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June 19th 04, 08:16 PM

On 19 Jun 2004 05:57:47 GMT, (Len Over 21) wrote:

In article , Radio Amateur KC2HMZ
writes:

On 18 Jun 2004 19:48:44 GMT, (Len Over 21) wrote:

See the Army Communicator write-up on Grecian Firebolt 2002
for a good example. :-)

For that matter, just turn on a shortwave receiver. Grecian Firebolt
2004 is being conducted as I type this, and will continue until some
time in August.

Interesting! :-)

Frequencies?

Among those that have been logged over the last week or so a

14396.4 kHz (they were .1 low) 14/1800 Jun UTC:
SHARES exercise in support of GRECIAN FIREBOLT 2004.
Check-in window #1 of 4 scheduled, each day at 1800-1900 UTC.
Ctrl shared by: KGD34 ( NCC/Shares liason, VA), AFA4BR (Shares
Coordination Station, Gulf Coast, Houston), DLA303 (SCS, Northwest,
Defense Logistics Agency, WA.); Working: KOQ434 (US Customs, NC,
possible SCS), KOQ636 (US Customs, ?), KDM52 (FAA, Memphis, TN),
KHA925 (NASA, Johnson Space Flight Ctr, Houston), WGY908 (SCS, FEMA
Region 8 Control, Denver, CO), KCR873 (USDA, Boise, ID, with traffic),
Puerto Rico CAP 20, WNIC426 (Phone company/ NTA, IL), among others
which were missed due to QSB.

KGD 34 went to 14995.0 at 1830 with KCR 873, to receive the traffic.
They were weak - message was copied by KGD 34 and passed successfully,
but no copy here. ALE and PACTOR BBS check-ins are 24 hours daily for
the duration.

5403.3 - Group HF with T, A and lots of others

8668.5 - This is a WHISKEY Air Defense battlegroup net with HOTEL
WHISKEY as NCS. Simulated air attacks, with carrier strike package
targeting track 3515, track 3515 being declared hostile, eventually
with "splash two". Later, VICTOR wkg HW re strike package is feet dry.

8252.0 - BRAVO FOXTROT Net (USB) USN FOXTROT battlegroup net with
BRAVO FOXTROT as NCS.

The U.S. Navy's current exercise is named SUMMER PULSE 04 and will
conclude in August, this involves having simultaneous deployment of
seven aircraft carrier strike groups.

The carriers involved are the Norfolk-based USS George Washington (CVN
73), the San Diego-based USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), the Yokosuka,
Japan-based USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), the Mayport, Fla.-based USS John F
Kennedy (CV 67), the Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), the
Norfolk-based USS Enterprise (CVN 65), and finally, the USS Ronald
Reagan (CVN 76), which will conduct operations in the U.S. Northern
Command and U.S. Southern Command theaters during the ship's
interfleet transfer from Norfolk, Va., to its Pacific Fleet homeport
of San Diego.

When you consider that no carrier goes anywhere alone but instead has
various mixtures of destroyers, cruisers, attack subs, and at least
one ammo/oiler/supply ship in its CSG (Carrier Strike Groups are
formed and disestablished on an as-needed basis; but while one may be
different from another, all are comprised of similar types of ships),
that's a heck of a lot of radio traffic, so I'm sure the freqs listed
above only skim the surface. Conspicuous by their absence from the
above freqs are freqs for LINK-11 (TADIL-A) voice coordination nets,
for example.

Needless to say, these guys can also change frequency at any time, and
will according to mission requirements, propagation, QRM, and other
considerations - including COMSEC.

73 DE John D. Kasupski
Tonawanda, New York, USA
Amateur Radio (KC2HMZ), HF/VHF/UHF Monitoring (KNY2VS)
Member ARATS, ARES, RACES, WUN