Fifty-first edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 23:10:27 +0200)

Voice stations

Lincolnshire poacher [E03]

Al reports an oddity that occurred before. The call-up tape with the ID was faulty and was repeated several times on 7 and 8 July at 1300 and 2000 UTC. The IDs mentioned were 40144 (5x) and 60144 (5x).

Lincolnshire Poacher's IDs in the first half of July:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	69231	69231	69231	69231	69231	69231	69231	1200
1300	64011	64011	64011	64011	64011	64011	64011	1300
1400	45247	55958	92151	13870	69231	59620	17367	1400
1500	17367	45247	55958	92151	13870	69231	30408	1500
1600	30408	17367	45247	55958	92151	13870	59620	1600
1700	59620	30408	17367	45247	55958	92151	69231	1700
1800	69231	59620	30408	17367	45247	55958	13870	1800
1900	13870	64011	59620	64011	17367	45247	64011	1900
2000	64011	69231	64011	30408	64011	17367	92151	2000
2100	92151	13870	69231	59620	30408	64011	55958	2100
2200	55958	92151	13870	69231	59620	30408	45247	2200

...and in the second half of July:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	39152	39152	39152	39152	39152	39152	39152	1200
1300	60238	60238	60238	60238	60238	60238	60238	1300
1400	07797	54752	65896	97285	39152	54386	80706	1400
1500	80706	07797	54752	65896	97285	39152	68347	1500
1600	68347	80706	07797	54752	65896	97285	54386	1600
1700	54386	68347	80706	07797	54752	65896	39152	1700
1800	39152	54386	68347	80706	07797	54752	97285	1800
1900	97285	60238	54386	60238	80706	07797	60238	1900
2000	60238	39152	60238	68347	60238	80706	65896	2000
2100	65896	97285	39152	54386	68347	60238	54752	2100
2200	54752	65896	97285	39152	54386	68347	07797	2200

[compilation: Al Kruse]

E10

From our Japanese friend Tomonori we learn that ABC has used a new frequency: 8641 kHz. This is the 3rd frequency besides primary freq 6428 kHz and irregular freq 14000 kHz. He also found the odd FDU call again on 6210 kHz at 1750 UTC on 1 July with "FDUK" and at 1714 UTC on 15 July with a "FDU7" call.

Another one from Tomonori: a mix of two stations on 11565 kHz, on 3 July. First a mix of EZI and ULX, and later EZI and PCD.

KPA is now also on 7690 and VLB was heard on 8641 kHz. 14000 seems to become a popular one for E10. ART was also on this frequency somewhere in June.

On 25 July, between 2030 and 2100 UTC, I noticed a strong jammer on both active EZI frequencies 5091 and 9130 kHz. A coincidence????

Tom (welcome!) noticed that SYN and CIO swapped frequencies for a while. They tend to do that regularly, Tom. Mostly the suffix "2" transmissions. Frequencies involved: 6912 and 7605 kHz.

VLB has been quite active in July on 4015, 5170 and 6930 kHz. A run down:

20-7	VLB A181
21-7	VLB A181
21-7	VLB A002Z8M1900	(changed to VLB at 1900 as indicated in the string and later to VLB A181)
22-7	VLB A002Z8M2030
22-7	VLB 8M	(changed at 2030 like indicated in the previous string)
24-7	VLB A002
31-7	VLB 9
31-7	VLB 110

Reported E10 frequencies in July:

Schedules at h00 and h30:

ART	3415	5435	6986
EZI	6840	9130	11565	11600	13533	17410	19715
FTJ	2626	4461	7322	7358
JSR	5091	7540
PCD	3150	4270	6498	8805
ULX	2743	4880	6270	7760
YHF	3840	4560	5820	7918

Schedules at h15 and h45:

CIO	4360	5339	6912
KPA	5230	7690
MIW	4165	6370	7445
SYN	4780	7605
VLB	4015	5170	6930	8641	10352

Others:

ABC

6428

Regular guest. Sometimes also on 8641 or 14000 kHz. FDU 6210 Rare. Usually operates between 1630-1800 UTC.

E11

From logs posted to the ENIGMA list by Gert and AF, we learn that E11 is active on the following frequencies:

Tuesday at	1030 UTC	on	9610 kHz
	1230 UTC	on	9448 kHz
Thursday at	0800 UTC	on	10125 kHz
Friday at	0800 UTC	on	11116 kHz
	1030 UTC	on	9610 kHz
	1230 UTC	on	9448 kHz

AF copied E11 on Friday, 12 July at 0800 with a "232/00" message, and at 1030 and 1230 with "312/00".

E15

Not reported often but apparently active is E15. FYP (Frank Young Peter) with QRU (Queen Robert Union) transmissions on 14000 kHz at 0200, 1700 and 1800 UTC. A harmonic on 28000 kHz was also heard.

S10

From Igor comes the following transcript of an S10 transmission.

14377 kHz, 1500 UTC, 24 July.

555 555 555 630 630 630 26 298 298 298 39
630 630 630
88 88 26 26
pozor pozor
22681 01927 57852 28497 16098 47023 14551 62402 64620 06654
71238 26629 74587 10053 76474 71214 69096 38415 47249 58733
86907 27663 87060 74347 00849 34423
pozor pozor
88 88 26 26
298 298 298
23 23 39 39
pozor pozor
39724 00215 85343 61798 55502 30222 23011 94274 64759 52435
56889 80122 28755 68250 17469 42068 53961 76837 81117 70388
62546 76921 34529 86417 69420 61284 58407 10296 15262 13015
28837 96519 32508 55667 73099 64410 89029 56955 29459
pozor pozor
23 23 39 39
konec konec

See also Newsletter 57 for more about S10d and S10e.