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97.0. "SWL and HF Monitor" by CALDEC::RAH (the truth is out there.) Wed Nov 23 1994 17:38

    
                      USAF GLOBAL HIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM
                                    (GHFS)
     
          GHFS is (primarily) an Air Force network providing command
    control support to the U.S. DOD & NATO, & support on a non-interference 
    basis to other U.S. government agencies and friendly foreign governments.
    It is primarily an air/ground system, with occasional maritime and
    ground-based users.
    
    
     Freq/Station (Guard times)
    
     4725 Croughton (2300-0500) 
            Elmendorf (Apr-Sep 1800-0800, Oct-Mar 0600-2000) 
            McClellan (0400-1600) 
            Incirlik (2000-0500)
            Yokota (1000-2100) 
     
       6738 Albrook (0001-1200) 
            Andersen (0900-2000) 
            Andrews (2400-1000) 
            Ascension (1800-0600) 
            Croughton (H24) 
            Elmendorf (Apr-Sep 0800-1800, Oct-Mar 0600-2000) 
            Hickam (0400-1600) 
            Lajes (H24) 
            Loring (2400-0900) [remote from MacDill] 
            MacDill (2400-0900) 
            McClellan (0400-1600) 
            Offutt (2300-0800) 
            Thule (H24) 
            Incirlik (H24)
            Yokota (1000-2100)
     
       8967 Andersen (H24) 
            Andrews (H24) 
            Elmendorf (H24) 
            Hickam (H24) 
            Lajes (H24) 
            McClellan (H24) 
            Offutt (H24) 
            Thule (H24)  
            Yokota (H24)
     
       8993 MacDill (H24) 
            Incirlik (H24)
            Yakota (H24)
     
      10780 AF Eastern Test Range (Backup for Ascension) 
            Cape Canaveral 
            Antigua 
            Ascension 
            Mahi 
     
      11176 Albrook (H24) 
            Andersen (H24) 
            Andrews (H24) 
            Ascension (H24) 
            Croughton (H24) 
            Elmendorf (H24) 
            Hickam (H24) 
            Loring (H24) [remote from MacDill] 
            McClellan (H24) 
            Offutt (H24) 
            Incirlik (H24)
            Thule (H24) 
            
      13201 Andersen (2000-0900) 
            Croughton (H24) 
            Elmendorf (Apr-Sep 1800-0800, Oct-Mar 2000-0600) 
            Hickam (1600-0400) 
            McClellan (1600-0400) 
            Thule (H24) 
            Yakota (2100-1000) 
     
      15015 Albrook (1200-2400) 
            Ascension (0600-1800) 
            Croughton (0500-2300) 
            Elmendorf (Apr-Sep 1800-0800, Oct-Mar 2000-0600) 
            Lajes (H24) 
            Loring (0900-2400) [remote from MacDill] 
            MacDill (0900-2400) 
            McClellan (1600-0400) 
            Incirlik (0500-2000)
            Yakota (2100-1000) 
     
      17975 Andrews (1000-2400) 
            Croughton (H24) 
            Elmendorf (H24) 
            McClellan (H24) 
            Offutt (0800-2300) 
            Thule (H24) 
            Incirlik (H24)
            Yakota (H24) 
      
    The above data is unclassified information which appears in the 
    31 MAR - NOV 94 Department of Defense Flight Information
    Handbook
    ('FLIP').
     
    All frequencies are Upper Side Band (USB). Discrete circuits are 
    available for prolonged voice traffic or secure data (e.g. AUTODIN
    access) requirements. The 10780kHz channel isn't technically part of 
    the GHFS, but since it is listed along with GHFS assets, I included it.  
     
     
     
    GHFS Ground Stations
     
      ALBROOK = Albrook Air Base, Panama
      ANDERSON = Anderson AFB, Guam
      ANDREWS = Andrews AFB, Maryland
      ASCENSION = Ascension Island Auxilliary Air Base, Ascension Island 
      (N. Central South Atlantic Ocean)
      BAYONNE = Military Traffic Management Command Emergency Comms Center, 
      Bayonne, New Jersey
      CROUGHTON = Croughton Air Base, England, United Kingdom
      ELMENDORF = Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
      HICKAM = Hickam AFB, Hawaii
      LAJES    = Lajes Air Base, Azores
      LORING = Loring AFB, Maine (MacDill GHFS Remote Site)
      MACDILL = MacDill AFB, Florida
      McCLELLAN = McClellan AFB, California
      OFFUTT = Offutt AFB, Nebraska
      INCIRLIK = Incirlik AB, Turkey
      THULE = Thule Air Base, Greenland
      YAKOTA = Yakota Air Base, Japan
     
