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

(Date:Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:16:43 +0200)

Voice stations

E03 Lincolnshire poacher

Idents 1st half of June.

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	41669	41669	41669	41669	41669	41669	41669	1200
1300	51962	51962	51962	51962	51962	51962	51962	1300
1400	88186	71390	34270	16925	41669	47487	38672	1400
1500	38672	88186	71390	34270	16925	41669	87470	1500
1600	87470	38672	88186	71390	34270	16925	47487	1600
1700	47487	87470	38672	88186	71390	34270	41669	1700
1800	41669	47487	87470	38672	88186	71390	16925	1800
1900	16925	51962	47487	51962	38672	88186	51962	1900
2000	51962	41669	51962	87470	51962	38672	34270	2000
2100	34270	16925	41669	47487	87470	51962	71390	2100
2200	71390	34270	16925	41669	47487	87470	88186	2200

Idents 2nd half of June.

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	66504	66504	66504	66504	66504	66504	66504	1200
1300	10607	10607	10607	10607	10607	10607	10607	1300
1400	88561	12046	88258	51783	66504	32979	64245	1400
1500	64245	88561	12046	88258	51783	66504	60890	1500
1600	60890	64245	88561	12046	88258	51783	32979	1600
1700	32979	60890	64245	88561	12046	88258	66504	1700
1800	66504	32979	60890	64245	88561	12046	51783	1800
1900	51783	10607	32979	10607	64245	88561	10607	1900
2000	10607	66504	10607	60890	10607	64245	88258	2000
2100	88258	51783	66504	32979	60890	10607	12046	2100
2200	12046	88258	51783	66504	32979	60890	88561	2200

Idents 1st half of July.

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	22055	22055	22055	22055	22055	22055	22055	1200
1300	52835	52835	52835	52835	52835	52835	52835	1300
1400	40471	19466	25547	76157	22055	29742	63696	1400
1500	63696	40471	19466	25547	76157	22055	43707	1500
1600	43707	63696	40471	19466	25547	76157	29742	1600
1700	29742	43707	63696	40471	19466	25547	22055	1700
1800	22055	29742	43707	63696	40471	19466	76157	1800
1900	76157	52835	29742	52835	63696	40471	52835	1900
2000	52835	22055	52835	43707	52835	63696	25547	2000
2100	25547	76157	22055	29742	43707	52835	19466	2100
2200	19466	25547	76157	22055	29742	43707	40471	2200

Idents 2nd half of July.

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	77402	77402	77402	77402	77402	77402	77402	1200
1300	13612	13612	13612	13612	13612	13612	13612	1300
1400	40249	24324	24511	87416	77402	37122	98722	1400
1500	98722	40249	24324	24511	87416	77402	32955	1500
1600	32955	98722	40249	24324	24511	87416	37122	1600
1700	37122	32955	98722	40249	24324	24511	77402	1700
1800	77402	37122	32955	98722	40249	24324	87416	1800
1900	87416	13612	37122	13612	98722	40249	13612	1900
2000	13612	77402	13612	32955	13612	98722	24511	2000
2100	24511	87416	77402	37122	32955	13612	24324	2100
2200	24324	24511	87416	77402	37122	32955	40249	2200

The idents were compiled by Al.

See also Newsletter 98.

E03a (E04) Cherry ripe

Idents 1st half of June.

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	97223	11871	88791	83237	11871		2200
2300	11871	88791	83237	11871	57972		2300
0000		88791	83237	11871	57972	19118	0000
0100		83237	11871	57972	19118	76229	0100
1000		11871	57972	19118	76229	97223	1000
1100		57972	19118	76229	97223	11871	1100
1200		19118	76229	97223	11871	88791	1200
1300		76229	97223	11871	88791	83237	1300

Idents 2nd half of June.

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	89507	93172	20150	17513	93172		2200
2300	93172	20150	17513	93172	63635		2300
0000		20150	17513	93172	63635	15510	0000
0100		17513	93172	63635	15510	19872	0100
1000		93172	63635	15510	19872	89507	1000
1100		63635	15510	19872	89507	93172	1100
1200		15510	19872	89507	93172	20150	1200
1300		19872	89507	93172	20150	17513	1300

The idents were compiled by Tomonori.

See also Newsletter 98.

