263.925 was active with “B-52 Maintenance” conducting satcom ops checks.
Tags: CONUS
Spirit 789 noted on 262.125 calling “Ops” for plain voice radio check.
Tags: CONUS
8918 USB 0323Z: JetBlue 2030 calling New York Radio for selcal check on GHMQ. JetBlue 275 and JetBlue 2404 also in comms with New York Radio with position reports. A handful of Airbus A320s going between the northeastern USA and Puerto Rico.
11282 USB 0000Z: VH-IPG wkg San Francisco with position report 33-15N 128-10W at FL110. This aircraft is a Cirrus SR22 en-route from Honolulu to Santa Maria CA.
11494 USB 0114Z: TSC calling T16 in ALE followed by USB voice comms with 16 Hotel passing traffic to unknown station and position 12-44N 064-33W (area west of St Vincent and north of Venezuela). Possibly tracking some type of TOI on radar and mentioned it may have turned towards the south on a 193 heading. Signals were quite weak here.
5857.5 USB 1351Z: HLL2 Seoul-South Korea meteorological radio from the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) with weather and maritime information in Chinese.
9310 USB 1405Z: Russian military beacon with a continuous loop of “The Red Army Is the Strongest” by Alexandrov Ensemble. Most likely originating from eastern Russia based on signal strength and time of day received.
11282 USB 2040Z: Elvis 46 checking in with San Francisco Radio reporting at FL340, CPDLC and requesting selcal check on EQLS.
11282 USB 2123Z: Mash 72 requesting radio check from San Francisco Radio. Requested a selcal check on JSKM.
11282 USB 2136Z: Teal 71 wkg San Francisco with position report 30-57N 121-57W at 2134, FL300, estimates 29N 126W at 2229 and 26-51N 129-48W next.
11282 USB 2230Z: Reach 7041 with San Francisco for radio check.
11282 USB 2357Z: Otis 82 calling San Francisco for radio check and requesting their oceanic clearance.
New York Radio in comms with Turkish 801 on Inmarsat voice about attempting comms on HF and their request for weather deviation. New York gave their HF freqs of 17946 primary, 13306 for secondary. Turkish 801 was en-route from Istanbul to Bogota Colombia. Aircraft is a Boeing 777-300 registration TC-JJN.
Tags: inmarsat
Jeddah in comms with Saudia 020 asking them to come up on 13339 primary and gave 8968 as secondary. Operator also did a selcal check on AFJL – which is a Boeing 777-300 (HZ-AK34) operated by Saudia Arabian Airlines between New York and Jeddah.
Tags: inmarsat
7473.5 USB 0231Z: 8FS, 8FB and 8MJ with comms about sending data messages. Probable MARS net.
7656 USB 0210Z: Civil Air Patrol stations Fast Runner 20 confirming message receipt from Yellow Brick 92. Fast Runner 20 also with Sourdough 44 confirming “precedence priority” message #24 from NHQ/DOKO to Firebrand groups 7. Message text read phonetically: W3U RST VCD MSW IUZ 6UB TXA.
17904 USB 0249Z: San Francisco taking voice report from Bora 91 – who were in the block from FL240 to FL260 with Durka Flight. San Francisco gave secondary frequency of 21985.
Satcom voice traffic from San Francisco taking a position report from New Zealand 28 – who was at 18N 120W. Gave HF frequency assignments of 8843 and 5574. The flight is a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (ZK-NZQ) en-route from Auckland to Houston.
Tags: inmarsat
Satcom with Edmonton Center talking with Qatari 7P regarding HF assignment for Gander. 8891 primary, 4675 secondary. The flight is an Airbus A350-1000 (A7-ANJ) en-route from Doha to Los Angeles.
Tags: inmarsat
8903 USB 0934Z: Tokyo Radio requesting position report from Trek 70.
8903 USB 0923Z: Jeju 3101 wkg Tokyo Radio with position report. Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air en-route from Guam to Incheon-South Korea.
8903 USB 1139Z: Jeju 2251 and Seoul Radio. Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air en-route from Busan to Bangkok.
8903 USB 1308: Philippine 116 wkg Manila Radio reporting CPDLC en-route from Manila to Vancouver. Gave registration number RP-C7775, a Boeing 777-300ER and requested selcal check on GQFK.
8903 USB 1342Z: FedEx 5601 wkg Manila Radio. Boeing 777-200LR from Singapore to Honolulu.
8903 USB 1426Z: Philippine 102 wkg Manila Radio for selcal check. Boeing 777-300ER from Manila to Los Angeles.
8903 USB 1431Z: T-Way 9139 wkg Manila Radio with position and selcal check on DJFS. Boeing 737 operated by T’Way Airlines en-route from Seoul to Kalibo Philippines.