     
     
    Many of the aircraft heard on GHFS channels use the static, tactical 
    callsign "REACH" followed by numbers and/or letters.
    "REACH" is the static, tactical callsign issued by the USAF Air 
    Mobility Command for aircraft on AMC missions.  If you just hear 
    "REACH #####" the aircraft is most likely using its tailcode.  If
    "REACH" is followed by letters & numbers, then the aircraft is usually 
    using their mission #. This is most often done for missions requiring 
    diplomatic clearance.
     
     
                                                         Tim Tyler
     
    
    -- 
     Tim Tyler    Internet: [email protected]  Packet: KA8VIR @WB8ZPN.#SE
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97.1DASHER::RALSTONWho says I can't?Wed Nov 23 1994 17:444
    I may be dense, but what the hell am I going to do with this
    information?
    
    ...Tom
97.2CALDEC::RAHthe truth is out there.Wed Nov 23 1994 17:59201
    
    011951Z OCT 94 11176USB
            VARSITY 6 with a patch to DSN -------- via MacDill.  VARSITY 6
    advised party that 19 personnel were going to be leaving that day,
    headed back to Ft. Campbell.  Personnel were "spare air crews" released 
    from duty in Haiti.
    
    012158Z OCT 94 12107USB
            WARRIOR 96 (10th Mountain Division unit) with a collect-call
    phone
    patch to ----------- via Ascension Global.  Phone patch was to
    soldier's
    wife.  He advised he was in downtown Port au Prince, on patrol.
    
    012208Z OCT 94 11176USB
            ANNIE 22 (172nd AG C-141B, MS ANG) with a patch to DSN --------
    (Ellington ANGB CP) via Andrews Global.  ANNIE 22 advised LONE STAR
    that
    they were inbound with 36 pax, 7 pallets, & ETA approximately 0000Z.
    Aircraft wanted a quick-turn, & area hotel reservations for a RON
    canceled.
    
    020103Z OCT 94 6993USB
            SAM 31682 & 86971 working Andrews VIP for misc. Phone patches.
    971
    was headed back to Andrews, with an approximate 0550Z ETA.
    
    021616Z OCT 94 11176USB
            BLACKHAWK 720 with a patch to DSN -------- via MacDill Global.
    720
    advised "Duty Office" they needed a QSL for their on-station time. 
    Duty
    Office advised 1618Z.
    
    100421Z OCT 94 6810AM
            Female reading 5-digit number groups in accented English. Each
    group
    was given twice.
    
    100427Z OCT 94 6730USB
            NIGHTWATCH 1, BUGLE BOY, & WAR-46 passing EAMs, 3-6-9s, and
    radio-checking eachother.
    
    110419Z OCT 94 2182USB
            M/V Hibiscus II (320' container ship) communicating with NMN
    (USCG CAMSLANT Chesapeake) reference a crewman who had swallowed a 3' spoon
    while drinking his tea!  NMN relayed suggestion from surgeon that Hibiscus
    II put the patient on a diet of soft foods & liquid (wow, what a brilliant
    display of wisdom!), and head for nearest port.  Hibiscus II advised 
    they would head to Wilmington, NC with an ETA of 0400 local, 12 OCT.  
    Stations maintained a 6-hour communications guard.  
    
    112125Z OCT 94 6683USB
            SAM 28000, SAM 27000, Andrews (Mystic Star). 28000 was on the
    ground at KYIP. 28000 became AIR FORCE ONE at 2239Z, airborne at 2247Z, 
    and ETB Andrews 2355Z.  President was in Detroit campaigning for Demoncrats.
    
    130417Z OCT 94 8124USB
            Two bored Chinese guys conversing back & forth in Cantonese. 
    One guy keeps singing songs (both in Cantonese & fractured English). 
    Probably (very) bored sailors on two ships...
    
    131007Z OCT 94 6786USB
            Female broadcasting 5-digit number groups in Spanish.  Tape or
    audio feed was messed up.  Audio was clipping, & with some groups, only 
    2 or 3 #s were heard.
    
    141646Z OCT 94 11176USB
            PATIO 62 with a patch to DSN -------- (Patrick AFB CP) via
    Andrews Global. 62 advised "Patrick Dispatch" they had 5 crew, 13 pax, 
    & a 1715Z ETA.
    
