[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - NEWGUARD; TREASURER; MEDALION; RINGBONE; GUNMETAL; PROXIMATE; CATHEDRAL; and RELEGATE

Jeff Haverlah jehaverlah at gmail.com
Sat Nov 29 20:25:46 EST 2025


0123z 30 Nov 25

UTC 29 Nov 25

Another UTC day with heavy E6B flight activity over CONUS. Six in total.

AF1A94 - GUNMETAL
AEB7F2 - PROXIMATE
AFE1BE - HASH 29 pattern work at TIK
AF068E - RINGBONE
AF8B3A - CATHEDRAL
AF3DF3 - RELEGATE - TACAMO LANT

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0020z: NEWGUARD with communications test count.
0022z: NEWGUARD with communications test count.
[USSTRATCOM CP]

0026z: MEDALLION (presumed E6B) called and raised TREASURER (NCS) to exit
the net.
0030z: MEDALLION exited the net.

0216z: RINGBONE (presumed E6B) called and raised TREASURER to exit the net.
0221z: RINGBONE exited the net.

0320z: GUNMETAL (presumed E6B) worked TREASURER to exit the net.
0324z: GUNMETAL exited the net.

0812z: MAINSAIL with test count.
0814z: MAINSAIL with test count.

1313z: SAM 445 (unheard on SDR) worked MAINSAIL.

1405z: ANDREWS with test count.
1412z: LAJES with test count 3 times within the minute.

[Two hour message traffic window follows.]
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1505z: YULETREE (NCS but callword from 26 Nov 25); 7DCROT; disregard (wrong
callword).
1506z: TREASURER; 7DCROT; P1.
7DCROTLHTEURYIHIYRQQ6LNARWO2ZK

1508z: TREASURER; 7D5P5E; P1.
7D5P5EKL2BLU4XFWP7XSOGJ3HNF7WC

1511z: TREASURER; 7D3H3A; P1.
7D3H3A2LRRDFEUAMM5DEL6GIHBGECO

1513z: TREASURER; 7DCZAS; P1.
7DCZASFXQIU44RN7DGYJIKLAALD5YF
[Filled the NCS's traffic queue.]

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1534z: TREASURER; VRWT2V; 68 characters; P4.
VRWT2VTB5ET42ROYX4BFSV2VU5QCZKX4BGSV2VVRQCDYV2VVRQCHKX4BFSV2VV5Q5Y2P
[See 28 Nov 25 1516z VRQGBS; 68 characters; same time-of-day window; might
suggest this string is separate from what is going on around it; or not.]

Reformatted in the same manner as yesterday's example (it conforms to the
same pattern).

VRWT2V  [Preamble; 6]
TB5ET42RO  [9]
YX4BF  [5]
SV2VU5QCZ  [9]
KX4BG  [5]
SV2VVRQCD  [9]
YV2VVRQCH  [9]
KX4BF  [5]
SV2VV5Q5Y [9]
2P  [2]
********

1539z: TREASURER; 7DCZAS; disregard.
1342z: TREASURER; 7DCZAS; 7D3H3A; 7D5P5E; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/Gulf restoral
rebroadcast window.

[1554z+/-: AF1A94 E6B launched from PAX RIVER southbound in a grand tour of
the eastern Gulf coast and the Southeast before returning in the direction
of PAX RIVER.]

1557z: GUNMETAL (presumed AF1A9A) worked TREASURER to enter the net./
1559z: GUNMETAL entered the net.

1600z: TREASURER; 7DCZAS; 7D3H3A; 7D5P5E; restoral.

[1605z+/-: AEB7F2 E6B launched from TRAVIS in a grand tour of the CONUS
Northwest, then southeast to TINKER.]

1607z: PROXIMATE (presumed AEB7F2) called TREASURER.

1607z: TREASURER; 7DLTQC; P1.
7DLTQCRXBJPN2HHLOVZ24B66QPMVKU

1610z: TREASURER Standing by for traffic.
[Last SBFT session.]

1616z: TREASURER; 7DEECY; P1.
7DEECYPO2275Y2AXAUYJNOXFBYDL4G.

[1617z+/-: AFE1BE HASH 29 launched from TINKER for some quick local pattern
work and RTB.]

1619z: PROXIMATE called TREASURER.
1621z: PROXIMATE called MAINSAIL and raised TREASURER to enter the net.
1623z: PROXIMATE entered the net.

[1650z+/-: AF068E E6B launched from TINKER westbound in a complex route the
eventually returned him eastbound in the eventual direction of TINKER.]

1652z: TREASURER; 7D6OVM; P1.
7D60VM4HD7VZ4FBNASGILTZDEGKOQJ
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1700z+/-: RINGBONE (presumed AF068E) worked TREASURER to eventually
(lengthy process) enter the net.
1709z: RINGBONE entered the net.

[1724z+/-: AF8B3A E6B launched from TRAVIS in a grand tour of the CONUS
West.]

1731z: CATHEDRAL (presumed AF8B3A) called and raised MAINSAIL to enter the
net.
1735z: CATHEDRAL entered the net.

1802z: ANDREWS with test count.
1802z: TREASURER with test count.

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1909z: TREASURER; FOR VELLA 70 (sounds like); Z63UEV; P2.
Z63UEVJZIM7UZKN4DIBHR5EGFVJ36Y

[1925z+/-: AF3DF3 E6B launched from PAX RIVER to the Atlantic; TACAMO LANT.]

1926z: RELEGATE (presumed AF3DF3) called MAINSAIL and raised TREASURER to
enter the net.
1929z: RELEGATE entered the net.

[30 minute window.]
1939z: TREASURER; 7DVPUH; P1.
7DVPUH276YQVKARKJSH2RD3CR2V57O
[Fed to TACAMO LANT]

1945z: RELEGATE; 7DVPUH; h+10/h+40 TACAMO LANT restoral rebroadcast window.
2010z: RELEGATE; 7DVPUH; restoral.
[2015z: 17.8 KHz (LANT) VLF broadcast weak on California SDR; there two
back to back FSK/MSK broadcasts in his VLF session.]

2028z: RINGBONE called and raised CATHEDRAL and requested CATHEDRAL "QSL
CHARLIE ALPHA" (I suspect he meant QSY instead of QSL).
[They were both in the Arizona/New Mexico border area at that time.]

2040z: RELEGATE; 7DVPUH; restoral.
2110z: RELEGATE; 7DVPUH; restoral.
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Quiet.

Jeff
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