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Title: Trenton Military 9007 USB 1601 UTC 27 JUL 2022
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on July 28, 2022, 0159 UTC

Trenton Miltary 9007.0 kHz USB 16:01 UTC 27 JULY 2022

271601Z JULY 2022 9007.0 kHz USB
16:01Z Air Canada ? calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check;
TRENTON MIL: AC was weak unreadable.

Title: Re: Trenton Military 9007 USB 1601 UTC 27 JUL 2022
Post by: Cross the Rubicon on July 28, 2022, 0219 UTC

Nice grab. Glad to see 9007 still has traffic.  Passed over it tonight a few times.  Hope 11232 from Trenton is active.  Have not heard much.

Title: Re: Trenton Military 9007 USB 1601 UTC 27 JUL 2022
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on July 28, 2022, 0243 UTC

Yes, 11232.0 kHz is still active. Logged it last on 15 July 2022.

This is what it looks like from the ground:
Military Aeronautical Communications System (MACS) Trenton (http://www.milspec.ca/canforce/facilities/macs/macs-trenton.html)

151246Z JULY 2022 11232.0 kHz USB
12:46Z CANFORCE 3840 calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check;
TRENTON MILITARY: Nothing heard out;
12:48Z TRENTON MILITARY calling 3840 for radio check; Trenton Military loud and clear to me on that TX and antenna combination;
12:49Z TRENTON MILITARY calling CANFORCE 3840 for radio check from what appears to be a different transmitter or antenna; Trenton Military weak and barely readable on that TX and antenna combination;
12:51Z CANFORCE 3840 calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check; Trenton responding, CF 3840 has Trenton Military very weak and broken and requesting alternate frequency;
12:53Z Trenton Military with alternate frequency; weak unreadable to my location and could not copy the frequency; nothing else heard.

Title: Re: Trenton Military 9007 USB 1601 UTC 27 JUL 2022
Post by: JustGreg on July 28, 2022, 2330 UTC

It seems Trenton Military is also back on 6.754 USB,  2337 28 July 2022 UTC, they were on the air giving weather reports.  Nice to hear them back.

Title: Re: Trenton Military 9007 USB 1601 UTC 27 JUL 2022
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on July 29, 2022, 0130 UTC

Staffing of technicians is a major challenge, specially at this time of year with summer block leave and the annual posting season. Those folks in the HF shop look after a vast territory (pretty much all strategic HF assets across Canada and overseas). I have not looked at Government Contracts recently but last time I looked it had gotten to a point that it was so bad that the Government had a tender to the private industry for maintenance of the various sites to relieve pressure on the techs.

01:30 UTC - Confirmed, TRENTON VOLMET is back on the air.