[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - YOUNG BOY; RED CEDAR; BLACK FLY; APPRAISER; BOB SLED; and AWARENESS

Fri Sep 5 01:21:37 EDT 2025

0518z 05 Aug 25

UTC 04 Sep 25

0004z: MAINSAIL with test count.

0018z: YOUNG BOY (NCS); WMF2UM; P2.
WMF2UMMXLOLMXDFC06UCYQDZNVWEBR

0048z: RED CEDAR called YOUNG BOY.
0049Z: RED CEDAR called and raised MAINSAIL and requested to exit the net.
0053z: RED CEDAR exited net.
[Suspected AF7FB7; pre0000z LAST MAN.]

0100z: MAINSAIL with test count.
0101z: ANDREWS with test count.

0102z: MAINE 88 called MAINSAIL with no known response.

0105z: LAJES with test count.
0106z: WEST COAST with test count.

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0109z: YOUNG BOY; XTVFCH; P1.
XTVFCH6WBW7VY4QSCBQFGZ2TGRAWMI

0117z: YOUNG BOY; XT4SNV; P1.
XT4SNVSUDJRS2VASMYCTAFQKD6VJPK

0123z: YOUNG BOY; XTIFIT; P1.
XTIFITXXUGSGIHI676UJIN4GGOQB4I

0130z: YOUNG BOY; XTIFIT; XT4SNV; XTVFCH; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/Gulf restoral
rebroadcast.

0140z: MAIL FAN with communications test count.
0141z: MAIL FAN with communications test count.
[USSTRATCOM CP]

0200z: YOUNG BOY; XTIFIT; more to follow; prompting in background;
disregard.
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Quiet.

0434z: DEATH 32 (B2) called RED RIVER.
0435z: DEATH 32 called RED RIVER.  No known response.

0504z: WEST COAST with test count.
0504z: LAJES with test count.
0505z: MAINSAIL with test count.

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0552z: YOUNG BOY; 77QEUZ; 22 characters; P4.
77QEUZHV4CEMUOVE4NI4MR
========

Quiet.

1143z: YOUNG BOY; 888800; Pconnectivity.
888800041141AAEEGGKKNNXXZZ8888
Disregarded near the end of the 2nd reading of the string.
888800: Preamble equivalent.
041141: datetime group; presumed creation/injection time of the string IMO.
AAEE..: 18 character block ending in the 8888 quad.
These have been (very rarely) broadcast on the HFGCS/GHFS for decades.
Extremely rare instances of strings longer than 30 characters have been
logged (25+/- years ago).
During the late 1999 runup to Y2K, the GHFS lit up with the USSTRATCOM CP
during one of its post0000z communications test count periods and they
broadcast a full 888800 string using the "voice of doom" mode (very strong
signal.) It was unmissable.
In the mid80s some of the GCCS strings contained plaintext datetime groups
starting at the 8th character beyond the then 5-character preamble. I
continue to assume there's a buried pon.. datetime group within the body of
all the strings (IMO).

1314z: WEST COAST with test count.

1422z: SAM 671 (AE4DDD GV launched from ANDREWS northbound on transatlantic
route) called ANDREWS GLOBAL with no response.
1423z: SKULL 42 responded to SAM 671.
1426z: SAM 671 called ANY STATION.
1426z: SKULL 41 called and raised SKULL 42 for exchange of signal checks.
1426z: SAM 671 was also responding to them but no response to him.

1430z: YOUNG BOY (probably; technical issues) Standing by for traffic.
1431z: YOUNG BOY (good levels) Standing by for Traffic

[1446z+/-: AF875A E6B launched from TINKER eastbound and then south and the
Texas coast.]
[1453z+/-: AF0930 E6B launched from TINKER and flew to the south of Lake
Michigan.]

1455z: YOUNG BOY; WMIIRE; P2.
WMIIRELEUHEDJIAH7ZQG5AYNGYWIPE

1500z: YOUNG BOY Standing by for traffic.

