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Title: USN exercise 6988 USB 2350 utc 11 May 2022
Post by: Ct Yankee on May 11, 2022, 2356 UTC
Over modulated (here) OM/YL giving phonetic terms (Oscar, Foxtrot) for stretches of time.  Pauses and starts again.  Can not decipher most of words spoken.
Title: Re: Unid Mil? 6990 LSB 2350 utc 11 May 2022
Post by: BigAl on May 12, 2022, 0019 UTC
Heard tail end of what sounded like an EAM on 6833 USB about  0:15 UTC.  Maybe a USAF HF comm exercise?
Title: Re: Unid Mil? 6990 LSB 2350 utc 11 May 2022
Post by: MegatonRange on May 12, 2022, 0025 UTC

Over modulated (here) OM/YL giving phonetic terms (Oscar, Foxtrot) for stretches of time.  Pauses and starts again.  Can not decipher most of words spoken.
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That was a USB signal from a USN station on 6988.0 with a exercise EAM.
Title: Re: Unid Mil? 6990 LSB 2350 utc 11 May 2022
Post by: BigAl on May 12, 2022, 0034 UTC

Over modulated (here) OM/YL giving phonetic terms (Oscar, Foxtrot) for stretches of time.  Pauses and starts again.  Can not decipher most of words spoken.
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That was a USB signal from a USN station on 6988.0 with a exercise EAM.

Are these typical USN EAM frequencies? I'm not familiar with them.
Title: Re: Unid Mil? 6990 LSB 2350 utc 11 May 2022
Post by: MegatonRange on May 12, 2022, 0210 UTC

Over modulated (here) OM/YL giving phonetic terms (Oscar, Foxtrot) for stretches of time.  Pauses and starts again.  Can not decipher most of words spoken.
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That was a USB signal from a USN station on 6988.0 with a exercise EAM.

Are these typical USN EAM frequencies? I'm not familiar with them.
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No, they're just used in specific exercises.
Title: Re: USN exercise 6988 USB 2350 utc 11 May 2022
Post by: ColoradoRedlands on May 15, 2022, 1600 UTC
Some people have dubbed this activity as the "oddball frequency" exercise.  It is presumed the EAM/FDM style messages are being transmitted by Navy ships on a specific scheduled.  Call signs tend to the Navy style 3-character alphanumeric variety such as Bravo Nine Mike, of Seven Alfa Yankee.  One interesting observation is that the messages themselves seem to be different than the EAM/FDM messages being broadcast on the HFGCS during the same time frame.