How to monitor US Air Force military radio

How to monitor US Air Force military radio | Ham radio

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2 жыл бұрын

I spent two nights monitoring the US Air Force radio transmissions and also making a few ham radio contacts from a glorious new location.
The High Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS) is a network of single sideband shortwave transmitters of the United States Air Force which is used to communicate with aircraft in flight, ground stations and some United States Navy surface assets. All worldwide receiving and transmitting sites in the HFGCS system are remotely controlled from Andrews Air Force Base and Grand Forks Air Force Base. Before 1 October 2002 it was known as the Global High Frequency System (GHFS).
The primary HFGCS voice frequencies are 4724.0 kHz, 8992.0 kHz, 11175.0 kHz, and 15016.0 kHz. In addition to the HFGCS, U.S. aircraft frequently use Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) HF stations (13927.0 kHz) and Canadian Forces HF stations (11232.0 kHz) to relay messages.
One common use for the HFGCS is to place telephone calls from the aircraft in flight by means of the Defence Switched Network (DSN) to an U.S. Air Force base. The HFGCS also carries Emergency Action Messages (EAMs). (Info from Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Fr...
Other useful sites:
priyom.org/military-stations/...
mt-milcom.blogspot.com/
The location for the overnight stay was Mount Pleasant Camping and Glamping:
mountpleasantglamping.co.uk/

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@RonanCantwell 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, Carl. That looked like a perfect couple of days to unwind. 👍

@alanthomas8817 2 жыл бұрын

Yay the disco's back :-) Great vid Carl and thanks for the military radio info.

@blomidon 2 жыл бұрын

Great glamping spot. I’ll have to take a listen to those military frequencies on my IC705. You gave me an idea for what I can make for dinner, supper, tea or whatever tonight. 73 de VO1OK

@IrishHamRadio 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Carl😊 Really interesting listening to those US transmissions.

@charlieb.4273 2 жыл бұрын

The Evac flight is a medical evacuation flight going into Naval Air Station Sigonella on the island of Sicily. There is a US Naval Hospital there. It is a nice base, been there many times. Great Video. Charlie in Virginia

@M0SZT 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@blackpaw369 2 жыл бұрын

Deployed there twice :)

@J1mbo888 2 жыл бұрын

Ive just purchased one of those Antennas. Hopefully put it to good use next month. Top Video as always Carl 🙂

@simontemplar0468 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings again from Portland, Oregon. Thank you for the new video. Good as always ☺️ 73

@snapperhead273 2 ай бұрын

this set up is therapeutic

@mattomite9097 5 ай бұрын

That is a nice little setup you have there. Makes for a cozy camping experience and a great listening place. Well done!

@davidkerl1431 3 ай бұрын

Looks like a nice, quiet spot, devoid of both noise and PEOPLE. Best wishes, Dave N9HF

@Roddy1965 2 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable material and pace.

@Frisky0563 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Carl thanks!

@KE8UYV Жыл бұрын

I just happened to come across your channel today, and seen the beginning of this video. It sounds just like what I heard in the only video I have posted. I was thinking it was some kind of strange numbers station. Thank you! 73!

@mewnqmeipad8714 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service

@K1DTC Жыл бұрын

That is a neat place to camp. Great video and editing. Well done 👍

@chrissuddell7940 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! Love the lamp reminds me of nights fishing on the Thames near Tilbury!

@Subgunman 2 жыл бұрын

Those are real nice lamps! I have two antique Coleman lamps that I run on Benzine here in SV land considering I cannot get white gas here and I am also restoring an old Petromax lamp as well. Waiting for some warm nights here where I can set up a tent on the top terrace and work some HF from the QTH here.

@simonwinwood 2 жыл бұрын

thoroughly enjoyed this mate. cheers

@pale_2111 2 жыл бұрын

This video popped up into my KZfaq home page. Cooking, Radio and making some contacts. Made me a subscriber in one video. 73, W4ISB Mike in Tennessee.

@M0SZT 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@bak4320 Жыл бұрын

it looks beautiful there. great vid!

@KutWrite 2 жыл бұрын

What a pleasant video. Thanks for uploading. The space seems cozy, if chilly, and the landscape perfect for hamming. Loved the time-lapse and the sunset, too. I've been considering getting back into ham. I've kept my license valid. It's a General class, N5ZXX. I'm temped to use an SDR like you have in one segment of your video. I'm not sure of the quality of such a tiny radio, but they seem OK on KZfaq. Otherwise, Icom would be where I'd look, or maybe an old-school Drake receiver and Transmitter. I think tubes are still available. An antenna like yours would do me well, too. Thanks again. I'll check out more of your videos and maybe we'll meet on-air some day. 73

@joeframo3347 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool video I like the 705 nice radio love the setup I would love to live that way

@DinoBloise 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Carl. Thanks.

