Ninety-first edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:00:53 +0000)

Morse stations

M08 / V02

The following note comes from Mark Slaten. He writes:

"M8c came up on the wrong freq at the 2300z sked for January 12, 2005. Began on 7519m and changed at 2306z to correct freq of 8009m. This has happened a few other times lately:

M8a	1/6/05	2300z	8009m to 8135m
V2c	1/7/05	2100z	7887m to 6855m
V2c	1/7/05	2200z	6855m to 6797m
V2c	1/8/05	2100z	7975m	(this is a 1000z freq, did not change to correct freq of 6855m today)
M8c	1/12/05	2300z	7519m to 8009m

It seems likely that a new operator come on shift and is making these mistakes. Which also means that it is very likely that V2c and M8a/M8c are broadcast from the same location and by the same personnel. More than likely, V2a is included in this, but have not noticed the same problem yet. Has anyone else noticed this anomaly? I have only seen it in the above instances and never in the past."

See also Newsletter 93 for more about M08.

M10

M10 was observed on the following frequencies and times in January:

0400 UTC	:	3522 kHz
0410 UTC	:	5027 kHz
0430 UTC	:	3522//4007 kHz
0450 UTC	:	3522//5076 kHz
0535 UTC	:	3522//3810 kHz
0700 UTC	:	5076 kHz
1610 UTC	:	4485//6758 kHz
1630 UTC	:	4030//6763 kHz
1700 UTC	:	3522//5301, 4958//7745 kHz
1800 UTC	:	3631//5471 kHz
1920 UTC	:	3810//5861 kHz
1940 UTC	:	5945 kHz
2100 UTC	:	3522//4007 kHz
2200 UTC	:	3522//5301, 4836 kHz

M18

The station can be found on 3803 kHz. It sends the time as UTC+3 hours but it is never accurate. During the past month M18's time was always ahead of the actual time. The difference was between 1 and 3 minutes.

See also Newsletter 92.

M21

Russian Air Defense stations with id "0" were active on 2219.5, 3301, 3222.5, 3306.5 and 4951.5 kHz.

Standard messages like =990123??0????? and plots.

See also Newsletter 92.

M51

Not reported very often these days: M51 was heard on 5426 kHz at 1612 UTC on 4 January with the usual stuff:

NR 83J 04 17:16:12 2004 = NHHQT QYFUV ...

See also Newsletter 92.

M89

The Chinese military net was active as ever. Unfortunately not all reports included frequencies.

V CP17 CP17 CP17 DE L9CC L9CC	7053.6	7060.4	7061.8	7064	7064.7	7065.3	7067.1
V LA5S LA5S LA5S DE NH8T NH8T	8038
V MW3D MW3D MW3D DE 2SLC 2SCL	3330	4440	7074
V BFR7 BFR7 BFR7 DE 4XML 4XML	5756	8457.1	8308	10822
V GM3Z GM3Z GM3Z DE PNW9 PNW9	5636.7	6982.6
V IBEH IBEH IBEH DE L4FC L4FC	4762	4769	6501	6505.5	7620
V YELM YELM YELM DE FC1T FC1T
V ABYZ ABYZ ABYZ DE 6PXJ 6PXJ
V J9RZ J9RZ J9RZ DE 8NMQ 8NMQ
V RXP7 RXP7 XRP7 DE CZT2 CZT2	8650	10860
V GUGM GUGM GUGM DE Z702 Z702	8808
V YAV8 YAV8 YAV8 DE OTUV OTUV	5304	7741	8121
V XY5V XY5V XY5V DE 4PPW 4PPW	3846	4928.0	8044
V GKVZ GKVZ GKVZ DE Q7NW Q7NW	3297	5278	6668

See also Newsletter 92.

MX

Only a few reports, probably because the poor conditions.

Cluster beacons

C
8485,10872, 16332 kHz
S
8494.9, 10871.9, 13527.9 kHz
F
8495.2 kHz
K
10872.3 kHz
M
10872.4 kHz

Channel markers

L
3202.8, 4424.5 kHz
P
3699.5 kHz
V
3658, 5068 kHz

See also Newsletter 92.