ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter - Issue 19

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

Oddities

Backwards music station (XM)

5435kHz	0002z	05/09	Chris Acuff, Mississippi US:
5725kHz	2223z	25/09	[QRM from a digital broadcast nearby, use 5277 LSB for clearer reception!] MPetrakis

XFR [Frogs]

14787kHz	1130z	07/10	AnonUK
	1315z	07/10	PLondon

Jammers

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

Mazeilka (X06)

PoSW’s log:

30-Aug-03	Saturday	1014z	12,181kHz	weak signal, strength S4 to S5 only. Went off just after 1019z, listened for 3 minutes, nothing further heard.
31-Aug-03	Sunday	2105z	7,584kHz	strength S9, went off 2113z, listened until 2116z, nothing further heard.
8-Sept-03	Monday	1836z	9,197kHz	very strong signal with background buzz, went off just before 1843z - just like someone pulling the plug out, as seems to be the case with X06 these days, nothing further heard.
		1848z	11,411kHz	another very strong X06, vanished a few seconds after being tuned in and again, nothing further heard.
24-Sept-03	Wednesday	2012z	9,105kHz	good signal; as always vanished suddenly and nothing further heard.
		2024z	11,467kHz	something a bit different here; this was X06 being transmitted in suppressed carrier mode. Noted while tuning across the band, no audible tones with the receiver in AM mode but the rhythm of six tones was evident. Quickly selecting USB mode and tuning the signal in produced a strong X06. Went off 2031z, nothing further heard.
2-Oct-03	Thursday	1356z	12,224kHz	a weak X06, strength S5, vanished 1401z, nothing further heard.
		1403z	9,105kHz	strong signal, much stronger than the X06 on 12,224 a few minutes earlier. Went off about a minute after being tuned in, listened until 1407z, nothing further heard.

[Tnx PoSW]

Heard by AF , Germany

7820kHz

1910z

23/09

Heard by Jochen Schupper, Marburg Germany:

8123kHz	0600z	18/09
12066kHz	1942z	15/09

Martin Potter heard X06 on 3517kHz 0240z 16/10and again at 0730z 19/10

MP’s location is in Canada.

RN GB heard X06 on:

12118kHz

1800z

17/09

S28 [formerly XB]

It buzzes away on 4625kHz.

From Oliver Vollacker, Darmsstadt, Germany:

4625kHz	2244z	19/09
	1852z	22/09
	2312z	22/09

www.geocities.com/uvb76

S30 [The Pip]

Continues to dominate 3757kHz in the 80M band.

From Oliver Vollacker, Darmstadt, Germany.

3756kHz

2339z

19/09

PLondon received a phone message from AnonMW to the effect that he was hearing a pip like sound on 8629kHz 1600 to at least 1730z on 18/10. A marker possibly, but a very strong signal in South London and Wales.

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

http://myweb.hinet.net/home4/sferix/hfasia/files/Japanese-PSK.html

6445.0kHz	1416z	07/09
6447.0kHz	1200z	25/09
8513.5kHz	0508z	07/09
8588.0kHz	0508z	07/09
8588.0kHz	0518z	09/09

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	0640z	16/10
9000kHz	0642z	16/10
11222kHz	0643z	16/10

More Info on 'oddities' can be found on Brian of Sussex excellent web pages:
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/brogers/page2.html
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, Cacuff, CD, D of Kent, 'E', GallusGallus, Gert of Holland, HFD, IB, J of Aylesbury , JCMalta, JM, JMM, K of Kent, LP, Ben Mesander, Mike of Kent, Mark Slaten, Manolis Crete, 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.