Wednesday, 8 Dec 2004
Not a lot of traffic today, but probably more than I heard with my limited
antenna array. Slowly getting my antennas back up, now that the Hurricane
Season has passed.
Interesting propagation in the evening; ATC ground stations heard from
afar on Mil UHF freqs. David will explain the relevant phenomena.

BOLT 22: KC-135R, MacDill AFB 6AMW
1:34am: Inbound MacDill.
[311.0]

OMAHA 55K: CE-550 (N1255K) #550-0505, BICE
2:04am: Comms with Hammer: "We are 10-8, RTB to Ramrod." This was when he was
airborne after forcing down a target acft at Vero Beach. I heard his
surveillance of the target from Ft Myers on Florida's west coast (beginning at
10:55pm Tues), and then across the state. By the time he forced the tgt to land
he was in need of fueling himself. Pilot reconfirms freq as "Blue 1."
[282.425]

NASA 909: T-38N #65-10351, Johnson Space Ctr, Houston
8:45am: Departs NASA-KSC Shuttle Landing Facility.
12:30pm: Approaching SLF.
[128.55, 124.8, 134.0]
NOTE: The astronaut that often flies NASA 909 pronounces the callsign
"Nine-Owe-Nine," which sounds like "Niner Nine." This accounts for why some
monitors log the acft as NASA 99.

ROMAN 11: F/A-18, Oceana NAS VFA-106 "Gladiators"
9:20am: Area transition. Probably some of the horde of Gladiators that flew
from Oceana to NAS Key West days ago, or maybe a straggler.

CG 6003: HH-60J, CGAS-Clearwater
9:49am: Arrives CG Sta Canaveral to work hoisting ops with boat; passes
position 28-36 North, 80-34 West.
12:01pm: Lands Patrick.
2:18pm: Departs Patrick
[156.6, 157.15, 133.75]

CG VESSEL 47301: CG Sta Canaveral
10:05am: Wkg w CG 6003.
[157.15]

WINDRIDER 65 (Unk if Mil or commercial flight)
10:15am: Area transition.
[133.475]

CG 6523: HH-65, CGAS-Savannah.
10:22am: Position 28-28 North, 80-31 West; wl work with CG 6003, CG Ves 47301;
informs CG Sta Ponce Inlet who held guard. I heard the pilot say "Man, it is
great to be out of Savannah for a while." [Only kidding, Mac.]
[157.15]

NASA 921: T-38N #66-8387, Johnson Space Ctr, Houston
11:10am: Lands SLF.
[133.475, 124.8, 128.55]

BAT 01: T-337H Skymaster, Airscan-KTIX, NASA/USAF Security Acft
11:40am: Radio Check.
[264.8]

AIR TRANSPORT 400: DC-8, Air Transport Intl (USAF contractor)
12:05pm: Lands Patrick from downrange support flight (Ascension).
2:18pm: Departs to McGuire AFB.
[133.75, 132.65, 133.475]

CG AUX ACFT 42705: CE-182L #18259150, Dover DE
1:01pm: Commencing Port Canaveral security overflight.
[157.15]

STAVE 01: F-15C, Eglin AFB 46TW 40FLTS
5:15pm: "We are 42 miles to the east and RTB"; lands 5:20pm.
[393.0]

KING 55: HC-130P #64-14855, Patrick AFB AFSOC 920RQW 39RQS
5:47pm; Departs Patrick.
10:30pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75, 132.65]

NASA 921: T-38N #66-8387, Johnson Space Ctr, Houston
5:57pm: Departs SLF to Ellington.
[128.55, 124.8, 133.475, 125.075]

DOS 671: UH-1, US State Dept Intl Narcotics Mission, Patrick AFB
6:10pm; Departs Patrick
[133.75]

JSTARS GROUND STA, Northrop Grumman JSTARS Integration Fac, Melbourne.
8:58pm: Testing comms.
[308.85]

BOLT 32: KC-135R, MacDill AFB 6AMW
9:10pm: 10 min out; maintenance status: Alpha 2.
[311.0]

KING 51: C-130, Moody AFB 71RQS
11:00pm: Working Avon Park Bombing Range with PJs and with JOLLYs 21 & 22; also
comms with ground station Razor 06; PJ drops, helo AARs.
[292.2]

JOLLY 21, JOLLY 22: HH-60G, Moody AFB 41RQS
11:00pm: Working Avon Park Bombing Range with KING 51.
[138.875]

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL (28-11N 80-36W) monitoring
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 Avon Park Bombing Range (KAGR)  Cape Canaveral AFS (KXMR)
 JSTARS E-8 Acft Integration Facility, Melbourne IAP (KMLB)
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