Sixtieth edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 19:38:55 +0200)

Voice stations

E03 / E04 Idents

Lincolnshire Poacher E03

IDs as of April 1st, 2003

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	92704	92704	92704	92704	92704	92704	92704	1200
1300	33127	33127	33127	33127	33127	33127	33127	1300
1400	60246	05080	27005	20259	92704	14939	20511	1400
1500	20511	60246	05080	27005	20259	92704	16577	1500
1600	16577	20511	60246	05080	27005	20259	14939	1600
1700	14939	16577	20511	60246	05080	27005	92704	1700
1800	92704	14939	16577	20511	60246	05080	20259	1800
1900	20259	33127	14939	33127	20511	60246	33127	1900
2000	33127	92704	33127	16577	33127	20511	27005	2000
2100	27005	20259	92704	14939	16577	33127	05080	2100
2200	05080	27005	20259	92704	14939	16577	60246	2200

IDs as of April 15th, 2003

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	78418	78418	78418	78418	78418	78418	78418	1200
1300	83222	83222	83222	83222	83222	83222	83222	1300
1400	84479	81241	45072	35916	78418	20967	04128	1400
1500	04128	84479	81241	45072	35916	78418	61478	1500
1600	61478	04128	84479	81241	45072	35916	20967	1600
1700	20967	61478	04128	84479	81241	45072	78418	1700
1800	78418	20967	61478	04128	84479	81241	35916	1800
1900	35916	83222	20967	83222	04128	84479	83222	1900
2000	83222	78418	83222	61478	83222	04128	45072	2000
2100	45072	35916	78418	20967	61478	83222	81241	2100
2200	81241	45072	35916	78418	20967	61478	84479	2200

Cherry Ripe E04

IDs as of April 4th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000			43914	54250	85318	45489	0000
0100			54250	85318	45489	82471	0100
1000			85318	45489	82471	61640	1000
1100			45489	82471	61640	54250	1100
1200			82471	61640	54250	07820	1200
1300			61640	54250	07820	43914	1300
2200		54250	07820	43914	54250		2200
2300		07820	43914	54250	85318		2300

IDs as of April 11th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		7820	43914	54250	85318	45489	0000
0100		43914	54250	85318	45489	82471	0100
1000		54250	85318	45489	82471	61640	1000
1100		85318	45489	82471	61640	54250	1100
1200		45489	82471	61640	54250	7820	1200
1300		82471	61640	54250	7820	43914	1300
2200	61640	54250	7820	43914	54250		2200
2300	54250	7820	43914	54250	85318		2300

IDs as of April 18th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		07820	40599	88981	36447	62155	0000
0100		43914	88981	36447	62155	96259	0100
1000		54250	36447	62155	96259		1000
1100		85318	62155	96259	09582	88981	1100
1200		45489	96259	09582	88981	98906	1200
1300		82471	09582	88981	98906	40599	1300
2200	61640	88981	98906	40599	88981
2300	54250	98906	40599	88981	36447

IDs as of April 25th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		98906	40599	88981	36447	62155	0000
0100		40599	88981	36447	62155	96259	0100
1000		88981	36447	62155	96259	09582	1000
1100		36447	62155	96259	09582	88981	1100
1200		62155	96259	09582	88981	98906	1200
1300		96259	09582	88981	98906	40599	1300
2200	09582	88981	98906	40599	88981		2200
2300	88981	98906	40599	88981	36447		2300

Thank you Tomonori and Al.

E10

Only a handful of special logs this month:

02 Apr 2003	2131 UTC	7445 kHz	MIW 63
06 Apr 2003	2208 UTC	3557 kHz	MIW 61Z18Z82Z071100
07 Apr 2003	2102 UTC	4560//5820 kHz	YHF1
21 Apr 2003	2100 UTC	13533 kHz	EZI1

Bob Swartz checks in with his E10 observations. He noticed a couple of interesting things. Bob, you have the floor!

"Unusual activity on E10. 10 April 2003, 2230z sked. EZI on 9130k, parallel freq of 11565 heavily overridden. Two messages were sent; 49/SBGOD and 62 AOPPL. These messages were previously sent as single messages on the 2230Z sked; 49/SBGOD from 02-07 March 2003 62/AOPPL from 27-30 March 2003.

Has anyone else seen combined repeats of messages?

I am also seeing two sets of daily repeats of messages on EZI. The message on the 2000z sked is repeated on the 2200z sked and the message on the 0130z sked is repeated at 2130z. In addition, there is a daily repeat of messages on ART. The message on the 0200z sked is rebroadcast at 2200z."

Bob continues:

"E10 continues to do strange things as we continue to look at it. Previously there was a report of daily repeat of messages at 0200z and 2200z. This has expanded to include another repeat at 0100z. Following activity observed:

13 April at 2200z ART 93 XTFFU,
heavy override, but enough text copied to match with later sked.
14 April at 0100z ART in tfc
message text not compared untill later, now known to be 93 XTFFU.
13 April at 0200z ART 93 XTFFU
message text clear, able to match two previous skeds with it.
17 April at 0100z ART 93 XTFFU
message text clear.
17 April at 0200z ART 93 XTFFU
some override, but enough text copied to match.

All above activity on 5435 kHz. Search of numbers data base for ART activity at 0100z reveals only one previous record a couple of years ago.

Oh yes, 0200z sked on 17 April at 5435 kHz started out with ULX calling along with ART. The fight stopped after a minute and ULX appeared on 4880 kHz.

I would like to enlist the help of anyone who could assist in periodically checking these skeds with me. Especially the 2200z sked that is early in the evening at my location. Will keep on listening and sending stuff in."

Thanks for these interesting notes, Bob. Much appreciated. If anyone wants to help Bob to check the frequencies, please mail him.

V09 Guangzhou

Dates			UTC	Frequencies
3	19		1500	10750
5	25		1500	6885
11	15	27	1530	6885//10750
25			1600	12012
3	19		1600	6885//10750
3	19	27	1630	12012
5	15	25	1630	7750//10750
5			1700	6265
11			1700	7750
15	19	25	1700	12012

V22 Beijing

Weekdays: 1300, 1330, 1400, 1430, 1500 UTC on 8375 kHz. Sometimes other transmissions are aired on 8375 kHz at 1600, 1630 and 1700 UTC.

Dates				UTC	Frequencies
5	20			0000	16520
5	15	20		0030	16520
2^nd FRI				1600	10200
24				1630	10200
11	26			2030	4760//6375
1^st and 3^rd Sat				0930	15640
14				1730	6465//8375
2	3	16	21	1630	6465//8375
10	15			0900	18020
1	16			0100	16835
22				1800	8375//10500
23				0630	17310

V25

Dates		UTC	Frequencies	Callsigns
9	24	1300	8195	516 clg 384
20		1300	9260	064 clg 315
9		1330	8870	516 clg 384
12	22	1430	9240	323 clg 634
24		1500	10017	323 clg 634
18		1700	15958	316 clg 728