Hundred twenty-second edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: October 2007)

Voice stations

E03

This month's Lincolnshire Poacher idents, compiled by Alpha Vax.

October 2007 - phase 1:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	76398	76398	76398	76398	76398	76398	76398	1200
1300	16192	16192	16192	16192	16192	16192	16192	1300
1400	51003	02422	18747	86298	76398	03877	57170	1400
1500	57170	51003	02422	18747	86298	76398	52307	1500
1600	52307	57170	51003	02422	18747	86298	03877	1600
1700	03877	52307	57170	51003	02422	18747	76398	1700
1800	76398	03877	52307	57170	51003	02422	86298	1800
1900	86298	16192	03877	16192	57170	51003	16192	1900
2000	16192	76398	16192	52307	16192	57170	18747	2000
2100	18747	86298	76398	03877	52307	16192	02422	2100
2200	02422	18747	86298	76398	03877	52307	51003	2200

05102007 : 16192 --> 71723
08102007 : 18747 --> 29378

October 2007 - phase 2:

UTC	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	UTC
1200	51145	51145	51145	51145	51145	51145	51145	1200
1300	10630	10630	10630	10630	10630	10630	10630	1300
1400	01125	21913	22440	09639	51145	15694	63076	1400
1500	63076	01125	21913	22440	09639	51145	41479	1500
1600	41479	63076	01125	21913	22440	09639	15694	1600
1700	15694	41479	63076	01125	21913	22440	51145	1700
1800	51145	15694	41479	63076	01125	21913	09639	1800
1900	09639	10630	15694	10630	63076	01125	10630	1900
2000	10630	51145	10630	41479	10630	63076	22440	2000
2100	22440	09639	51145	15694	41479	10630	21913	2100
2200	21913	22440	09639	51145	15694	41479	01125	2200

Alpha also sent me a transcript of the LP transmission at 1400 UTC on 17-10.

Read the numbers downwards.

Ident	22440
66601	90406	02691	78959	21200	48384	46167	73190	50709	72959
39170	56110	30917	73554	13395	32782	44313	76887	51243	58845
91034	90021	30892	13722	72517	58972	25039	67950	38463	00160
04207	93717	00249	97463	70094	36652	34883	38842	69210	12189
20354	96936	12320	90348	04246	49346	33308	87305	74995	98964
05872	63885	80960	72118	69466	20457	40089	58242	58781	55478
42979	02638	05932	34933	30214	14633	22136	95528	43310	23213
13340	78827	85926	58309	84289	18812	53386	51902	66997	49367
91554	76129	78949	62285	35695	12473	29293	64742	34616	63509
07399	54025	38715	71681	88460	48929	03134	19326	55968	31531
31352	07323	64687	69895	45664	70458	79609	50033	95158	72623
35849	43974	79818	83018	91822	52686	89198	19685	63717	60146
42196	84865	34654	05600	58157	86396	07620	50871	36127	85493
75620	68406	59574	18897	96513	39180	56910	50950	28719	43774
49574	08045	70734	47547	47551	63387	25503	97959	25084	12792
32354	30021	37384	31608	07743	40897	31374	84429	97704	35656
07206	48402	87901	66590	09890	13346	47564	56010	88882	20999
88134	93191	15058	71657	77712	88968	79542	61284	65998	48895
60873	91134	23791	96145	56978	15927	83898	98317	78510	36347
89899	96313	88445	68061	46054	24787	28901	88863	59431	94143

See also Newsletter 123.

E03a

Alpha also started to collect Cherry Ripe idents.

Phase 1:

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	20040	45717	78275	03312	45717		2200
2300	45717	78275	03312	45717	18557		2300
0000		78275	03312	45717	18557	25718	0000
0100		03312	45717	18557	25718	04045	0100
1000		45717	18557	25718	04045	20040	1000
1100		18557	25718	04045	20040	45717	1100
1200		25718	04045	20040	45717	78275	1200
1300		04045	20040	45717	78275	03312	1300

Phase 2:

UTC	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	UTC
2200	33797	10990	76496	85905	10990		2200
2300	10990	76496	85905	10990	52313		2300
0000		76496	85905	10990	52313	06938	0000
0100		85905	10990	52313	06938	78635	0100
1000		10990	52313	06938	78635	33797	1000
1100		52313	06938	78635	33797	10990	1100
1200		06938	78635	33797	10990	76496	1200
1300		78635	33797	10990	76496	85905	1300

The early morning transmissions at 0500 and 0600 UTC were not reported.

