Category Archives: SATCOM

February 19, 2013
00:44
by: trango

Operation Deep Freeze Medivac

Operation Deep Freeze coordinating a Medivac with ICE 38. POR 263.6250 on 02-16-13: POR 263.6250 on 02-17-13: Tweet

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October 13, 2012
23:59
by: trango

Operation Deep Freeze Activity Ramps Up

Operation Deep Freeze became really active as of today (10.13.12). In the recording below you can hear ICE 10, ICE 11, Deep Freeze Ops, Mac Center and Charleston Roth. Discussion of various weather situations, Iridium texts, Microwave Landing System (MLS) … Continue reading →

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October 11, 2012
15:04
by: trango

TerreStar-1 on S-Band

While doing some calibration on the smaller dish I ran across a really nice collection of voice/data signals from the TerreStar-1 satellite. TerreStar-1 is in geosynchronous orbit in the 111W slot. It has an 18-meter antenna and so has some … Continue reading →

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October 11, 2012
14:31
by: trango

Landsat-5 S-Band Reception

Just killing time waiting for ISS / Dragon to come into view. Decided to take a listen to Landsat-5 and was surprised with a really nice wide signal on 2287.5 MHz. Was able to see it lock up with the … Continue reading →

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September 10, 2012
15:45
by: trango

X-Band System is Operational

After a few months of pulling together some key surplus X-Band equipment, USA-Satcom is happy to report successful first signals from both WGS-1 and DSCS-3 satellites. Here are a couple of screenshots of X-Band waveforms from WGS-1 and DSCS-3. Additional … Continue reading →

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September 7, 2012
11:07
by: trango

Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze seems to be active again. These recordings are from end of August but I am just getting around to posting them. From the recordings it sounds like they are just getting Satcom setup and are doing some … Continue reading →

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July 14, 2012
20:50
by: trango

SATCOM Logs 14-July-2012

CONUS 261.575: Jolly 91 Flight calling Holly Ops. Tweet

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July 8, 2012
02:00
by: trango

SATCOM Logs 8-July-2012

CONUS 258.650: Trojan 16 calling Trojan 30 for radio check. Tweet

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June 29, 2012
02:00
by: trango

SATCOM Logs 29-June-2012

CONUS 258.650: 92 calling for radio check. Tweet

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June 28, 2012
02:00
by: trango

SATCOM Logs 28-June-2012

CONUS 266.750: Romeo Sierra requesting Cheeksaw. Tweet

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