[Scan-DC] Strange flights

[freqhopping]

They're P-3s from Paxtuxent and elsewhere.  From Pax, they use the 
callsign Warlock.  I've also heard the callsign Deepsea-48, that's a 
callsign for VQ-1.
156517 from VQ-1 has been in the area lately, not sure what it's using 
for a callsign.

I think itt likely has something to do with Sierra Nevada Corp and L-3 
Communications gear.  New L-3 gear is going in EP-3s and SNC has 
operations in Hagerstown and sort of test range around that area.

They're not always transmitting mode-s so the only way to know they're 
there is to hear them with ATC or be close enough to hear the engines.
You can hear them with ZDC on 134.15.  I've also heard them with TRACON 
125.65 and 133.85 while transiting to/from.

I've haven't been able to find any air to ground comms.



On 1/20/2015 4:23 PM, Iain McFadyen via Scan-DC wrote:
> RELAY from Gary:
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> Has anyone heard anything about late night flights around the WV Eastern Panhandle? We're being told by the WV ANG at KMRB that the flights are originating from PAX River. They sound like a C-130 and fly a 20min pattern in the early hours of the morning. The word that is being made public is that they are doing "radar testing". I just fired up my R-5 which covers the MILAIR band and will begin trying to see if I can glean anything there, but I was wondering if anyone has picked up on these flights?
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>        From: Doug Kitchener via Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>   To: Scan DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>   Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 6:50 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Strange flights
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> Stealth!
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