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

(Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:33:21 +0100)

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M13

Transcript of 7927 kHz, 14-2-2003, 2100 UTC.

714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714
714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714
714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714
714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714
714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 =
221 22 =
6t449 51191 34516 14783 t2378 37774 6t4t2 t5744 5tt8t t48t5
t4455 31tt2 42545 53866 t8673 59374 38318 5794t 53844 1t396
27t14 5t756 =
714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 714 =
221 22 =
6t449 51191 34516 14783 t2378 37774 6t4t2 t5744 5tt8t t48t5
t4455 31tt2 42545 53866 t8673 59374 38318 5794t 53844 1t396
27t14 5t756 =
ttt

M18

M18 was heard most of the month on 4130 kHz, sending Moscow time strings (UTC+3). The station is located in Ust'Kamenogorsk, Kazachstan.

M21

Next month several corrections to my PVO article from a couple of months ago. PVO (M21) was heard on 3322 and 4631,5 kHz this month, transmitting it's usual id/time strings and plots.

=99?T225?9?????
=1T154196812722
=1T154196812724
=1T154196813726
=1T154196831728
=1T154196831732
=1T154193821734
=1T154193822736
=1T15451?T9T9
=129T614514236
=229T6?T9T7
=4T54T154????
=129T6194514236
=129T719649736
=129T9451424
=129T61944356
=129T819453144
=9T8194435746
=29T69T11TT7?

MX

Cluster beacon "C" in Moscow was active during a number of days and used all cluster frequencies, even the lowest one, which was last logged quite a while ago: 3594, 4558, 5154, 7039, 8495, 10872, 13528, 16332, 20048 kHz.

Unid station

An unid station transmitted on 2742.2 in the first half of the month. I parked my radio for a couple of hours on that frequency and noticed that the beacon apparently has a schedule: hh13-hh17 and hh43-hh47.

I heard the following:

Brian copied some traffic from "F" at 2100 UTC. It transmitted in hand keyed CW "XO8U XO8U XO8U de Y2AJ Y2AJ Y2AJ K", followed by some QRZs, some QRVs and a series of VVVVV. Then "XO8U XO8U XO8U QTC K QSA? K". Then launched into a series of hand sent numbers, often poorly sent, using a short zero. Both stations were audible.

So, who is this? Looking at the conditions, it is impossible that this is the Vladivostok beacon. It is way too loud. There has been a "F" beacon from the Gdynia area, that was reported on 2842.8 and 4555.8 kHz in the past. It transmitted only during day time. Maybe it's back again.

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