1501z: BLACK FLY (presumed E6B; maybe AF875A just because it was first to
launch) called YOUNG BOY.
1502z: BLACK FLY called and raised YOUNG BOY to enter the net.
1506z: BLACK FLY entered the net.

1508z: CHAOS 43 called MUD BUG.
1510z: CHAOS 43 and BLACK FLY exchange signal checks.

1515z: APPRAISER (presumed E6B; maybe AF0930 just because he was 2nd to
launch; perhaps it's reversed) called YOUNG BOY.
1516z: APPRAISER called YOUNG BOY.
1517z: APPRAISER called YOUNG BOY.
1519z: APPRAISER called YOUNG BOY.
1519z: APPRAISER called YOUNG BOY and raised BLACK FLY for an exchange of
signal checks (loud and clear to each other).
1520z: BLACK FLY to an unheard YOUNG BOY: "Require no further assistance."
1523z: APPRAISER called and raised BLACK FLY.
1527z: APPRAISER called YOUNG BOY and raised MAINSAIL (who called him
"appraisal").
1530z: APPRAISER requested to enter the net.
1535z: APPRAISER entered the net but miscommunication followed.
1536z: APPRAISER entered the net.

[1600z+/-: SCORE 70 AE041A E6B launched from TINKER and repositioned to
OFFUTT.]

1604z: YOUNG BOY; WMAEAT; 60 characters; P2.
WMAEATKSTLZRHPVPBVQ4PBVS4PBVJTGYPWI3GLJWVSUN6GYDMI3GLJWVSUNL
[Clearly repetitive pattern.]
[There was another operator in his area reading the same string; the 2nd
operator was in his second reading when the NCS began his string.]

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1610z: YOUNG BOY; WMVV45; P2.
WMVV45F3CJQ6MHD3QSEESPYSUX70ZF

1630z: YOUNG BOY; WMBXU3; P2.
WMBXU3POLC4LU4CF4Y7OVITPVVLTNV

1635z: YOUNG BOY; XTIRJU; P1.
XTIRJU5S3DHQU2S7NC6AHIE66HY7DZ

1642z: MAINSAIL called KIRTLAND OPS for RADIO CHECK.
1644z: MAINSAIL called KIRTLAND OPS for RADIO CHECK.
[KIRTLAND is an interesting location.]

1705z: YOUNG BOY; XTUPJO; P1.
XTUPJOTE6H36BGRFETX2PVS27MJZKL

1715z: YOUNG BOY; 77IJS7; 27 characters; P4.
77IJS7JHJGG626HG7QQ5ZZRZ77D
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1730z: YOUNG BOY Standing by for traffic.

[1737z+/-: AED095 E6B launched from TINKER and flew to the Gulf.]

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1743z: YOUNG BOY; XTHDAL; P1.
XTHDAL2FPSOPXJI7JTGNS4WOF5X2BJ
[Fed to the Gulf E6B]

1751z: CHAOS 71 called ANY RADIO for radio check.
1752z: something 71 called RED RIVER ("REsomething"; did not sound like
"chaos).

1803z: YOUNG BOY Standing by for traffic.
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1808z: YOUNG BOY; XT6U6; P1.
XT6U6RKF6OSUXO4NJO6QIHRR4YVH4F

1817z: WEST COAST with test count.
1818z: LAJES with test count (UTwente 11175).
1820z: DIEGO GARCIA with test count (UTwente 11175).

[1827z+/-: AEFC4D E6B launched from TRAVIS, flew north to Washington State,
then east to North Dakota, than south to Oklahoma, then west. A grand tour.]

1856z: TACO (sounds like or something similar) calling ANY AIRCRAFT, ANY
STATION."

[1857z+/-: 27.2 KHz VLF FSK broadcast of XTHDAL.]

1859z: BLACK FLY responds to TACO with "loud and clear." BLACK FLY appears
to be guarding the frequency.

1919z: BLACK FLY to LAST CALLER.
1920z: BOB SLED (presumed E6B) called and raised BLACK FLY.
1921z: BOB SLED called ?.
1922z: BOB SLED called YOUNG BOY.
1924z: BOB SLED worked MAINSAIL.
1926z: BOB SLED requested to enter the net.
1928z: MAINSAIL began the challenge process.]

