[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - TEST PLUG; LADY LUCK; BINOCULAR; COLLAPSE; CLASSICAL; and WHITE TIE

[Jeff Haverlah]

0203z  04 May 26

UTC 03 May 26

Message traffic quiet until CONUS midday.

0007z: TEST PLUG with communications test count.
0008z: TEST PLUG with communications test count.
[USSTRATCOM CP]

0100z: SIGONELLA with test count.
0456z: SIGONELLA with test count.

[1404z: AFE627 E6B launched from TINKER to LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA (pit
stop with NORTHRUM GRUMMAN?); from LCH they flew to the GULF (maybe mostly
Due Regard); and then returned to the TEXAS coast and on to TINKER and then
to OFFUTT.]

1713z: SIGONELLA with test count.

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1734z: LADY LUCK (NCS); GXHWKR; P1.
GXHWKRQHDS2CNVXYLQ4XULH73DG7W6
[Presumed fed to the GULF E6B.]

[1740z+/-: 27.2 KHz (GULF) VLF FSK MSK broadcast indicated on the W1VD VLF
Grabber website.]
[Fumble fingered audio recordings of post 1745z activity and deleted any
potential activity associated with that string.]

1933z: LADY LUCK; GX7DJG; P1.
GX7DJGPZQSM7GGPHEUZROG37LNRGVQ
[Fed to the Gulf E6B.]

1955z+/-: BINOCULAR (presumed AFE627 maybe); GX7DJG; h+00/h+30
NCS/ABNCP/GULF restoral rebroadcast window.

[2020z+/-: 27.2 KHz (GULF) VLF FSK MSK broadcast indicated on the W1VD
Grabber.]

2030z: COLLAPSE (presumed E6B; maybe AFE627 under another callword);
GX7DJG; GULF restoral.

2045z: CLASSICAL (presumed E6B; not visible on ADSB mapping sites; weak on
both coasts SDRs) called MAINSAIL and raised LADY LUCK to exit the net.
2048z: CLASSICAL exited the net.

2100z: COLLAPSE; GX7DJG; GULF restoral.
[2130z: AFK].
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2106z: LADY LUCK; FOR HARE 13 (sounds like); 6C3EMK; P2.
6C3EMKCSWEJBPL5C4VMIUHFL7OZFPK

*********[Start of NCS restoral activity.]
LADY LUCK 43EHFK; 27 characters; P4.
43EHFK5RKWD4XOY2IK57NIN5EYY

[2124z+/-: AF3F3A E6B launched from PAX RIVER and flew to the ATLANTIC;
TACAMO LANT.]

2136z: LADY LUCK; 6XH7TP; P1.
GXH7TPPUKHNTRC4DAFYBQP2OTH6UOJ
[NCS restoral queue.]

2138z: LADY LUCK; GXWXKJ; P1.
GXWXKJODS5DZS7RBCR2UW2EABD3ACH
[NCS restoral queue.]

[30 minutes++; maybe due to higher priority traffic; which in turn suggests
a pecking order for readiness traffic? What's more important, the E6's
traffic, or the NCS's queue?]
2141z: LADY LUCK GX4BYL; P1.
GX4BYLDOU5ZV2JYHNGYWEAW23U7PJQ
[Fed to TACAMO PAC and TACAMO LANT.]

2145z: WHITE TIE (presumed AF3F3A); GX4BYL; h+10/h+40 TACAMO LANT restoral
rebroadcast window.

[2150z+/-: 22.7 KHz (PAC) VLF FSK MSK broadcast indicated on the W1VD VLF
Grabber.]

2150z: OLD CROW (presumed E6B; not visible on ADSB mapping sites); GX4BYL;
h+20/h+50 TACAMO PAC restoral rebroadcast window.

2153z: WHITE TIE called and eventually raised MAINSAIL.  Nothing further
logged.

2200z: LADY LUCK; GXWXKJ; disregard; higher priority traffic.

2202z: LADY LUCK; GXUKBD; P1.
GXUKBDVTTEDHNCEAYKTYS24GM4DSVZ

2204z: LADY LUCK; GXWXKJ; GXH7TP; NCS restoral.
********[End NCS activity]

2210z: WHITE TIE; GX4BYL; LANT restoral.

[2212z: 17.8 KHz (LANT) VLF FSK MSK broadcast indicated on the W1VD
Grabber.]
[2240z++ activity, if any, not logged.]

2220z: OLD CROW; GX4BXL; PAC restoral.
2250z: OLD CROW; GX4BXL; PAC restoral.
2320z: OLD CROW; GX4BXL; PAC restoral
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TACAMO LANT may be remaining over the ATLANTIC for a later restoral session
in the new UTC day. Same for PAC.

Jeff
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