ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter - Issue 15

March 2003
Articles, newsreports and Items of interest :enigma2000-owner@yahoogroups.com

Oddities

Frogs!

AnonUK has discovered an UNID oddity. It sounds like a croaking frog and can be found on 7380kHz at around 0800z USB mode. It has been heard on Wednesdays and Thursdays. PLondon has also heard this peculiar signal and agrees with AnonUK that it sounds like a frog croaking! [M10E and S10D have also used the freq].

AnonUK has investigated the signal, writing that it is heard in varying bursts of 8 tones, one of which was; 410, 434, 456, 480, 504, 528, 547, 569Hz. The nature of the tones is such that it often sounds as though an answer is being given to each burst. This signal is worth monitoring. Please send reports to e2k via usual methods.

7380kHz	0800z	16/01
	0748z	17/01
	0745z	18/01
	0745z	19/01
	0800z	21/01
	0745z	31/01
	0800z	18/02
	0800z	19/02	[ICW on freq - numbers].

Also heard on 18864kHz after 1400z

Frogs! Now has the ENIGMA 2000 ident XFR.

Backwards music station (XM)

The two 5MHz 'whales' were caught by Ary: 'The best I've ever heard.'

5201.1kHz	2210z	19/01
5225.5kHz	2211z	19/11
9005.0kHz	0536z	11/01

E sent details of his hearing XM as 5437kHz 0013z 14/02.

At 0717z 20/02 SP posted via the E2k group, 'Our friend the "Backwards Music Station" has returned to 5437khz with a very strong signal.That together with those frequent data bursts and a time signal which has recently appeared have rendered the frequency totally useless for E10.'

3386 kHz 20/02 but unfortunately no time.

Buzzsaw

Nil Reports

Carriers [Blank ].

Nil Reports

Crackle (XC)

Look around 5495//5505kHz as the crackle and Shanwick Air Radio battle for the frequency. [See p25 Issue 11]. Reported by AnonNI 2020z 12/09

E reports:

5197kHz

2330z

16/02

Jammers

These can be heard with some regularity on: 5320, 5600, 6420, 6880, 7040, 7050, 7070, 8320, 8340, 8515, 9360,10280,10470 , 13410, and 16176kHz.

Mazielka (X06)

4772kHz	1826z	31/01
5831kHz	2223z	04/01
6870kHz	2235z	13/01
6872kHz	1818z	31/01
6962kHz	2236z	13/01
12224kHz	1525z	05/01

From the end of January to early February PoSW's logs:

29-Jan-03	Wednesday	2201z	7,681kHz	despite a lot of casual tuning around during January - there seems to be no set schedules for X06 and discovery is purely by chance - this is the first one I have found this year. Very weak signal, rapid flutter, vanished 2206z.
30-Jan-03	Thursday	2101z	4,772kHz	strong signal with a background hum. Tones stopped 2109z and carrier went off a few seconds later. Listened until after 2112z, nothing further heard.
31-Jan-03	Friday	1811z	6,872 kHz	signal strength S7, tones stopped 1822z, carrier stayed on for approx. 1 minute, listened until 1826z, nothing further heard.
5-Feb-03	Wednesday	2202z	4,962kHz	good signal, tones stopped just before 2210z and cut carrier; listened until after 2213z, nothing further heard.
12-Feb-03	Wednesday	1808z	8,180kHz	strong signal, tones stopped just before 1816z, carrier went off 20 seconds later. Listened until after 1819z, nothing further heard. Mazeilka seems to have stopped sending Morse and data after the tones.

and Gert reports this hive of activity in February:

10815kHz	1400z	15/02
17420kHz	1410z	15/02
17463kHz	1512z	15/02
14950kHz	1500z	15/02
18591kHz	1515z	15/02
19135kHz	1034z	01/02	[E]

[Thanks to AF, E, Gert and PoSW].

S28 [formerly XB]

It buzzes away on 4625kHz.

Pips

S30 Continues to dominate 3757kHz in the 80M band. The daytime freq, according to Ary, for the Pip is 5448kHz between 0530 to 1400z . This switches to the more well known freq of 3757kHz from 1400 to 0530z.

3757kHz	2310z	29/12
5448kHz	0545z	31/12

Ary wrote via Spooks that 'Takashi reported another 2-second PIP station. It can be heard on 5488kHz with heavy QRM. This one is different from PIP on 5455//14425//14378kHz sending characters corrupt every minute and a very rapid morse rarely.' "Good reception can be obtained in the East Asian morning.", says Takashi.

Slot machine (XSL)

XSL is heard on 4152.5, 4231, 4290.5, 6249.5, 6416.5, 6444.5, 8312.5, 8587.5 and 8703.5kHz. USB mode

Still being heard in US, Oceania and like areas. E2k would like to receive details of any observations made in Great Britain, Eire and Europe please.

XSL general transmission times [freqs of 8588.0//8703.5]

Sun	1500z	1600z	1900z
Mon	0900z	1700z	2215z
Tue	1510z	1530z	1600z
Wed	1400z	1500z	1545z
Thu	1600z
Fri	1450z	1600z	2140z
Sat	1400z	1600z	1700z

The text via <http://www.geocities.com/hfasia/files/Japanese-PSK.html > describes the Slot Machine as Japanese PSK with a Vertical bandwidth of 3kHz. It states frequencies in use as:
4152.5, 4231, 4290.5, 6249.5, 6416.5, 6444.5, 8312.5, 8587.5, 8703.5kHz

8313kHz	1237z	11/01
8588kHz	0500z	17/02
	0510z	18/02

Squeaky wheel (XSW)

Can be heard strutting its stuff on 3828kHz

Teleprinter 4710

Can be heard on the usual frequencies of 4710, 6702, 9000kHz, 11122kHz [daytimes] and 15020kHz [evenings].

4710kHz	0745z	29/01
	0809z	18/02
6702kHz	0745z	29/01	NRH
	0810z	18/02
9000kHz	0745z	29/01	NRH
	0810z	18/02
11122kHz	0746z	29/01	NRH
	0811z	18/02	NRH
15020kHz	0746z	29/01	Carrier
	0812z	18/02	Carrier

XTB [One tone, two buzzes]

This station appears to have gone without trace since E2k's interest!! All reports gladly received.

Suggestions as to the purpose of this oddity would be well received!

Wopwop (XWP)

Nil reports

More Info on 'oddities' can be found on Brian of Sussex excellent web pages:
http://brogers.dsl.pipex.com
Frequency information and trends can be downloaded from:
http://www.cvni.net/radio/

Thanks to AB, AF, AK, ANUER, Anon UK, AnonNI, Anon Scandinavia, AR, BMDartford, CD, D of Kent, 'E', GallusGallus, Gert of Holland, HFD, IB, J of Aylesbury ,J Derby, JM, JMM, K of Kent, LP, Ben Mesander, Mike of Kent, Mark Slaten, PLondon, Peter of Saffron Walden, R anon, Rob of Essex, RN UK, selco, US', Spy Numbers Robot, and all others for their contributions to the Morse, Voice and Oddities columns. As ever we acknowledge information from the Spooks site.E