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

(Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 22:23:58 +0200)

Military stations

As you can see Trond is back on LF. I hope that when he is settled he will be writing his LF Section again. Most of the 18 kHz logs are from him.

Russian/CIS/Ukrainian military stations

Mode: CW

Freqs.	Remarks / callsigns
18.1	CIS MIL HQ, Moscow, Russia, Arkhangelsk tx site. Strategic flash msg to unit RIR2" xxx xxx rir2 rir2 69327 domowityj 6793 6643 xxx xxx rir2 rir2 69327 domowityj 6793 6643 k"
	Note: the adressed unit RIR2 is never before seen in a VLF flash message.
	Strategic flash msg to unit RKS; "xxx xxx rks rks 14515 komlistyj 9732 5844 k" msg repated twice.
	Strategic flash message to unit RDL; "xxx xxx rdl rdl 80354 25576 krauba 2302 9660, msg rptd then"k"
	CIS MIL HQ, Moscow Russia, (poss) Nizhniy Novgorod tx site. Msg to RDL: "rdl rdl 59741 57636 59741 57636 59741 57636 k"
583.0	RMP: Navy Kaliningrad
3348.0	Russian Mil: PVDK, KHB8, LPJX, NWG1, AU4O, 1UEQ. QSX 3819 kHz
3505.0	Unid Russian Mil?: WF3A *)
3590.0	CIS Mil: YJZ6, X32U, OJ1R, H6IJ, CD7U, 1ZMS
3759.0	Unid Russian Mil?: RAI63 clg RIQ88
3819.0	Russian Mil: 1UEQ, PVKD. QSX 3348 kHz
3884.0	Russian Mil: VTKY, NTOF, VTKY, X6EC
3893.0	Russian Mil: WXYD, YJF9, TKOC, KSQA, AE9O, 7AV4, YHWP
4021.0	Russian Mil: BE8I, 3FD8, CGJ6
4051.0	Ukranian Mil: ST9M, 7NVW, MSCB, YGAN
4051.0	Unid CIS network. **)
5098.0	CIS Mil
5157.0	REA4 Airforce Moscow
5233.0	Unid Russian naval? station: RKN RKN RKN xxxxx prognoz pogody... RKN RKN RKN qtc 418 17 3 1t45 418 = prip astrahanx ... RKN RKN RKN qth 981 23 3 1949 981 = wsem sudam ....
5233.0	all QTC were repeated (logged by Tom)
5238.0	Russian Mil: TITR, E1PY
5370.0	Russian Mil: 7N5C, 7X6W, 6BKE, 9HXF. Messages: 7N5C 505 24 28 0005 505 = 482 = VLNZW ASKCM ... Rï¿½QYD WIPWW K. 7N5C 255 24 28 0013 255 = 383 = NOUFG ESyMZ ... DYLBL WIPWW K.
6989.0	Unid CIS network. **)
7018.4	REA4 Airforce Moscow
7044.0	REA4 Airforce Moscow
7063.0	RJS45, RJS48, RJE60 5L groups
7815.0	Russian Navy? Strategic Msg: XXX LR43 00000 TEHNIï¿½ESKAï¿½ PROWERKA = 592 = 592. Then RMW36 de RMW32 RPT. RMW36 de RMW32 ZSA3 ZAA K. ZSA4 R K.
7861.0	Unid CIS network. **)
7932.0	CIS Mil: KXX4
8347.5	Russian Warship. RIR96 wkg RCV/HQ Black Sea Fleet Sevastopol. RCV de RIR96 QSA NO RPT K. RCV de RIR96 QDW 4877/4877 OK?
8816.0	Russian Naval Aircraft: 52248 msg for RCB/Western Sector Stn and RJF94/Central Sector Stn Moscow: QTO (airborne) 1206 QRD (bound for) XMKK XLOS QAH (height) 5400 (m) QBD (endurance) 0500 RPT AL K. Both ground stations read back. At 1825 reports QTH 5958 2606 (Gulf of Finland, W of St.Peterburg) QTR (at) 1320 QAH (height) 5400 (m) QBD (endurance) 0400. At 1423 is at 5150N 02048E at 5400m with 2hrs 40 mins fuel remaining.
10102.0	Russian navy?: RMW32(?). Msg: XXX LR43 00000 TEHNIï¿½ESKAï¿½ PROWERKA 540 540 (repeated) K. Same message as sent on 7815 kHz at 1604 on 24 April by RMW32.
12606.0	Russian Mil: M9OO, XLI5
13975.0	Unid CIS network. **)

*) Attu adds another callsign to his list: WF3A and writes
"New frequency/callsign for this station. Currently transmitting for two ten minute periods each hour, 10 to 20 and 40 to 50 min. Last logged this station using 3207 kHz callsign: L6YC on 2 April 05."
He forwarded a list of his earlier observations. It includes the calls and frequencies of this station/network.

14 Mar 04	3699khz	VTI8	26-36 and 56-06 minutes
1 May 04	3698khz	SFO3	07-17 and 37-47 minutes
31 May 04	3698khz	IGAE	10-20 and 40-50 minutes
27 Sep 04	3700khz	UXUO	25-35 and 55-05 minutes
7 Oct 04	3700khz	NELC	10-20 and 40-50 minutes
2 Dec 04	3420khz	U34D	25-35 and 55-05 minutes
22 Dec 04	3517khz	NELC	10-20 and 40-50 minutes
2 Jan 05	3205khz	L6YC	10-20 and 40-50 minutes
14 Feb 05	3265khz	Q7JN	25-35 and 55-05 minutes
3 Mar 05	3207khz	L6YC	15-25 and 45-55 minutes
10 Apr 05	3505khz	WF3A	10-20 and 40-50 minutes

**) Unid CIS Network.

Mode	:	CW.
Frequencies	:	4051, 6989, 7861, 13975 kHz. Best heard on 7861 kHz.
Times	:	0700-1800 UTC
Callsigns	:	NCS is RAL2, stations are RDU2, RKA2, RLO2, RHW2
Note	:	Busy for a few days then disappears for months. The network does nothing else than radio checks on different frequencies, SIMPLEX traffic. First copied Jan. 2000.

Other military stations

Freqs.	Mode	Remarks / callsigns
2623.0 kHz	USB	DHJ59: Navy Wilhelmshaven wkg DRAR
2806.4 kHz	USB	Polish mil net. Probably Air Defence. Callsign Nitryl 93 wkg Trybar 63 and others. Poor modulation. QSY 2806 to 2806.4 kHz
3225.0 kHz	USB	BRAVO wkg ECHO. Exercise tfc in German, QSY 5225 kHz
4860.0 kHz	CW	Chinese Mil: see 6840 kHz
5225.0 kHz	USB	ECHO instructing BRAVO and others in German to switch to TTY modes. Later seen RTTY 75/850 synch. QSO style. Possibly German navy.
6697.0 kHz	USB	RAF: MKL
6840.0 kHz	CW	Chinese Mil: NYZ. VVV VVV Q2M de NYZ (R5). Long dash, then EOT. Q2M de NYZ QSA ? k // 4860 kHz
		Note: This station is on the air every now and then, DUPLEX frequency of Q2M never found. Never any messages heard. First copied July 2001.