"dxAce" wrote
Jack Painter wrote:

"Mark" wrote
I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC
October
15).
Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I
mentioned.

I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The
station, I believe, is in Upavon, England.

Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard
there.

I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would
be
via Ascension at H+45.

That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm

The above link shows the same on 9031.

Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely
than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice,
it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear
ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is
from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic
there.

Jack

Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" wrote
Jack Painter wrote:

"Mark" wrote
I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC
October
15).
Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I
mentioned.

I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The
station, I believe, is in Upavon, England.

Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard
there.

I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would
be
via Ascension at H+45.

That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm

The above link shows the same on 9031.

Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely
than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice,
it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear
ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is
from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic
there.

Perhaps, but he did say he was hearing weather on the half hour, and that would
fit the sked as far as ARCHITECT goes.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:

Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" wrote
Jack Painter wrote:

"Mark" wrote
I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC
October
15).
Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I
mentioned.

I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The
station, I believe, is in Upavon, England.

Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard
there.

I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would
be
via Ascension at H+45.

That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm

The above link shows the same on 9031.

Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely
than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice,
it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear
ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is
from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic
there.

Perhaps, but he did say he was hearing weather on the half hour, and that would
fit the sked as far as ARCHITECT goes.

Some additional information via WUN:

*Strike Command Integrated Communications System (STCICS)
Callsign: Voice: Architect CW: MLD or MLP
Transmitter: Chelveston, Northamptonshire, England
Frequencies:
4742.0 5714.0 6739.0 9031.0 11205.0 18018.0 (Group A - see below)
4540.0 5450.0 8190.0 11253.0 13257.0 15031.0 (Group B - see below)
2591.0 11247.0

Group A has the QNH broadcast at H+00 and Airfield color state broadcast at H+30.

*RAF Flight Watch Centers
Ascension Callsign: Haven
Frequencies: 4742.0 (2000-0800 UTC) 9031.0 (0800-2000 UTC) 11247.0
All frequencies carry a weather broadcast at H+45

Additional info can be found at:

http://www.wunclub.com/files/mla.html

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" wrote
Jack Painter wrote:

"Mark" wrote
I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC
October
15).
Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I
mentioned.

I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The
station, I believe, is in Upavon, England.

Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard
there.

I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would
be
via Ascension at H+45.

That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm

The above link shows the same on 9031.

Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely
than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice,
it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear
ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is
from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic
there.

Perhaps, but he did say he was hearing weather on the half hour, and that would
fit the sked as far as ARCHITECT goes.

Some additional information via WUN:

*Strike Command Integrated Communications System (STCICS)
Callsign: Voice: Architect CW: MLD or MLP
Transmitter: Chelveston, Northamptonshire, England
Frequencies:
4742.0 5714.0 6739.0 9031.0 11205.0 18018.0 (Group A - see below)
4540.0 5450.0 8190.0 11253.0 13257.0 15031.0 (Group B - see below)
2591.0 11247.0

Group A has the QNH broadcast at H+00 and Airfield color state broadcast at H+30.

Group B has RAF German airfield flying states at H+15 and H+45.




*RAF Flight Watch Centers
Ascension Callsign: Haven
Frequencies: 4742.0 (2000-0800 UTC) 9031.0 (0800-2000 UTC) 11247.0
All frequencies carry a weather broadcast at H+45

Additional info can be found at:

http://www.wunclub.com/files/mla.html

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

dxAce,

Thanks for this info. Yes, I hear faint wx info on the hour and then another
brief transmission on the half-hour, on 9031.

Jack,

I appreciate what you are saying regarding propagation between Britain and
NZ. Surprisingly (or maybe not!) Britain can be received here quite well at
times. I hear RAF Volmet, West Drayton (west of London) on 11253
occasionally. In fact so much so, I use it as a propagation beacon - if I
can hear it, I know that things are happening from that part of the world to
here.

That's one of the interesting things about HF propagation - I don't think
there's an are on the planet that I haven't heard at some point. Recently, I
could hear Tripoli Aeradio (Libya) on 11300, and I can hear the Azores also.
I believe the most distant place (great circle) from Auckland is in Southern
Spain.

Mark.

