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Loggings => Utility => Topic started by: jasmine on October 11, 2019, 2144 UTC

Title: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: jasmine on October 11, 2019, 2144 UTC
I'm not sure what these stations were. I suspect military but a search of the Military Callsign List didn't turn up anything for Belltown or Bell Town. At one point Belltown said, "The vehicles have been released." I've tried googling the frequency but haven't come up with anything.

Received in Seattle, WA on an RSP1a SDR and MLA-30 broadband loop. Anyone know what I heard?
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.5 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: Josh on October 11, 2019, 2225 UTC
THUG A-10 303RD FS AFRES WHITEMAN AFB MO

Might have been A10s working out, but dunno if they have hf for certain. The A10 training comms I get here on UHF are often related to vehicles/mobile targets soon to feel the wrath of an angered warthog.
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.5 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: jasmine on October 11, 2019, 2318 UTC
Ah, that would make sense! Thank you! just now i heard another transmission which started with "All players, all players code 108-184".  and then some little short 1 second clips that sound like music being played off frequency. i've been able to ID the song it's "Who Let he Dogs Out?". Ring a bell? Seems pretty active right now. does the military have pirate radio stations or is this some sort of jamming or a secret code they use? strange af though! at least to me, but i'm new at this.

More at 23:26:
Darkside to Belltown "Potential Spoofing".
Belltown to Darkside: "All players spoof?"

And more Who Let the Dogs Out played after it.

Then "All players, all players, Yellow 1. All players, cookies." and more of that song
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.5 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: autovon on October 11, 2019, 2329 UTC
It's S8 here!  Got it tuned to 11218.4 kHz.   
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.5 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: jasmine on October 11, 2019, 2331 UTC
yes! i was off by 100 hz,  i have it at S6 up here. thanks for monitoring. is this weird or what?
"Darkside, darkside Cookies at 1-6-0" then more Who Let the Dogs Out!

Is this a Pirate or Military? Both?!
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: autovon on October 11, 2019, 2337 UTC
It's got the markings of USAF war games.   The music is likely to simulate freq jamming/interference.   Good catch BTW.
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: jasmine on October 11, 2019, 2339 UTC
It's got the markings of USAF war games.   The music is likely to simulate freq jamming/interference.   Good catch BTW.

ok, that's funny! i'm imagining pilots doing strafing runs with the 90's Junkanoo tune playing on loop and i can't stop laughing. thanks for the compliment. i'm pretty new at this but it seems i get a lot of good catches.
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: refmo on October 11, 2019, 2346 UTC
Still going here @ 2345.
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: jasmine on October 11, 2019, 2353 UTC
yes, still receiving it here at an S6. heard "Radar targets" and "Fire on all targets" or something like that.
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: autovon on October 12, 2019, 0002 UTC
Seems to be gone.   Note that after someone said to go to Yellow 1, there tactical traffic was gone.   Yellow 1 is probably a different freq.
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: jasmine on October 12, 2019, 0003 UTC
i'll try to find the new frequency if Yellow-1 is HF
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: Josh on October 12, 2019, 0008 UTC
There was exercise skymaster traffic on triple one last nite, so an exercise may be ongoing. The reported traffic kinda sounds like training for sigint troops as well as air assets. I imagine they went to a nite freq, somewhere in the 3 to 9mc range.
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: jasmine on October 12, 2019, 0011 UTC
thanks. please post if you find the freq. they went to and i'll do the same.
Title: Re: "Belltown" working "Thug 19" & "Thug 13" on 11218.4 khz 19:50 UTC Oct. 11
Post by: jasmine on November 01, 2019, 2042 UTC
Monitoring some voice activity on this frequency again at 20:40. no music yet  ;D but it sounds like they are preparing for something again.