1930z: AWARENESS (presumed AED095); XTHDAL; h+00/h+30 NCS/ABNCP/Gulf
restoral rebroadcast window.
[Stepped on MAINSAIL while he was about to enter BOB SLED into net. No
known logging of him entering the net.]
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1932z: MAINSAIL called and raised BOB SLED but no further comms logged.

1933z+/- OTIS 04 (fair levels on Ohio Valley SDR) called MAINSAIL, id'ing
location as "OPS CODE North Carolina SECTOR 6); again a moment later as "20
miles off the coast of North Carolina."

2000z: Nothing heard from AWARENESS. AWARENESS was returning to the Texas
coast at that time.

2238z: ILLINI 66 calling any station for a radio check.
2242z: ILLINI 66 calling any station for a radio check.
(Pronounced properly as if from Illinois).

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27.2 KHZ FSK VLF 1857z+/- broadcast transcript:

 𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙷𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙻 𝙳𝙴𝙻𝚃𝙰
𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰 𝙻𝙸𝙼𝙰
𝚃𝚆𝙾 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰
𝙾𝚂𝚅𝙰𝚁 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙴
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰 𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙶𝙾𝙻𝙵 𝙽𝙾𝚅𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙵𝙾𝚄𝚁
𝚆𝙷𝙸𝚂𝙺𝙴𝚈 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃 𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝚆𝙾
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
 𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙷𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙻 𝙳𝙴𝙻𝚃𝙰
𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰 𝙻𝙸𝙼𝙰
𝚃𝚆𝙾 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰  𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰
𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰 𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙽
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙶𝙾𝙻𝙵 𝙽𝙾𝚅𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝙹𝙰 𝙵𝙾𝚄𝚁
𝚆𝙷𝙸𝚂𝙺𝙴𝚈 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃 𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝚆𝙾
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙷𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙻 𝙳𝙴𝙻𝚃𝙰
𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰 𝙻𝙸𝙼𝙰
𝚃𝚆𝙾 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰
𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰 𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙶𝙾𝙻𝙵 𝙽𝙾𝚅𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙵𝙾𝚄𝚁
𝚆𝙷𝙸𝚂𝙺𝙴𝚈 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃 𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝚆𝙾
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙷𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙻 𝙳𝙴𝙻𝚃𝙰
𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰 𝙻𝙸𝙼𝙰
𝚃𝚆𝙾 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰 𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰
𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰 𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙶𝙾𝙻𝙵 𝙽𝙾𝚅𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙵𝙾𝚄𝚁
𝚆𝙷𝙸𝚂𝙺𝙴𝚈 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙵𝙾𝟻𝟺𝟿𝟻 !𝟾;𝟹
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝚆𝙾
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙱𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝙺𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝙲𝚉𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻𝚇𝙻𝙻
𝚉𝚉
𝙱𝚃
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙷𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙻 𝙳𝙴𝙻𝚃𝙰
𝙰𝙻𝙵𝙰 𝙻𝙸𝙼𝙰
𝚃𝚆𝙾 𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝙶𝙾𝚃
𝙿𝚆𝙿𝙰 𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰
𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁 𝙿𝙰𝙿𝙰
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰 𝚄𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽
𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃 𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙾
𝙶𝙾𝙻𝙵 𝙽𝙾𝚅𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁
𝚂𝙸𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙰 𝙵𝙾𝚄𝚁
𝚆𝙷𝙸𝚂𝙺𝙴𝚈 𝙾𝚂𝙲𝙰𝚁
𝙵𝙾𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚃 𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴
𝚇𝚁𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝚆𝙾
𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚃
𝙾𝚃
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽
𝙽𝙽𝙽𝙽 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝚈𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙽𝙴
 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙾𝙵𝙴
𝙸𝙲𝙷𝚄 𝙱𝙲𝚈𝚇𝙱𝚀𝙴 𝚇𝙲𝙼 𝙼𝙹 𝚀𝚅𝚃

Jeff
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Jeff Haverlah               Coastal Texas
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