[Scan-DC] RE:aircraft and datalink problems

[al]

  Yeah,I think you heard right.

Can't see where the thought ABC was trying to trans on mil-air band came from.

  I can only imagine the mil-air controller's face if ABC decided to do a 
nx report on one of the mil-air freqs!

  Al
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al dudley ....wash dc , usa
  ald61650 at comcast.net
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>Was he saying that? I think he is saying that they
>had footage of the plane, not footage from the
>plane.  He also wrote that the ABC producer was
>talking on ABC's IFB about the plane flying low -
>at least that's how I understood it.
>
>CA
>Annapolis
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Of ka3jjz at netscape.com
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>Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] aircraft and datalink
>problems
>
>
>   Highly doubtful; what ABC unit would have a
>radio xmiting on the UHF milair bands?  That mix
>simply doesn't fly.
>
>   73s Mike
>
>links editor,Capitol Hill Monitors
>Utility Monitoring Central
>editor, Strong Signals software page
>
>
>--- <listen13579 at att.net> wrote:
>
>From: <listen13579 at att.net>
>Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:50:20 -0500
>To: <Rapbep at aol.com>, <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Interesting Activity at
>Andrews
>
>ABC had live footage of the plane during the
>inauguration. It was gray in color with the
>military star logo on the rear fuselage. The
>producer on the ABC IFB mentioned that it was
>circling the parade route and the camera angles
>seemed to indicate that it was much lower than
>7500 ft. Could this plane have been the Wizard
>callsign with the datalink problems?
>
>Here's info on some C-26 programs:
>
>http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/c-26.htm
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
>Of Rapbep at aol.com
>Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:28 PM
>To: milcom at mailman.qth.net;
>scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>Cc: cothen at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Scan-DC] Interesting Activity at Andrews
>
>All,
>
>In the last few days there's been some interesting
>activity taking place at Andrews. It involves one
>and possibly two C-26/SA-227 aircraft using
>civilian registrations and military-style
>callsigns.
>
>On 18 January, Anvil 09 landed at Andrews. In chat
>with SAM CP (141.55) he identified himself as C-26
>Merlin, registration N6131Z.. According to the
>Landings database, N6131Z is SA-227DC registered
>to PIONEER AVIATION INC, 5025 N CENTRAL AVE,
>PHOENIX, AZ.
>
>On Inauguration day, 20 January, aircraft Merlin
>01 and Merlin 02 were both active out of Andrews.
>In the morning both aircraft departed Andrews to
>set up their "stations" at 7,500 ft outside the
>restricted areas set aside for the Inauguration.
>Merlin 02 even told the Potomac controller that he
>was flying "Inaugural support."  I even noted
>Merlin 01 checking in with Huntress on AICC
>(364.2). At the time I thought that Merlin might
>be a JSTARS aircraft supporting the DC CAP set up
>for the Inauguration.
>
>Today (21 Jan) I heard Merlin 01 landing at
>Andrews. In chat with the SAM CP
>he gave his registration as N6131Z with a four-man
>crew.
>
>I don't know who they belong to or where they are
>based, but these two C-26s/SA-227s are obviously
>specially configured for some sort of
>surveillance/tracking mission.
>
>RON
>MARYLAND, USA
>
>
>
>
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