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

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

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Morse stations

MX

Cluster beacons "C", "D", "F", "K", "M", "S" were reported on cluster frequencies 5154, 7039, 8495, 10872, 16332 kHz

"D" was also heard on spurious frequency 7077.5 kHz

Channel markers:

• "V"
  3658 kHz
• "L"
  3335.75 kHz
• "R"
  5465.8 kHz

The "L" marker has now been df'ed from a number a locations. Some of the bearings were taken by professionals. We mentioned Montenegro as possible location but it seems that it is a little further to the south. The station is somewhere in the Tirana, Albania area.

M21 PVO

Frequency: 5220, 6330 kHz

with the usual strings like

• =992314??t????
• =992315??t????
• =991524??8?????

M40

Not reported very often these days, but apparently still alive: M40.

Igor sends us his findings: 6680 kHz, 0200 UTC, 23 July.

vvv cq 466,437
vvv cq437 cq437 cq437
hr hr 49 49 = =
2136t 95tt4 45918 4211t 79373 78928 36tt5 7t359 8t755 86t95
4229t 5t619 19481 1t781 93342 79848 t2t24 98448 19392 58t41
6t3tt t2224 66756 46868 23184 67678 42464 41164 1174t 276tt
99t92 32743 5396t 87742 53278 27835 42423 t2784 38283 32559
52589 61527 t1t86 22715 81894 82663 57376 44336 782tt
ar ar
rpt rpt
vvv cq437 cq437 cq437
hr hr 49 49 = =
2136t 95tt4 45918 4211t 79373 78928 36tt5 7t359 8t755 86t95
4229t 5t619 19481 1t781 93342 79848 t2t24 98448 19392 58t41
6t3tt t2224 66756 46868 23184 67678 42464 41164 1174t 276tt
99t92 32743 5396t 87742 53278 27835 42423 t2784 38283 32559
52589 61527 t1t86 22715 81894 82663 57376 44336 782tt
ar ar sk sk

M51

M51 was heard on 4626.5, 5250 and 5377 kHz. Although it doesn't seem to be as active as it was a couple of years ago, it is still going strong.

M62

In a reaction to N&O #61 we received a note from one of our local correspondents who writes that it is highly unlikely that M62 is in Zilina "because its signal was very weak in Zilina (noise level). Also in Martin, Slovakia, the signal was weak at the same moment."

Well, it is quite possible that the actual transmission does not always come from Zilina. The station belongs to the Slovakian Ministry of Defense Operations HQ in Zilina. It transmits exercise and flash messages (like the USAF EAMs). There are stations in various locations who also (re)transmit the messages that originate from Zilina. There is at least one transmitter in Zilina. It would be nice if we could figure out where in Slovakia the other stations are. DF reports are most welcome.

Situation in July:

The station uses CET (CEST). The callsigns change 3x per month at 0000 hours local time without any other message. 1732 kHz is the parallel frequency. It is not clear, since when. 6 sets of callsigns have been noted so far. Sometimes the local time is sent: = = QTR 0100 (27 June 2003 2300 UTC).

Some historical and new logs:

M87

A couple of M87 logs from Igor:

• 7940 kHz, 0000 UTC, 14 July.

... 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 000
684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684
684 684 684 684 684 684 684 000
684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 684 000 000

• 16420 kHz, 0330 UTC, 8 July.

... 154 154 154 154 154 154 000 000
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 000 000
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 000 000
154 154 154 154 154 154 154 000 000

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