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

(Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 22:34:43 +0200)

Military stations

Slovakian stations

See Morse station M62

See also Newsletter 64.

Czech stations ???

Network 25

Fritz contributed his monitoring results of what he calls "Netz 25" (Network 25). Fritz says "This is another "Marker" station sending every 20 sec a marker c/s. This station seems to be affiliated with the Czech network S8BD/CH8N/U4NP through its typical characteristics and because they use same NCG (net control group). QTH is unknown. QTE from Zürich is 150/330 degrees, which is strange."

This bearing is towards Italy which seems be be odd. We are therefore looking for dxers who are willing to df these stations from various points in Central and Southern Europe. Can we count on you?

The number messages vary from 1 to 10 messages of 20 or 50 groups, message preparation time is CET (CEST), off-line encrypted (5LGs or 5FGs) are repeated. The messages are automated, preamble and calls are hand keyed in a very poor manner with many errors. Transmission times may vary considerably.

Like the S8BD network, this one also seems to use a 10 day cycle for changing its freq/QRA. In July it became clear that "Netz 25" isn't another station that sends broadcasts only. There are at least 5 call signs / stations in the network and one CQ call (see examples). The use of parallel and night freqs isn't clear yet.

Frequencies	NCS	Stations	Marker/CQ	UTC	From	Until
4900//5330	KVF2	??	W6QZ	daily ??	11-3	20-3
				daily 0600-1000	11-4	20-4
4800	DRMB	TXMW	NPFP	daily 0615-varies	1-4	10-4
6920//5340	PD7D	WB5T	DKSL	daily ??-varies	24-6	30-6
5200	DRMB	UMHN	NPFP	daily 0600-1000	1-7	10-7
		VBFL
		LBF2
		TXMW
		ELBH
5270//5920	KVF2		W6QZ	daily 0600-1000	11-7	20-7
6920//5340	PD7D		DKSL	daily 0600-1000	21-7	31-7

Examples:

5330	12-3	0605	W6QZ de KVF2 QTC 1 50 12 0805 = 743 W6QZ = 5LG = KVF2 +
4800	7-4	0626	NPFP de DRMB QTC 1 50 7 0826 = 413 NPFP = 5LG = DRMB +
4800	7-4	0653	NPFP de DRMB QTC 2 50 7 0853 = 413 NPFP = 5FG = DRMB +
4800	7-4	0713	NPFP de DRMB QTC 3 50 7 0912 = 413 NPFP = 5LG = DRMB +

Note the net control group !
4929	7-4	0622	C6CP de S8BD QTC 28 20 7 0822 = 413 C6CP = 5LG = S8BD +

4800	9-4	2020	TXMW de DRMB QWX 3
4900	11-4	0821	W6QZ de KVF2 QTC 3 50 11 1021 = 136 W6QZ = 5Lg = KVF2 +
4900	14-4	1000	W6QZ de KVF2 445 col 445 + (end of transmission)
4900	15-4	0918	W6QZ de KVF2 QTC 7 50 15 1117 = 479 W6QZ = txt
6920	30-6	0622	Marker DKSL every 20 sec
6920	30-6	0629	WB5T de PD7D QWX 1 +
6920	30-6	0816	DKSL de PD7D QTC 4 50 30 1016 = 104 DKSL = 5LG
6920	30-6	0829	QTC 4 repeated
6920	30-6	0912	DKSL de PD7D QTC 5 50 30 1112 = 104 DKSL = txt
6920	30-6	0920	QTC 5 repeated
6920	30-6	1000	DKSL de PD7D 329 col 329 (transmission ceases)
5200	1-7	0850	NPFP de DRMB QTC 4 50 1 1045 = 557 NPFP = txt
5200	1-7	1001	NPFP de DRMB 288 col 288 + (end of transmission)
5200	9-7	0605	NPFP de DRMB k
			UMHN de DRMB 11355 k (UMHN confirms)
			ELBH de DRMB 89136 k (ELBH confirms)
			TXMW de DRMB 28713 k (TXMW confirms)
			LBF2 de DRMB 32955 k (LBF2 confirms)
			VBFL de DRMB 66384 k (VBFL confirms)
5200	9-7	0650	NPFP de DRMB XXX sako 246 col sako 246 k (all stations confirm)
5200	9-7	0700	UMHN de DRMB 818 115 315 327 219 325 928 k
5200	9-7	0705	NPFP de DRMB QTC 2 20 9 0903 = 292 NPFP = txt
5200	9-7	0710	NPFP de DRMB XXX rada 248 col rada 248 k (all stations confirm)
5270	11-7	0950	W6QZ (Marker)
5270	11-7	1000	882 col 882 + (end of transmission)
5340	28-7	0736	DKSL de PD7D QTC 3 50 28 0935 = 536 DKSL = txt

See also Newsletter 64.

