Monday 18-04-2022

[big john]

Black 01 working 252.875 climbing fl600 requesting direct GODOS.

[big john]

Black 02 working 252.875 climbing fl600 requesting direct ROPAL.

[Pune]

Thanks for the info' BJ

[zero_gravity]

Black 01 working 252.875 climbing fl600 requesting direct GODOS.

Interestingly there was a very short burst of Mode S into the flight identifying the frame as 80-1080. Presumably that was correct , although other parts of the stream were not.
Mission then continued Mode A.

[ttt242]

BLACK01 dir GODOS on 314.600 Maastricht bandboxed

[Pune]

BLACK01 dir GODOS on 314.600 Maastricht bandboxed

Can I ask what 'bandboxed' means?

[ttt242]

Can I ask what 'bandboxed' means?

I am living close to Maastricht and a lot of the UHF and VHF frequencies of Maastricht Mil are combined and re-broadcast on 314.600.
BLACK01 got the 398.025 but i still receive him on 314.600….
The positive is that i can hear the ground and the planes, even close to north German/Polish border because the re-broadcast nearby in Maastricht
The negative is i have to guess on wich frequency the original transmitter is on.
So thats why I type bandboxed because the original frequency could be another one.
Maastricht Mil controller gave NACHO131 126.xxx Mhz but I still hear NACHO131 on 314.600

BLACK01 now squawk 3320

[ttt242]

BLACK01 >Swanwick 277.775

[big john]

Black 01 or is it 2? checking 252.875 routing direct Shawbury.

[BOLLO]

14.54 BLACK 01 252.875 for the descent direct Shawbury

[big john]

Black 02 checking in on 270.050 fl600 requesting direct fairford overhead.

[BOLLO]

15.56 BLACK 02 up on 252.875 for the overhead initial FFD

[Ollie]

15.56 BLACK 02 up on 252.875 for the overhead initial FFD

He didn't quote a runway did he please Bollo?

[Reubenacott]

15.56 BLACK 02 up on 252.875 for the overhead initial FFD

He didn't quote a runway did he please Bollo?

No

[big john]

Black 01 working 252.875 climbing fl600 requesting direct GODOS.

Interestingly there was a very short burst of Mode S into the flight identifying the frame as 80-1080. Presumably that was correct , although other parts of the stream were not. Mission then continued Mode A.

This chap was a bit confused today as his first call outbound was as Black 02 which he corrected and the same on the return. Black 02 on first call with Swanwick.

[Pune]

Can I ask what 'bandboxed' means?

I am living close to Maastricht and a lot of the UHF and VHF frequencies of Maastricht Mil are combined and re-broadcast on 314.600.
BLACK01 got the 398.025 but i still receive him on 314.600….
The positive is that i can hear the ground and the planes, even close to north German/Polish border because the re-broadcast nearby in Maastricht
The negative is i have to guess on wich frequency the original transmitter is on.
So thats why I type bandboxed because the original frequency could be another one.
Maastricht Mil controller gave NACHO131 126.xxx Mhz but I still hear NACHO131 on 314.600

BLACK01 now squawk 3320

Thanks ttt242, I think I understand now

[tm74sqn]

It looks like there were two U-2 missions today (Monday 18/04), or was there only one? I'm rather confused - not unusual you could say!

[big john]

There were 2. You weren't the only one confused! the new driver in black 01 couldn't remember who he was.

[tm74sqn]

Thanks - perhaps I would make a good U-2 driver after all !