Exercise Mare Aperto and Amphex 2010

Exercise Mare Aperto and Amphex 2010 is taking place March 9th till
24th. HF listeners may hear the comms of the Italian Navy and Italian Air Force
on those frequencies:



2.449 MHz
4.441 MHz
5.720 MHz
6.733 MHz

It may also be useful to scan the Sicral satellite transponders.

A number of NOTAMs is reporting about this event, too:

*B1301/10* - FLW RESTRICTIONS APPLY DUE TO MILITARY ACTIVITY 'MARE
APERTO AND AMPHEX 2010' EXERCISE AREA 'ANFITEATRO' (REF AIP SUPPLEMENT
1/2010):
- SID ERNAM 6A AND ERNAM 6B SUSPENDED.
REF AIP AD 2 LICC 6-1/8
RMK: ABOVE MENTIONED RESTRICTIONS MAY BE REDUCED/CANCELLED ON
TACTICAL BASIS UPON PRIOR COORDINATION BETWEEN EXERCISE
MANAGEMENT AND MIL/CIV ATS UNITS CONCERNED. 13 MAR 00:00 2010 UNTIL 15
MAR 23:59 2010

*B1300/10* - FLW RESTRICTIONS APPLY DUE TO MILITARY ACTIVITY 'MARE
APERTO AND AMPHEX 2010' EXERCISE AREA 'ANFITEATRO' (REF AIP SUPPLEMENT
1/2010):
- ALL STAR VIA ERNAM SUSPENDED
REF AIP AD 2 LICC 4-1/8
RMK: ABOVE MENTIONED RESTRICTIONS MAY BE REDUCED/CANCELLED ON
TACTICAL BASIS UPON PRIOR COORDINATION BETWEEN EXERCISE
MANAGEMENT AND MIL/CIV ATS UNITS CONCERNED. 13 MAR 00:00 2010 UNTIL 15
MAR 23:59

*1002/10* - FLW RESTRICTIONS APPLY DUE TO MIL ACTIVITY 'MARE APERTO AND
AMPHEX 2010' EXERCISE AREA 'SIRAK' AND 'ANFITEATRO' (REF AIP SUPPLEMENT
1/2010):
- ALL SID AND STAR VIA ERNAM SUSPENDED.
REF PIV AREA CENTRO-SUD
RMK: ABOVE MENTIONED RESTRICTIONS MAY BE ON
TACTICAL BASIS UPON PRIOR COORDINATION BETWEEN EXERCISE
MANAGEMENT AND MIL/CIV ATS UNITS CONCERNED. 09 MAR 00:00 2010 UNTIL 15
MAR 23:59 2010. CREATED: 01 MAR 14:36 2010

Global Frequency Database goes IPv6

The Global Frequency Database is now available via IPv6 at
http://qrg.globaltuners.com/

This address works for both, IPv6 and IPv4, while the old address is IPv4 only.

For those of you who do not know what this IPv6 thing is about, Wikipedia says:

"Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next-generation Internet Protocol version designated as the successor to IPv4, the first implementation used in the Internet that is still in dominant use currently. It is an Internet Layer protocol for packet-switched internetworks. The main driving force for the redesign of Internet Protocol is the foreseeable IPv4 address exhaustion."