[MilCom] MIL: 11175.0 USB - WOLFHOUND; TALL CORN; NEW CROP; and BARN ROOF

Jeff Haverlah jehaverlah at gmail.com
Wed May 13 20:56:46 EDT 2026


0047z  14 May 26

UTC 13 May 26

SKYMASTER activity over the North Atlantic in the GREENLAND/UK gap.

TALL CORN: NCS
WOLFHOUND: RAMSTEIN
NEW CROP: E6B west of the FAROE ISLANDS.
WENCH 11 (B2) somewhere in the area.

0059z: WEST COAST with test count.

0316z: SYMBOLIC (presumed E6B) called and worked MAINSAIL to exit the net.
Lost them from that point.

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0545z: TALL CORN (NCS); EYNZ27; 94-characters; P3; change of prefix (40
days+).
EYNZ27MBXDI7ZC4REF432LW2TFFO5G2GGRB32QY3JMMMMTPCWZOAQDBYUDPSTPY4TMLTGJWFFI3AX22UNK6UUKGGXYOXT4

Reformatted for possible structure; no known previous examples of a 94
character string are available for comparison:

EYNZ27  [Preamble; 6]
MBXDI7ZC4REF432LW  [17]
2TFFO5G2GGRB32QY3JMMMM  [22]
TPCWZOAQDBYUDPSTPY4TMLTGJWFFI3AX22UNK6UUKGGXYOXT4  [49]
[The FF; 22; UU spacing calls attention to itself.]

[Start of the event.]
========
1652z: TALL CORN; JATPN4; 40 characters; P2.
JATPN4XXSPRXDYPRHHW6RHH6ZVA5S7EHVU6E73Q2

[1657z: AEABAB E6B launched from STUTTGART, GERMANY and flew to his orbit
area between ICELAND and the FAROE ISLANDS.

1719z: NEW CROP (presumed ADABAB) called and raised MAINSAIL to enter the
net.
1724z: NEW CROP entered the net.

1809z: WOLFHOUND responded to WENCH 11 (B2).

--------
1810z: WENCH 11 called SKYMASTER and worked WOLFHOUND for scheduling
purposes.

1834z: WENCH 11 called WOLFHOUND.

1848z: MILD 11 (sounds like; female operator) called RAYMOND 12 and raised
(unheard on SDR) to inquire about RAYMOND 12; and then raised MAINSAIL for
a signal check.

1904z: WENCH 11 called WOLFHOUND.

1911z: WENCH 11 called SKYMASTER; raised NEW CROP; passed ZZX0.

1915z: WENCH 11 called SKYMASTER; raised NEW CROP; passed F8NX.

1915z: WENCH 11 called SKYMASTER; raised NEW CROP; passed 80FK.

1922z: WENCH 11 called WOLFHOUND.

1940z: TALL CORN; XZR267; 25 characters; P4.
XZ4267TZ7DKUCGDCGQQGLWHEO

1945z: WENCH 11 called SKYMASTER; raised NEW CROP; and passed QHUR.

2000z: TALL CORN Standing by for traffic.

2010z: WENCH 11 called SKYMASTER; raised NEW CROP; passed KAWL.

2031z: TALL CORN Standing by for traffic.

2052z: TALL CORN; XZQVIS; 27 characters; P4.
XZQVISTZD7WIJKT4X6RW5X6RCWE

2100z: TALL CORN Standing by for traffic.

2133z: TALL CORN Standing by for traffic.

2200z: TALL CORN Standing by for traffic.

[2207z: AEFA7D E6B launched from TINKER northeast bound.

2211z: TALL CORN; JAECAS; 55 characters; P2
JAECASYS63SNJJZXTEQYXTEOKZT7YSXORFYZHNREIK4ESXORFYZHNRZ
[Fed to NEW CROP over the ATLANTIC for VLF broadcast; and it entered the
NCS restoral queue (post 0000z)]

𝙹𝙰𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚂  [𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎; 𝟼]
𝚈𝚂𝟼𝟹𝚂𝙽𝙹𝙹𝚉 [𝟿]
𝚇𝚃𝙴𝚀𝚈  [𝟻]
𝚇𝚃𝙴𝙾𝙺  [𝟻]
𝚉𝚃𝟽𝚈𝚂𝚇𝙾𝚁𝙵𝚈𝚉𝙷𝙽𝚁𝙴  [𝟷𝟻]
𝙸𝙺𝟺𝙴𝚂𝚇𝙾𝚁𝙵𝚈𝚉𝙷𝙽𝚁𝚉  [𝟷𝟻]

2230z: TALL CORN; XZ6N5G; 25 characters; P4
XZ6N5GPSI4WZBCOQCN2PQNCP4
Standing by for traffic.

2238z: BARN ROOF (presumed AEFA7D) called MAINSAIL to enter the net.
Nothing further heard after this point.

2300z: TALL CORN Standing by for traffic.

[4 hour+/- interval.]
2349z: WENCH 11 called SKYMASTER and raised NEW CROP and passed L2M3.

2350z: WENCH 11 called and raised NEW CROP (not calling SKYMASTER) and
passed 62RB.

2351z: WENCH 11 called and raised NEW CROP and passed 4073.

2355z: WENCH 11 worked WOLFHOUND with signal check (loud and clear) and
WENCH 11 to WOLFHOUND: "in the GREEN; 103 POINT 9 OFFLOAD."

Continued into the new UTC day.
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