While searching for information on possible bunkers in the UK that might have been the opposite ends of these cables, I came across the following site: ...
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ozob99
Oct 2, 2010 2:12 am
Revisiting ham,swl & other forums on "sky king" broadcasts I did'nt find anything definitive on how the HF transmitting sites received each broadcast's...
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Polo Hat
utahooligan
Oct 2, 2010 4:32 am
AUTODIN. This sort of application was one of the main reasons that migration to DMS was delayed for so long & AUTODIN survived at some locations after DMS...
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David I. Emery
die02493
Oct 2, 2010 5:30 am
... I believe that a fair number of leased telco private line circuits were used for this purpose at various times... I guess others here would know a lot more...
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John K Scoggin Jr (W3...
jks19714
Oct 2, 2010 12:44 pm
As I recall, DMS couldn’t (can’t) provide guaranteed delivery with the 15 (?) seconds required of EAMs. _____________________________________ John K...
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Bill Hensley
billhensleyokc
Oct 2, 2010 1:12 pm
John, that was never tested, but was an article of faith for DISA. So most of the AUTODIN hubs were shut down except for a subset that were renamed DMS...
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Robin Fry
ve7ffp
Oct 2, 2010 3:19 pm
Hi All: On the Dewline the message came in on the Greenpine Survival Low frequency Communication System to the Main Sites, the Military then passed it on to...
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ozob99
Oct 2, 2010 8:21 pm
... OK so the content was sent as record comms,via DOD and/or commercial landlines; and then read as voice transmissions from the various TX sites. Any...
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Tim
utahooligan
Oct 2, 2010 9:53 pm
... Or access was seized remotely via SAC Command Center, SAC Numbered Air Force Combat Operations Centers, PACCS assets, etc. "TECH CONTROL" used to be heard...
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Doug Humphrey
codeblueonetwo
Oct 3, 2010 2:58 pm
... hahaha - great term - ruthless preemption - I should be able to get that into a document or presentation somewhere along the line ;-) I will tip the hat...
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ozob99
Oct 3, 2010 3:22 pm
Thanks for the elaboration. good stuff to know....
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ozob99
Oct 3, 2010 3:27 pm
Like the I Phone blurb: "they do it because they can!"...
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Jordan Hayes
ineverworked...
Oct 3, 2010 3:57 pm
... A few months ago, they changed the contract aircraft to use CAMBER [ICAO: CMB] instead; there should be no more contract aircraft using REACH. San...
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packy41@...
packy41
Oct 3, 2010 5:45 pm
Still in use as of last weekend...heard a couple calling in radio checks. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "Jordan Hayes"...
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John K Scoggin Jr (W3...
jks19714
Oct 3, 2010 5:47 pm
Sometimes Uncle Sam’s security leaves them high and dry – on 9/11/01, I was acting as net control of one of the NCS SHARES nets when WAR46 came on ...
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ozob99
Oct 3, 2010 7:22 pm
http://www.lazygranch.com/edw_rf_truck.htm the mfg's web page: http://www.emitechnologies.com/smic.html BTW the guy at lazygranch.com has some interesting pics...
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dave_d333
Oct 3, 2010 9:56 pm
I'm curious to hear what people's theories are about the recent activity on the HF Russian "buzzer' transmissions. ...
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Sam Etler
sametler
Oct 4, 2010 12:08 am
The theory that it's used to study the ionosphere seems about the most sane to me, at least given that there's been very few interruptions to it being a buzzer...
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Facility 406 DM09
kd7jyk
Oct 4, 2010 2:09 am
Check out UDXF on yahoo groups, EAMs, Sky King, the buzzer, et cetera discussed weekly, as they are monitored 24/7 by hundreds. Kurt...
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dave_d333
Oct 4, 2010 5:21 am
I think that's a good possibility... Although, one would have to ask why they haven't just come out and said that a long time ago. And also... Typically...
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Mike Cowen
trippindiculuar
Oct 4, 2010 5:34 am
Any possibility it could be a means to "signal condition" the ionosphere for better propagation on that freq? Mike ... Mike Cowen Practice random acts of...
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David
wb8foz@...
Oct 4, 2010 10:32 pm
So I set pushpins on the bird's eye map, and sent the link to a friend. He uses a different rotation/zoom, but the pins do NOT track; they stay in place while...
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david.dauphinee@...
dauphinee.david
Oct 4, 2010 10:36 pm
Use Google Earth and send your .kmz file. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ... From: David <wb8foz@...> Sender: coldwarcomms@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 04 Oct...
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Mike Walker
thiscloudboy
Oct 4, 2010 11:03 pm
What exactly is this lovely and costly piece of equipment used for at Edwards or elsewhere? As for the Lazygranch site, I love that guy's work: unclouded by...
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David
wb8foz@...
Oct 4, 2010 11:34 pm
... Bing Bong has some great low-angle airbreather[1] coverage; something Google (and everyone else listed in Geohack...) lacks. 1] In this group, I should say...
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dave_d333
Oct 5, 2010 6:26 am
... I have no idea... The really weird thing is that it does appear to be an actual mic'd sound inside a room being transmitted... Thus, the odd voices when...
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Mike Walker
thiscloudboy
Oct 5, 2010 6:48 am
I've long found the "buzzer" station interesting and while I don't know its purpose, I can say the following: Friends who are astronomers and atmospheric...
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dave_d333
Oct 5, 2010 10:04 am
That makes sense... I've not heard recordings of all the times when there was something other than the buzzer. So I've not heard exactly what it sounds like...
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John
wwuh1
Oct 5, 2010 2:41 pm
I just posted several dozen additional photos of the underground Cheshire, CT ATT facility here: http://coldwar-ct.com/ATT_Cheshire.html...
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kemartinatsnetnet
kemartinatsn...
Oct 5, 2010 7:43 pm
John, So what does the facility do today if anything? I noticed the lack of any areas with telephone equipment. -Ken...
