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

(Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:06:36 +0200)

Voice stations

E03 + E04

Monthly idents compiled by Al and Tomonori. Thanks gents!

Lincolnshire Poacher E03

IDs as of September 1st, 2002

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	21739	21739	21739	21739	21739	21739	21739	1200
1300	98916	98916	98916	98916	98916	98916	98916	1300
1400	72104	85790	62234	56986	21739	03639	31409	1400
1500	31409	72104	85790	62234	56986	21739	14786	1500
1600	14786	31409	72104	85790	62234	56986	03639	1600
1700	03639	14786	31409	72104	85790	62234	21739	1700
1800	21739	03639	14786	31409	72104	85790	56986	1800
1900	56986	98916	03639	98916	31409	72104	98916	1900
2000	98916	21739	98916	14786	98916	31409	62234	2000
2100	62234	56986	21739	03639	14786	98916	85790	2100
2200	85790	62234	56986	21739	03639	14786	72104	2200

IDs as of September 15th, 2003

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	99188	99188	99188	99188	99188	99188	99188	1200
1300	93936	93936	93936	93936	93936	93936	93936	1300
1400	23998	85680	64580	03926	99188	08240	47619	1400
1500	47619	23998	85680	64580	03926	99188	78118	1500
1600	78118	47619	23998	85680	64580	03926	08240	1600
1700	08240	78118	47619	23998	85680	64580	99188	1700
1800	99188	08240	78118	47619	23998	85680	03926	1800
1900	03926	93936	08240	93936	47619	23998	93936	1900
2000	93936	99188	93936	78118	93936	47619	64580	2000
2100	64580	03926	99188	08240	78118	93936	85680	2100
2200	85680	64580	03926	99188	08240	78118	23998	2200

See also Newsletter 66.

Cherry Ripe E04

IDs as of Sep 5th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		70807	11779	90859	24124	45029	0000
0100		11779	90859	24124	45029	90792	0100
1000		90859	24124	45029	90792	20751	1000
1100		24124	45029	90792	20751	90859	1100
1200		45029	90792	20751	90859	70807	1200
1300		90792	20751	90859	70807	11779	1300
1400							1400
2200	20751	90859	70807	11779	90859		2200
2300	90859	70807	11779	90859	24124		2300

IDs as of Sep 12th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		70807	11779	90859	24124	45029	0000
0100		11779	90859	24124	45029	90792	0100
1000		90859	24124	45029	90792	20751	1000
1100		24124	45029	90792	20751	90859	1100
1200		45029	90792	20751	90859	70807	1200
1300		90792	20751	90859	70807	11779	1300
1400							1400
2200	20751	90859	70807	11779	90859		2200
2300	90859	70807	11779	90859	24124		2300

IDs as of Sep 19th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		01832	19479	04922	21226	29133	0000
0100		19479	04922	21226	29133	80187	0100
1000		04922	21226	29133	80187	82509	1000
1100		21226	29133	80187	82509	04922	1100
1200		29133	80187	82509	04922	01832	1200
1300		80187	82509	XXXXX	01832	19479	1300
1400							1400
2200	82509	04922	01832	19479	04922		2200
2300	04922	01832	19479	04922	21226		2300

IDs as of Sep 26th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		01832	19479	04922	21226	29133	0000
0100		19479	04922	21226	29133	80187	0100
1000		04922	21226	29133	80187	82509	1000
1100		21226	29133	80187	82509	04922	1100
1200		29133	80187	82509	04922	01832	1200
1300		80187	82509	04922	01832	19479	1300
1400							1400
2200	82509	04922	01832	19479	04922		2200
2300	04922	01832	19479	04922	21226		2300

See also Newsletter 66.

E05

The Counting Station is reportedly active (again). It has been heard on 30 Sept at 1200 on 8110 calling 652.

See also Newsletter 66.

E06

Richard sent me a sound sample of E06 with a new voice. Nice catch, Richard.

Logged on 11 Sept at 1700 UTC on 8170 kHz, EE/OM.
ID 671 (2 messages) first 840 35 06923 etc
2nd 928 30 65452 etc, ended 00000

ENIGMA's Mike L says:

"This is a standard E6, but using an additional voice, this station has "changed" voices a number of times in the past 15 years some being very short lived while others lasted up to 2 years. It will be interesting to see how long this one lasts for. Example: I logged on 9 Aug 1994, 17.00z, 8170kHz and tagged the entry "changed voice", which I only heard once. This was pre ENIGMA Control List days when the station was variously called "English Man" or "Russian Man (in English, ending 00000)" [as it was believed to have been of Russian origin], it became E6 on the introduction of the Control List."

Thanks for the comments, Mike.

Laurent jotted down the E06 message on 3 Sept at 2100 UTC on 8141 kHz.

527 527 527...

139 139 46 46
50617 50617 69425 69425 09246 09246 89989 89989
40867 40867 52441 52441 85627 85627 36715 36715
36102 36102 40369 40369 06453 06453 90372 90372
54627 54627 14546 14546 91122 91122 62958 62958
78109 78109 64530 64530 78458 78458 32567 32567
48925 48925 66243 66243 40003 40003 14636 14636
25918 25918 44252 44252 30708 30708 86120 86120
23270 23270 09034 09034 93569 93569 17444 17444
85609 85609 39438 39438 93073 93073 63544 63544
96619 96619 99409 99409 20066 20066 81911 81911
14298 14298 82982 82982 99348 99348 79013 79013
22294 22294 54397 54397
139 139 46 46
00000

See also Newsletter 66.

E10

Only two reports received:

2 Sept	1930 UTC	4270 kHz	PCD1
25 Sept	2210 UTC	6575 kHz	HNCS

See also Newsletter 66.

E25

Logged on 1 Sept, 9450 kHz AM, 1241 UTC, Arab Music Intro was there, stopped at 1243; 1244 Arab man repeats 227 26 220 27, nothing else. Ended at 1247 UTC (carrier down).

The next day, Tuesday 2 Sept at 1239 UTC, E25 was back on the same frequency. Manolis reports the following:

1239z	Carrier on.
1240z	Arab Music begins.
1244z	Music ends, man started calling "22 222 222…" (I think he forgot the first "2" in the beginning)
1248z	He stopped calling "222". Said "Message, message, message". Message follows (16 x 4fgs): 7496 3161 3310 0603 6582 8530 3304 1920 9177 7288 7467 4674 7787 4361 9306 3310
1249z	"Repeat, repeat, repeat". Repeats the above;
1251z	"End of message, end of transmission". Carrier went down.

Comments about signal strength

E25: 5-7 out of 7, lots of fading, averaging to 6/7. Also modulation was kind of "shallow". The Arab BC Station 9460 kHz: Again 5-7/7 but mostly 7/7 slower fading.

E25 IS BACK! STAY TUNED!
Manolis from Crete.

We will, Manolis, we will :-)

See also Newsletter 66.

V02

On 3 Sept at 0340 UTC on 4479 kHz, Allen spotted a blooper from our Cuban friends. "I was monitoring a V2a broadcast on 4479 kHz; faintly in the background I could hear another woman broadcasting a separate set of numbers. I was logged onto the IRC channel #monitor, and thanks to one of the other participants, discovered that the woman heard in the background on 4479 was broadcasting on 10446 kHz! 10446 kHz was out at 0344Z and 4479 kHz was out at 0345Z.", writes Allen.

These boys and girls are famous for their sloppy transmissions, Allen and it is always nice to catch one :-)

See also Newsletter 66.