Yesterday was the conclusion of the short road trip that began on 7 April; my folks and I visited the Merritt Island NWR then made the drive back to Savannah from Titusville, FL. Once again, we stayed at the Holiday Inn Kennedy Space Center, just off of I-95 (I highly recommend it). On this visit, I had the scenic view of I-95 from the room’s window, but it wasn’t so bad because that meant that the radio antennas were facing Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Once again, my timing was terrible, because early yesterday morning I caught a Volga-Dnepr An-124 going into the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC; if it had been a couple of hours later, we would have been at the Refuge near the SLF and probably would have gotten eyes on the An-124. While visiting the refuge and driving around Titusville, I had the BCD436HP running with the mag-mount antenna like the day before and I had the TRX-1 scanning/recording in the side pocket of my backpack in the back seat.

Logs from the yesterday’s time at the hotel and on the road are below (Note: enc = encrypted, unenc = unencrypted). 246.900 and 306.000 were very busy yesterday morning while I was in the Titusville area with airspace deconfliction communications from VP-30 and VP-26 P-8A Poseidons from NAS Jacksonville. F-15Cs from the 125th FW at Jacksonville IAP as well as some A-10s from Moody AFB (I never caught their callsigns) worked Pinecastle Range throughout the morning.

Hunter AAF
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124.975/279.575 - Tower
   -ARMY 26482 (UH-60L, 93-26482, A/2-3 AVN)
   -ARMY 20310 (HH-60M, 10-20310, C/2-3 AVN)
   -ARMY 20376 (HH-60M, 11-20376, C/2-3 AVN)
   -ARMY 20615 (HH-60M, 13-20615, C/2-3 AVN) 
   -ARMY 21016 (HH-60M, 18-21016, C/2-3 AVN)
   -ARMY 45444 (AH-64D, 04-05444, 3-17 CAV)
   -ARMY 03786 (MH-47G, 09-03786, 3-160 SOAR)
   -HURRICANE 39 (CH-47F, 1/169 AVN)
   -GUARD 20606 (HH-60M, 13-20606, 1-111 AVN GA ARNG)
   -COAST GUARD 6606 (MH-65D, 6606, now CGAS Savannah?)
   -GUMP 03 (C-130H, 89-9103, 908th AW)

126.200/285.425 - Base Ops
   -GUMP 03 (C-130H, 89-9103, 908th AW)

345.000 - USCG Air Station Savannah Ops
   -6606


Savannah IAP/ADC
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119.100/257.800 - Tower
   -DAWG 11/12 (C-130H3, 93-1561/94-6705, 165th AW)
   -DAWG 11 (C-130H3, 93-1561, 165th AW)
   -DAWG 12 (C-130H3, 94-6705, 165th AW)
   -HOUND 92 (C-146A, 12-3085, 919th SOW)

225.750 - 165th AW CP
   -DAWG 11 (C-130H3, 93-1561, 165th AW)
   -DAWG 12 (C-130H3, 94-6705, 165th AW)
173.5625 ($302) - 165th AW MOC; unenc


Fort Stewart/Wright AAF
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126.250/269.275 - Wright AAF Tower
   -ARMY 20376 (HH-60M, 11-20376, C/2-3 AVN)
   -HURRICANE 39 (CH-47F, 1/169 AVN)

127.350/279.625/41.300 - Marne Radio
   -ARMY 20376 (HH-60M, 11-20376, C/2-3 AVN)
   -ARMY 21016 (HH-60M, 18-21016, C/2-3 AVN)
   -HURRICANE 39 (CH-47F, 1/169 AVN)


MCAS Beaufort
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125.125/292.125/123.700/269.125 - App/Dep    
   -JOKER 2# (F/A-18C, VMFA-115)
   -HAWK 8# (F/A-18D, VMFA-533)

283.400 - VMFA-115 Base

310.200 - VMFA(AW)-533 Base
360.525 - VMFA(AW)-533 Tac 2?
269.700 - VMFA(AW)-533 Air-to-Air


Jacksonville IAP
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251.250 - 125th FW/159th FS Maintenance/Ops
   -FANG, GATOR, JAGS (F-15C, 159th FS)
234.800 - 125th FW/159th FS Aux 5
253.700 - 125th FW/159th FS Aux 6
314.200 - 125th FW/159th FS Aux 7


NAS Jacksonville/NS Mayport/Cecil Field
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125.150/340.200 - NAS Jax Tower
   -TRIDENT 93 (P-8A, VP-26)
   -SPARTAN 701 (MH-60R, 168125, HSM-70)
   -ARMY 51264 (C-12U, 85-51264, CAE AVN)

119.000/121.300/124.900/127.000/127.775/132.775 - Jax TRACON
   -TRIDENT 88 (P-8A, VP-26)
   -TRIDENT 93 (P-8A, VP-26)
   -NAVY LL 815 (P-8A, VP-30)
   -NAVY LL 817 (P-8A, 169330, VP-30)
   -NAVY LL 850 (P-8A, 169554, VP-30)

310.200/134.775 - NAS Jax Base Ops
   -NAVY LL 805 (P-8A, VP-30)

271.400 - VP-26/VP-45 Base
   -Unid ref apparent flight control issue
306.000 - VP-30 Base
   -VP-30 & VP-26 P-8s deconflicting airspace in AUTEC Range/W-497, 
    moved to 306.00 from 246.900
   -810, 848 (P-8A, VP-30)
   -TRIDENT 52 (P-8A, VP-26)
246.900 - P-8A Air-to-Air
   -VP-30 & VP-26 P-8s deconflicting airspace in AUTEC Range/W-497
303.000 - P-8A Air-to-Air
   -Unid P-8 air-to-air traffic in AUTEC Range/W-497

263.500 - HSM-72 Base
   -BASE wkg ?????

