ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter - Issue 28

May 2005
Articles, newsreports and Items of interest :enigma2000-owner@yahoogroups.com

Morse station news

A representative sample of the logs received, in the format introduced in Issue 26

Unid1 per IB

Mar 10^th	6434kHz	00.39z	i/p
			" = 46 52 51 53 52 51 52 54 r x ?, 46 52 51 r x 8, etc with apparently inconsistent random gps.

Unid2 per IB

Mar 10^th	5034kHz	00.12z	i/p
			"vvv f8p f8p f8p de o3t o3t qru id 246 246 246" rptd, ends "t82 t82 va va tt"

IB has mp3's availableof both TX's

M01b Two Tone MCW, hand

Mar 21^st	4993kHz	21.10z	"298" "546 546 33 33 = = 60290" etc
Apr 8^th	5443kHz	21.02z	"271" "192 192 35 35 = = 81179" etc
Apr 14^th	5737kHz	20.32z	repeat above

M03 ICW, some CW

Mar 15^th

10728kHz

07.36z

sent an elaborate tune-up sequence "very long tone 000 000 vvvvv"

Has the Thur 6480kHz, 09.00z TX stopped ?? not being heard and now deleted from the predictions.

Freqs heard :-
4505, 4870, 4958, 5082, 5815, 6252, 6480, 6814, 6941, 7377, 7984, 8196, 9610, 10210, 10728

M03c

Mar 1^st	10728kHz	07.45z	clg "501/30 = = 77777 77777 23242 etc"
Mar 10^th	8759kHz	10.00z	clg "976/38 = = 77777 77777 30287 etc"
Apr 18^th	7772kHz	09.00z	clg "971/32 = = 77777 77777 04513 etc"
Apr 21^st	8759kHz	10.00z	repeat above.

M08's

MS has some derogatory remarks to make regarding the current state of professionalism within this organisation, late starts, wrong tapes, wrong sked freqs etc.

M08a ICW

Tue	Mar 8^th	7526kHz	22.00z	(came up playing the wrong tape, stopped 22.01z then began correct tape) (played the 21.00/22.00z Wed/Thu 6933/6854 tape)
	Apr 2^nd	10858kHz	12.00z	(virtual repeat of above mistake)
	Apr 4^th	7519kHz	22.00z	( same mistake again)
	Apr 2^nd	10126kHz	09.00z
		3244kHz	10.00z	skeds send same 2^nd addressee !!
	Apr 13^th		11.00z	early start, 2 mins
			13.00z	rpt of 12.00z but changed addressees, and from M08c to M08a format
	Apr 24^th	7519kHz	22.00z	Wrong tape again !!, quick changeover.

Freqs
3025, 3244, 3378, 3926, 4027, 4173, 4478, 6854 (some BC QRM), 6932, 7519 (regular BC QRM), 7526, 7580, 7862, 7890, 8009, 8135, 9112, 9152, 9238, 9323, 10125, 10235, 10344, 10566, 10858, 11432, 11565, 12093,

M08c ICW

After a period of absence now back on a "part time" basis, no spare tapes ??

Apr 8^th	10858kHz	12.00z	"c" variant back again (Tks MS)
Apr 13^th		11.00z / 12.00z	both late starts, 2/3 mins

Freqs :-
4173, 9331, 10858, 12093

M10 ICW / MCW, some CW

Near perfect copy of M10

9166kHz

0700z

05/03

555 555 555 163 163 163 37

[dk/gc was 61 61 37 37 with 0 0 0 at 0712z]

M10 Spectrogram
©PLondon050305

Feb 28^th		3522//5076kHz	04.50z	TX suffered deliberate QRM from Amateurs on 80m ???
				This is a shared service band ! Time to read BR68 again.
				This behaviour repeated Apr 4^th/5^th, 04.30x TX with QSV.
Mar 14^th		3522//4485kHz	04.00z	TX sent "555 988 69 41 note the reversed DK, 286 96 25 intentional ! coincidence !
Mar 16^th	(Wed)		03.30z	sked did not appear

Gert heard this M10 and transcribed the full message as:

M10 mon 21 march 2005 17.00 UTC 8112 kHz

555 555 555
560 560 560 33
787 787 787 39
555 555 555
560 560 560 33
787 787 787 39
555 555 555
560 560 560 33
787 787 787 39

560 560 560 02 02 33 33
= =
45898 45898 63364 63364 76972 76972 44978 44978 42597 42597 15868 15868 45709
45709 62707 62707 10344 10344 17319 17319 73462 73462 71841 71841 80950 80950
09015 09015 55332 55332 76188 76188 12946 12946 90919 90919 19655 19655 21862
21862 12935 12935 47375 47375 28483 28483 78177 78177 60106 60106 46618 46618
33943 33943 79524 79524 59613 59613 57794 57794 18560 18560 98751 98751 68652
68652 = = 02 02 33 33

787 787 787 32 32 39 39
= =
01944 01944 09177 09177 32280 32280 55854
55854 86002 86002 78603 78603 99835 99835 28262 28262 27728 27728 18997 18997 80104
80104 94666 94666 38016 38016 95430 95430 97508 97508 27007 27007 43404 43404 24402
24402 56405 56405 65469 65469 88950 88950 94730 94730 08879 08879 80686 80686 71987
71987 56987 56987 50176 50176 70013 70013 24913 24913 68733 68733 98083 98083 93207
93207 79695 79695 77690 77690 16544 16544 11709 11709 01938 01938 69584 69584 57098
57098 = = 32 32 39 39
0 0 0

Mar 24^th	4485kHz	03.30z	started 3 mins late
Mar 27^th	5078//7745kHz	16.30z	TX, both MCW
Apr 9^th	5078 //7745kHz	16.30z	TX. 5078 used MCW while 7745 was ICW.

3522//3810, 3522//4485, 3522//4782, 3522//5027, 3522/5076, 3522//5300, 3631//5471, 3810//5861 (new summer freq pair), 4030//6758, 4030//6763, 4030//6801 (new summer freq pair), 4465//6758, 4485//6685, 4485//6758, 4485//6763, 4485//6783, 5027//7605, 5076, 5078//7745, 5300//8188, 5301//8190, 5917//9165, 5945 , 5945//9166, 5945//9369, 5945//10125, 6758//9166 (new summer freq pair), 7605//11417, 7745//9916, 8143//12226, 8175, 9986, 11417, 14565

QRM to 3522 from Fr Mil.

An interesting snippet!

Dok, our Slavic desk, arose early on 1st March to prove his Chart 11 predictions.

He found a M10 transmission in progress on 4485kHz at 0307z, probably stared at 0300z, but which ended as 09 09 21 21 0 0 0 at 0340z.

Staying with that frequency at 0400z he heard [as did PLondon]: 555 685 85 32, 749 53 23 0 0 0 ending 0416z. DoK stayed with the frequency and around 0500z heard Military style traffic. Upon ending it was followed [still on 4485kHz] by hand sent Morse which read:
CQ CQ CQ UR3GO PSE K
for around 3 minutes.

This particular amateur call sign is shown as being located in the Ukraine. DoK was quick to ask if this suggested that UR3GO was the Military operator who forgot to reset the transmitter? It is worth noting that whilst 4485kHz is a 'stock' M10 frequency it is not being suggested that the Ukraine could be the origin of M10.

M10e

Mar 10^th	5019kHz		09.16z	i/p, just audible – (presumed M10e, JoA)
Apr 5^th	5019kHz	CW	09.00z

M12 ICW, some MCW / CW

Large variation in sig strengths and XJT QRM noted recently, strong key clicks, keying fault.

Repeats of 2004 skeds. Some strong signal CW skeds being logged.

