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

(Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:23:32 +0000)

Voice stations

E03 - Lincolnshire Poacher

IDs used in the first half of the month:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	47878	47878	47878	47878	47878	47878	47878	1200
1300	47603	47603	47603	47603	47603	47603	47603	1300
1400	01081	40398	58894	21292	47878	20394	80824	1400
1500	80824	01081	40398	58894	21292	47878	69905	1500
1600	69905	80824	01081	40398	58894	21292	20394	1600
1700	20394	69905	80824	01081	40398	58894	47878	1700
1800	47878	20394	69905	80824	01081	40398	21292	1800
1900	21292	47603	20394	47603	80824	01081	47603	1900
2000	47603	47878	47603	69905	47603	80824	58894	2000
2100	58894	21292	47878	20394	69905	47603	40398	2100
2200	40398	58894	21292	47878	20394	69905	01081	2200

...and in the second half of the month:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	48297	48297	48297	48297	48297	48297	48297	1200
1300	63240	63240	63240	63240	63240	63240	63240	1300
1400	30320	86149	38705	56904	48297	68643	73898	1400
1500	73898	30320	86149	38705	56904	48297	42899	1500
1600	42899	73898	30320	86149	38705	56904	68643	1600
1700	68643	42899	73898	30320	86149	38705	48297	1700
1800	48297	68643	42899	73898	30320	86149	56904	1800
1900	56904	63240	68643	63240	73898	30320	63240	1900
2000	63240	48297	63240	42899	63240	73898	38705	2000
2100	38705	56904	48297	68643	42899	63240	86149	2100
2200	86149	38705	56904	48297	68643	42899	30320	2200

See also Newsletter 77.

E04

Tomonori writes to tell that the call-up of Cherry Ripe has changed since May 6th. It is currently:

Cherry Ripe tune x 12
ID x 10
Cherry Ripe tune x 12
ID x 10
Cherry Ripe tune x 12
ID x 10
Cherry Ripe tune x 12
ID x 10
Cherry Ripe tune x 12
ID x 10
Chime x 6
and into 5FG x 2 .....

Thanks for the note, Tomonori.

IDs used in the first half of the month:

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	55537	40693	59258	64105	40693		2200
2300	40693	59258	64105	40693	64253		2300
0000		59258	64105	40693	64253	83681	0000
0100		64105	40693	64253	83681	31929	0100
1000		40693	64253	83681	31929	55537	1000
1100		64253	83681	31929	55537	40693	1100
1200		83681	31929	55537	40693	59258	1200
1300		31929	55537	40693	59258	64105	1300

2nd half of August:

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	67976	31264	13151	58023	31264		2200
2300	31264	13151	58023	31264	08296		2300
0000		13151	58023	31264	08296	01822	0000
0100		58023	31264	08296	01822	17579	0100
1000		31264	08296	01822	17579	67976	1000
1100		08296	01822	17579	67976	31264	1100
1200		01822	17579	67976	31264	13151	1200
1300		17579	67976	31264	13151	58023	1300

See also Newsletter 77.

E05

Chris Smolinksi received an interesting note that says:

"Drove by "Station C" in Remington, VA over the weekend. ALL of the antennas are gone. A helpful local said they got ripped out last year. The buildings are still there, fence, camera, etc. but no more antennas."

That would mean that we may not expect any E05/V05 transmissions from that site any more. I wonder if the US HF facilities in Germany will be closed now that the majority of the US military will be withdrawn from Europe. Will Cynthia ever reappear?

E10

Three different string messages were reported in August:

09/8	1818 UTC	4360//5170 kHz	KPA 78Z65Z0030
10/8	1800 UTC	6370//6912 kHz	KPA K93Z33E28Z12Z1645
10/8	1850 UTC	4360//5170 kHz	KPA K93Z33E28Z12Z1645
11/8	0152 UTC	4360 kHz	KPA K93Z33E28Z12Z1645
12/8	0810 UTC	6912 kHz	CIO A8B63

Alex from Austria writes that he heard FTJ on a wrong frequency...

12626 kHz at 1733 UTC with a message. "I think it should be 2626 kHz. I've never heard any E10 on 12626 kHz. Reception today was much better on 12626 than it has ever been on 2626 :-)", he says.

FTJ can occasionally be heard on 7322 kHz.

See also Newsletter 77.

V02a/M08a

David wrote me to tell that he had not heard the Cubans since hurricane Charlie passed on 13 August. Apparently the Cubans have repaired the damage as they returned to the air around the 18th.

See also Newsletter 77 for more on V02a.and Newsletter 78 for more about M08.

V24

The North Korean station is still 5715 kHz AM at 1400 UTC.

V25

8870 kHz AM, 1310 UTC, 28 Aug, repeated the same text for approximately 15 minutes.

See also Newsletter 77.