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

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

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MX

An overview of reported cluster beacons and channel markers in November.

See also the pirate stations section.

Cluster beacons:

All cluster beacons (D, P, S, C, A, F, K, M) have been reported on one or more cluster frequencies.

For decades dxers are guessing where the cluster beacons exactly are located. At least two locations for each beacon are being mentioned.

A couple of weeks ago I received a note that "S" is actually located in Murmansk and not in Arkhangelsk. I can remember that both are in the list. I must have it somewhere but cannot find it at the moment.

Channel markers:

• L
  3203.6 kHz
• P
  4043, 4899 kHz
• R
  4325.8, 5465.8 kHz

M08

Lots of V02 and M08 logs this month. The station is active as ever.

See the logs section for more details.

Mark Slaten sent the following note to the mailing list about the sloppy transmissions.

Hi List:

Welcome to "Castro's Cuban Follies"!

Anyone else out there noticing the increase in foul ups by Castro's radio operators? They must have fired all the former operators and hired new ones, for less pay. Or maybe they sent all the operator jobs offshore. I think the Cuban operators outdid themselves in the screw-up department today. Late starts galore. Skeds not coming up at all. At 2200z, the operator matching the wrong freq with the two M8a skeds that come on air. And the 2300z M8a was a no-show. (I probably had about 5 to 6 other no-shows today.) One thing about the Cubans, they just keep finding more ways to screw up.

73's
Mark

M13

The following M13 transcript was sent to us by Mark. The sked for "458" was transmitted on 28-11 at 2300 UTC on 6885 kHz.

458 (R5) BT 254 22 BT
30807 61111 11261 55734 45113
55127 28388 41551 34567 29734
26101 14071 58309 36540 27504
00546 13881 02741 08911 21696
12239 63119 BT
458 (R1) BT 254 22 BT
30807 61111 11261 55734 45113
55127 28388 41551 34567 29734
26101 14071 58309 36540 27504
00546 13881 02741 08911 21696
12239 63119 BT
0 0 0

More intercepts:

M21

Russian Air Defense stations were reported on various frequencies. The time used is UTC+3 hours.

Sample messages:

• =990507??0?????
• =1738041957559
• =991634??0?????
• =991642??0?????
• =991825??0?????
• =990009??0?????

M41

Two M41 observations from Fritz:

M62

Less active than a couple of years ago, but still there.

M89

The Chinese military markers were widely heard this month. Here is a compilation of the reports that were submitted by a number of monitors.

1. This one is a bit odd. I wonder if this is a hick-up. I would expect YA6X instead of TA6EU. 5 character calls are normally not being used.
2. Pseudo M89: thought to be a M89 variant but Igor now suggest that the signal might not originate from China but from one of the SE Asian countries. DFs are most welcome folks!!

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