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

(Date: August 2006)

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Morse stations

M12

One sample message from Mike who heard the station on 5 August at 1720 UTC on 12189 kHz.

725 725 725 1
8523 105 8523 105
67777 55137 53881 32813 25053 44168 62403 09127 10544 .....
Ends with 87350 000 000

M18

M18 is now on 4503 kHz with time strings (UTC+4)

M21

Sample: =992140??8????

Last month's Unid 4, copied by Costas, has been identified by Fritz as one of several M21 variants. Not all of them use "bt" to start with, but do transmit strings of figures. Some use only even minute-stamps, others use even and odd ones. All these stations operate at certain times and days only and constantly change frequency. Although the message structure remains the same, the message length and the start group (ident) suddenly may change with the same station. It is therefore very difficult to assign a station to a certain network. But watch out for a 4FL callsign which unexpectedly may show up after hours.

Costas heard the station on 4006.5 kHz on 8 May, 1815 UTC with strings like this: "9 283 7110 468 36", "33 69610 7110 415 34", "33 28511 7110 418 32".

M22

Fixed freqs for morse transmissions: 2680, 4331, 6379 kHz. VVV marker, coded weather messages. Marker: VVV DE 4XZ 4XZ ==

M41

On Aug 31, MPJ copied M41 on 4626.5 kHz:
"WZD 850258056 2302 8XT2 WZD 850258056 3204 ..."

M89

QF3K sent the following message. Thanks Ian.

V T3AP T3AP T3AP de QF3K QF3K
2967 38307 BT
SVC QRW 3819 QRW L 160200 KP 3817 AR
GA NR 026 2115R . S 3819 . 347 025Q. 2967 33807 BT
SVC QRW 3819 QRW L 160200 KP 3817
AR AR QSL ? HR NR 32
resumed tape ...
V T3AP T3AP T3AP de QF3K QF3K

M89 variant NYZ clg Q2M was heard on its usual freqs 4860 and 6840 kHz.

MX

Cluster beacons heard in August.

• D
  not reported
• P
  5153.8, 7038.8, 8494.8, 10871.8, 13527.8, 16331.8
• S
  5153.9, 7038.9, 10871.9
• C
  5154.0, 7039.0, 10872.0, 13528.0, 16332.0 *)
• A
  not reported
• F
  10872.2, 13528.2
• K
  not reported
• M
  7039.4, 10872.4, 13528.4

*) 13528.0 "C" stopped at 0750 and restarted a minute later with a much louder signal. It's like they rotated their antenna or switched to another transmitter.

Channel markers heard in August.

• L
  still no sign of this station
• P
  3772, 4476
• R
  4325.9, 5465.9
• V
  3658

In have updated the frequency list of current and historical MX, S28, S30 and S32 stations. Additions are most welcome.

Cluster beacons

Channel markers

Note: these stations are not always on the air. Frequencies may change from time to time.

Historic markers

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