Chinese stations

3553	V CP17 CP17 CP17 DE L9CC L9CC
7778	V RXP7 RXP7 RXP7 DE CZT2 CZT2

.and a message intercept from Igor:

7778 kHz, 1600 UTC, 1 July:

... 378 21 0702 0002 = = =

d3n4 7uta 66t5 dn54 a37u unt5 d534 7a67 6nt4 d3u7
d6a5 a3n4 6utn 35au td74 dn73 u65a t45n u7dt 463a
567t daun 5347 6tnd 3u4a 563t dna5 64u7 576a 34un
d5n7 t36a 456a 3n7d dtu6 7t45 n7au d43d 376t nua5
67at 4udt 6n3u 4tn5 d73a 346a 47d5 nnt6 5a3d 7tu4

3ndt u4a7 na56 d73t 4a65 74td anu3 a654 tn53 76ud
aun7 456t 35n4 d436 tdua d67u 6543 tndu a743 at5n
5dn3 t7u4 d6a7 t5n6 a4u3 tdn5 3ua7 3647 tdn5 6uad
334t n66u t457 576n 4n7d un53 7a4n dn67 4d63 56da
t3d7 664t a54t 3d45 56a7 65nt 5nt4 63ua t53u a737
iii iii =
tddu d5an 4a76 .... (and so on)
iii iii =
7uad 7d54 aun3 7ndn 45t4 6ttu 6445 d3ut duud 5nna ? 5nna
u7at u37d n35a t635 utdt at57 475d a4u5 3adn n56n
tn77 dtun 36ad 35ut 3an4 udd3 76un t65n 6737 n5t4
an35 6u74 7n7a 5645 n7nt 3t5u a774 n6u4 76ut d3d6
7u3t 645a dtd3 67u4 u7t4 ad64 3a47 56tu 76d3 7t43
5ad6 da77 d643 u4td 5n5t 54u4 7n5n ddu3 7da4 45a5

43aa 56dn 674t 635t 7ntn ddtu ttua n3a7 4567 ndd7
4567 dn3u dnd6 7437 uuat 67dt da74 53a4
hr nr 04 qsl ?
... czt2 czt2
v rxp7 rxp7 rxp7 de czt2 czt2 (endless string)

Other possible Chinese stations as logged by Igor:
10250 kHz, 0140 UTC, 7 July.

... nr o4 time o94o nr nr o4 time o94o time o94o
= = = fqac/i3b/mt/lw/aa ar
= = fqac/i3b/mt/lw/aa ar
= = fqac/i3b/mt/lw/aa ar
= = fqac/i3b/mt/lw/aa ar
= = fqac/i3b/mt/lw/aa ar
qsy qsy 5 qsy 5 qsy 5
gb gb gb

7945 kHz, 1258 UTC, 7 July.

...
id id nr 326t/ex time 2t57 = = ddu/6 ar = dud/6 k
id id nr 326t/ex time 2t57 = ddu/6 ar = ddu/6 ar k
ga

See also Newsletter 64.

Polish military

A couple of Maciej's findings:

7908.5 kHz	3ZN28 Polish navy Swinoujscie?
8215.0 kHz	3ZN28 Polish navy Swinoujscie? comms check with SNWZ Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki in the Persian Gulf region.
14824.0 kHz	ATV036 Polish mil KUW 4th NBC Regiment wkg LCR155

See also Newsletter 64.

Russian/CIS stations

John from Alaska monitored Russian traffic on duplex frequency 7574 kHz at 1055 UTC.

RAC called RJS
Preamble: QTC 118 29 19 1410 118 BT
29 groups of 5 letter encrypted text.
Traffic was confirmed by RJS.

A couple of Jim's logs to complete this month's military section.

18.1	RDL:	Russian Military via Tashkent
18.1	RDL:	Russian Military //12832. Strategic code message XXX XXX XXX RDL RDL RDL 64486 96327 WDOWA 1822 5094 Repeats. Ends K. Followed by 51420 25555 NEKTARNIK 6671 8813
3306.0	W3SI:	Receiving tfc from DNSJ then sends him msg 954 32 27 2306 954 = .66 = PPPPP PVIOX...PVIOX aEAOE WUPWO = 753 RPT AL K.
4977.0		messages
12832.0	RDL:	//18.1 kHz

See also Newsletter 64.