Forty-third edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 17:38:53 +0100)

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Farsi/Tajik 'Russian' man & woman

On the 28th October I received two very good recordings from one of my correspondents in Central Europe, who copied the station(s) earlier that day. I have put both recordings on the N&O site so that you can download them. Thanks for sending them, OM, and thanks for the Farsi translation, Leif.

The two new 'Russian' Man and Woman broadcasts appeared on 28 October. So far they were reported only once. The languages used are Farsi and Tajik, both languages are new to the numbers scene, as far as I know.

The messages and voices are in Russian Man/Woman style and are most likely related to the situation in Afghanistan. Both were sent to 464.

The full transcripts are as follows:

28 October 2001, 1200 UTC, 17460 kHz, male operator in Farsi

464 464 464 925 925 10 10
35354 35354 06169 06169 53943 53943 22541 22541 20884 20884
50556 50556 78740 78740 25868 25868 02224 02224 60468 60468
925 925 10 10
00000

28 October 2001, 1300 UTC, 15770 kHz, female operator in Tajik

464 464 464 597 597 13 13
15716 15716 14720 14720 94778 94778 25223 25223 16261 16261
36111 36111 31953 31953 26703 26703 56914 56914 77719 77719
10528 10528 31463 31463 76594 76594
597 597 13 13
00000

Full recordings have been uploaded to http://home.luna.nl/~ary

Here are the 0-9 counts in Farsi and Tajik, for your convenience.

E03

Lincolnshire Poacher idents compiled by Axel Kruse.

IDs as of November 1st, 2001

IDs as of Nov 15, 2001

E10

I heard an E10 anomaly on 20 November on 14000 kHz at 1458-1500 UTC. I was looking for E15 and tuned in at 1458. I heard ART2 with intervals of 30 seconds till 1500 UTC. At 1500, I heard only 'Alpha' followed by a slow '.-' ('A' in morse); then they signed off. I kept listening till 1506 but heard nothing else.

Tomonori copied this string on 6 November at 1603 UTC, on 7445 kHz: MIWAQ8NAD

An 'ABC' transmission was heard on 14000 kHz at 1700 UTC. Date unknown.

E15

Egypt based station E15 is still around. Only reports for 14 MHz come in these days. I wonder if the rest of the old schedule is still working. Can anyone from the east Mediterranean area check this out?

'Frank Young Peter' was on the air at 1100, 1600 and 1700 UTC with QRU 'Queen Robert Union' notes. All transmissions were on 14000 kHz.

The schedule that was used last year is as follows:

E17

E17 was reported on three frequencies; 5925 kHz at 0200 UTC, 6865 kHz at 0200 UTC, and 9216 kHz at 1130 UTC with 5Fgs messages to the same recipients.

Format:
780 346 346 298 298 (id, key, group count)
5FGs message
ends with: 346 346 298 298 0 0 0 0 0

S11A

S11A appeared on a frequency on Monday, 5 November at 0800 UTC on 8186 kHz. The id was 976/00. This id has always been used by S11's morse sister. <info: CR>

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