[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0/8992.0 USB - ORANGEADE; BLACK BISCUIT; DUST MOP; PRETENDER; VIGILANT/VIGILENCE; BACK DART; and PROJECTOR

[Jeff Haverlah]

0120z 02 Aug 25

UTC 01 Aug 25:

0219z: DUST MOP (NCS); AA2JQD; P1.
AA2JQDQNEJBEAGTAK23GS2CWCRGTJX

[No logged message traffic until 1939z.]

0222z: ORANGEADE with test count. No ID at end; simply "test out."
0223z: ORANGEADE with test count. No ID at end; simply "test out."
[USSTRATCOM CP]

Quiet

1418z: PRETENDER (suspected E6B) called DUST MOP.
1420z: PRETENDER called DUST MOP.
1421z: PRETENDER called DUST MOP.
1423z: PRETENDER called DUST MOP "on 8992" (but simulcasting).
1425z: PRETENDER called DUST MOP "on 15016" (but simulcasting).
1426z: PRETENDER called DUST MOP "on 11175."
1436z: MAINSAIL called and raised PRETENDER.
1436z: PRETENDER requested to enter the net. He always ID'd MAINSAIL as
DUST MOP.
1437z: MAINSAIL began the challenge process.
1439z: PRETENDER entered the net.

1459z: DUST MOP appeared to respond to "BLACK BISCUIT" (unheard on
California SDR).
1459z: DUST MOP again called BLACK BISCUIT with no known response.

[1546z+/-: ? AE64DE E6B launched from JACKSONVILLE, FL northbound.]
[1556z+/-: PUSHY 02 AF6EC3 E6B launched from TINKER and few the southern
route to south California and then north.]

1705z: BACK DART (sounds like) called DUST MOP.
1707z: BACK DART may have raised DUST MOP (extremely weak/unreadable in the
noise floor of the SDRs.]
Nothing heard past that point. Not recognized on ADSB mapping sites.

[1851z+/-: ? AF564B E6B launches from TINKER southbound to the Gulf.]

1900z+/-: PROJECTOR (suspected AF564B; but see 2030z) worked MAINSAIL to
enter the net.
1904z: PROJECTOR enters the net.

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1939z: DUST MOP; FOR FOIL 91, FOR GASP 01; MPRMFY; P2.
MPRMFYVWMQKWIXFVPWBPJWV4CREK35

[30 minute window]
2009z: DUST MOP; FOR FOIL 01, FOR GASP 01; MPR5FY P2; Odd.
MPR5FYVWMQKWIXFVPWBPJWV4(immediate disregard before finishing)
[That 30 minute window usually has a P1 string instead of the P2 FOR string
that was sent. See following...]

2011z: DUST MOP; AAHNAU; P1.
AAHNAUPFAPW(N)A7KML5AKPK372POHXE (1st reading)
AAHNAUPFAPW(R)A7KML5AKPK372POHXE (2nd reading)
[Did not disregard the string for the unmentioned correction.]
[Fed the ABNCP/Gulf E6B.]

2027z: 27.2 KHz (Gulf) FSK AAHNAU. Weak on Gulf SDR; mostly garbled. Faint
indication on the W1VD VLF Grabber.

2030z: VIGILANT; AAHNAU; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/Gulf restoral rebroadcast
window.

2037z: PRETENDER called DUST MOP on 8992.0.
2038z: PRETENDER called DUST MOP on 8992.0.
2040z: PRETENDER called and raised MAINSAIL to exit the net but did not
respond.
2044z: PRETENDER exited the net in the blind. Good levels on Gulf coast SDR.
[PRETENDER was not found on ADSB mapping sites. Based on signal strength on
8992.0 suspect he was at TINKER.]

2100z: VIGILANT; AAHNAU; restoral.
2130z: VIGILANT; AAHNAU; restoral.
2200z: VIGILANT; AAHNAU; restoral (VIGILANT northbound over east Texas at
the time.
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2230z: Nothing heard.
[It's possible that PROJECTOR was the backend callword at launch; and
VIGILANT the backend mission callword for the restoral rebroadcasts. Or ?]

2220z: LAJES with test count.
2229z: ANDREWS with test count.

Jeff
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