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

(Date: April 2007)

Various modes

M42 & X06

6835 kHz	14-07	2030 UTC	Mode: BAUDOT 200.33Bd/500Hz. Russian intel broadcasting "null" msg

8177 kHz	14-07	2024 UTC	Mode: BAUDOT 200.33Bd/500Hz Russian intel auto broadcasting "null" message, then moving to 6835 kHz

9240 kHz	26-04	0857 UTC	Mazielka call. Sequence 565656
9302 kHz	10-04	0832 UTC	Mode: MFSK-32 (Crowd36) UNID Russian diplo. Occasional use of 25-tone OFDM. Offline crypto traffic after 11177 00132. QSX 13453 kHz.

9450 kHz	17-04	0804 UTC	Mazielka call.
10240 kHz	16-04	1035 UTC	Mazielka call. Sequence 123456
11411 kHz	07-04	0712 UTC	Mazielka call.
12100 kHz	25-04	0705 UTC	Mazielka call. Sequence 121212
13283 kHz	10-04	0821 UTC	Mode: MFSK-32 (Crowd36) Dep. of State Comms Moscow. Repetitive ARQ ctrl sequences. No messages noted. QSX not found. Spurious signal from 13483 kHz(?)

13453 kHz	10-04	0832 UTC	Mode: MFSK-32 (Crowd36) UNID Russian diplo. Occasional use of 25-tone OFDM. Offline crypto traffic after 11177 00132. QSX 9302 kHz

13483 kHz	10-04	0820 UTC	Mode: MFSK-32 (Crowd36) Dep. of State Comms Moscow. Repetitive ARQ ctrl sequences. No messages noted. QSX not found.

13495 kHz	10-04	0814 UTC	Mode: MFSK-32 (Crowd36) Dep. of State Comms Moscow. Repetitive ARQ ctrl sequences. No messages noted. QSX not found.

13525 kHz	24-04	0940 UTC	Mazielka call.
13683 kHz	10-04	0821 UTC	Mode: MFSK-32 (Crowd36) Dep. of State Comms Moscow. Repetitive ARQ ctrl sequences. No messages noted. QSX not found. Spurious signal from 13483 kHz(?)

14650 kHz	24-04	0730 UTC	Mazielka call. Sequence 215346

SK01

Our Cuban friends have been heard with a number of PSK31 transmissions again.

Modulations used were BPSK, PSK125, QPSK and PSK220F. Messages consisted of both cut and long numbers.

03-04	0700 UTC	6786 kHz
10-04	0700 UTC	6786 kHz
12-04	2000 UTC	7887 kHz
24-04	0700 UTC	6786 kHz
24-04	1600 UTC	17478 kHz
24-04	1700 UTC	17436 kHz

On 12-04 Chris reports

"Pedro has really lost it. 7887 is running several different PSK signals at the same time, PSK125, a BPSK31 signal, and a QPSK31. Ahh, now at 2009 they suddenly stopped, we've got the V2A YL voice running in progress."