US DOD TRS (NAS Jax site)
   TG 28146 - NAS Jax FD Dispatch


Kennedy Space Center
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128.550 - Shuttle Landing Facility
   -NASA 442 (EC35, N442NA, NASA)
   -TRIDENT 52 (P-8A, VP-26)
   -VOLGA 4400 (An-124, RA-82047, Volga-Dnepr Airlines)

134.950 - Orlando App/Dep
   -TRIDENT 52 (P-8A, VP-26)

KSC TRS
   TG 104 - Comm Net 107; unenc
   TG 221 - Fire Net 116; unenc
   TG 245 - Fire Tac 1; unenc
   TG 246 - Fire Tac 2; unenc
   TG 620 - Pad B Ops; unenc
   TG 664 - Alarm Maintenance 1
   TG 665 - Alarm Maintenance 2
   TG 735 - Safety Net 105; unenc
   TG 736 - Safety Net 110; unenc

   
SpaceX UHF TRS
   TG 101 - Operations 1; enc
   TG 104 - Unknown; enc
   TG 110 - Unknown; enc
   TG 123 - Unknown; enc
   TG 129 - Unknown; enc


Cape Canveral SFS
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133.800 - Cape Advisory
   -NASA 442 (EC35, N442NA, NASA)

USAF (157) TRS
   TG 48015 - Patrick AFB FD 1; enc
   TG 48046 - Patrick AFB MOC; enc
   TG 48057 - Patrick AFB Unknown; enc
   TG 48105 - Patrick AFB Tower; enc
   TG 48311 - CCSFS Fire 1; enc/unenc
   TG 48351 - CCSFS Safety 1; enc/unenc
   TG 48379  -CCSFS Unknown; enc
   TG 48388 - CCSFS Unknown; enc
   TG 48391 - CCSFS Unknown; enc
   TG 48393 - CCSFS Unknown; enc
   TG 48407 - CCSFS Support; enc/unenc


Patrick AFB
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133.750/269.375 - Patrick AFB Tower
   -TRIDENT 52 (P-8A, VP-26)


Space Coast Regional Airport
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118.900 - Tower
   -CAP 820 (C182, N956CP, FL Civil Air Patrol)


Townsend Range/Coastal MOA
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228.400 - Range Control
   -HAWK 85 (F/A-18D, VMFA-533)


Pinecastle Range
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289.200 - Pinecastle Range Ops
   -FANG 0# (F-15C, 159th FS); 234.800 Aux 5
   -GATOR 0# (F-15C, 159th FS); 253.700 Aux 6
   -JAGS 0# (F-15C, 159th FS); 314.200 Aux 7
   -23rd FG A-10s (never caught callsign)

225.350 - Pinecastle Target
   -FANG 0#; 234.800 Aux 5
   -GATOR 0#; 253.700 Aux 6
   -JAGS 0#; 314.200 Aux 7
   -23rd FG A-10s (never caught callsign)


Sealord (W-137/138)
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120.950/284.500 - Sealord North Primary
   -PELICAN 07 (P-8A, VP-45)
   -TRIDENT 28 (P-8A, VP-26)
   -BENGAL 4# (F/A-18D, VMFA-224)
   -NAVY LL 853 (P-8A, VP-30)
   -HOBEY 35 (KC-135R, 58-0010, 108th Wing)
   -JOKER 2# (F/A-18C, VMFA-115)
   -HAWK 8# (F/A-18D, VMFA-533)

318.600 - SEALORD Discrete
   -BENGAL 4#; 258.900 Tac 2, 336.225 Tac 3

240.250 - Beaufort TTR; HAWK 81, HAWK 84 wkg DEUCE
245.425 - Beaufort TTR; JOKER 21/22 wkg DEUCE
376.900 - W-137 Discrete
   -HOBEY 35 wkg TALON (Unknown, Unheard) ref AR with 
    HAWK 8# and JOKER 2#
   -JOKER 21/22
   -HAWK 81-84; 269.700 a2a
379.900 - Aerial Refueling
   -JOKER 21/22 AR with HOBEY 35 then switched to 320.500
320.500 - Aerial Refueling
   -JOKER 21/22 AR with HOBEY 35 
   -HAWK 81-84 AR with HOBEY 35 
   

AUTEC Range
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277.800 - WR3/WR4 Secondary
   -TRIDENT 52 (P-8A, VP-26) to work W-497
   

ARTCC
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282.200/124.675 - Jax Center Jekyll Low
   -TRIDENT 88 (P-8A, ??????, VP-26)
   -NAVY LL 850 (P-8A, 169554, VP-30)
290.350/132.425 - Jax Center Hunter Ultra High
   -TRIDENT 88 (P-8A, ??????, VP-26)
   -NAVY LL 850 (P-8A, 169554, VP-30)
323.300/133.700 - Jax Center Baxley Low
   -NAVY LL 817 (P-8A, 169330, VP-30)
346.300/133.300 - Jax Center Moultrie Ultra High
   -NAVY LL 817 (P-8A, 169330, VP-30)



Fedcom
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156.800 - Marine VHF Ch 16
157.100 - Marine VHF Ch 1022

163.1375 ($293) - CG 113, Station Tybee; enc
412.9750 ($293) - CG 409, Sector Jacksonville Air Ops; enc
413.0000 ($293) - CG 410, Sector Charleston Air Ops; enc

As far as the visit to the Refuge went, I was surprised that we didn’t see more than we did. For the most part, we saw a lot of Tri-Colored Herons and Great Blue Herons, a number of small to medium sized Alligators, and an assortment of small shore birds. We missed seeing any Reddish Egrets or Roseate Spoonbills. We were surprised, however, to see a few straggling Blue Winged Teal; we expected all of them to have migrated back north by now.