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

(Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:09:20 +0200)

Unid stations

Russian numbers stations

I don't know if an Enigma code has been designed to this one.

17640 and 17786 kHz: SVR Moscow, 1100-1130 UTC. CW, 15 wpm, ANDUWRIGMT cut #s. 5FGs traffic.

Another Russian station was heard on 19 May at 1410 UTC on 16280 kHz. It was a very strong signal, mode CW. It was only sending for 2 minutes and the carrier went off after another 30 seconds.

"2"

Tomonori reports on 12 May that the "2"-station on 10140.5 kHz is being jammed. Shortly after that the station left this frequency. So far no new frequencies have been reported.

2-second pip

We learn from Takashi that the 2-second pip can be heard on

3115//5455//8340 kHz	at 1253 UTC	(5 May)
8340//10470//14425 kHz	at 0437 UTC	(5 May)
3115//5455//8940 kHz	at 1337 UTC	(16 May)

3 pips

One of the other pip-stations is the one that transmits 3 pips every 2 seconds (90 pips per minute). Nota that this station transmits a data burst every now and then. I asked Takashi to keep an ear open for this station and he told me that he has copied the station on:

10071.5 kHz	at 0113 UTC
10071.5 kHz	at 0908 UTC
10071.5/17031.5 kHz	at 0915 UTC
3066.5 kHz	at 1256 UTC
3066.5//10071.5//17031.51 kHz	at 1414 UTC

Thanks Takashi san!

XDZ

An unid station transmits VVV DE XDZ on 3555 kHz. The station was heard throughout April around 1400 UTC.

Unid

The following unid was observed by Fritz. This curious station appeared on at least 7 different frequencies during the past months.

Freq.	date	UTC	remarks
4200	26-4	1905	CQ CQ nw 84045 aa 93507 aa 90650 aa ... QSL 159 k
5504	often		... 5FG aa 5FG aa 5FG aa ....
6812	3-5	1845	CQ CQ nw nw 44220 aa 55308 aa 10575 aa ... k k
6825	15-3	1600	...5FG aa 5FG aa ...
7697	5-4	0515	...5FG aa 5FG aa ...
13066	3-5	0622	...5FG aa 5FG aa ...
13426	4-4	0700	...5FG aa 5FG aa ...

IGAE

Our correspondent from Alaska, Attu, reports and unid station on 3698 kHz that transmits the callsign: IGAE in CW from H+10-H+20 and H+40-H+50 each hour. Takashi reports the same station on 3699.5 kHz. Which one is the exact frequency, gentlemen?