See also Newsletter 123.

E06

Often reported. Here is the transcript of 5435 kHz, 2100 UTC, 10-10.

296 296 296 repeated
187 187 36 36
40188 57468 10552 87248 00452 64536 48748 76967 69159 29108
35090 20137 85194 31125 60425 37881 16654 22062 65969 67179
93221 22863 36388 77924 65464 16685 28973 72317 77208 98723
73385 65204 32080 79499 18159 40830
187 187 36 36
00000

See also Newsletter 123.

E10

The strings seem to be history. They were not reported during the past few months. There are however still a few unregular transmissions like the FDU and ABC transmissions.

FDU popped up on its usual frequency 6210 kHz on 6-10 at 1155 UTC with "FDU 4".

Manolis heard the call on 27-10 at	0928 UTC	:	FDU
	0946 UTC	:	FDU K
	0951 UTC	:	FDU
	1015 UTC	:	FDU 8

"ABC" was on the air on 17-10 at 1730 UTC on 6428 kHz.

See also Newsletter 123.

E11

Transcript of E11 on 12397 kHz at 0840 kHz on 7-10. Submitted by Mike.

197/75
40231 10218 70650 63152 14613 29164 54596 59438 84339 60662
73387 12163 45624 15541 79216 63923 97898 57310 24739 11784
42960 07064 64888 52572 36300 09304 49630 88040 02142 31098
08087 79876 84908 11007 47667 08995 48571 93946 66944 03241
40190 94732 16083 38401 69127 84126 91863 87030 75459 82037
30718 56021 48941 39753 84548 91516 08592 55026 91453 46494
68588 66408 34653 83127 03574 67235 16976 93341 10793 07059
87440 59464 56633 25745 43942

E22

Indian station E22 has been active again in October. Thanks to Mike and JR for the logs.

Frequency	date	UTC	Call
17387	14-10	0830	LT4	(Lima Tango 4)
17387	14-10	1030	SG2	(Sierra Golf 2)
17387	14-10	1230	HR8	(Hotel Romeo 8)
17387	18-10	0900	MH8	(Mike Hotel 8)
17387	18-10	1000	WJ5	(Whiskey Juliet 5)
17387	18-10	1100	LT4	(Lima Tango 4)
17387	18-10	1200	NW3	(November Whisky 3)
15020/17387	18-10	1300	SG2	(Sierra Golf 2)
15020/17387	18-10	1400	HR8	(Hotel Romeo 8)

G11

6940 kHz, 0730 UTC, 3-10. Submitted by Mike

509/72
50635 43852 27955 98714 52215 47877 97243 34104 41220 12745
59647 71494 07895 34276 85571 82556 35042 77097 88931 59309
10183 32709 07966 07400 90225 55420 21182 68173 63777 79016
65295 80220 07545 28449 09900 95908 74277 03851 76311 70118
65867 69086 12150 56401 99788 23569 10726 46922 24200 05383
89031 88306 42221 10133 92342 67531 31166 06519 92847 43202
04655 46238 25122 29741 87215 26760 38286 17050 44217 95125
00000 00000

S06

Trond submitted a nice recording of S06. The sample is on the N&O website.

S06 was on the air on 18-10 at 0710 UTC on 9180 kHz AM. After the transmission ended there was some noise best described as modulated hum. There were also several short periods in the "hum" that was best describes as a second carrier on the frequency, and suddenly a male computer voice came along with "53093 41580 41580 15" in English and then back to the "modulated hum". Probably a part of an E06 or E07 transcript.

V22

Sferix copied V22 on 8375 kHz at 1404 UTC on 08-10.

V24

V24 is a regular on 6215 kHz. Reported on 1500 and 1600 UTC by Tomonori.

V26

Sferix sent me the transcript of Chinese based numbers station V26. This is probably a Chinese military station and a sister station of M89 although this is not confirmed yet. Reasons to believe that this is a Chinese military station are:

It uses the same call-up procedure.
It always uses Chinese in the ending, indicating EOM.
There is always 4+4 (QPSK/75Bd) traffic on USB.
V26 message is always on LSB.
Both traffic is sent at the same time.