@youtubeaccount931 8 ай бұрын

I like the travel case for the spices, the man doesn't mess around

@Jim_2E0HKM 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Carl, hope your keeping well, lovely video, new location looks great and maybe looks a bit easier for you to play a bit of radio. Very little noise too. The 705 doing you proud on a difficult few days. 73. Jim 2E0HKM

@chuckwilkins3581 2 жыл бұрын

Love that Tilley lantern !!

@MikeDent Жыл бұрын

wow nice place and an interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

@lephotographinc 2 жыл бұрын

Great concept .. ham radio and cooking. KEEP THEM COMING.. 73S FROM W5ZM.

@duanetrivett750 2 жыл бұрын

Your camp is killer , i would enjoy a spot like that my self ! I am in Tennessee and it was 75 at sundown tonight . i would rather be in the UK now . 73 my friend .

@mmayhem29 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome place to listen

@alainbroekema5000 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, nice surroundings !

@RajithaPrabath 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the Video 73s 4S6RSP

@daal1977 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Carl!!

@RayAttardPrevi 2 жыл бұрын

Great vids and love your cooking preferences...keep up the great work...73 de 9H5TB

@johnmagee2394 2 жыл бұрын

I like your Ham Shack Very Nice !!!

@007ExtremeCB 3 ай бұрын

Very cool, I love this hobby. Keep up the great videos.

@mtrld 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice, reminds me of me shack in rural Montana many years ago!

@coandne4821 2 жыл бұрын

Carl, I just found your channel and am enjoying your videos. I'm W0SEH in the US. I was posted at RAF Mildenhall almost twenty years ago and held call sign M0DGO while in the UK. I only monitor HF here, I mostly do 2m. 73 Steve

@m0bob 2 жыл бұрын

I used to love going to the Mildenhall airshows, unfortunately, I believe they no longer exist. 73 de Bob, M0BOB.

@coandne4821 2 жыл бұрын

@@m0bob I left there in 2005. I haven’t kept up with base activities since then. The air shows were good community builders back in the day.

@mikesey1 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, you'll have to go to RAF Fairford now, actually a US base currently hosting B52 bombers. It's in Gloucestershire, some distance away. 🙁

@mtnride4930 2 жыл бұрын

WOW I was at RAF Lakenheath back in 74 and would do flights out of Mildenhall. I worked at the Flight Surgeons office. I remember the air shows at Lakenheath AMAZING.

@halfabapandmusket 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@migi5374 3 ай бұрын

Nice camping set up for your listening adventure.

@taylorlavata2837 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@barrywendon5168 2 жыл бұрын

Again Carl many thanks for the culinary skills Hi good video always I have the I com705 great radio 73 de G6JMX

@Ei2iP 2 жыл бұрын

Use to listen to this stuff 20 years ago....

@MRSZ5440 2 жыл бұрын

KD6TXB Here nice setup thanks for the video interesting.

@CaptainK007 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent camp curry and SWL lurk with a hint of end fed and Sherman tank.

@douglasbrink6342 2 жыл бұрын

Very Nice! I need a hut like that!

@super20dan 20 күн бұрын

wow what am awesume set up!

@billking3313 Жыл бұрын

what a fantastic perspective on ham radio fun. Thanks so much for sharing this Carl. Hope to get in touch. Bill KK7IGZ

@lennymalley745 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@peredavi 2 жыл бұрын

Nice radio. Very nice QTH. I have a Icom 7300 and battery pack to take in my Tundra/Fourwheel popup truck camper for mobile ops here in Wyoming,Montana and Idaho with end fed dipole. I like your fibreglass mast setup. Good idea. I may use that, Nice Land Rover. Thinking of a Icom 705 for taking in backpack for hikes up in mountains for mobile QSLs.

@Triumph_Explorer 2 жыл бұрын

Another nice vlog. Enjoy & B safe. M7AHE. 73

@robbehr8806 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@m0bob 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching your recordings. You could do some cookery videos as well! 73 de Bob, M0BOB.

@leo3times 2 жыл бұрын

That view is awesome. 👍🏻 Thx

@NICKGAR7 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, careful with snow. Often associated with low, highly charged clouds and the noise likely discharging into the rig.

@fmfm38875 2 жыл бұрын

فيديو جميل.... اعشق تلك المغامرات...