"dxAce" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" wrote
Jack Painter wrote:

"Mark" wrote
I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now
05:15 UTC
October
15).
Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I
mentioned.

I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather
information. The
station, I believe, is in Upavon, England.

Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you
heard
there.

I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30.
HAVEN would
be
via Ascension at H+45.

That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm

The above link shows the same on 9031.

Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more
likely
than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and
voice,
it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights.
I hear
ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told
that is
from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled
traffic
there.

Perhaps, but he did say he was hearing weather on the half hour, and
that would
fit the sked as far as ARCHITECT goes.

Some additional information via WUN:

*Strike Command Integrated Communications System (STCICS)
Callsign: Voice: Architect CW: MLD or MLP
Transmitter: Chelveston, Northamptonshire, England
Frequencies:
4742.0 5714.0 6739.0 9031.0 11205.0 18018.0 (Group A - see below)
4540.0 5450.0 8190.0 11253.0 13257.0 15031.0 (Group B - see
below)
2591.0 11247.0

Group A has the QNH broadcast at H+00 and Airfield color state broadcast
at H+30.

Group B has RAF German airfield flying states at H+15 and H+45.




*RAF Flight Watch Centers
Ascension Callsign: Haven
Frequencies: 4742.0 (2000-0800 UTC) 9031.0 (0800-2000 UTC) 11247.0
All frequencies carry a weather broadcast at H+45

Additional info can be found at:

http://www.wunclub.com/files/mla.html

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

"Mark" wrote
dxAce,

Thanks for this info. Yes, I hear faint wx info on the hour and then
another
brief transmission on the half-hour, on 9031.

Jack,

I appreciate what you are saying regarding propagation between Britain and
NZ. Surprisingly (or maybe not!) Britain can be received here quite well
at
times. I hear RAF Volmet, West Drayton (west of London) on 11253
occasionally. In fact so much so, I use it as a propagation beacon - if I
can hear it, I know that things are happening from that part of the world
to
here.

That is pretty amazing copy, Mark! The only problem with using some of the
Ute stations as a beacon, is in some cases they are remoted and/or simulcast
from various transmitter locations. Maybe not the case for the Volmets, I
don't know. As you come into summertime (poor props) we are entering
wintertime (great props). Predicting your copy across the world and equator
would be a short-path/long-path headache, for sure. ;-) I think you may
also be in an area that does have particularly good reception all seasons.
ZLM (Taupo Marine) in New Zealand has probably the best worldwide copy of
any maritime station, evidenced by their ability to pick up GMDSS not only
all over the Pacific, but across both coasts of North America as well. I can
receive many of their DSC replies in our summer, and most in our winter.

Cheers,

Jack
Virginia Beach VA

Jack,

Very interesting about Taupo Maritime. Needless to say, they are quite loud
at my location!

And as you say, RAF Volmet is very difficult or impossible to receive during
our summer.

Mark.

"Jack Painter" wrote in message
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"Mark" wrote
dxAce,

Thanks for this info. Yes, I hear faint wx info on the hour and then
another
brief transmission on the half-hour, on 9031.

Jack,

I appreciate what you are saying regarding propagation between Britain
and
NZ. Surprisingly (or maybe not!) Britain can be received here quite well
at
times. I hear RAF Volmet, West Drayton (west of London) on 11253
occasionally. In fact so much so, I use it as a propagation beacon - if
I
can hear it, I know that things are happening from that part of the
world
to
here.

That is pretty amazing copy, Mark! The only problem with using some of the
Ute stations as a beacon, is in some cases they are remoted and/or
simulcast
from various transmitter locations. Maybe not the case for the Volmets, I
don't know. As you come into summertime (poor props) we are entering
wintertime (great props). Predicting your copy across the world and
equator
would be a short-path/long-path headache, for sure. ;-) I think you may
also be in an area that does have particularly good reception all seasons.
ZLM (Taupo Marine) in New Zealand has probably the best worldwide copy of
any maritime station, evidenced by their ability to pick up GMDSS not only
all over the Pacific, but across both coasts of North America as well. I
can
receive many of their DSC replies in our summer, and most in our winter.

Cheers,

Jack
Virginia Beach VA