Andrews AFB and shortwave

[Meatwad]

I found a couple of stations on shortwave USB that transmitted a series of numbers and letters in phonetics and ending the transmission as "Andrews out."

Anyone with knowledge of this knows whats going on?

[soda72]

Some general was ordering pizza again...

[Rollins]

"Andrews copies: 1-8 India November Charlie Hotel  Sierra Alpha Uniform Sierra Alpha Golf Echo Papa India Zulu Zulu Alpha"

[MORAY37]

Originally posted by Meatwad
I found a couple of stations on shortwave USB that transmitted a series of numbers and letters in phonetics and ending the transmission as "Andrews out."

Anyone with knowledge of this knows whats going on?

There will be some guys in black helicopters bringing you your pizza pie tonight.

Tip them well.

Alpha Tango Juliet, out.

[MORAY37]

Originally posted by Rollins
"Andrews copies: 1-8 India November Charlie Hotel  Sierra Alpha Uniform Sierra Alpha Golf Echo Papa India Zulu Zulu Alpha"

LMAO

[Donzo]

Originally posted by Rollins
"Andrews copies: 1-8 India November Charlie Hotel  Sierra Alpha Uniform Sierra Alpha Golf Echo Papa India Zulu Zulu Alpha"

 Good one.

[Meatwad]

I was serious too..........

[red26]

its just someone calling out a flight path prob, They were prob, coming from andrews AFB or going to.

[Donzo]

Originally posted by Meatwad


I was serious too..........

What's your question?

What the "Andrews out" means or what the series of numbers and letters in phonetics is?

[Meatwad]

what the series of phononetics meant


Andrews out definately the transmission came from Andrews AFB. I copied the phonetics down but it came out as gibberish

[trax1]

Originally posted by Meatwad
what the series of phononetics meant


Andrews out definately the transmission came from Andrews AFB. I copied the phonetics down but it came out as gibberish

Might have been gibberish to you, but I'm sure it meant something to them.  I'm sure if you have it written down still and ask eagl he'll tell you what it meant.

[Meatwad]

Thanks, I'll have to ask him next time I see him here

[sluggish]

Originally posted by Meatwad
I found a couple of stations on shortwave USB that transmitted a series of numbers and letters in phonetics and ending the transmission as "Andrews out."

Anyone with knowledge of this knows whats going on?

I don't know if what you heard is one of these but I've got a whole collection of number staion recordings.

[ROX]

Yes, that's Andrews AFB.

You will also hear Air Force 1 & 2 on USB (Upper Side Band), sometimes near the 18.100 Amateur Radio Band.  You can easily find very good lists on the internet on what frequencies they frequent--depending on propagation at the time.

I won't give out his callsign, but there was, during the Regan and first Bush administration, a ham radio operator who was an officer on the flight deck(and long time friend of mine) who when things were a little slow, would come down to 20M (14,310 mHz) and hand out contacts "Aboard Air Force One".  He had cleared, in advance, permission to do it.

It was AWESOME during the first Desert Storm to listen to military air operations and some dogfights early on on USB on the higher bands during the day.

Oh...how we yearn for the return of sunspots!!



ROX