ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter - Issue 16

May 2003
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Selected voice stations

Clock changes

March is a difficult time for knowing what will happen as the clocks change from  UTC [GMT/z]. Gert kindly sent in a very useful short list predicting the habits of certain stations at the change for NL13 and we again print this as a useful reminder.

• Stations observing UTC [GMT/z]
  E06 UTC, E11 stays UTC, E15 UTC, G06 UTC, S10E UTC, S17c UTC

• Stations observing CET [Central European Time]
  E07 CET [winter 21.00, summer 20.00], E18 CET, G04 CET, G22 CET?, S04 CET?

[Tnx Gert]

Now onto the listings:

Frequencies preceded by 'c' have been taken from an analogue receiver.

E03/E03a

Apart from the regulations concerning the reception of wireless stations within Great Britain advice on reporting intelligence matters also exists in the form of DA notices.

Whoever the messages, from E03/E03a, are aimed at ENIGMA 2000 has no wish to 'advertise' the existence of these stations to those who may not support the best interests of Great Britain, or its representatives abroad. Although we are unable to stop discussion of E03/E03a, ENIGMA 2000 will remain aloof from any such discussion and will not be including reports or analysis on E03/E03a.

E05

PoSW writes of March activity:

'Nothing new to report on E05, still just the 2100z Saturday and Tuesday schedule. The Hebrew language broadcast station on 6,973 which usually causes sideband splash QRM to Cynthia on 6,970 has developed a problem which seemed to start on Saturday 1-March; although the carrier remains S9+ the modulation has become very low, seems lower at some times than others, totally inaudible on some occasions. Strange for a BC station to go for such a long time without the owners fixing the fault.

Perhaps this station serves some purpose other than broadcasting light entertainment, a beacon of some kind maybe. Anyway, the plus side of all this is that the much reduced modulation level results in less QRM to Cynthia on 6,970kHz.'

PoSW's previous interception of Cynthia's dulcet tones on the 6970//8110kHz 2100z Sat/Tues schedule was on 5th April when the call/count was heard to be 919/199. [That call count having been noticed Saturday 08/03]. On 05/04 PoSW also noticed that audio test tones were up on four E05 frequencies, at 0635z, they were still on at 0717z - on 6970, 8110, 9090 and 11526kHz. 6970 and 8110 were in suppressed carrier mode, the 9090 and 11526 were with carrier.

PoSW did not hear Cynthia's quacking until 2120z on 6970//8110kHz on 26th April, the count being '150' as stated at the 2124z 'repeat'.

PLondon also mentions E05, he heard Cynthia's drawl:

PLondon had sat on the two above freqs [whilst waiting for a series of polytone stations elsewhere] and noticed that on both frequencies Cynthia's masters transmitted test tones at 2025 and 2030z. At that time the signal strength recorded for both was +20dBs.

PoSW noticed that the "Attention 123" column in Short Wave Magazine suggests that satellite phones or the Internet are being now used in preference to HF communications. He commented that the decrease of E05 [and others] is perhaps in much the same way that all the shipping communications which used to be heard on various HF frequencies just a few years ago now goes by communications satellite.

E06

The E06 English Man seems to be more active than earlier in the year; several schedules apart from the expected Saturday 1230 + 1330z transmissions noted recently, including a couple of the 2 - message variety

Other E06 transmissions;-

In April PoSW noted that The E06 English Man has become more active in recent weeks; activity seemed to be well down at the start of the year. Of special note was a weekly schedule noted at 0830z on Sundays in March which always sent two messages. The second and fourth Saturday in the month schedule at 1220z + 1320z is back, but I could not find the weekly 1230z + 1330z schedule on 12-April.

Frequencies for March were 1230z 18,235 kHz and 1330z 16,259 kHz, so in April the 1230z sending has gone up in frequency while the 1330z sending has gone down - strange!

E07

The E07 English Man remains busy in March;

Sunday and Wednesday 1800z Schedule

These frequencies were used in October '02. Call up on both Sunday 9-March and Wednesday 12-March was "283 283 283 1", DK/GC "288 116" x 2.

E07 1900z Thursday schedule, noted on 6-Mar-03;-

E07 noted on Wednesday 12-Mar-03

E07, 2100z Monday and Wednesday schedule, noted on Monday 3-Mar-03;-

second sending in progress, 2121 UTC, 8,185 kHz; third sending, 2140z, 6,817 kHz, calling "418 418 418 1", DK/GC "2192 113" x 2. Same frequencies as in March last year, first sending then was 2100z, 9,420 kHz, logged as being co - channel with strong BC station.

UPDATE;- E07 logged on Wednesday 12-Mar, 2100z, 9,420KHz, severe BC QRM from "The Voice of Greece" - in the Greek language - on this frequency; 2120z, 8,185 kHz, strong carrier, low mod., no QRM; 2140z 6,817 kHz, strong carrier, low mod., "418 418 418 1", DK/GC "428 71" x 2. [PoSW]

March 03 as:

The E07 English Man transmissions moved by an hour with the start of summertime so as to appear at the same local time. Schedules noted in April [Tnx PoSW]

RN GB and PoSW sent these April Sunday/Wednesday slots in:

and RN GB heard 851/651-73 on 09/04

Gert and PoSW sent April Monday/Wednesday slots

and Wed/Fri as:

E10

From our E10 Desk Mar 03 by frequency

The following was submitted to E10 desk By RN. Thanks 'R'. ABC was a good catch 0n the 18th Mar, its one of the rarely heard c/s, though it was quite active for a short period last year. Last heard by me this year on the 3 Feb on 6.428.