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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #345 on: January 14, 2019, 1857 UTC »
Does it start everyone out at London?
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Yes, you need to drag that marker to your location. You can zoom in via one of the satellite maps (ESRI World) & put that marker right on your house. You need to go to the menu then look at the general tab. Click on "Set current location" & a marker appears. Then click on "Show current location", uncheck "Set current location" & you should have a little blue ball at your home. After that you can set range circles & filter for military aircraft only, through the same menu, using the "Map" tab & the "Filters" tab.

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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #346 on: January 15, 2019, 2032 UTC »
Thanks!


Neacp/tacamo/glass flight burning mux on 366.600MHz 2030Z 15JAN19
Modem traffic on orderwires.
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« Reply #347 on: January 15, 2019, 2136 UTC »
Thanks!


Neacp/tacamo/glass flight burning mux on 366.600MHz 2030Z 15JAN19
Modem traffic on orderwires.
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He (E-4B VIKING 18) flew just southwest of me then did a U turn back towards the NW. Still solid signal on 366.600. There are also a couple of E-6Bs out & about. PAID 85 bears watching, he's off to my northeast, but still out of UHF range.

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« Reply #348 on: January 16, 2019, 2037 UTC »
Neacp/tacamo/glass flight burning mux on 337.300MHz 2020Z 16JAN19
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #349 on: January 17, 2019, 2346 UTC »
298.300 AM 2345Z 17JAN19 faint sig, NORAD nationwide channel.
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #350 on: January 21, 2019, 1920 UTC »
325.4 WBFM E-6B VERN 22. 1915 UTC.

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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #351 on: January 25, 2019, 0354 UTC »
AR307A 264.9MHz 25 Jan 2019 from 0345z; Nighttime KC-135 refuel C17 tfc until oth
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #352 on: January 25, 2019, 2055 UTC »
Neacp/tacamo/glass flight burning mux on 366.600MHz 1920Z 25JAN19
Modem and dtmf traffic on orderwires.
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #353 on: January 29, 2019, 2010 UTC »
Neacp/tacamo/glass flight burning mux on 366.600MHz 2003Z 29JAN19
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #354 on: January 29, 2019, 2023 UTC »
E-6B BUSH 72 on 338.950 MHz (WBFM) & he just dropped the signal at 2021 UTC. I'm near central Kentucky.

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« Reply #355 on: January 29, 2019, 2025 UTC »
E-6B BUSH 72 on 338.950 MHz (WBFM) & he just dropped the signal at 2021 UTC. I'm near central Kentucky.
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No, he's still there. He may have switched to digital. There's a strong signal on 338.950, but no subcarriers are noted. 2025 UTC.

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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #356 on: January 31, 2019, 0104 UTC »
I think when they transit geps they qsy.




Neacp/tacamo/glass flight burning mux on 338.950MHz 0102Z 31JAN19
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #357 on: January 31, 2019, 1312 UTC »
As you might have gathered I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to the TACAMO/NEACP UHF systems and UHF mil air in general - I understand the UHF multiplexing concept and GEPs - some cursory Googling indicates that the system is eventually going to be upgraded to 100% digital encrypted IP-based using the same frequencies, is this not correct?  (something about "Project 411" or "Project 441"?)   Maybe I'm confusing the UHF air-to-ground system with the various military SATCOM upgrades.

Knowing the military they will retain backward-compatibility re: analog and connectivity to the HF-SSB networks. 
« Last Edit: January 31, 2019, 1316 UTC by R4002 »
U.S. East Coast, various HF/VHF/UHF radios/transceivers/scanners/receivers - land mobile system operator - focus on VHF/UHF and 11m

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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #358 on: January 31, 2019, 2050 UTC »
Hmm. I wonder how well uhf digital modulation works in a nuclear fireball environment compared to uhf analog fm? The freq range (and power levels) used for mux is calculated to be resistant to nuclear fireball effects where it (the nuke) wipes out pretty much all radio waves for a short time and severely degrades others for a longer period within a few hundred miles of ground zero. In other words, apparently you can't send a signal thru a nuclear fireball from one side to the other, and some of the effects last due the volume of ionised air.

It wouldn't surprise me to see an upgraded mux, I mean they're trying to throw away one of the most effective warfighting platforms the US has ever developed (A10 Warthog), so why not ditch what works?

This site has a lot of info on the subject as far as hardware goes;
https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/index.html

However, the section marked Combat Ciders is actually Combat Cinders.

Also 366.600 just lit up with modem traffic on orderwire.
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Re: UHF mil air
« Reply #359 on: February 08, 2019, 1829 UTC »
AAR ongoing 343.250 1800Z  08FEB19

HAPPY 52 61-0300 KC-135R 126th ARW/108ARS, IL ANG Scott AFB/Mid-America IL

UNID 77-353 Boeing E-3B Sentry AWACS

Faded out, must be at far end of track.
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