Interesting voice comms on 263.925 with Sombra and Águila (likely Colombian military units) informing they were 500 meters from objective. Gave coordinates located near Puerto Salgar in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia before switching over to an encrypted satcom channel.
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Radio checks between “Base” and “Cucaracho” in Spanish language. They were also noted testing on 263.825 MHz. It is believed this is Colombian military.
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Dalas 10 calling Dalas 33 (sounded like) in Spanish language. These stations are likely Colombian military forces.
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It appears there is radio station from Colombia called Sol y Labranza Estéreo 96.6 FM being relayed on UHF SATCOM around 269.640 MHz. The station is broadcasting from Socotá and sounded like they are in a testing phase. Here is some audio where the host spoke with listener who confirms the signal “escucha bien”. They also mentioned rebroadcasting the Holy Mass (“Santa Misa”) at 6:00 PM, suggesting it’s a religious station.
The radio station has a Facebook page with some videos of their setup. The person’s voice and broadcast style completely match 🙂
260.725 UHF SATCOM was active with Colombian Military units “Pino” and “Bayona” (sounded like) troubleshooting issues with one of the radios that is only transmitting on the open PT setting and not the secure CT setting.
Some interesting UHF SATCOM comms today on 263.825 MHz—presumably from the Colombian Military—with “Lisboa” and “Alemania 2”. Sounds like they talked about issues with Harris radio programming and mentioned being vigilant for terrorist actions due to the anniversary of Jorge Briceño Suárez a.k.a. Mono Jojoy. That was a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Colombian guerrilla organization.
Accented pirated station from Colombia testing on 268.150 MHz.
“Hello satellite, hello satellite, hello satellite. Hello satellite. Testing Fleet Satcom. Flight Satcom testing satellite. Testing satellite Flight Satcom. Do you copy Colombia? Over. Satcom, Satcom testing. Satcom testing. 1-2-3, 1-2-3. Do you copy Colombia? Over. Testing satellite, testing satellite. Do you copy Colombia? Over. Testing, testing satellite, testing satellite. 1-2-3-4-5. 1-2-3-4-5. Do you copy?”
This same station has also been monitored before on 263.675 and 269.950 as documented here: 263.675 Colombian Satcom Pirates.
A mix of stations on 263.925 #satcom voice. Helios 10 calling Gladiador and Búfalo 5 (probable Colombian military assets) and clear voice from a US Air Force B-52H “Tuff 72” out of Barksdale AFB calling Red River for radio check.
Some very interesting comms being relayed on UHF SATCOM (262.125 MHz) from Colombia, which sounded like some type of military or security operation centered on locating and approaching a heavily mined (“minado hasta el hijo de putas”) hostile camp (“Campamento Bonito”). The units can be heard discussing movements and positions and sounded like they were trying to find a safe, unmined entry path to the camp, which they believe exists because the enemy typically avoids mining main paths. The danger of the area was emphasized by specific reference to a house at coordinates 5-57-33N 72-11-28W, from which hostiles had previously shot at a friendly helicopter when it entered the zone.
Here is some audio of the intercept.
Last week I caught a bunch of pirate activity from a station in Colombia who was testing on various satcom frequencies. Interestingly the station was actually doing most of transmissions in English and had a very good signal. Here are a few of the intercepts of this traffic. It will be interesting to see if more of them start to pop up.
263.675 MHz – A pirate station from Colombia is testing military satellite communications on UFO-7 in both Spanish and English. Another pirate from Brazil responds, telling him to get off the radio and go take care of the cocaine plantation 😂😂😂. He also makes a few more vulgar comments toward the Colombian station. What a clown show!
269.950 MHz – The same person is testing in English and reciting a METAR report: “Automatic weather observation Papa, time 2300 Zulu, wind 350 at 10, visibility 10 miles, scattered 7,500, broken 1,200, overcast 300, temperature 24, dewpoint 15, altimeter setting 3002.” I also logged the same operator on other downlinks, including 263.925, 265.250, 266.750, and others. Quite odd, to say the least.