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

(Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 18:19:51 +0200)

Voice stations

E03 - Lincolnshire poacher

Al Kruse compiled the monthly E03 id list, and he noticed an oddity as well. On Saturday, 3 March, LP used 5442 kHz instead of 5422 at 1900 UTC. A blooper? They were back on 5422 the next week.

E03 id's; first half of the month:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	65764	65764	65764	65764	65764	65764	65764	1200
1300	74365	74365	74365	74365	74365	74365	74365	1300
1400	33486	81464	55639	51033	65764	09275	58898	1400
1500	58898	33486	81464	55639	51033	65764	49491	1500
1600	49491	58898	33486	81464	55639	51033	09275	1600
1700	09275	49491	58898	33486	81464	55639	65764	1700
1800	65764	09275	49491	58898	33486	81464	51033	1800
1900	51033	74365	09275	74365	58898	33486	74365	1900
2000	74365	65764	74365	49491	74365	58898	55639	2000
2100	55639	51033	65764	09275	49491	74365	81464	2100
2200	81464	55639	51033	65764	09275	49491	33486	2200

Second half of the month:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	36572	36572	36572	36572	36572	36572	36572	1200
1300	81949	81949	81949	81949	81949	81949	81949	1300
1400	44753	49653	51028	67923	36572	69264	09393	1400
1500	09393	44753	49653	51028	67923	36572	81371	1500
1600	81371	09393	44753	49653	51028	67923	69264	1600
1700	69264	81371	09393	44753	49653	51028	36572	1700
1800	36572	69264	81371	09393	44753	49653	67923	1800
1900	67923	81949	69264	81949	09393	44753	81949	1900
2000	81949	36572	81949	81371	81949	09393	51028	2000
2100	51028	67923	36572	69264	81371	81949	49653	2100
2200	49653	51028	67923	36572	69264	81371	44753	2200

E06

Only a few logs from E06 and S06 this month. No E07 or S07 were reported.

1-3	2100 UTC	7785 kHz
1-3	2200 UTC	6785 kHz
3-3	1230 UTC	15880 kHz
3-3	1330 UTC	13520 kHz
9-3	2100 UTC	9090 kHz	304 00000
13-3	0300 UTC	6865 kHz
16-3	1230 UTC	15890 kHz	584 + msg
16-3	1330 UTC	13520 kHz	584 + msg
17-3	1230 UTC	15880 kHz	584 + msg

E10 - Israeli intelligence

E10 produced a number of strings this month, not as much as a couple of months ago, but still interesting. Fabrizo, Tomonori, Adachi and John reported the following strings:

CIO2Z23	on 5339 and 8127 kHz,	10-3	1502 UTC
CIO25Z23	on 5339 kHz	9-3	1547 UTC
EZI1	on 11565 kHz	28-2	2101 UTC
SYNRDJNM	on 8641 kHz	11-3	2335 UTC
ULX3	on 4881 kHz	17-3	1802 UTC
VLB2Z77	on 5170 kHz	19-3	0449 UTC
VLB3	on 4015 and 5170 kHz	24-3	2150 UTC
YHF1	on 7918 kHz	1-3	0202 UTC

G04 - Three note oddity

ENIGMA's Paul Beaumont reports G04 on 4852 kHz at 2135 UTC on 7 March.

He heard the full identification. The three notes at beginning, then "Achtung, Achtung, 84821" etc. Message continued until 2148 UTC.

S06

9-3	1700 UTC	14620 kHz	351 + msg
9-3	1800 UTC	12210 kHz	351 + msg

S17c

Still alive and kicking with a daily sked at 1250 UTC on 6945 and 8190 kHz.

V21

The Cuban babbler is a daily guest on 6529 kHz. Mostly heard during the American daytime.