    170100Z OCT 94 6683USB
            NIGHTWATCH (E-4B AABNCP) working Andrews.  Trying to set up a
    data circuit (using TE-204 modem) to be patched to the White House Comm
    Center.
    
    170311Z OCT 94 6730USB
            WAR-46, NIGHTWATCH, DECK HAND & WOODSMAN with a SCACS net.
    
    181857Z OCT 94 11176USB
            MUD BUG MOBILE (8th AF Mobile Command Center?) radio-checking
    MacDill GHFS.
    
    181943Z OCT 94 11176USB
            FAST FALL with a phone patch to DSN --------
    (-----------------------) via Offutt Global.  FAST FALL advised "-----"
    "successful TWA" (Trailing Wire Antenna operation), and ETA Offutt was
    2115Z.
    
    190550Z OCT 94 8560USB
            Real-time rebroadcast of mediumwave radio station WOWO
    (1190kHz, Indiana).  FCC Monitoring Post in Allegan, MI had a bearing 
    pointing towards South Carolina/Antigua area.
    
    191925Z OCT 94 9023USB
            MOTOWN 58 (191st AG C-130, MI ANG) calling SIX-PACK OPS (191st
    AG Ops, Selfridge ANGB). No answer. Finally transmitted in the blind that
    they were 1 hour out, maint. Code A-3 for fuel system problems, & required 
    a crew bus upon arrival.  At 2006Z MOTOWN OPS (aka SIX-PACK OPS) 
    radio-checked MOTOWN 58.
    
    191922Z OCT 94 9023USB
            CHALICE ALPHA (963rd AWCS) requesting a phone patch to DSN
    --------
    (RAYMOND 24) via Trenton Military. CHALICE ALPHA had advised Trenton they
    were located in "Sector 7."  CHALICE ALPHA requested a 2330Z weather
    forecast from RAYMOND 24.
    
    191934Z OCT 94 9023USB
            SENTRY 65 with several patches back to Tinker AFB, regarding
    air crewmember check flight updates.  ETA Tinker 2130Z.
    
    241739Z OCT 94 11176USB
            SCALP 93 (AFRES B-52) requesting DSN -------- via MacDill
    Global. 93 advised SCALP SOF (Supervisor Of Flying) that they would be 
    back in the local pattern at 1925Z, & requested permission for an early 
    landing of 1945Z.
    
    241911Z OCT 94 11243USB
            GLADIOLA requesting a patch to DSN -------- via MacDill.
    GLADIOLA passed an Immediate, 241901Z OCT 94 message (12 code groups) 
    to callword BLACK ANT (---------------------------------------------
    -------).
    
    242145Z OCT 94 11176USB
            PEDRO 22 with a phone patch to Pope Base Ops via Ascension
    GHFS. PEDRO 22 had an ETA Pope of 2230Z, with a DV-3R aboard.
    
    251654Z OCT 94 11176USB
            MASK (BASK?) 17 (AFSOC MC or AC-130) with a phone patch to DSN
    -------- via Andrews. 17 passed names of crew-members to "----,"
    requesting that their families be passed the 1830Z arrival time.  Next 
    patch was to DSN --------. 17 advised Hurlburt CP they were RTB from Site 
    Alpha, ETA was 1830Z, & that they would be coming in two hours early due 
    to an aircraft pressurization problem. They requested the CP contact 
    Tyndall to see if 17 could transit thru Tyndall's Warning Areas.
    
    251715Z OCT 94 11176USB
            INFINITE contacting McClellan GHFS & requesting a Pattern-3
    Conference Call. McClellan advised to meet them on 11220USB.  On
    11220USB, INFINITE & McClellan authenticated eachother, & INFINITE again
    requested McClellan set up a Pat-3 call, to start at INFINITE's request. 
    INFINITE kept telling McClellan to wait a few minutes... Finally, when 
    INFINITE seemed ready, they had to QSY to 13241USB for a signal check, 
    & then ated at 1811Z.  Several times, I could swear that the operator
    aboard INFINITE ID'ed as IMPOTENT, which was perhaps a Freudian slip, 
    since this JCSAN test call took almost an hour on 4 different frequencies 
    to start & conclude...
    
    251847Z OCT 94 5692USB
            COAST GUARD 6003 & 6011 reporting "flight ops normal" to
    Traverse City Air.  6003 reported they were 10 minutes out, & 6011 
    advised they were over Plum Island.  6003 was on-deck at 1854Z.
    
