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

(Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 22:46:44 +0100)

Various modes

XM

Two active NATO frequencies were troubled by very loud feed back. It sounded kind of interesting, actually :-)

Frequencies: 5201.5 and 5225.5 kHz.

XSL

The MPSK-like transmissions of the Japanese navy, a.k.a. the "Slot Machine" are widely heard on a large number of frequencies: 3058, 3075, 4152.5, 4231.5, 4291, 5643, 6249.5, 6417, 6445, 6500, 6693, 6768, 8312.5, 8588 and 8703.5 kHz.

Jammers

The IARU Monitor System Newsletter mentioned a number of jammed frequencies. The usual bunch on 7 MHz, mostly from Iran and Iraq, and the Havana Gurgle.

Frequencies: 4665, 5630, 6647, 6745, 7000, 7004, 7008, 7010, 7020, 7025, 7031, 7070 and 18090 kHz.

In addition to these I found a couple of very loud jammers on other frequencies.

Iranian jammers	1593, 3975, 4195, 4650, 4660, 4670, 4675, 4690, 7490, 9435, 13680, 15290, 15295 kHz.
Saudi jammers	7590, 9925, 9930 kHz.
Chinese jammers	11975, 13800, 15430, 15550, 15795 kHz.

Radars & ionosondes

As these stations are not really related to Numbers or Oddities, I will no longer include them in N&O but in the Utility Round-up, my other WUN column. In fact, I have planned a mini series of articles in that column and the first part will be published this month.