ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter - Issue 19

November 2003
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Selected Morse stations

Unid1 (per IB)

4 Oct, 01.00z, 8553kHz

TX using a known M87 freq, and also sounding like it, but with an unknown format of :-

de rdq (x11) qru qru
zxs (x23) de rdq (x10) qru qru (etc) ending de rdq rdq rdq rdq rdq qru qru va va

Unid2 (per IB)

12 Oct, 23.29z in prog, 7796kHz, lyw62 lyw62 lyw62 de lyw60 lyw60 qsa k

Calls appear to be legit Lithuanian ones, rather than tactical.

Unid3 (per) IB

Very strange TX to say the least, reproduced in full.

7720kHz GR34: Unid, 1154z 17 Oct CW 10f (IB)

... 93987t5 = 55353 97374 eee ? k
a: vvv rpt 345 = 334 = k
b: gr34 = t63t673395 = = = = = 5535397374 r? k
a: rk
b: = = = = = = = gr 34 = 855192t245 = 324531t653 = 1641689282 = 9369483846
= 81371624t8 = 34t9735133 = 5355t72233 r? k
a: vvv r 44 = 57~626364t =
b: gr34 = 855192t145 = 324531t653 = 1641689282 = = = = 5355t72233 r? k
a: rk
b: = = = = = =
a: rpt
b: = gr34 = 73t7t22636 = 2589142965 = 8t7685291t = 17538t9193 = 2429532158 =
8437367623 = t216782377 r? k
a: rpt aa 596 ...
b: gr34 = 73t7t22636 = 2589142965 = 8t7685291t = 17538t9193 = 2429532158 =
8437367623 = t216782377 r? k
a: vvv vvv qsa1 rpt t2 = 8 = 778 = 611 = qrs k
b: gr34 = 2489149965 = 8 eeee = = = 8437366623 = t316782477 r? k
a: rk
b: = = = = = = = = gr34 = 116979t413 = 67t357t2t7 r? k
a: rk
b: cq no k
a: rpt k
b: cq no k
a: as k

[Ed note :- There are a known 15 - 20 Chinese CW stations still under investigation by the CW team.]

M01

Still active on its regular freqs

M08a

On Sat 27 Sept the 13.00z / 12093kHz sked reappeared after a a few months absence. The12.00z / 10858 not heard

Timing appears to have improved. Skeds/freqs fairly consistent, still some no-shows.

Additional freqs heard

8173 unusual, 8096, 7862, 7526, 7519, 4173

M10

M12

Possible new sked/freqs, the 03.40z TX proving somewhat elusive.

M13/a/b/c

Very active, about 100 TX’s month and despite GD’s predictions relatively few logs received.

On 6 Oct, 20.00z there were 3 M13’s TX’ing on :-

It appears that ID 456 is the only one that now sends long messages.

M13b

M14

M23

Appeared on 12 Sept, after a break, 13.00z, 6850kHz, clg 364, but sounded as W64 or M64

GD remarks the CW was terrible with the first 2 or 3 dots/dashes after a space missing, recipient would have had to guess the first fig in each group ?? (Ed, interesting scenario)

M40

On 26 Sept, 16.00z, 8788kHz a new 992 sked logged

M87

Thanks to AB, BM, DoK, GD, IB, ML, MS, PoSW, RN, Anon1 UK

UNID CW station [not numbers but interesting]

At 1800 [Summer] and 1900 [Winter] local RNGB has monitored a disciplined link.

The frequencies involved are 6851, 7824, 8027 and 9104kHz. There may be others upto 12000kHz. The speed that the Morse is sent at is around 12wpm.

The message structure has this form [although the content may alter accordingly]:

OP C71 QSP FR ALL GE PSE P90 RPT
P90 VRF QIF QSL QTY CTI - -
NW HR QRU - - QRX QPN TNX 73/888
PA REW GB AR SK

The signal strength is very strong in RN GB's QTH.

The message structure appears professional although the use of 73/88 suggests otherwise.

RNGB confirms the sendings in parallel on the following freqs:-

6851 (weak); 7824 (good) 8027 (very good) 9104 (good), I checked 10493 and nothing heard, and looked in 11 Mhz range , didn't have time to look in 12 MHz.. Transcript for that message as follows : V5G V5G V5G DR OM HR OP U11 NW HR QRU ALL - QRX TMW - (whole tx then repeated twice), followed by OP U11 TKS - PA PUP REW 73/88 - GN AR SK

Today 29/09, ‘V5G’ at 1000z on 8027 10493 14681 and 16332kHz . I guess there would be a 12MHz somewhere as well. Signal strength was S9 + on 8 & 10 & 14 MHz, S6 on 16 MHz.

The msg was “V5G OP F26 QSP FR ALL GD NW HR QRU – QRX QPN – V5G” repeated twice then 73/88 ar sk.

Tx only lasted about 2 mins, so didn’t get much time to search for other freqs. This evening 29/09 at 1800z V5G on 8027 (S9+) 9104 (S9) 6852 (S9).

Msg very short – V5G OP U27 QSP FR ALL GE – NW HR QRU – QRX QPN --- V5G (repeated twice, then usual 73/88 ending).Tx lasted only 3 mins or less.

Unless I’m in the groundwave I doubt whether this originates from UK. Southern or eastern Europe ? What do you think regarding the signal strength? Other txs that originate from UK like USAF & RAF are normally dead weedy from 9 MHz upwards. Messages must be pre assembled and machine sent as I’ve never heard a keying error. But read on:

RNGB stayed with the V5G mystery and eventually identified the station as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest Romania.

He identified the V5G as a shortened full call of YPM V5G. The 16MHz freq was 16332kHz.

Later RNGB emailed to inform us that the sked looks like this [October]: Mornings (except Sunday) 1000z 8027, 10493, 14681, 16332, 18544kHz.

For the evenings 1800z 4452khz, 6852, 7824, 8027, 9104kHz.

All measured with radio set to CW mode

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