@deenunya7735 2 жыл бұрын

Just doing Something Simple lol..Burritos Mince, spices Corrinder lol Good Vid Carl 👍

@Boediprasetya 2 жыл бұрын

9:35 YC1CLE it's an amateur radio station from Indonesia..... Great set up bro...Greeting from Indonesia

@fortranmustdie 7 ай бұрын

I used to spend so much time listening to shortwave just trying to find weird stuff for fun, years later I enlisted to get out of poverty and now I'm USAF comm in Asia. Life is crazy.

@lordmichaelharris1710 5 ай бұрын

Thank you carl for sharing a great get away radio away from qrm is amazing and utility monitoring am thinking of getting a 705 for my self keep the coles burning 73s de 2E1DNC

@HubertCoudurier-wf4nj 3 ай бұрын

Very nice shack, you should try aviation listening in VHF and UHF, you seem to be in a good location fot that !

@pauliedweasel 6 ай бұрын

Decades ago I used to listen to Looking Glass on 11.243MHz using my PRC-47 transceiver.

@davidmeeker7481 2 жыл бұрын

" Skyking, skyking, do not answer, EAM to follow" Mainsail, mainsail calling Hickam"

@535Medic 2 ай бұрын

Oops, were all dead now

@mikesey1 2 жыл бұрын

What an interesting video! Unfortunately it left me feeling starving hungry 😳

@wayneskiba1237 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video, Carl, I really enjoyed it, a lot of good information , I took a lot of notes on this one! I also like your new setup in the Peak district, looks very nice and cozy. Enjoyed your cooking segment gave me quite an appetite hi-hi. Thank you for showing how you set up your end fed antenna system, learned a few new things. All-in all this video was very interesting and informative. Thank you sharing, keep 'em coming! Oh almost forgot happy to see your Land Rover back on the road!

@pauljs75 2 жыл бұрын

Should put some WebSDR stuff on list of useful related sites. Thanks to people that generously host a feed from their receivers, you can listen in via the internet rather than having to invest in the gear. (Having the gear is still neat, but for newbies or a casual interest - then listening via a web page is nice. Listings with those sites are also useful for DX testing to various locations if broadcasting too.)

@nc4tn 2 жыл бұрын

Very kewl adventure, Carl. The countryside is beautiful. Isn’t solitude wonderful?

@BoulevardRecording Жыл бұрын

Impressive. We don’t hear that much in the states !

@migalito1955 10 ай бұрын

Cool beans... Hope to catch you on 40 meters or 20 meters some day. I too only use QRP and have two of the HF Signals kit transceivers and may pick up one of the budget SDR transceivers in the near future. While I live in a small home nearly by itself in the Catskill mountains my Australian Shepard nick named Buddy & I like to find spots in the middle of nowhere to set up camping for a night weI too will bring a transceiver along with an audio book. Take care & 73 De kc2wvb

@mikecallahan8234 2 жыл бұрын

I already have the Air Force HFGCS frequencies in my head and in radio memories. 73 de ke4obe

@johnc2708 2 жыл бұрын

Loving the videos, food, radio and locations. Thanks for all your efforts. Is your IC-705 sitting in a case on the table in this video? If so, what is it?

@M0SZT 2 жыл бұрын

I use Peovi Carry Cage and took the handles off it so it fits into the hardcase

@KutWrite 2 жыл бұрын

@@M0SZT : Was that your SDR in the small box on the back of the table? I'll look and see if you listed your gear somewhere.

@BillTheDroneReviewer 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Carl. What kind of antenna are you using ?

@tmm66 2 жыл бұрын

すばらしいシャックですね。QSO　できることたのしみにしています。JL１MMM　７３

@desbelfastireland9982 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU,, NICE , DES CREAN,, BELFAST,, IRELAND

@timm2020 Жыл бұрын

I would like to see more about that cabin etc.

@ALGPEREZ Жыл бұрын

Can you please show your antenna's outside high frequencies are totally amazing since then and until now....

@bendunselman 2 ай бұрын

Nice cooking show .....

@bendunselman 2 ай бұрын

73, de former PE1CGX

@appalachianunderground8474 7 ай бұрын

Great channel, I subscribed today 👍🏻… as if I need another radio 😂now I’ve got to have a 705 …awesome rig from what I’ve seen. Your location reminds me of somewhere 007 may have held up , monitoring the air waves waiting on instructions from M.. I really do enjoy your channel, maybe we can connect sometime…KQ4KHM 🇺🇸🅰️✝️

@indridcold8433 3 ай бұрын

I am relatively new to HF listening. I mistakenly believed that HF had no military, commercial, logistics, digital satellite communication, and emergency traffic. I am just now barely becoming aware of maritime emergency frequencies, aviation communications, satellite imagery, and more! I always thought those things were VHF and UHF only.

