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Loggings => Utility => Topic started by: ButchKidd on November 22, 2022, 1903 UTC

Title: 6981 KHz USB ALE and VARA? 1833Z NOV 22 2022
Post by: ButchKidd on November 22, 2022, 1903 UTC

Just heard what sounded like a VARA ARQ exchange on 6981 KHz.  I also heard 2G ALE sounding from "AB2" on the same freq around the same time, but unknown if it was the same station.  If it was ALE, the the dial freq would have been 6980.

I know MIL-STD-188 ALE includes some kind of ARQ itself, but this signal didn't sound like that to me.

EDIT - link to recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DRMoGXECh7G0N6qpi7Fap8JFtzrjUtSi/view

Title: Re: 6981 KHz USB ALE and VARA? 1833Z NOV 22 2022
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on November 22, 2022, 2157 UTC

This is most likely a CFARS station in VARA mode.

Title: Re: 6981 KHz USB ALE and VARA? 1833Z NOV 22 2022
Post by: UtilitySeattle on November 30, 2022, 0100 UTC

Getting VARA on 5897ish minus the ALE but right next door to a SHARES ALE freq. getting no decode though with VARA HF decoder.