[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0/15016.0 USB - OVERRUN; REARRANGE; SHOULDER; SUBTERFUGE; and LAST MAN

[Jeff Haverlah]

0012z 04 Sep 25

UTC 03 Sep 25

0012z: MAINSAIL with test count.

0015z: REARRANGE (NCS); ALL STATIONS; quiet; disregard.

0015z: REARRANGE; WM5MBE; 40 characters; P2.
WM5MBEPNIO5IH3BIHYDIIHTCHU7P3JLCEEFLUR66

0037z: OVERRUN with communications test count.
[USSTRATCOM CP]

0107z: ANDREWS with test count.
0116z: REARRANGE with test count.
0117z: REARRANGE with test count.

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0153z: REARRANGE; XTCZB5; P1.
XTCZB5G7AJLCLCOQITZQ7MDXLW24IY
[Fed to TACAMO PAC]

0220z: SHOULDER (presumed AEF4B1 E6B launched from TRAVIS at 2002z+/-
TACAMO PAC); XTCZB5; h+20/h+50 TACAMO PAC restoral rebroadcast window.
0250z: SHOULDER; XTCZB5; restoral; weak/readable 8992.0 California SDRs;
unhear 4724, 11175, 15016. Propagation disruption?
0320z: SHOULDER; XTCZB5; restoral; still weak California; fair/readable
8992 east coast. Interesting propagation.
0350z: SHOULDER; XTCZXB5; restoral.
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Quiet.

0415z: 2Tone data began on 11175.0. Heard on California, Japan SDRs and
nowhere else. It was as if it were local to western California and Japan.

0439z: SHOULDER called REARRANGE.
0440z: SHOULDER called and worked REARRANGE to exit the net.
0441z: SHOULDER exited the net.
[He was just northwest of TRAVIS having just returned from the Pacific.]

Quiet.

A very busy day follows:

[Typical Wednesday 1203z/1223z FOR activity/h+#3.]
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1203z: REARRANGE; WM4CJ3; FOR DONOVAN; P2.
WM4CJ33OLXZEZTJTSQP4FYX2ONUDZ5

1206z: REARRANGE; WM4CJ3; FOR DONOVAN; 11175.0 UTwente SDR; very weak;
1203z broadcast not heard UTwente. Good levels.

1212z: WOLFHOUND called CULT 71 (B2 over North Atlantic) for HF radio
check; UTwente SDR 11175. Sounds like "COLT."
1212z: WOLFHOUND called CULT 71.
1220z: WOLFHOUND called CULT 71.
1221z: WOLFHOUND called CULT 71. Now at weak levels.

1222z: REARRANGE; WMW5P2; FOR DONOVAN; P2.
WMW5P2V5HZGOYEWG72KLP25OYYCK6S
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1228z: CON ONE (sounds like) called ANY STATION for radio check; 11175
UTwente SDR. Good levels.
1229z: WOLFHOUND (very weak; only half of transmission heard) called ?
(probably CULT 71).
1240z: WOLFHOUND (weak/readable) called CULT 71.

[1334z+/-: ? AF3C02 E6B launched from TRAVIS and flew northbound, then to
the Pacific; TACAMO PAC]
[1346z+/-: SCORE 70 AE041A (static hex) E6B launched from TINKER and flew
to the W602 in the Gulf.]

1436z: SHOULDER (presumed AF3C02) called and raised REARRANGE to enter the
net.
1441z: SHOULDER was advised he had entered the net but SHOULDER issued
another challenge.
1443z: SHOULDER entered the net.

1443z: DOOM 73 called MAINSAIL.

1500z: "SKULL 32 FLIGHT CHECK 11175." Twice.
1500z: "SKULL 32 FLIGHT."

[1520z+/-: Potential FSK/MSK(2) 17.2+/- KHz broadcast indicated on W1VD VLF
Grabber. SCORE 70?]

[1544z+/-: ? AF7FB7 E6B launched from TINKER eastbound to North Carolina
and the Atlantic; TACAMO LANT.]

1604z: SUBTERFUGE (sounds like; suspected AF7FB7) called REARRANGE with no
further comms heard.

[1610z+/-: Potential FSK/MSK 24.6+/- KHz broadcast indicated on W1VD
Grabber. SCORE 70?]

[1653z+/-: AE85FE E6B launched from OFFUTT southbound to TINKER.]

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1720z: REARRANGE; XTSJIT; P1.
XTSJITPQ37KYCTJBOJFPMPTCI5PTA
[Fed to TACAMO PAC.]

