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

(Date: November 2007)

Military stations

An impressive amount of CIS military logs this month. Well done!!!

Note from Fritz:

Around Nov. 20th VGK changed the transmitting station and the associated parallel frequencies. A drastic decrease in field strength of the VLF transmissions was the result. It is not clear yet, whether the set of parallel frequencies depends of the transmitting station in use or of a certain sked.

Russian, CIS, Ukrainian military SSB & CW stations (including M32)

18.1	Russian high command HQ Moscow, Chaldovar radio centre, Kyrgyzstan.
	"rdl rdl rdl 89148 93557 89148 93557 89148 93557 k"
	Russian high command HQ Moscow, Vileyka radio centre, Belarus.
	Bee 36-50 w/ 75 Hz shift, sched bcast // 7657, 10452, 14664 kHz.
	Russian high command:
	"xxx xxx rdl rdl 02623 39254 astatizm 1981 4915 k"
	"rdl rdl rdl t4393 3t645 t4393 3t645 t4393 3t645 k"
	"xxx xxx RDL RDL 24301 72946 sulxfolen 7117 9353"
	"xxx xxx RKS RKS RDL RDL 84128 81704 sulema 2275 6469 k"
	"xxx xxx RKS RKS RDL RDL 92694 54760 konformizm 2794 7659 lentoönik 4626 3473 k"
	"xxx xxx RDL RDL 68111 67401 densimetr 7125 6295 k"
	"xxx xxx RJS RJS 32447 obkos 0848 8909 k"
21.1	Russian high command, unid tx site, Russia:
21.1	"rdl rdl rdl 80031 85714 k80031 85714 80031 85714"
27.3	Russian high command HQ Moscow, Khabarovsk radio centre, Russia.
27.3	Bee 36-50 w/ 75 Hz shift strategic bcast.
420.0	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad. Channel marker "P" : RDL messages
583.0	RMP: Russian Navy Baltic Fleet HQ, prob Primorsk tx site, Kaliningrad
	"reo reo reo de rmp rmp" "qtc 693 138 19 1953 693 = sml = " // 4079 kHz.
	Channel marker "P" was also on this frequency.
2230.5	RMIB: Russian Navy Vessel "=SML FOR RJH45 RJD38 RIF4=" "RMIB OK QRU K"
2815.5	CIS Mil. "MAT2 MAT2 MAT2 QTC ZVX AR. QTC 768 16 9 2207 768 = ZVX 163 = 2001 8052 5246 ... 8052 0913 K"
2815.5	G7A6, LJY5 QSL on frequency. "4YLJ de GLLW R 768? K"
3217.0	Russian Mil. Msg for A8OK "E1B1 856 26 9 1902 856 = 425 = PPPPP NNIXA BSFSR ... BSFSR POPWE 046 RPT AL QLN K"
3217.0	A8OK reads back message on QSX frequency 3393 kHz.
3826.0	Ukrainian Mil: 6GDB comms checks with FSW4, ALTC
3291.0	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad: RMP
3830.0	Russian Mil. "7TKW ER QTC 1 K"/B:"QRV K" "OK NW NW=947 70 28 2350=947= (5FGs) K" into cfm-tfc "K5IH RPT PBL K" "GR ? K" "7TKW R 947 K" "QRU K"
3837.0	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad: RMP
4055.0	Russian Navy: RCV
4079.0	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad: RMP. Weather to collective REO: "REO de RMP QTC 337 141 12 1957 337 = SML = PROGNOZ .J.ODY S 18 öASOW 13 DO 18 öASOW 15 NOäBRä BALTIJSKOE MORE RAJON ... 7 TIRE 12 MS = AR"
	"reo reo reo de rmp rmp" "qtc 317" weather forecast for Baltic Sea
	// 583 kHz.
	Msg to REO: "PRIP PETERBURG 284 KARTA 27047 PORT SANKT PETERBURG 1 TöKREJDOWYE chWARTOWNYE BOöKI SNäTY ... = AR"
4179.0	Russian Air Force: REA4
4471.0	Russian Mil: RDL
4517.0	RIT : Severomorsk RUS 04:06 CW/A1A rlo de rit qtc 6t4 38 15 0658 60 prognoz pogody
4537.5	RBE99 : Russian navy RUS 05:09 CW/A1A working duplex with unid station rpt of msg 96351673545182 and qru
4604.0	Russian Navy: RIT wkg naval vessel RMLT.
4632.0	Russian Mil: "vvvvv k vvvv k t vvv k gqq4 de crde qtc k (interesting string with reducing number of v's) "gqq4 de crde qyt6 zvo zag zmz qyt6r k. cykw cykw cykw de crde crde qtc4"
	"vvv gqq4 de crde qyt6 zvo zag zmz qyt6 r k"
	"cykw cykw cykw de crde crde qtc4"
4580.5	Russian Navy: "RJD79 RJD79 RJD79 DE RAY85 QSA QRV K"
4580.5	"BE99 812 N05 812 = FOR RJD99 89775 . . . .'"
4952.0	Russian Navy: RIT wkg RAL59
5086.0	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad: RMP
5231.5	CIS Mil. TIYP clg YX8T
5268.0	Russian Mil: RDL
5393.0	Russian Navy: RCV wkg RBIZ for "QSA?" & "QYT4".
5438.0	Russian Mil: RDL
5916.0	Russian Navy: RCV
6825.0	CIS Mil. V9AU wkg GYDU "ok QCZ k" "rpt al aa 17 k" "rpt txt k" "QRV k"
6342.0	Russian Mil.
6430.5	CIS Mil. "VVV" (11 times) "EEEEEEE" repeating.
6850.5	Ukrainian Mil. UWA211 wkg UWA8 fr "QSA?" into "OK GD QSA4 OP NR2 SLDQTC GA?", "OK SLD NR86 GR 1T=777=27 11 1325=333=POL2M AKART NI6PO DARILQSWOE ... =555=QSL? K", "SLV RPT K", "VVV UWA8 OM QSA1 SLV ZVP K", "SLVGUHOR"
6875.0	Russian Mil: GYDU
6913.5	Russian Mil. Enciphered Morse sched in progress. JCXZCYYWX....
7018.0	REA4: AF HQ Moscow
	RIW: Naval HQ Moscow 1633 CW RGR70 de RIW QSA1 QLS1 K. Frequency sharedwith REA4.
	RGR70: Russian Warship 1639 CW RIW de RGR70 QSU1 QSX 8788 K. (RIW: OK QSU1 QWH 8788 K. RIW de RGR70 QSU1 QLS1 K) RIW de RGR70 QSU1 QSX 6501 K.
	Mark on 6501.
7030.0	Russian Mil. "xxx xxx ixje ixje 12923 sudakowyj 7111 9506 k"
7044.0	REA4: AF HQ Moscow
7044.0	"xxx xxx ixje ixje 12923 sudakowyj 7111 9506 k"
7702.0	CIS Military 1311 CW Enciphered Morse: chMQEWHIFQDöHäNDI XäüC ... PTäAGMDPHXKHEY ... K. SK and gone.
7824.0	Russian Mil: "ao3r ao3r ao3r de jrl2 jrl2 qtc 32t 3t 11 11tt 32t = zaq 8t8 454 621 = ppppp ....
7861.0	Heard again on 27-11 at 1325 UTC: NCS RAL2 radio checking with RDU2, RFH2, RHW2. This network rarely sends messages, mostly heard with radio checks. Heard since January 2000. Other frequencies are 4051, 4979, 6989, 10425, 13975. Other callsigns are RKY2, RHQ2, RLO2.
7922.0	Russian Mil: F7VP duplex net QTA 590 to PSQ1 SGW2 and KANW.
7969.0	Ukrainian Mil: "jtqf jtqf de aegi aegi qtc 153 19 10 1048 153 = 740 = ppppp ...."
8130.0	Russian high command: "rdl rdl rdl 29512 27935 29512 27935 29512 27935"
8130.0	NO paralell bcast on VLF !!!!
9145.0	//11000 kHz. Russian Navy: RIW. Regular contact on 8345 or 12464 kHz with RDND, RMDZ, RMEG, RAL59, RHY73, RHM97, RHO64, RGV82, RGR70, RCRE.
9479.5	Russian Mil: RDL
10201.0	RCV BSF HQ Sevastopol: Broadcasts on 10201 kHz of navigational warnings and meteo forecasts to RKZ, RIC87, RIP90. Artillery firing off the coast of Turkey announced. Many contacts on 12464 with RBIZ.
10308.0	Russian Navy: RIT wkg RAL59. Readability check (zzd) with no response, gives up after ca 10 min, and moves back to 11155 kHz
10540.0	RIW: Russian Navy wkg warship RMDZ. "rmdz de riw zkm ?"
11000.0	RIW: Russian Navy HQ Moscow.
	"rmdz de riw qyt4 qsx 12398 k"
	"rmdz de riw qrr3 qdw 1t54t k riw r k"
11155.0	RIT: Russian navy Northern Fleet, prob Murmashi tx site, Russia with unid Russian warship; "rmxv de rit" "qrr3 qdw 4821 ok"