Mar 1^st	8084kHz	19.00z	clg "462" (started at 20.00z in Jan & Feb)
Mar 1^st	8084kHz	20.00z	clg "462" (different mssg to above ??, an odd occurance to say the least)
Mar 4^th	8084kHz	19.06z	i/p with "462", additional Friday sked ?, rpts on expected freqs.
Mar 4^th	8171kHz	20.06z	All "152" reflecting kHz of the freqs.
	6865kHz	20.20z
	5752kHz	20.40z
Mar 17^th	8084kHz	18.00z	"462" sked had a keying fault where the first "dit" of some characters was missing, so 462 462 462 1 was heard as V62 V62 V62 MM. Fault continued on the 18.20z & 18.40z repeats and the 20.00z TX. Fault corrected by following day.
			(PoSW remarks that he has never observed this fault previously with M12 but it has happened on the 16.30z Sat / Sun M10 MCW TX)
Mar 18^th	8171kHz	20.00z	"152" with a long 237 gp mssg which just fitted the 20min slot.
Mar 25^th	8171kHz	20.00z	"152" sent a rare 2 mssg TX, to 270 93 and 6885 103, the 103 was a repeat of previous day.
Mar 26^th	15723kHz	17.00z,	"754" sends very short mssg – all over in 4mins
Mar 29^th	9121kHz	05.00z.	no detail, BM
Mar 29^th	7993kHz	20.00z,	possible "158" RNGB
Mar 31^st	9165kHz	19.20z,	"124 124 124 1, mssg, 000 000" ended 19.27z. P London.
Apr 3^rd	10639kHz	07.11z,	i/p – the first early Suday morning TX for some months.
Apr 8^th	11643kHz	19.06z	i/p – inside 25m b/c band
Apr 9^th	9088kHz	18.48z	i/p ending 18.53z – another Sat evening sked, strong CW.
Apr 9^th	12151kHz	19.44z	i/p – and another Sat evening sked
Apr 11^th	6879kHz	05.00z	"803"
Apr 16^th	(PoSW looks again at the "new" skeds noticed last Saturday, and looks for others)
	12088kHz	18.00z	"488" i/p, caught 3^rd sending on 9^th. (inside 25m b/c band)
	10788kHz	18.20z	"488 000" so no 3^rd sending.
	14748kHz	18.30z	"742" with rpts 13437 / 18.50z, 12209 / 19.10z
	13965kHz	19.01z	i/p "931" with rpts 13382 / 19.20z, 12151 / 19.40z (S9 sig)

M13 ICW / CW, rare MCW

Mar 1^st

6886kHz

22.00z

"BT 290 20 BT" good loud clear.

Monitors still reporting very poor & NRH skeds, high noise floor, timing important as these logs from MS in USA clearly illustrate.

Mar 5^th	6326kHz	21.00z	clg "244", remainder too weak.
Mar 20^th	10926kHz	20.00z	too weak to copy
	10926kHz	21.00z	repeat TX, loud & clear
Apr 6^th	4714kHz	21.06z	i/p, being sent faster than usual.

While here in UK, per PoSW

Mar 20^th	5287kHz	21.33z	i/p clg "411" "= 271 20 =" chirp & AC ripple
Apr 1^st	7994kHz	20.06z	i/p clg "284" "= 247 21 ="
Apr 4^th	8127kHz	19.06z	i/p clg "262" "= 291 21 ="
Apr 5^th	10623kHz	19.08z	i/p.

Per JoA

Apr 21^st 8752kHz 06.00z third digit in 2^nd 5f gp read as - - -… (colon) (on tape) possible mis-send of 7 or 8.

Freqs
4031, 4382, 4496, 4714, 5287, 6326, 6373, 6886, 6975, 7433, 7443, 7735, 7947, 7994, 8067, 8125, 8183, 8752, 9317, 9349, 9818, 9946, 10143, 10214, 10284, 10623, 10887, 10926, 12218, 12397, 12445

M13d ICW, (short mssg variant.)

Here's a rarity from MS, last logged by him May 5^th 2002 ( other monitors have subsequent logs)

Mar 6^th

5876kHz

03.30z

"767" sked, "BT 292 21 BT"

MS remarked "Mssg No should have been 300, by the intercept from Mar 2003, but even though conditions were poor I'm confident the "292" is correct, I will be monitoring for the remainder of month. The "long form" variant has ID 303.

