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

(Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 20:38:21 +0000)

Voice stations

E03

Al found an anomaly on 15 Feb. He copied E03 transmitting continuously between 1200 and 1550 UTC, sending five transmissions of 45 minutes each. Resumed normal schedule at 1600.

Lincolnshire Poacher idents, first half of February

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	38762	38762	38762	38762	38762	38762	38762	1200
1300	87784	87784	87784	87784	87784	87784	87784	1300
1400	97387	90596	85973	05288	38762	05974	56557	1400
1500	56557	97387	90596	85973	05288	38762	60876	1500
1600	60876	56557	97387	90596	85973	05288	05974	1600
1700	05974	60876	56557	97387	90596	85973	38762	1700
1800	38762	05974	60876	56557	97387	90596	05288	1800
1900	05288	87784	05974	87784	56557	97387	87784	1900
2000	87784	38762	87784	60876	87784	56557	85973	2000
2100	85973	05288	38762	05974	60876	87784	90596	2100
2200	90596	85973	05288	38762	05974	60876	97387	2200

Second half of February.

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	31290	31290	31290	31290	31290	31290	31290	1200
1300	43696	43696	43696	43696	43696	43696	43696	1300
1400	96575	36909	12436	75199	31290	2947	24933	1400
1500	24933	96575	36909	12436	75199	31290	60870	1500
1600	60870	24933	96575	36909	12436	75199	2947	1600
1700	2947	60870	24933	96575	36909	12436	31290	1700
1800	31290	2947	60870	24933	96575	36909	75199	1800
1900	75199	43696	2947	43696	24933	96575	43696	1900
2000	43696	31290	43696	60870	43696	24933	12436	2000
2100	12436	75199	31290	2947	60870	43696	36909	2100
2200	36909	12436	75199	31290	2947	60870	96575	2200

E04 (E03a)

Cherry Ripe idents, first half of February

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	25547	40146	61672	9436	40146		2200
2300	40146	61672	9436	40146	47202		2300
0000		61672	9436	40146	47202	54818	0000
0100		9436	40146	47202	54818	8613	0100
1000		40146	47202	54818	8613	25547	1000
1100		47202	54818	8613	25547	40146	1100
1200		54818	8613	25547	40146	61672	1200
1300		8613	25547	40146	61672	9436	1300

Idents, second half of February

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	18569	41160	9744	49380	41160		2200
2300	41160	9744	49380	41160	21618		2300
0000		9744	49380	41160	21618	11847	0000
0100		49380	41160	21618	11847	88282	0100
1000		41160	21618	1?847	88282	18569	1000
1100		21618	11847	88282	18569	41160	1100
1200		11847	88282	18569	41160	9744	1200
1300		88282	18569	41160	9744	49380	1300

E10

03-2	2200	5435	ART 1
03-2	2200	3415	ART 1
13-2	0300	6930	SYN 2Z55
14-2	0540	6930	SYN 2Z58
15-2	0645	6930	SYN 2Z59
23-2	0545	6930	SYN 56
28-2	2000	5820	YHF 1

G06

Laurent observed G06 on Saturday 19-02 at 2200 UTC on 4451 kHz

843 843 843 905 905 23 23
40003 40003 86311 86311 49448 49448 30198 30198 94968 94968 85824 85824
72351 72351 80340 80340 81857 81857 45992 45992 31071 31071 09373 09373
15976 15976 45714 45714 78543 78543 00971 00971 68676 68676 96006 96006
70519 70519 69925 69925 48884 48884 67864 67864 19551 19551
905 905 23 23
0 0 0 0 0

Laurent asks:

"This station has a strange pronunciation for 3 numbers."

"I speak a little bit German", he continues, "and I know that isn't the good pronunciation. Zwei(2) is pronounced as "zwo". Fuenf(5) is pronounced as "fuennuf" and Neun(9) is "neuen". It would be interesting to know in what country this pronunciation is being used."

Good question. According to Andy it is not a dialect but simply a way to say it more clearly which may be important if the conditions are not so good. When the conditions are poor "ZWEI" (2) may sound like "DREI" (3) "ZWO" does not sound like any other number. The same goes for 5 which is normally pronounced as "FUENF" which is definitely - an abbreviation of "FUENNEF". So what about 9? Andy says that NEUEN is easier to understand correctly than "NEUN".