dave,
Some experiments are ongoing and deployment progress is being tracked and monitored. Not much else to say at the moment.
Any chance you have a spare HF feed to monitor New York HFDL on 6661 for a test ? Transmit it live and people can decode it themselves. I'm noticing that New York has some occasional CPDLC traffic on this frequency. Not a lot, but there is some, counted around 30 CPDLC messages last night on 6661.
Some examples ...
Using PC-HFDL and decoding CPDLC with decpdlc (thanks to szpajder).
/YQME2YA.AT1.N888FD22036ADD670A7D3A93E70602106ABC
FANS-1/A CPDLC Message:
CPDLC Uplink Message:
Header:
Msg ID: 4
Timestamp: 00:54:43
Message data:
CONTACT [icaounitname] [frequency]
Facility Name: BOSTON
Facility function: center
VHF: 133.450 MHz
/YYZE2YA.AT1.N511DN2218B91D6B367CEA94A2C19811D1A0EA43
FANS-1/A CPDLC Message:
CPDLC Uplink Message:
Header:
Msg ID: 4
Timestamp: 06:11:36
Message data:
CONTACT [icaounitname] [frequency]
Facility Name: MONTREAL
Facility function: center
VHF: 120.725 MHz
/YQXE2YA.AT1.9V-SKN22139C5DCA6529C8833A9449E004A8E27E
FANS-1/A CPDLC Message:
CPDLC Uplink Message:
Header:
Msg ID: 4
Timestamp: 04:57:49
Message data:
AT [time] CONTACT [icaounitname] [frequency]
Time: 05:12
Facility Name: SHANRDO
Facility function: center
HF: 3446 kHz
/YULE2YA.AT1.N511DN2098DCAA526A48934D049A6820CE4106AD49F360D48B1104D8B4E9C18F150549E821CF9D1A4D29A821D089321A0873E754830EA20AF26A4841367CEA94A2C198821C59D522D2BF81
FANS-1/A CPDLC Message:
CPDLC Uplink Message:
Header:
Msg ID: 1
Timestamp: 06:13:50
Message data:
[freetext]
THIS IS AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE TO CONFIRM CPDLC CONTACT WITH MONTREAL CENTER
/TGUACYA.AT1.N965AM291AEEC972E426C8
FANS-1/A CPDLC Message:
CPDLC Downlink Message:
Header:
Msg ID: 18
Timestamp: 06:46:59
Message data:
LEVEL [altitude]
Flight level: 400
The last one was an Aeromexico flight working Cenemar off the coast of Costa Rica.
Interesting to see the handoffs in the Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Moncton, Gander airspace being sent via HFDL that are all well within VHF range.
Or better yet what are the chances you or someone could setup a live SATCOM datalink feed !?
JS