Dynamite BCP and Delta BCP both requesting radio checks. Calls from Ironhorse Main and Hitman Main for radio checks as well. All of the usual suspects logged via satellite on the Pacific Ocean Region.
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Ice 08 wkg Mac Center reporting SNIPT at time 0426, FL310, estimates BOENZ at 0510 and JEHOO at 0521. McMurdo Weather comes up and gives Ice 08 their PSR forecast for their estimated arrival at 0545 – reports few clouds at 1,500, scattered at 8,000, broken at 15,000, visibility unrestricted with drifting snow, grid wind 240 at 15, temperature -25 and altimeter of 2925.
Tags: APAC, Operation Deep Freeze
Here are some Operation Deep Freeze comms monitored last month on satcom. They seemed to have been having some problems with their HF comms that day.
Mac Center forecaster passing updated PSR information to Ice 07. At 0351, Ice 07 reports position BOENZ and estimates JEHOO at 0402.
Ice 07 checking in with Mac Center for departure clearance back to Christchurch. Ice 07 reports departing Pegasus at 0545, estimates BOENZ at 0614, estimate for 60 South at 0824 and ETA to Christchurch at 1048.
Tags: APAC, Operation Deep Freeze
A lot of activity was noted on 255.350. Lots of radio checks and testing. Multiple stations were logged including: Hawk Ground, Hawk 68, Hawk 07, Dice (sound like – station had a heavy Asian sounding accent) and another unid station.
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Reach 700, Mac Center and Deep Freeze Ops with UHF satcom checks.
Tags: APAC, Operation Deep Freeze
260.525 PAC: Bulldog Main with commo check. Also noted another station identifying BCP calling Vanguard GCS (sound like).
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261.725 PAC: Ice 09 wkg Mac Center reporting position URROA at time 2324, FL310, estimates SNIPT at 0011 and JIPIG next. Mac Center requests Ice 09 to disregard JIPIG report and to give their estimates for BOENZ and JEHOO when crossing SNIPT. McMurdo Weather then comes up and gave latest forecast report to Ice 09 for their arrival. Reach 982 also heard wkg Ice Ops for radio check and advised they had departed Hickam with 9 1/2 hours to Christchurch.
Tags: APAC, Operation Deep Freeze
On September 28th, the U.S. military kicked off the annual 2015-2016 season of Operation Deep Freeze, which supports the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation. Here are some communications monitored on frequency 261.725 from Ice 04 and Mac Center discussing the weather conditions at Pegasus Airfield.
Tags: APAC, Operation Deep Freeze
Unconfirmed station (sounded like Slayer something Tango) calling for radio check. This was logged from the Pacific region on frequency 261.825 MHz.
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Lately I have been hearing Russian traffic on 256.950 and a few other freqs.
Occasional test counts and lots of “priyoms” and some broken English.
This time I thought it sounded like a Chinese station on 256.950?
Continuing to hear activity just about every day now. Here is some broken sounding English from the station.
I also heard the same guy on 263.625.