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

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

Unid stations and other stuff

xx7 oddity

The unid propagation logger from Eastern Europe is still active. See N&O #100 for details.

UNID CW stations

This month's unids come from Attu. Please, send me a note if you can identify these stations. Note that the callsigns will change per 1 Dec.

3207 kHz	:	KTR4; = 83 45 06 53 =
3207 kHz	:	Hand keyed. Message was sent 3 times.
3540 kHz	:	ZJL4; //3774 kHz.
3774 kHz	:	ZJL4. Various dates and times. Currently transmitting hourly from 05-15 and 35-45 minutes. Please note that last activity of KTR4 on 3207 kHz was following.
4350 kHz	:	LH1D; 5FGs and net chatter. Hand keyed.

Unid AWMY

This unid was submitted by Igor. Anyone for an idea, please?

3094 kHz, 18-11, 1228 UTC. Fast CW. 5FGs.

vvv vvv vvv (low speed)

followed by high speed messages

vvv vvv awmy 2tt5 11 28 21tt 27674
61x51 8x21t xxxxx x651t85t79
686t- 7t61t xxxxx xx34x87t76
69xt1 7t-1t xxxxx xxxxx6288t
63xt2 8t6t2 xxxxx x851t1t18t
6txt2 6t6t2 xxxxx x15157238t
7txt2 7t6t1 xxxxx x351t5688t
7txt5 7t6t2 xxxxx x85159348t
71xt2 7t4t- xxxxx x45121748t
8t-t2 7t-t3 xxxxx x45t97728t
79--- ---t3 xxxxx x251t6t575
7txt3 7t81t xxxxx x56t434876
9t--- 812-- xxxxx x85t892872
82xt3 7t71t xxxxx x851--1875
83xt3 8t7-- xxxxx x85t8t4t78
8txt6 6t41t xxxxx x26t41828t
6txt- 61t18 xxxxx x251t8227-
96xt1 6t21t xxxxx x26t635675
94xt2 xxx1t xxx56 3xxxx25872
98xt1 xxx21 tt9xx x86t364772
85x53 8t67t t19xx x76t26787-
98xt3 xxx21 ttt9x x86t229872
97x5- 6t871 t14-- x86t254877
913t2 xxx71 tttxx x561t8-874
986-2 8t56t tt5xx x86t124874
87xt3 7t521 tt3xx x86t574878
86t-2 1t221 tt8x- x86t4

vvv vvv vvv vvv vvv (low speed)

Pirate stations

Beacons

4088.9 kHz	:	dasher CW pirate beacon. Location USA? Heard in Colorado, USA on 11-11 at 0645 UTC.
4096.25 kHz	:	1 second on/off. Desert beacon from Arizona.
7038.1 kHz	:	Beacon "O", Germany *)
7065 kHz	:	Beacon "O". Heard in Japan *)
7068 kHz	:	Beacon "M". Heard in Japan
7069.5 kHz	:	beacon "M". Heard in New Zealand
7074.5 kHz	:	Beacon "A". Heard in New Zealand
8000.55 kHz	:	Beacon "S". Location: western Arizona.

*) The IARUMS reports: "A German licensed HAM produced his private beacon signals on 7038.1 and 7038.2 in CW. The ident was "O" transmitted every 10 seconds. This beacon was not coordinated with the DARC and the IARU Region 1. We were not amused.

Note: I don't know if the beacon on 7065 kHz is related to the above mentioned one.

Religious pirate

The infamous Italian religious pirate was active again on its usual frequency 6998 kHz. He currently uses callsign SSA49. Mode: CW.

Pirate meteo station

Quite a few people reported a station that transmits temperatures in Fahrenheit. The station is probably located in Arizona. The morse station can be found on 4079.6 kHz. Temperatures between 58 and 81 degrees were logged: TMP58, TMP65, TMP66, TMP67, TMP69, TMP71, TMP81.