12 hours ago
Today's Russian #ISS #spacewalk is underway, and I just RX'd quite strong cosmonaut chatter on 130.167MHz #FM!😀 (frequency for ISS-to-spacesuit comms👍)
Also briefly checked the suits' freqs, and heard nothing! I guess the suits' radios are low-pwr, so that was to be expected👍 https://t.co/vm0xiusPlf
21 hours ago
MetOp-C from just now. Working the bugs out of "flip-mode" tracking. https://t.co/niC6jmIErj
2 days ago
MetOp-A and C from this morning. Not included is MetOp-B because i chose to have a QSO with Costa Rica on HF in the middle of the pass and that hosed up L-Band enough to loose lock. https://t.co/VJTwF9vmqs
Category Archives: Milair
Operation Deep Freeze 2014
It’s that time of year again! Regular science crew transportation missions to and from Antarctica using US Air Force aircraft. Communications occur via Military Satcom in the Pacific Ocean Region. Below are a few recent satcom intercepts as well as … Continue reading
US NAVY E-6B Mercury TACAMO Intercept
The Boeing E-6 mercury is an airborne command post and communications relay platform. You can read more about it on Wikipedia. The E-6B missions often involve flying into Travis AFB, here in California. Occasionally the E-6B will be active somewhere … Continue reading
AT-197A/GR Military Air Discone
Installed this nice RAMI AT-197A/GR Military Discone today. It’s a great broad band omni-directional antenna optimized for 225-400 MHz. Along with the antenna I am using a custom Angle Linear LNA with a NF of 0.7 and a gain of … Continue reading