Frequencies: 8621, 13029, 16666 kHz LSB

Transcript of V26 on 8621 kHz LSB at 1545 UTC on 7-10.

V 4NA4 4NA4 4NA4 44 XSV XSV V 4NA4 4NA4 4NA4 44 XSV XSV
V 4NA4 4NA4 4NA4 44 XSV XSV V 4NA4 4NA4 4NA4 44 XSV XSV
V 4NA4 4NA4 4NA4 44 XSV XSV V 4NA4 4NA4 4NA4 44 XSV XSV

HR MFP 4O 7R NO44 V7

NR1177 60 51 1006 2156

965 605 608 007 951 601 016 965 605 700
006 608 610 020 965 605 858 857 939 614
243 615 218 616 935 617 050 625 250 626
110 928 006 811 965 605 658 633 009 246
011 635 422 637 636 614 264 615 210 748
332 342 934 344 939 539 934 533 751 855

MFP APN NR 1177 60 51 1006 2156

965 605 608 007 951 601 016 965 605 700
006 608 610 020 965 605 858 857 939 614
243 615 218 616 935 617 050 625 250 626
110 928 006 811 965 605 658 633 009 246
011 635 422 637 636 614 264 615 210 748
332 342 934 344 939 539 934 533 751 855

AHR MFP PA

NR 1176 65 51 1006 1637

965 965 605 608 007 951 601 016 965 965
605 700 005 608 610 014 965 965 605 858
857 939 614 246 615 222 616 930 617 055
625 300 626 110 928 006 811 965 965 605
812 830 633 009 246 011 635 415 637 636
614 263 615 211 748 332 341 934 342 939
539 934 533 751 855

MFP AZN

NR 1176 65 51 1006 1637

965 965 605 608 007 951 601 016 965 965
605 700 005 608 610 014 965 965 605 858
857 939 614 246 615 222 616 930 617 055
625 300 626 110 928 006 811 965 965 605
812 830 633 009 246 011 635 415 637 636
614 263 615 211 748 332 341 934 342 939
539 934 533 751 855

NHR ZNN SK ZNN SK

End of transmission (in Chinese)

A second one heard on 13029 and 16666 kHz LSB, 13-10 at 0932 UTC:

NR1211 103 35 1013 0932

493 203 013 325 314 004 773 354 938 353
403 938 411 447 938 446 467 486 338 483
384 938 383 005 773 354 938 353 403 938
411 447 468 938 446 467 486 338 483 384
938 383 006 773 354 365 938 353 403 447
938 446 467 486 338 483 383 938 382 008
773 353 363 403 447 468 486 338 483 384
009 010 011 773 353 403 447 468 486 758
483 384 012 773 357 366 403 447 468 486
758 483 385 013 773 353 403 447 468 486 1
758 483 383

MFP APN NR1211 103 35 1013 0732

493 203 013 325 314 004 773 354 938 353
403 938 411 447 938 446 467 486 338 483
384 938 383 005 773 354 938 353 403 938
411 447 468 938 446 467 486 338 483 384
938 383 006 773 354 365 938 353 403 447
938 446 467 486 338 483 383 938 382 008
773 353 363 403 447 468 486 338 483 384
009 010 011 773 353 403 447 468 486 758
483 384 012 773 357 366 403 447 468 486
758 483 385 013 773 353 403 447 468 486 1
758 483 383

AHR ZNN SK ZNN SK

End of transmission (in Chinese)

Chinese robot

This station has no ENIGMA designator although it is a regular guest for years.

Sferix sent me a very good recording of the Chinese Robot. You can find it on the N&O sound page. The recording was made on 10 October at 1415 UTC on 8000 kHz. The text is printed below:

605548805760301142333
6055489470251260301142339
605548902760301142345
6055489470247660301142350
6055488480396760301142358
605548806260301142403
6055489470247860301142407
6055415470229660301142414
6055495470252960301142421
605548808960301142432
605548902460301142435
605548805660301142443

J. Lohry also copied this station around 1000 UTC at 6959 kHz.

The station is nicknamed "the Chinese Robot" because it uses a weird sounding synthesized voice. This makes it different from the other Chinese stations. I received the first reports of this station back in 2002. So far it has been using these frequencies: 4480, 5700, 6840, 6860, 6960, 7090, 7770, 8000, 8025, 9290 and 9340 kHz.