1725z: SHOULDER; XTSJIT; h+20/h+50 TACAMO PAC restoral rebroadcast window.
1725z: REARRANGE; XTSJIT; echo rebroadcast; 15016.0 only; dualling with
SHOULDER on frequency.

[1730z: 22.7 KHz (PAC) VLF FSK broadcast of XTSJIT. Transcript below.]

1750z: SHOULDER; XTSJIT; restoral.
1820z: SHOULDER; XTSJIT; restoral.

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1842z: REARRANGE; XTOLGF; P1.
XTOLGFZX4VSUJEDCN6A56ER2AKAZ62

1854z: REARRANGE; 77SMUF; 22 characters; P4.
77SMUFA3UTAVV7GGWHNXGU

1850z: SHOULDER; XTSJ7I; restoral.
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1854z: REARRANGE; 77SMUF; 22 characters; P4.
77SMUFA3UTAVV7GCWHNXGU

1900z: REARRANGE; XTOLGF; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/Gulf restoral rebroadcast
window.

1903z: REARRANGE; 77C2S7; 45 characters; P4.
77C2S77LKMBJPN3WYPF4OJXJ4WEOBUYPFAOJXJJ3EOQJD

1931z: REARRANGE; XTOLGF; restoral.
1934z: REARRANGE; XTOLGF; a full restoral rebroadcast; apparently system
wide - heard on UTwente.

1950z: REARRANGE; 77HVIH; 22 characters; P4.
77HVIHBEQXWD37ASJB4ZO5

1955z: REARRANGE; 77I4LS; 27 characters; P4.
77I4LSFBRWI5RLQLPGCFVB67QO3

2000z: REARRANGE; XTOLGF; restoral.

2016z: REARRANGE; XT7KSA; P1.
XT7KSAX2PLNK34GJU7IKK2TTN2UZI7

2019z: REARRANGE; XT3UBE; P1.
XT3UBEJU6RONJWXLVH5ODPJLSYXEZD

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2024z: REARRANGE; XTXYFH; P1.
XTXYFH3E25HKGS25FKMW37JIXIT65R
[Fed to TACAMO LANT.]

2033z: REARRANGE; XT3UBE; XT7KSA; XTOLGF; restoral.
********
[End of NCS restoral session.]

[2040z+/-: 17.8 KHz (LANT) VLF FSK broadcast indicated on W1VD VLF Grabber.]

2040z: LAST MAN (suspected AF7FB7); XTXYFH; h+10/h+40 TACAMO LANT restoral
rebroadcast window.
2140z: LAST MAN; XTXYFH; restoral
2210z: LAST MAN; XTXYFH; restoral
2250z: LAST MAN; XTXYFH; restoral
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2340z: DOOM 01 called MUD BUG.

2342z: SHOULDER worked REARRANGE to exit the net. REARRANGE misheard as
"entering" the net.
2345z: SHOULDER exited the net (reminding REARRANGE he "exited the net" and
gone).

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1730z: 22.7 KHz FSK Transcript

 𝚇𝚅𝙽 𝙺  𝚁𝚀&# 𝚀𝚀𝚆 𝚇𝚅𝙺𝚀 𝚅𝚇𝙺𝚅𝙰𝙹
𝚅𝙷𝙻𝙺𝚇𝚀𝙳𝙺𝚂𝙼𝙼𝚇𝚄𝚅𝚀𝚉 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚀𝚄𝙴𝙱𝙴𝙲 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙴𝙴
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙾
𝚈𝙰𝙽𝙺𝙴𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝙼𝙸𝙺𝙴
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚀𝚄𝙴𝙱𝙴𝙲 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙴𝙴
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙾
𝚈𝙰𝙽𝙺𝙴𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝙼𝙸𝙺𝙴
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚀𝚄𝙴𝙱𝙴𝙲 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙴𝙴
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙾
𝚈𝙰𝙽𝙺𝙴𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝙼𝙸𝙺𝙴
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚀𝚄𝙴𝙱𝙴𝙲 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙴𝙴
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙾
𝚈𝙰𝙽𝙺𝙴𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝙼𝙸𝙺𝙴
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
 𝚉𝚉𝚉𝚇𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚀𝚄𝙴𝙱𝙴𝙲 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙴𝙴
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙾
𝚈𝙰𝙽𝙺𝙴𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝙼𝙸𝙺𝙴
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚀𝚄𝙴𝙱𝙴𝙲 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙴𝙴
𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙾
𝚈𝙰𝙽𝙺𝙴𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝙼𝙸𝙺𝙴
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙸𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰
𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾 𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴  𝙵𝙹𝚀 𝙺𝚅𝙱 𝚇𝙻 𝙺𝚉𝟸𝚄𝙺𝙺𝙲𝚅𝚅

Jeff
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Jeff Haverlah               Coastal Texas
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