Hundred first edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:26:19 +0100)

Military SSB & CW stations

Russian, Ukrainian & CIS military

583.0 kHz	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad: RMP. 3FG broadcast.
2692.0 kHz	Russian mil. QSX freq of 3207 kHz.
2839.0 kHz	CIS mil: 9RHD. 5LG message.
3207.0 kHz	Russian mil: VSWJ msg to 7Z7Y. QSX freq 2692 kHz.
3211.0 kHz	Ukranian mil: K4AP msg to 2O2D. OK ZBY ZMB ZZU QYT6 K. NCS (2O2D) is on 3863 kHz.
3217.0 kHz	Russian mil: I2AT comms check with SNM2, DVKP, SHOE, PTJE. All respond on QSX freq 3393 kHz.
3287.0 kHz	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad: RMP. REO de RMP 199 86 31 2027 199 = PRIP KALININGRAD 166 KARTA 24128 GOWOSTONA ASTX BALTIJSKOGO
3348.0 kHz	Ukrainian mil. See 3863 kHz.
3354.0 kHz	Russian mil: TU5H comms check with 9ELG, THSZ, AQCA, 6Z6A, AZCM, OCI6. All respond on QSX freq 2839 kHz.
3364.0 kHz	Russian mil: NA1D comms check with ICJV, PLGR, OKQG.
3393.0 kHz	Russian mil: QSX of 3217 kHz.
3755.0 kHz	Russian navy: RTS *)
3826.0 kHz	Ukrainian mil: I9EY, MNEJ, 1AQY, WJB1.
3863.0 kHz	Ukranian mil: MWQ3 comms check with S91D, LNLJ, 5IET, NWXV, XGLC, KI3G, C8WF, AGFD, 5NQE, AG1T. Also on 3348 kHz.
4440.0 kHz	Russian mil. Scrambled Morse.
4872.0 kHz	Russian mil. QSX freq of 5376 kHz.
5376.0 kHz	Russian mil: QUXJ, OYCU, V8MC, W7AZ, PMJC, 2U3D, 9HNB. All respond on QSX freq 4872 kHz.
5394.0 kHz	Russian mil: ZEDS msg to C2IN.
6970.0 kHz	Russian mil: YBKA. 5LGs msg.
9145.0 kHz	Russian Navy: RIW. Relays msg from HQ Far East Fleet to unid. RIW 737 93 28 1712 737 = FM RJS = NAWAREA NAWIP RAJONY 1011 NWPUSK 487 ... éTOT NR 11 DEK = AR RIW K.
9151.5 kHz	Russian mil: S5DN de SL3D QLY2 ZMF ZBD ZWY AR (repeating).
10894.0 kHz	Russian Warship: RMAZ. Calls HQ Far Eastern Fleet, Vladivostok: RJS de RMAZ K.

*) I got a note from Attu Bosch in Alaska. He heard RTS on 3755 kHz. It is said that callsign RTS belongs to the Russian navy in Magadan. I cannot confirm this, though. The station transmits in morse. Much of its traffic goes to "UGU" callsigns. Also unids to me. It sends a short zero. If someone has a positive id of these stations, please let me know.

Here are a number sample messages:

cq cq cq de rts rts
slvna 2730 2730 2730

ugu4 de rts qru ?
ga
ugu4 qsl sk

de rts ugu26 ga
ugu26 qsl sk
ugu5 ga
ugu5 qsl sk
ugu6 ga
ugu6 qsl sk
rbn2 ga
rbn2 qsl sk

cq cq cq de rts rts
slvna 2730 2730 2730

17308 17303 de RTS RTS

RTS received messages from: UGU6, UGU2, RBN3, UGU9, UGU7

German navy

Wolfgang writes that he had "some time to spare and a expedition to Hanstholm, Denmark, brought some new calls and interesting activity on German navy frequencies." All stations were working with DHJ59.

OK, here we go with the list:

2623.2 kHz	:	DRAI	:	FGS Schleswig-Holstein F216
4152.5 kHz	:	DRAB	:	FGS Hamburg F220
		DRDK	:	U17 S 196
		DRCI	:	FGS Zobel S75
		DRCM	:	FGS Wiesel S 79
		DRDP	:	FGS U22
		DRDL	:	U18 S197
		DREY	:	FGS Frankenthal M1066
		DRFJ	:	FGS Passau M1096
4154.3 kHz	:	DRAH	:	FGS Brandenburg F215
4156.5 kHz	:	DRMF	:	Schwedeneck Y860
4356.6 kHz	:	DRAB	:	FGS Hamburg F220
		DRDC	:	FGS U33
		DRDP	:	FGS U22
		DRCI	:	FGS Zobel S75
		DRAI	:	FGS Schleswig-Holstein F 216
		DRCB	:	FGS Seeadler S68
		DRCM	:	FGS Wiesel S79
6777.2 kHz	:	DRAH	:	FGS Brandenburg F215
		DRAX	:	FGS Gorch Fock
		DRDP	:	FGS U22
		DRDK	:	U17 S196
8333.5 kHz	:	DRDK	:	U17 S196
		DRDL	:	U18 S197
10206.2 kHz	:	DRDK	:	U17 S196

Latin american military

Tony mailed his report about an Argentine Navy exercise to WUN. The exercise was near Mar Del Plata.

Frequencies	:	18279.7, 14821.5, 8301.0, 6771.5, 6491.5, 3242.0 kHz.
Modes	:	Voice, Packet 300bd and 1200bd and RTTY mostly 75/170

The Argentine Air Force joined the exercise and activated ALE channels 7528.5 and 6883.0 kHz, both USB. Calls: MDP1 Mar Del Plata, DIL1 Tandil, PAL2 El Palomar, PAL3 El Palomar.

Other logs:

7680.0 kHz:
Probably Argentine or Uruguayan military or police. Callsigns H2, H4 and "Movil". Mode: USB.
7971.5 kHz:
Argentine Civil Defence, Santa Cruz Province. Radiograms. Mode: USB.
8294.0 kHz:
Uruguayan Navy. Radio check between B1 and M2. Mode: USB
8578.0 kHz:
Uruguayan Navy. Radio check between Bq and M1 (Ship ROU-26 "Vanguardia" sailing to Antartic via Ushuaia. QSY to 12359 kHz.
10122, 10125, 10128, 10133, 10134 kHz:
Ukrainian peace keeping forces. Family traffic and phone patches. Various freq changes due to interference.
12359.0 kHz:
Uruguayan Navy. Radio check between Bq and M1 (Ship ROU-26 "Vanguardia" sailing to Antartic via Ushuaia.

Polish military

4062.0 kHz

Polish mil: "Terakota 94" 5fg msg to "Tank95???" (distorted) and others. Mode: USB.