Saturday 17 December 2011

ALE Logs December 2011

15043  USAF Scope NET 09DEC11 1445UTC
05708  USAF Scope NET 10DEC11 0740UTC
13215  USAF Scope NET 10DEC11 1305UTC
07527  Spanish Police        13DEC11 1520UTC
05708  USAF Scope NET 14DEC11 0843UTC
04706  TASCOMM, UK   15DEC11 0919UTC
05295  TASCOMM, UK   15DEC11 0941UTC
06251  TASCOMM, UK   15DEC11 1532UTC (presumed)
04703  TASCOMM, UK   15DEC11 1913UTC
4168.5 TASCOMM, UK   16DEC11 0728UTC
4239.5 TASCOMM, UK   16DEC11 0825UTC
11226  USAF Scope NET 17DEC11 1748UTC (with best ALE DX of NSF Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean)

I am perhaps missing something about ALE, but i have been monitoring transmissions all week and have not received a single "message". Soundings (stations announcing their presence on the frequency) and a few calls to other stations, but nothing more, not even encrypted data like you get on STANAG transmissions. so I am asking myself, "what is the point of ALE"?

Anyway, what is the point of SWLing at all really, it's just for fun, and i have to say I really enjoy the ALE decoding. I especially like the link with aviation. I would love to receive a transmission from one of the stations in the Algerian Air Force NET.

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