    251928Z OCT 94 11176USB
            REDI (or READY) 65 with a phone patch to MacDill extension
    ----- via
    MacDill Global.  65 advised REDI OPS (-----------------------------)
    that REDI 55's ETA was 1705L, & 65 should be in at 1720L, & to pass that
    info on to Customs.  REDI OPS advised that Customs doesn't come out 
    for the 'short flights' coming in from Haiti or Gitmo, so 65 could 
    disregard preparing any Customs Service paperwork.  Probably a C-12 or 
    RU-12 aircraft.
    
    271654Z OCT 94 11217USB
            BLUE 02 with a patch to DSN -------- via Andrews Global. 02
    advised NODAK CONTROL that they had a 1900Z ETA, were tail # 7976 & 
    needed Customs to meet them on their arrival. 8 crew & 12 pax.  Moved 
    to freq from 11176.
    
    271658Z OCT 94 11220USB
            SAM 31681 working Andrews VIP.  Aircraft was returning back to
    DC from a State Dept trip to Africa.  Numerous phone patches between State
    Dept. Assistant & deputy secretaries, including Strobe Talbot. Aircraft
    landed at CYWG at 1815Z, & was scheduled to arrive at ADW at around
    2330Z.
    
    271906Z OCT 94 11176USB
            RAZOR 20 with a phone patch to DSN -------- via Offutt GHFS. 20
    advised Barksdale vehicle dispatch that their ETA was 2000Z, & they'd
    need a staff car for the general & also crew transportation.   Aircraft
    wastransporting VIPs to NCO Academy graduation.  It was mentioned that
    the aircraft was "General Loh's plane," although it is unknown if he was
    aboard.
    
            Hey fellow radio-geeks, please post your utility loggings!  I'm
    going to just start posting mine on systems like GEnie, where it seems
    like people actually are interested in utility monitoring, rather than 
    being wallflowers, or just posting political BS!  It is somewhat of a 
    hassle for me to upload these loggings onto Internet, & it doesn't seem 
    like it is worth it.
     
    --
    Tim Tyler    Internet: [email protected]  Packet: KA8VIR
    @WB8ZPN.#SEMI.MI.USA.NA
    P.O. Box 443   C$erve:72571,1005 GEnie: T.Tyler5 AOL: Hooligan MCI:
    442-5735
    Ypsilanti MI 48197       
    
    I'm an equal-opportunity discriminator, and I affirm action.
97.3CSLALL::HENDERSONDig a little deeperWed Nov 23 1994 18:0310

 Going to any parties this weekend?  When things get a bit dull, pull out
 .0 and you'll liven things up considerably!





Jim
97.4LJSRV2::KALIKOWNo Federal Tacks on the Info Hwy!Fri Nov 25 1994 17:132
      It doesn't do to ask, .1 -- RAH is prone to these fits of insertion.
    
97.5VMSSG::LYCEUM::CURTISDick "Aristotle" CurtisThu Dec 01 1994 22:386
    .1:
    
    Buy yourself a good rig (I can recommend a military BC-348) and join
    the party.
    
    Dick
97.6CALDEC::RAHthe truth is out there.Mon Dec 12 1994 14:1839
    
    Since there  has been  quite a  few posts  wanting this  data,  here is 
    a list of  fast food  frequencies that  is listed  in the  November issue
    of Monitoring Times.  But be aware, the FCC isn't exactly issuing
    frequencies to every  fast food  chain  for  their own  use,  and that  
    any fast  food restaurant  can  buy  whatever  low  powered  FM  
    transmitters / receivers they need  for their  store at  an electronics  
    shop.  Anyway,  just stick the below  in one  of your  scanner's  channel 
    banks,  and see  what comes up.  All this talk about food is getting me 
    hungry.
    
    Gourmet Restaurant                Frequencies
    -------------------------------   -----------------------------------
    
    Arby's                             30.84        31.00       154.57
                                      457.55       479.25
    
    McDonald's                         35.12        67.775       70.245
                                       71.105      154.49       154.58
                                      461.0375     463.2875     466.0375
                                      468.2875     469.5125
    
    Hardee's                           30.84        31.00        35.02
                                      151.685      151.805      464.0125
                                      469.0125
    
    Kentucky Fried Chicken             31.00       170.305      457.5375
                                      457.5875
    
    Taco Bell                          30.84       154.57       465.8875
    
    Wendy's                            33.16        33.40       154.515
    
    Burger King                        30.84       457.55       465.8875
                                      467.775
    
    From: [email protected] (Berton Corson)