Subj:	Re: 325.965/359.750 WBFM 27000 & Top Coat / Milky Way 
Date:	11/26/99 12:43:07 Eastern Standard Time
From:	Combatsent
To:	Oilbking

File:  meecn_arch2.jpg (113362 bytes)

In a message dated 11/25/1999 6:56:57 PM Central Standard Time, Combatsent writes:

> In a message dated 11/25/1999 6:31:51 PM Central Standard Time, hobnail@juno.
> com writes:
>  
>  > At 2355z heard on the 325 Orderwire Sofa Bed calling Top Coat. Sofa Bed
>  >  said he'd like Top Coat to verify that he has them at E3 which is Spot 1.
>  >  Top Coat said he has it at Spot 3. Sofa Bed said he needs it at Spot 1,
>  >  his mistake. Top Coat said he can change that. Top Coat asked Sofa Bed to
>  >  try Spot 1 now. Sofa Bed said roger, thanks.
>  >  
>  
>  I just wanted to make a small comment here:
>  The "spot" that is being referred to here is the SHF spot beam from the DSCS 
> satellite.
>  
>  I have also attached a pic of a part of a file that I located as WWW.FAS.ORG 
> about the MEECN system. You will notice that there is a TACAMO for Pacific, 
> Atlantic and CONUS. You will also notice that the CONUS Tacamo is referred to 
> as the STRATCOM ABNCP. This explains the reason for the NAOC & the ABNCP both 
> having NCS responsibility and the interchange between them at times. Most of 
> you have noticed that both the CONUS TACAMO & the NAOC have taken turns as 
> the NCS at times.
>  Bill
>