Titan launch prep comms begin at Canaveral
 

It is 11:24am EST (1624z) and range clearance activities have begun in
preparation for today's Titan 4 launch.
Weather One arrived from Orlando, entered the Restricted Zone at the Cape
a short while ago and has been transmitting cloud conditions to Range Weather
on the ground.
JOLLY 1, an HH-60G, launched from Patrick AFB and is also flying over the
Cape area. Likewise PATROL 1, and FAA security acft, departed Patrick for the
Cape area. Both of these acft are in contact with Cape Control on 133.8 now.
USCG freqs are also alive with launch-related comms, including 156.8,
157.1, and 157.175. Cape Security is advising personnel of the acft via
173.6875.
A short while ago, SAM 7010 arrived at Cape Canaveral AFS; this could be
related to the launch, or perhaps related to POTUS arrival tomorrow for the
Daytona 500 race.
If you are within range, my freq site, shown below, will give you some of
the best freqs to tune to.

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL (28-11N 80-36W) monitoring
 Patrick AFB (KCOF)  NASA-KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (KX68)
 Avon Park Bombing Range (KAGR)  Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (KXMR)
 JSTARS E-8 Acft Integration Facility, Melbourne IAP (KMLB)
 Worldwide Military HF Communications
 Life Member: Missile, Space and Range Pioneers.
 http://hometown.aol.com/allanstern/m...age/index.html (My Freqs)
 http://hometown.aol.com/scanaddict/index.html (My Equipment)

"AllanStern" wrote in message
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It is 11:24am EST (1624z) and range clearance activities have begun
in
preparation for today's Titan 4 launch.
Weather One arrived from Orlando, entered the Restricted Zone at the
Cape
a short while ago and has been transmitting cloud conditions to Range
Weather
on the ground.

Isn't someone supposed to say upon launch of those Titans...

"Sir! Turn your key!... Turn your key, sir!.."