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

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

Voice stations

E03

Lincolnshire Poacher. Idents 1st half of the month.

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	82943	82943	82943	82943	82943	82943	82943	1200
1300	30267	30267	30267	30267	30267	30267	30267	1300
1400	37892	56022	95278	18206	82943	65218	03409	1400
1500	03409	37892	56022	95278	18206	82943	27778	1500
1600	27778	03409	37892	56022	95278	18206	65218	1600
1700	65218	27778	03409	37892	56022	95278	82943	1700
1800	82943	65218	27778	03409	37892	56022	18206	1800
1900	18206	30267	65218	30267	03409	37892	30267	1900
2000	30267	82943	30267	27778	30267	03409	95278	2000
2100	95278	18206	82943	65218	27778	30267	56022	2100
2200	56022	95278	18206	82943	65218	27778	37892	2200

Idents 2nd half of the month.

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	29549	29549	29549	29549	29549	29549	29549	1200
1300	01986	01986	01986	01986	01986	01986	01986	1300
1400	67565	15096	46676	29193	29549	11029	46335	1400
1500	46335	67565	15096	46676	29193	29549	57444	1500
1600	57444	46335	67565	15096	46676	29193	11029	1600
1700	11029	57444	46335	67565	15096	46676	29549	1700
1800	29549	11029	57444	46335	67565	15096	29193	1800
1900	29193	01986	11029	01986	46335	67565	01986	1900
2000	01986	29549	01986	57444	01986	46335	46676	2000
2100	46676	29193	29549	11029	57444	01986	15096	2100
2200	15096	46676	29193	29549	11029	57444	67565	2200

E04 (E03a)

Cherry Ripe. Idents 1st half of the month.

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	61640	36449	07820	92277	36449		2200
2300	36449	07820	92277	36449	85318		2300
0000		07820	92277	36449	85318	45489	0000
0100		92277	36449	85318	45489	72277	0100
1000		36449	85318	45489	72277	61640	1000
1100		85318	45489	72277	61640	36449	1100
1200		45489	72277	61640	36449	07820	1200
1300		72277	61640	36449	07820	92277	1300

Idents 2nd half of the month.

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	09582	19009	98906	55350	19009		2200
2300	19009	98906	55350	19009	36447		2300
0000		98906	55350	19009	36447	62155	0000
0100		55350	19009	36447	62155	28102	0100
1000		19009	36447	62155	28102	09582	1000
1100		36447	62155	28102	09582	19009	1100
1200		62155	28102	09582	19009	98906	1200
1300		28102	09582	19009	98906	55350	1300

E10

E10 was less active than in March but we got our share of strings in April. The following strings were logged by Per and myself. Thanks for the input, Per!

05-4	1721 UTC	3360, 4648 kHz	:	KPA 555Z789
07-4	1323 UTC	7540 kHz	:	HNC 8
05-4	1921 UTC	6210 kHz	:	FDUM
13-4	var. times	4165, 6912 kHz	:	CIO 25
13-4	var. times	3640, 4015, 6930 kHz	:	SYN 72
13-4	var. times	3230, 6370 kHz	:	VLB 20A
28-4	2032 UTC	5091 kHz	:	JSR/PCD mixup for 2 minutes

Per sent us a note in which he says that he observed the E10 net for a while and he reports the following active frequencies.

JSR	:	2270, 5091, 7540 kHz
FTJ	:	2626, 4461, 4463, 7322, 7358 kHz
ULX	:	2741, 2743, 4880, 6270 kHz
YHF	:	2844, 3840, 4558, 4560, 5820, 7918, 9202, 10645, 10648 kHz
PCD	:	3148.7, 3150, 4270, 6498, 8805 kHz
VLB	:	3230, 4360, 4648, 6370 kHz
KPA	:	3360, 6370, 7605 kHz
CIO	:	3270, 4165, 6915 kHz
ART	:	3415, 3417, 5435, 6986 kHz
MIW	:	3557, 4780, 7445 kHz
SYN	:	3640, 4015, 6930 kHz
EZI	:	6839, 6840, 6842, 9130, 11565, 13531, 13533, 15980, 17410 kHz
FDUM	:	6210 kHz
HNC8	:	7540 kHz

E15

The only E15 log this month comes from Mike. He heard our Egyptian friends on 12-4 at 1100 UTC on 18000 kHz with callsign BEC.

E25

Tom from PA reports E25 on 5 April at 1336 UTC. Tom writes

"Arabic Music played for about 10 minutes, was played twice. About an S7 with light fading, much co-channel interference from nearby broadcasters. Song replayed at 1343. Music kept going in and out at 1346 for a bit and then continued. Started 1347 with usual announcer going "222" for like another 6 minutes followed by

MESSAGE MESSAGE MESSAGE
3375 9190 7660 4487 7391 1753 3946 7537 7660
REPEAT REPEAT
3375 9190 7660 4487 7391 1753 3946 7537 7660
END OF MESSAGE END OF TRANSMISSION

2 Minutes of dead carrier..
Signed off 1354"

Thanks for the log and the recording, Tom.