ASCOT 6695 11175 USB 2117 UTC 18 DEC 2022

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ASCOT 6695 11175.0 kHz USB 21:17 UTC 18 DEC 2022

21:17 UTC - ASCOT 6695 calling MAIN SAIL with message; no response;
21:18 UTC - ASCOT 6695 calling MAIN SAIL with message; nothing else heard.

Note: This is an RAF Air Support Command Operational Task aircraft.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD antenna

[skeezix]

ASCOT 6695:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/RRR6695
https://www.flightradar24.com/2022-12-18/21:26/12x/RRR6695/2e953724
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c04e

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Interesting, an RAF C17 Globemaster going from Belize to Macdill Afb to Bermuda. Wonder what's going on there just before the holidays.

Thanks for the links.

[skeezix]

This one is interesting... Why is a RAF C-17 coming all the way over here to go to:

RAF Brize Norton - Norfolk Naval Station
Norfolk NS - Belize
Belize - MacDill
MacDill - Bermuda

And, why didn't the HFGCS ground station reply? Maybe could've been in the skip zone and didn't hear the aircraft.

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This one is interesting in deed. It's a big aircraft. Someone is moving something. Even if it was configured for PAX, that is a whole lot of people or combination of people and equipment. They would use commercial or an Airbus to move people home for the holidays.

You are most likely correct about the skip zone. MAIN SAIL was weak barely readable to me. They may have changed to a discrete frequency and I did not hear it.

[skeezix]

Yup, lots of questions with this one...