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

(Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:05:07 +0100)

Voice stations

E03 - Lincolnshire Poacher

On request, the Lincolnshire Poacher's schedules:

Day	UTC	Frequencies			Day	UTC	Frequencies
Sun	12	16084	15682	14487	Mon	12	16084	15682	14487
	13	16084	15682	14487		13	16084	15682	14487
	14	15682	14487	11545		14	14487	12603	10426
	15	13375	12603	11545		15	15682	13375	11545
	16	11545	10426	8464		16	13375	12603	11545
	17	13375	12603	11545		17	11545	8464	6959
	18	12603	9251	7337		18	12603	9251	7337
	19	11545	9251	6959		19	12603	9251	7337
	20	12603	10426	8464		20	11545	9251	6959
	21	9251	6959	5746		21	11545	9251	7887
	22	8464	6485	5422		22	11545	10426	6959

Tue	12	16084	15682	14487	Wed	12	16084	15682	14487
	13	16084	15682	14487		13	16084	15682	14487
	14	16314	14487	12603		14	20707	19452	18233
	15	10426	8464	7755		15	16084	14487	11545
	16	15682	13375	11545		16	10426	7755	6485
	17	13375	12603	11545		17	16475	14487	12603
	18	9251	6959	5746		18	11545	9251	6959
	19	11545	9251	6959		19	8464	6485	5746
	20	12603	9251	7337		20	11545	9251	6959
	21	12603	9251	7337		21	12603	9251	7337
	22	12603	10426	8464		22	12603	9251	7337

Thu	12	16084	15682	14487	Fri	12	16084	15682	14487
	13	16084	15682	14487		13	16084	15682	14487
	14	16084	15682	14487		14	16084	15682	14487
	15	19452	17417	16084		15	13375	12603	11545
	16	14487	12603	8464		16	16084	14487	12603
	17	8464	6485	5422		17	16084	13375	11545
	18	16475	14487	12603		18	8464	6485	5422
	19	11545	9251	6959		19	15682	13375	11545
	20	11545	9251	6959		20	11545	9251	6959
	21	9251	6959	5746		21	11545	9251	6959
	22	12603	9251	7337		22	9251	6959	5746

Sat	12	16084	15682	14487
	13	16084	15682	14487
	14	14487	11545	10426
	15	13375	12603	11545
	16	13375	12603	11545
	17	15682	13375	11545
	18	16084	13375	11545
	19	8464	6485	5422
	20	11545	10426	6900
	21	11545	9251	6959
	22	11545	9251	6959

IDs in the first half of December:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	97543	97543	97543	97543	97543	97543	97543	1200
1300	15169	15169	15169	15169	15169	15169	15169	1300
1400	98809	50321	85373	51610	97543	40319	60721	1400
1500	60721	98809	50321	85373	51610	97543	88823	1500
1600	88823	60721	98809	50321	85373	51610	40319	1600
1700	40319	88823	60721	98809	50321	85373	97543	1700
1800	97543	40319	88823	60721	98809	50321	51610	1800
1900	51610	15169	40319	15169	60721	98809	15169	1900
2000	15169	97543	15169	88823	15169	60721	85373	2000
2100	85373	51610	97543	40319	88823	15169	50321	2100
2200	50321	85373	51610	97543	40319	88823	98809	2200

IDs in the second half of December:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	90318	90318	90318	90318	90318	90318	90318	1200
1300	29372	29372	29372	29372	29372	29372	29372	1300
1400	94186	14831	56046	64880	90318	98426	50699	1400
1500	50699	94186	14831	56046	64880	90318	69078	1500
1600	69078	50699	94186	14831	56046	64880	98426	1600
1700	98426	69078	50699	94186	14831	56046	90318	1700
1800	90318	98426	69078	50699	94186	14831	64880	1800
1900	64880	29372	98426	29372	50699	94186	29372	1900
2000	29372	90318	29372	69078	29372	50699	56046	2000
2100	56046	64880	90318	98426	69078	29372	14831	2100
2200	14831	56046	64880	90318	98426	69078	94186	2200

[IDs compiled by Al Kruse]

E04 - Cherry ripe

Laurent was the first to report Cherry Ripe's 1400 UTC schedule. It was later confirmed by logs from AnonE2K. It might have replaced the 1000 UTC transmission. I have tried to compile E04's current schedules but did not succeed before the deadline. This is what I have so far:

1000 UTC	20474	//	23461 kHz	(not confirmed)
1100 UTC	18864	//	23461 kHz
1200 UTC	18864	//	23461 kHz
1300 UTC	18864	//	21866 kHz
1400 UTC	18864	//	20707 kHz
2200 UTC	18864	//	24644 kHz	(not confirmed)
2300 UTC	18864	//	21866 kHz	(not confirmed)
0000 UTC	18864	//	21866 kHz	(not confirmed)
0100 UTC	19884	//	21866 kHz	(not confirmed)

E10

Thai Williams writes that he has heard his very first numbers station:

"VLB on 5230 at 0427z with message. VLB 2 followed till at least 0500z."

Welcome to the Numbers Scene, Thai. I hope to see a lot of logs from you in the future.

I hadn't checked the lower frequencies for quite a while so I programmed them in my receiver and scanned them for a couple of hours during the evening and early night. I have found SYN on 3360, VLB on 3230 and CIO on 3270, all with their regular 00:15h and 00:45h schedules. I had no luck so far on 2270 kHz.

VLB was heard with a number of suffixes and strings in December. CIO and SYN joined in as well. The very irregular TMS call was also heard in December, but still no sign of ABC.

3 Dec	1222 UTC	TMS 2 on 23195 kHz
4 Dec	1745 UTC	VLB 25
	1845 UTC	VLB 55
	2145 UTC	VLB 50
8 Dec	2025 UTC	VLB H13KUF
9 Dec	1900 UTC	CIO 2BVT02
	1955 UTC	VLB 6H8B
10 Dec	1955 UTC	VLB B202
11 Dec	1900 UTC	CIO Z9XSPH
14 Dec	2045 UTC	VLB T16R23B22
15 Dec	2045 UTC	SYN F49G12K78

V13

The number of New Star broadcasts have decreased drastically. Did anything happen over there? New political ideas? Agents on vacation, or what???

Illicit stations

Indonesian illicit stations were reported on 3560, 7000, 7005, 7010, 7025, 7070, 14052, 14100 and 18090 kHz. According to the sender these are anti government / separatist organisations.