[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - HORN FOG; HEDGE HOP; SONG BIRD; LORDSHIP; and TOP COAT

[Jeff Haverlah]

0022z 28 Jul 25

UTC 27 Jul 25:

No known HF message traffic from the NCS this UTC day. (CONUS Saturday
local time was free of known HF message traffic).

0030z: HORN FOG with communications test count.
0031z: HORN FOG with communications test count.

[0033z? AEF047 E6B launched from TINKER and flew to OFFUTT.]

0114z: SONG BIRD called HEDGE HOP (sounds like; NCS).
0116z: HEDGE HOP called and raised SONG BIRD. SONG BIRD requested to enter
the net.
0118z: SONG BIRD entered the net.

0219z: LORDSHIP called HEDGE HOP and eventually worked to exit the net.
0222z: LORDSHIP exited the net.

Very quiet.

1545z: 11175.0 UTwente; RAID/RAIN 41 (sounds like); self-IDd as a KC 135
called "E2 HAWKEYE" multiple times. At 1554z he responded to an unheard
player with "say your aircraft type." At 1558z he called MAINSAIL with no
known response and quiet. He was expecting to communicate with an E2.

[1602z+/-: ? AF1C26 E6B launches from TINKER and flies to the Gulf,
crossing the coast at 1708z. No message traffic heard from the E6; and he
eventually returned to TINKER.}

1707z: ANDREWS with test count.

[2129z+/-: ? AF0467 E6B launches from PAX RIVER southbound (threading a
line of thunderstorms).]

2134z: TOP COAT (presumed AF0467) called HEDGE HOP.
2136z: TOP COAT called and raised MAINSAIL and requested to enter the net.
2142z: TOP COAT entered the net.

Quiet through 2359z.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeff Haverlah               Coastal Texas
     Airspy HF+ Discovery   W6LVP loop  Various web SDRs
---------------------------------------------------------------------------