[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.]
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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).
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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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