E07

Mike reported a number of E07 transmissions.

Freq	date	UTC	message
13468	12-6	1700	441 441 441 1
12141	12-6	1720	441 441 441 1
10436	12-6	1740	441 441 441 1
13376	22-6	2000	319 319 319 1
11103	22-6	2020	319 319 319 1
9928	22-6	2040	319 319 319 1
13376	27-6	2000	319 319 319 1
11103	27-6	2020	319 319 319 1
9928	27-6	2040	319 319 319 1
10324	29-6	1808	in progress
13511	30-6	2010	113 113 113 1
12115	30-6	2030	113 113 113 1
11132	30-6	2050	113 113 113 1
13468	3-7	1700	441 441 441 1
11454	3-7	1720	441 441 441 1
10126	3-7	1740	441 441 441 1

E10

In June and July E10 transmitted several strings and "1" suffixes.

1-6	0715 UTC	7760 kHz	:	KPA 62
1-6	0730 UTC	7760 kHz	:	ULX 3
6-6	2330 UTC	4360//6930 kHz	:	SYN 81
6-6	2330 UTC	4165//5230//6912 kHz	:	CIO 65T1
6-6	2330 UTC	4015//5170//6370 kHz	:	VLB 103
7-6	2000 UTC	9202 kHz	:	YHF 1
26-6	1900 UTC	5091 kHz	:	JSR 1
11-7	1900 UTC	4270 kHz	:	PCD1
12-7	1800 UTC	4880 kHz	:	ULX1
16-7	1900 UTC	4270 kHz	:	PCD1
24-7	1800 UTC	4880 kHz	:	ULX1
27-7	1800 UTC	4880 kHz	:	ULX1
28-7	1800 UTC	4880 kHz	:	ULX1
28-7	1900 UTC	4270 kHz	:	PCD1

See also Newsletter 98.

E11

E11 was reported by a number of monitors. Thanks for the logs folks.

Freq.	date	UTC	message
7663	30-6	0800	232/00
8544	5-7	0830	182/00
9610	5-7	1030	312/00
9448	5-7	1230	312/00
9448	5-7	1300	183/00
9902	6-7	1100	186/00
8091	8-7	0800	232/00
9610	8-7	1031	312/00
10125	8-7	1200	187/00
9448	8-7	1230	312/00
8544	12-7	0830	184/35
9902	13-7	1100	186/00
8091	15-7	0800	232/00
8091	15-7	0900	232/00
9610	15-7	1030	312/00
9448	15-7	1230	312/00
9610	26-7	1030	312/00
9448	26-7	1230	312/00
9950	26-7	1300	183/00
8091	29-7	0800	232/00
9610	29-7	1030	312/00

E22 is back!!! First reported on 20 September 1997, using the same set of frequencies then as it does now. The messages / idents are in English and consist of a 3-character group (2 letters and 1 digit). The announcer has an Arabic accent or something that sounds like it. Transmissions are in AM.

It was only heard for a couple of weeks in 1997 and no-one has reported it since, until it re-appeared on 9 July 2005. There was however one log on WUN on 7 Nov. 2004 that mentions a similar broadcast: "UL5" announced by a lady on 15040 kHz at 1000 UTC. Currently the messages are read by a man.

The station has a lot of followers. Many logs appeared on the WUN, Spooks and E2K mailing lists since it reappeared.

The station has scheduled transmissions at 0900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 UTC on 15040//17385 kHz, but not daily. The station seems to have preference to Fridays and Saturdays.

The transmission begins with a carrier minutes before the message is being sent. Then at h00 the message is sent and repeated at h06. The start of the message is a bit odd. It begins with "This is ..." which often sounds like "Condition ..."; or is it really "Condition"?? I have heard the station myself and I also heard a number of recordings and I must say that I am still not convinced which one it really is.

Guy copied the first oddity: the station on 16-7 at 1110 UTC with "BP3". 1110 UTC is outside the schedule. Other oddities were reported by a number of monitors. On several occasions voices could be heard in the background. The language has not been recognised yet.

Idents/messages copied at the time of writing are: BP3, MN2, MN3, PN8, PS5, QT3, VP3, XN2, XN6, YD6, ZY8 plus FD7 and FD9, both heard in 1997 and UL5 heard in 2004.

See also Newsletter 98.