Sixty-second edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 21:19:15 +0200)

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Various modes

Daily catches:

M42 / X06

Two interesting logs from Igor this month. The "M42" stations used CW in the early 1990's and earlier and switched to RTTY, MFSK and other more advanced modes in the past few years. But every now and then these Morse transmissions pop up. I wonder what may cause that. It could be that the receiving station has problems with its digital equipment. As we know, the operators can send Morse, although not all of them are good at it. Some are very sloppy.

• The first one was heard on 13920 kHz at 0430 UTC on 17 June with a message to RNS on link 00213. Mode: Morse, off line encrypted, short zero.

vvv rns rns rns 1/1t4
11177 tt213 67891 17t39 t1t39 =
35967 t5212 5574t 42122 67924 77t74 t6816 1239t 2514t 72t88
93t82 78t35 44t3t 29337 19629 49t4t 9tt28 8t422 18343 t9764
757tt 72363 19842 66181 32t9t 6tt3t 37114 44115 28535 45448
17288 5t161 19942 18343 7411t tt71t 36222 9t128 48962 6557t
64648 49539 795t5 614t1 1t833 92933 694t9 49978 t3t13 262t8
87991 t781t 28433 33313 78821 83t82 592t5 3t~~1 32749 14659
61552 138t1 98649 94955 186t7 96516 46242 88148 45655 82958
55359 38t44 23182 17187 1215t 92828 911t3 t5119 14733 89813
49665 52377 9884t 518t1 69454 55987 1t7t3 87125 42814 15239
11943 62469 59148 t82t4 51355 81335 75911 23568 15797 73t29
79244 75741 7t168 =
qru qru sk sk

• The second one is interesting because the link id for DKR is different from the RTTY counter part. In this message it is 00060 while normally the link id is 70060. The DKR callsign was already in use in the early 1990's.
  13979 kHz, 1030 UTC, 5 June. Mode: Morse, off line encrypted, short zero.

vvv dkr dkr dkr 1/1t1 (rptd)
11177 ttt6t 12345 t5t37 t1t19 =
t3t92 6t3t9 242t2 22448 1t735 51833 68365 93721 34t96 59118
13599 115t9 3t7t2 45572 4642t 49293 27376 98297 93274 77544
46742 737t9 537t5 28546 74881 14252 32213 2t5tt 73t95 4956t
138t6 825t4 51195 24745 761t7 3734t 189t8 515t2 34423 t5162
7t293 7113t 17t36 39956 t9688 28216 12447 5t374 13638 t4876
661t1 65862 77687 48163 151t4 16218 2t243 t2193 28725 2t125
37t21 7t136 19936 48449 894t1 27537 18911 89547 43318 44818
44553 15674 t81t9 43716 84324 53857 77696 72436 791tt 6646t
56t88 43222 1t678 34t22 57268 59688 9t726 78791 94898 48136
1956t 1t641 46253 71954 48186 25347 633t1 66t89 13568 59t26
= qru qru sk sk

Very nice catches, Igor!

Day captured a Mazielka call on 17463 kHz at 1525 UTC on 1 June, followed by RTTY traffic on link 10163 to UDZ 27.

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