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Author Topic: US Military Comm 6910khz USB 4:30 - 5:33 ut 6-24-13  (Read 2603 times)

Offline Rockpicker

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US Military Comm 6910khz USB 4:30 - 5:33 ut 6-24-13
« on: June 24, 2013, 1430 UTC »
6910 khz USB in the clear 4:30 ut - 5:32 ut then faded down into the noise.
Tuned into Military comm between air and ground.
Ground forces calling in KIA's & wounded - both enemy and friendly - grid numbers, captured AK weapons and possible IED materials, NATO round inventories, spotted Enemy patrols etc.

« Last Edit: June 28, 2013, 0506 UTC by Rockpicker »
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Re: US Military Comm 6010khz USB 4:30 - 5:33 ut 6-24-13
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2013, 0143 UTC »
At that frequency and that time it was almost certainly something inside the US.  Combat activities of that nature would be Africa or Afghanistan, and neither are likely to be heard at your location for those sources at that time and that freq (it would have been daylight at the source, a condition that would kill DX on that freq).  This kind of traffic is fairly regularly heard associated with training inside the US.  I hear National Training Center, Ft Irwin, traffic like this pretty often, and 29 Palms from time to time.

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Re: US Military Comm 6910khz USB 4:30 - 5:33 ut 6-24-13
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2013, 0436 UTC »
I suppose such transmissions would be scrambled as well?

Solarix is correct - 6910 not 6010 khz - My apologies. :-[
« Last Edit: June 28, 2013, 0508 UTC by Rockpicker »
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Re: US Military Comm 6010khz USB 4:30 - 5:33 ut 6-24-13
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2013, 0807 UTC »
Last I checked, 6010 was a BC frequency ???

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Re: US Military Comm 6010khz USB 4:30 - 5:33 ut 6-24-13
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2013, 0937 UTC »
Rockpicker, most such traffic would be secure, true, but once they leave VHF/UHF or get away from the SINCGARS radios you can never tell.  As I said, I have heard a surprising amount of it in the clear.  When you jump back to secondary networks or resources things often change drastically, including the application of encryption keys and who has what key.

cmradio, yes 6010 kHz is a BC freq, but I often run across other comms scattered in this band, as well as several other BC bands.

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Re: US Military Comm 6010khz USB 4:30 - 5:33 ut 6-24-13
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2013, 1953 UTC »
Similar comms were noted on 6910. Perhaps this was the freq the OP meant?