@myfavouritethings5935 2 жыл бұрын

HI, how long is your end fed antenna? Would you be able to give any more details of it - Pole / Choke etc Would be very helpful, Many Thanks

@Jennifer-007 11 ай бұрын

The stuff you thought was related to the snow looks like a solar charge controller, I'm off grid and get similar but it's usually when it's really sunny and the controllers are working hard, not the other way around when there's snow.. weird. Is your XYL anti HF? That's a cute dog house/man cave.

@jungleman4921 11 ай бұрын

Not able to receive 11.175. here in NewZealand anymore. Most military stations on upper side band are not received here anymore.

@garyh8315 2 жыл бұрын

I too would love to get away in my caravan. However, the family would call me selfish. Yet moan at me for being on the radio all day.... no win situation. 😆😆

@iainallsop7465 Жыл бұрын

Superb video. Reallt helpful.After years of listening to VHF/UHF in East Anglia around the bases locally here i have just started in the last year getting HF using a RSPA1 SDR Play and using SDRUNO with a wellbrook active loop i have just installed. This is the kind of comms i have been hunting. Been listing to NAT atlantic stuff but really after this stuff as well. thanks again. How active is 11175 with your experience? had a few hits on my homemade long wire in the past. Is it busy daily?

@iainallsop7465 Жыл бұрын

your antenna looks interesting as well. will take a look

@michaelclifton8874 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really all new to this. How are you able to listen to this but be so far away? I thought radios only can hear up to about 40 miles away?

@alanhughes1262 2 жыл бұрын

i will listen out for you on 20m im on every night from vk3 i work many on 20 m running low power in the uk i get big pile ups.i will put a few calls out on 20m for you .i run on 14.215mhz

@CellBotics 5 ай бұрын

I want to buy a system that allows me to 1 communicate (like truckers do) and 2 hear announcements … I have no idea what it’s called, any help? Incase cell phones or satellites every go down

@Rs500ybd 2 жыл бұрын

When You get a Good Report Try on your return over Saying thank you for the Flowers On The Report. Sounds Better..

@Jay-M7CVO 3 ай бұрын

I’m using an IC705 with Alex loop I’m still yet to get contact on DSTAR - 73

@radioactive8772 2 жыл бұрын

This is off topic, but what is the brand of shirt / jacket are you wearing. Looks warm. I would like to purchase one. Thanks K7WHN

@M0SZT 2 жыл бұрын

The green one is a Snugpack waterproof winter jacket, the black one is generic down jacket not an expensive one

@radioactive8772 2 жыл бұрын

@@M0SZT Thanks K7WHN

@CARLiCON 2 жыл бұрын

Nice radio shack/setup. Your radio looks plugged in, do you have mains power or are you running with batteries?

@M0SZT 2 жыл бұрын

Running with a battery on this trip

@PP-ob8zr 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I have a question. In this video your laptop....is that an app to be able to lisen via the laptop? Thanks.

@M0SZT 2 жыл бұрын

yes its an icom app (2 in fact), one app makes a connection via wifi with the radio and passes audio and commands back and forth the second provides an interface that emulates the radio controls, you can press transmit and send your voice or data via the wifi connection into the radio and out via RF. RS-BA1 Version 2

@on2vhf83 2 жыл бұрын

Hi from belgium on2vhf laurent

@Odessia-ij5ys 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes listen to the shortwave band

@samgraham4168 2 жыл бұрын

Do the sites mind you playing radio at their locations? I s'pose, to the uninitiated, it's nothing more than a flagpole to them so I can't imagine so?

@M0SZT 2 жыл бұрын

I always explain what I’m doing to the owners when first meeting them, I explain the risk assessment I’ve done and check they are happy.

@slackythe2nd 2 жыл бұрын

What antenna is it that you are using as I'm interested in getting an end fed antenna but there are so many different ones.

@M0SZT 2 жыл бұрын

It’s from here www.radio-stuff.com/

@automat6669 Жыл бұрын

@@M0SZT build your own. need 10.5m wire 1.5mm/2 and a rg 58 coax. there are many videos how to do it. its no problem

@MrJohnthegreat22 2 жыл бұрын

Watch those plastic spoons. They taste a bit rubbery when cooked in the kettle! 😀

@marcmeyer7377 3 ай бұрын

What antenna setup did you use?

@franciscolopez3229 2 жыл бұрын

Word of concern to all fellow "HAMS", it may sound fun, but be responsible enough for who knows, one day all amateur frquencies may be jammed. Nothing is impossible to the military whatever country it may be. I hope it's not yet late since so many of this kinds of videos listening to military modulation have already been uploaded. Just my thoughts......

@gman4741 2 жыл бұрын

We can always use smoke signals.