relaunched from TINKER west bound and dropped off ADSB
mapping sites over the CLINTON-SHERMAN INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK - a favorite
location for E6B pattern work.]

[2311z: AF4DO3 E6B launched from TINKER westbound.]

2327z: DECURRENT called and eventually raised MAINSAIL to exit the net.
2331z: DECURRENT exited the net.

2336z: SCENARIO (launch call word; aka TWOTIMER) called MAINSAIL.
2340z: SCENARIO eventually raised BINOCULAR to exit the net.
2348z: SCENARIO exited the net while approaching TAVIS from the east.

Jeff
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