[MilCom] MIL: 11175/8992.0 USB - PAN BREAD; BROADBEAM; AUDITORY; STING BEE; and PIG IRON

[Jeff Haverlah]

0003z  31 Mar 26

UTC 30 Mar 26

0012z: PAN BREAD with communications test count.
0013z: PAN BREAD with communications test count.
[USSTRATCOM CP]

0106z: MAINSAIL with test count.

0114z: WEST COAST with test count.

[0115z: AF50E9 E6B out of ANCHORAGE (1905z 29 Mar 26) reappears off the
CALIFORNIA coast per FR24 and flew eastbound to TINKER.]

0116z: AUDITORY (presumed E6B; presumed AF50E9) called and raised MAINSAIL
to enter the net.
0116z: AUDITORY entered the net.

[0334z+/- message broadcast window.]
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0332z: BROAD BEAM (NCS); MTA3EF; P1.
MTA3EFPGQ4TOHIIC3B4PE5DUTNBUAX
0338z: Extremely weak station  on 11175 UTwente SDR with EAM string;
suspected echo rebroadcast.
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0346z: MAINSAIL with test count.
0359z: MAINSAIL with test count.

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0537z: BROAD BEAM; 6FY22G; 22 characters; P4.
6FY22GXRYVRI2OXIAHWODA

0557z: BROAD BEAM; 6FGJYE; 41 characters; P4
6FGJYEWVM577NSRNJUGFHAZIN2J2GAMGLL7ACKAFE

Reformatted to capture the positional doublet common to this character
count.

𝟼𝙵𝙶𝙹𝚈𝙴  [𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎; 𝟼]
𝚆𝚅𝙼𝟻𝟽𝟽𝙽𝚂𝚁𝙽𝙹𝚄𝙶𝙵𝙷𝙰𝚉𝙸𝙽𝟸𝙹𝟸𝙶𝙰𝙼𝙶  [𝟸𝟼]
𝙻𝙻  [𝟸; 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚝]
𝟽𝙰𝙲𝙺𝙰𝙵𝙴  [𝟽]

And reformatted again to capture the more subtle repetitive pattern found
in these 41 character strings (the "J" and the immediate following "G"
positions).

𝟼𝙵𝙶𝙹𝚈𝙴  [𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎; 𝟼]
𝚆𝚅𝙼𝟻𝟽𝟽𝙽𝚂𝚁𝙽  [𝟷𝟶]
𝙹𝚄𝙶𝙵𝙷𝙰𝚉𝙸𝙽𝟸  [𝟷𝟶]
𝙹𝟸𝙶𝙰𝙼𝙶𝙻𝙻𝟽𝙰  [𝟷𝟶]
𝙲𝙺𝙰𝙵𝙴  [𝟻]

0630z: BROAD BEAM Standing by for traffic.
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0733z: BROAD BEAM; MTL5H4; P1.
MTL5H4E6Z6TVVBVK5GOMR2DOCLRCYV
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0755z: SAM 632 called ANDREWS GLOBAL; 8992.0 UTwente SDR; good levels.
0756z: SAM 632 called ANY STATION.

[1556z+/-: AF476E E6B launched from OFFUTT eastbound to south of CHICAGO;
then southwestbound to the WACO, TEXAS area; then to ABILINE/DYESS; north
to OKLAHOMA, then east to loop around and land at TINKER.]

1690z: PIG IRON (presumed AF476E) called BROAD BEAM.
1610z: PIG IRON called and eventually raised BROAD BEAM on 8992.0 to enter
the net.
1619z: PIG IRON entered the net on 8992.0.

1824z: BROAD BEAM with test count.

[1955z+/-: AE0411 static hex E6B launched from TINKER south southeast to
east TEXAS; then to WACO on to ABILINE/DYESS and beyond.]

[2009z+/-: AEC97E E6B launched from TRAVIS northbound to the SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON area; then east; then south; then west over the far Northwest by
the change of UTC new day.]

2011z: STING BEE (presumed AEC097E) called MAINSAIL and raised BROAD BEAM
to enter the net.
2018z: STING BEE entered the net.

2034z: PIG IRON (unheard to extremely weak and mostly unreadable on
multiple SDRs) raised BROAD BEAM to exit the net. BROAD BEAM began the
challenge process but nothing further heard on 11175.0. Shortly after
AF476E landed at TINKER.

2146z: LAJES with test count.
2149z: SIGONELLA with test count.

2156z: SKULL 14 called MUDBUG.
2157z: SKULL 14 called MUDBUG.

2202z: BROAD BEAM with test count.

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2214z: BROAD BEAM; FOR READO (sounds like "red oh") 76; LEOZKT; P2.
LEOZKTNBMP3HWOKKJDORBEUGYG7BRY

[2224z+/-: AF6531 E6B launched from PAX RIVER southbound along the Atlantic
coast to NORTH CAROLINA; then north northwest by change of UTC new day.]

[30 minutes.]
2244z: BROAD BEAM; MTZTGK; P1
MTZTGKW7KWC3ENWDGGLJIQNQ2PCT5W
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2253z: AUDITORY (often mispronounced) called MAINSAIL x3.
2305z: AUDITORY called MAINSAIL but sounded like call was terminated
quickly.

2345z: DOOM 53 called MAINSAIL for radio check.
2346z: DOOM 53 called MAINSAIL for radio check.

Jeff
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Jeff Haverlah               Coastal Texas
     Airspy HF+ Discovery   W6LVP loop  Various web SDRs
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