M13e ICW

Used different ID each month, TX's daily at 06.00 / 16.00 / 18.00z

M14 MCW / CW

1^st & 3^rd Fri MCW skeds

Mar 4^th,	5760kHz	20.00z	"491" strong sig
	5240kHz	21.00z	second sending, stronger sig.
Mar 18^th	as above, again strong sigs

Change of hour for summertime, still effectively appears at 8PM / 9PM in UK

Apr 1^st	9470kHz	19.03z	i/p"491" inside 31m b/c band strong sig
	8180kHz	20.00z	second sending strong sig.
Apr 15^th	9483kHz	19.00z	clg "491" "625 625 73 73" inside 31m b/c band strong sig
	8180kHz	20.00z	second sending very strong S9+

Posw again remarks on this sked

Odd freq of 9483kHz, usually multiple of 10kHz, avoiding b/c ?
Always suspicious of a GC of "73" – happy birthday to "491" ??

Other skeds

Mar 15^th	7820kHz	19.01z	CW clg "441" at 19.04z developed fault, went to plain carrier , then off. Came back, called "441" again with DK/GC +5F's. Ended 19.15z with DKDKGCGC + 00000 followed by plain carrier – then sent the 5F's again from start.
Mar 23^rd	5464kHz	19.20z	very unusual start time, clg "537" "871 871 33 33 = =" and 5F's as doubles
Apr 21^st	13430kHz	08.00z	"742" "180 43 = = 35045" etc

M24 ICW / MCW [some CW noted] (high speed M14)

Mar 2^nd	10780kHz	20.01z	CW clg "039" "748 748 150 150"
Mar 19^th	8150kHz	18.03z	clg "512" "908 908 146 146"
Mar 21^st	10415kHz	12.00z	clg "563 740 740 152 152"
	11612kHz	12.30z	rpt of above

(tks GD / PoSW)

M45

Apr 12^th

4557//4955kHz

18.02z

"555" "494 34 = 81916" etc

(Note the small change from the expected 4555 to 4557kHz.) RNGB

M51 Nice catch by RGA

Apr 6^th

6980kHz

19.30z

i/p ending "HSBMO AKGVO BT NR 67 A 06 21:29:02 2005"

M55 hand, sloppy

Mar 22^nd	12150kHz	13.00z	"698", ended without 0's ??.	JoA
Apr 8^th	12150kHz	13.00 – 13.06z	"698" R, 000 000 then "698" R to 13.08z, 000 ending	JoA
Apr 19^th	12150kHz	13.05z	i/p, very weak, not fully readable. (ending ?90 000 )??	MoK
Apr 26^th	12150kHz	13.00z	very poor sig, only "8" clearly heard so presumed "698"	JoA

( JoA asks if these endings are random, considering the erratic sending and never any messages, OR does the length of theTX and variation in ending has its' own significance ?? )

M87 MCW, hand, cut

Mar 7^th

7429kHz

14.00z

"333"

M89 CW auto

Apr 17^th	5237kHz	13.10z	clg "JAH3 JAH3 JAH3 de CI4W CI4W V
Apr 25^th	6787kHz	16.52z	i/p "SFJ4 SFJ4 SFJ4 DE HJVB HJVB V"

Tundra Monitor, GD, JoA, MoK, ML, MS, P London, PoSW, RGA, RNGB, Anon2 EU,

For the amateurs amongst us we offer this stiff reminder about operators' discipline:
DoK our Slavic desk arose early on 1^st March to prove his Chart 11 prediction.[See Slavic Desk's report].

He found a M10 transmission in progress on 4485kHz at 0337z, probably started at 0330z, but which ended as 09 09 21 21 0 0 0 at 0340z. Staying with that frequency at 0400z he heard [as did PLondon]: 555 685 85 32, 749 53 23 0 0 0 ending 0416z. DoK stayed with the frequency of 4485kHz and around 0500z heard Military style traffic. Upon ending it was followed [still on 4485kHz] by hand sent Morse which read:
CQ CQ CQ UR3GO PSE K
for around 3 minutes.

This particular amateur call sign is shewn as being located in the Ukraine. DoK was quick to ask if this suggested that UR3GO was the Military operator who forgot to reset the transmitter? It is worth noting that whilst 4485kHz is a 'stock' M10 frequency it is not being suggested that the Ukraine could be the origin of M10. [Thanks DoK]