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

(Date: March 2007)

Utility round-up

Unid

The following unid was reported by Fritz. Ideas anyone?

Morse network with 3-letter callsigns, first heard March 2004. Active for one or two days, then quiet for a long time. Last heard 21-3-2007. Short messages, partner station never heard.

Callsigns heard so far:
RUH, LUF, RJA, RAK, LYO, TIN, DPL.

Frequencies:
4457, 9081, 9378, 10195, 12190, 13420, 13395, 14480, 17470 kHz

Sample messages:

RUH RUH RUH 20816 20816 RUH RUH RUH 29315 29315
RJA RJA RJA 43778 43788 nil nil sk sk
LYO LYO LYO QSY 5859(...) QSY 10179 (...) QSY 11625 (nothing heard there)

Mystery "Ä" morse station

Jim logged this mystery station on two occasions. No idea who or what this is. It looks like the "ä" is being used as separative just like PVO uses "?".

Could this station be related to PVO??? Any info is most welcome.

5425 kHz	25-2	2153 UTC	:	ä2501äää (stops)
6263 kHz	29-6	2100 UTC	:	ä55221 K ... ää90173ä KK ... ä90173ä51983ä55221ä K
				... äääää QXX QXX QXX QXX QXX ä90173ä51983 ä55 ...
				51873 KKKKKK ... ä51983ä QXX QXX QXX QXX QXX ... VVV

The same station has been reported by Fritz since 2004. He writes the "ä" as "aa". The curious station appeared on at least 7 different frequencies between 2004 and 2007. See below.

Freqs	Date	UTC	Remarks
4200	26-04-04	1905	CQ CQ nw 84045 aa 93507 aa 90650 aa ... QSL 159 k
5504	often		5FG aa 5FG aa 5FG aa ....
6812	03-05-04	1845	CQ CQ nw nw 44220 aa 55308 aa 10575 aa ... k k
6825	15-03-04	1600	...5FG aa 5FG aa ...
7697	05-04-04	0515	...5FG aa 5FG aa ...
13066	03-05-04	0622	...5FG aa 5FG aa ...
13426	04-04-04	0700	...5FG aa 5FG aa ...
7697	11-10-06	1427	5FG aa 5FG aa 5FG k nw aa nw aa 5FG aa 5FG.