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

(Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 13:46:16 +0100)

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E03 & E03A [former E04]

As every month, Axel from Germany and Tomonori from Japan supplied the idents of Lincolnshire Poacher and Cherry Ripe during October; thank you.

Lincolnshire Poacher E03

IDs as of October 1st, 2003

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	45145	45145	45145	45145	45145	45145	45145	1200
1300	19284	19284	19284	19284	19284	19284	19284	1300
1400	52417	76287	88637	92411	45145	23923	44452	1400
1500	44452	52417	76287	88637	92411	45145	91413	1500
1600	91413	44452	52417	76287	88637	92411	23923	1600
1700	23923	91413	44452	52417	76287	88637	45145	1700
1800	45145	23923	91413	44452	52417	76287	92411	1800
1900	92411	19284	23923	19284	44452	52417	19284	1900
2000	19284	45145	19284	91413	19284	44452	88637	2000
2100	88637	92411	45145	23923	91413	19284	76287	2100
2200	76287	88637	92411	45145	23923	91413	52417	2200

See also Newsletter 67.

Cherry Ripe E04

IDs as of Oct 3rd, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000				22499	52409	07008	0000
0100				52409	07008	21902	0100
1000				07008	21902	58268	1000
1100				21902	58268	22499	1100
1200				58268	22499	33361	1200
1300				22499	33361	39163	1300
1400							1400
2200			33361	39163	22499		2200
2300			39163	22499	52409		2300

IDs as of Oct 10th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		33361	39163	22499	52409	07008	0000
0100		39163	22499	52409	07008	21902	0100
1000			52409	07008	21902	58268	1000
1100			07008	21902	58268	22499	1100
1200		07008	21902	58268	22499	33361	1200
1300		21902	58268	22499	33361	39163	1300
1400							1400
2200	58268	22499	33361	39163	22499		2200
2300	22499	33361	39163	22499	52409		2300

IDs as of Oct 17th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		33361	39163	25843	90661	51721	0000
0100		39163	22499	90661	51721	59159	0100
1000		22499	52409	51721	59159	08650	1000
1100		52409	07008	59159	08650	25843	1100
1200		07008	21902	08650	25843	16401	1200
1300		21902	58268	25843	16401	64307	1300
1400							1400
2200	58268		16401	64307	25843		2200
2300	22499		64307	25843	90661		2300

IDs as of Oct 24th, 2003

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
0000		16401	64307	25843	90661	51721	0000
0100		64307	25843	90661	51721	59159	0100
1000		25843	90661	51721	59159		1000
1100		90661	51721	59159	08650	25843	1100
1200		51721	59159	08650	25843	16401	1200
1300		59159	08650	25843	16401	64307	1300
1400							1400
2200	08650	25843		64307	25843		2200
2300	25843		64307	25843	90661		2300

See also Newsletter 67.

E05

In the last edition of N&O we reported, that E05 is back. Again it was heard on 1, 2 and 3 Oct, with the same message as on 30 Sep (callsign: 133, group count: 215). The time was 1200 UTC, the frequencies were 8110 kHz in AM and 10583 in USB. Also it was heard on 3 Oct, 1215 UTC, on 16110 kHz in progress, ended at 1250 UTC. Thanks for the reports to Paul, Alexander and Manolis.

E06

An interesting E06 catch from Gert, heard on 11 Oct. He found the usual Saturday 1500 UTC sked on 13910 kHz, in progress, but this time with two the same messages at the same time and on the same freq, but with two different IDs: "547" and "891". Both transmissions had the same dK (837) and GC (64) - the first group was 78450. Both transmissions had a little time difference, so that it sounded like an echo.

Richard Ness caught E06 on Sun, 26 Oct, giving "547" repeated, starting at 1500 UTC, very strong sound (S9). Simon Parton also heard it, but he's describing the sound as echoey (similar to Gert's description a few weeks earlier). The echoey sound was also confirmed by Tobbe from Sweden, who also heard it very strongly, as it was reported by Richard, but Richard couldn't confirm the echo. He means, that either E06 is coming from two different transmitters, or it was received via two distinctive paths.

See also Newsletter 67.

E10

In this month we have only a few non-standard E10 reports:

02 Oct	2200 UTC	5435 kHz	ART1
04 Oct	1900 UTC	5435 kHz	EZI	(for some seconds, then the signal stopped)
17 Oct	2230 UTC	4880 kHz:	ULX1.

PCD1 is reported 4 times this month: 15 Oct, 0030 UTC, 6498 kHz, and Oct 10, 17 and 19, always 1900 UTC, 4270 kHz. The other usual skeds are still very active.

See also Newsletter 67.

E11

E11 Oblique has changed its Tuesdays 1030 UTC freq to 8759 kHz. It was first heard on 21 Oct on this new freq (log from Gert).

E25

A new catch of E25 from Manolis on 26 Oct.

"Today we're back in winter time, and I gave a try to E25. And yes, it was there!!! 9450 kHz, AM mode.

1240z	Carrier.
1245z	No music intro, Arab man calling '780'. 1248z 'Message' x3. Message of 13 4-figure groups follows:
	9394 3531 6210 1467 6518 5690 2666 5481 4555 7854 3353 8560 6210
1249z	'Repeat' x3. Repeats msg.
1251z	'End of message, end of transmission'.

The audio quality was poor, I can't tell if this is due to the Solar Storm. QRM from a BC station on the same freq. The Arab man was more 'professional'. In the beginning I thought that the transmission was taped or synthetic like E03!"

Thanks, Manolis, for this new and interesting E25 catch.

S10D

S10D was heard by Tom in Pennsylvania, USA, the first Tues and Weds of the month, on 6945 kHz. He reports, that the carrier came on at 0245 UTC, and then - after a while - the ID "555" came. He believes, that it seems to be audible on the first Tues and Weds of each month. Thanks, Tom, for the log.

V02

Tom also reported on 21 Oct a mix of V2 and its sister station M8. "Now of 0300z hearing V2 but M8 hammering code ontop of it. Makes me wonder... maybe these morse/voice mix-ups are simply transmitter tests for future real transmissions."

See also Newsletter 67.

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