[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - CHOCOLATE; RING DOVE; OVERTONE; MILKY WAY; CUMMINGS/SOPHOMORE; SPREADER; and TREASURER

[Jeff Haverlah]

0054z  09 Sep 26

UTC 08 Sep 26

P1: AC
P2: K7

E6B AF3DA8 flew from PAX RIVER to TINKER with most of the route at an
altitude of less than 12,000 feet.

[Two hour traffic window.]
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0017z: RING DOVE (NCS); ACEYKK; P1.
ACDYKK3MSHHORT6XLGB3O4XZYT24GX
[NCS restoral queue.]

0020z: RING DOVE; ACSXFL; P1.
ACSXFLMTW6IKNHBHPJ74WOYO3NZQIE
[NCS restoral queue.]

0029z: RING DOVE; K7DX2R; P2.
K7DX24MZJARYOF2UJHAUNY4OL4FW7Y

0031z: RING DOVE; ACSXFL; ACEYKK; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/GULF restoral
rebroadcast window.

0100z: RING DOVE; ACSK4C; ACEYKK; disregard at the 2nd preamble.
ACSK4CFWMACTVOYQ2VPVFCQI3WJTTY; more to follow; ACEYKK; disregard.
Where did that come from? Has the same first 3 characters in the preamble
but is otherwise "new."

0130z: RING DOVE; ACSXFL; ACEYKK; NCS restoral; no hint of ACSK4C.

0139z: RING DOVE; ACLKXW; P1.
ACLKXWBZ4O3GL3VZWWSURHYDOQDUAN
[NCS restoral queue.]

0202z: RING DOVE; ACLKXW; ACSXFL; ACEYKK; NCS restoral.
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0241z: CHOCOLATE (with a very strong "voice of doom" signal; and 800Hz+/-
harmonics on the harsh raspy audio) with a communications test count.
[USSTRATCOM CP]

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0338z: RING DOVE; ACG25K; P1.
ACG25KMFV26ZNYQMGUSLY2HVU4LB76
[Fed to TACAMO LANT.]

[0349z+/-: 17.8 KHz (LANT) VLF FSK MSK broadcast.]

0410z: Nothing heard.

0436z: OVERTONE (suspected AEEA66) called and raised MAINSAIL to exit the
net on 8992.0.
0439z: OVERTONE exited the net while AEEA66 was descending into TRAVIS from
the north at that time.

0440z: Nothing heard; multiple SDRs; multiple frequencies.
[No HF restoral rebroadcast activity detected.]
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Quiet.

[1149z+/-: AF3DA8 E6B launched from PAX RIVER and repositioned to TINKER
flying most of the route under 11700 feet.]

[1413z: AFFD58 E6B launched from MCDONNELL; flew to UTAH, ARIZONA and then
east to TINKER; relaunched later in the UTC day and repositioned to PAX
RIVER.]

1416z: MILKY WAY (presumed AFFD58) work RING DOVE to enter the net.
1418z: MILKY WAY entered the net.

[1451z: AE9208 E6B launched from TRAVIS westbound to the GULF for HF/VLF
work; returned to the TEXAS coast and flew to OKLAHOMA for apparent pattern
work at an airfield west of TULSA that has been used in the past for such
work; and then possibly flying to TINKER by the close of the UTC day.]

1457z: CUMMINGS (presumed AE9208; launch backend call word; see 1830z)
called RING DOVE (NCS) and raised MAINSAIL to enter the net.
1503z: CUMMINGS entered the net.

1822z: RING DOVE; ACQYAH; P1.
ACQYAHTUYNTIA7SGTUY6PDXPORKVIN
[Fed to the GULF E6B.]

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1527z; RING DOVE; ACPI52; P1.
ACPI52YWSEBTM43P47Q4GC47PHI367

1618z: RING DOVE; ACL6HH; P1.
ACL6HHDXTE5S7VJNFWHNWZERKXGBS3

1620z: RING DOVE; ACLENO; P1.
ACLENOPNNAK4S4X2VLFLJDRLTNYFAZ
[NCS restoral queue.]

1630z: RING DOVE; ACLENO; Out (maybe for higher priority traffic?); NCS
restoral.

1632z: RING DOVE; K7TC7J; 43 characters; P2.
K7TC7JRRXJR67CGRH26H7CCNJJ2I22N4NVGBLDF6GO6
[Conforms: 7 at positions 13 and 21]

[1753z: AE8B78 E6B launched from OFFUTT eastbound to the eastern CONUS and
then westbound eventually to TINKER.]

1806z: SPREADER (presumed A38B78) called MAINSAIL with no known response.
1811z: SPREADER called and raised MAINSAIL to enter the net.
1814z: SPREADER entered the net.

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1822z: RING DOVE; ACQYAH; P1.
ACQYAHTUYNTIA7SGTUY6PDXPORKVIN
[Fed to the GULF E6B.]

1830z: SOPHOMORE (presumed secondary call word for AE9208); ACQYAH;
h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/GULF restoral rebroadcast.
[1841z: 27.2 KHz (GULF) VLF FSK MSK broadcast.]
1900z: SOPHOMORE; ACQYAH; GULF restoral.
1930z: SOPHOMORE; ACQYAH; GULF restoral.
2000z: SOPHOMORE; ACQYAH; GULF restoral while north northwest bound over
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS.
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[2054z+/-: AFFD58 E6B relaunched from TINKER and repositioned to PAX RIVER.]

2309z: TREASURER (not clear which E6B as it was at fair/good levels on
various west and east coast SDRs) called and raised MAINSAIL to exit the
net.
2312z: TREASURER exited the net.

Jeff
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Jeff Haverlah               Coastal Texas
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