	Contact on 12464 kHz with RAL59, RGR77, RMDZ, RHY73, RMXV.
	Flash messages:
	"xxx xxx RJI63 RJI63 77777 02208 54085 97067 01745 00222 06900 03000"
	"xxx xxx RAL48 RAL48 77777 02208 54085 97067 01745 00222 06900 03000"

	Russian Navy: RIT wkg RAL59. Asks RAL59 to go to 4952 kHz. RAL59 not heard. RIT calls RAL59 without any response, gives up, and blindcast 65 group telegram # 158 to collective adress RAL59 by hand, using codeset 11111.

	vvv ral59 ral59 ral59 de rit rit qsa? qtc k vvv ral59 ral59 ral59 de rit rit qsa? qtc k vvv ral59 ral59 ral59 de rit rit qsa? qtc k vvv ral59 ral59 ral59 de rit rit qsa? qtc k rit 158 67 5 1251 158 = sml= 11111 52909 58468 16582 04590 79732 61328 70660 08423 46466 67489 06104 47460 89466 63961 39273 89730 43253 84275 94961 03534 91835 645?4 63538 9210? 79360 42694 87727 51680 ?8190 iiii 87727 51680 28198 91556 37510 41455 35430 18423 33996 34326 04441 00336 36484 51622 58321 02676 18026 15075 57094 02131 44001 62946 75408 88277 74520 11803 70722 14123 50001 19590 23572 iiii 50001 19590 23573 99986 16681 94084 71235 50051 37374 63217 05065 = ar u u u rdl rdl rdl 11111 57743 4t144 5t682 5t682 t6t91 57433 3tt65 22643 39675 38667 28721 56694 96813 61565 59642 67411 t8335 64278 79468 15885 t6517 8526t 9t869 81262 51t35 58613 99823 53375 18636 164tt 99734 9t69t 463t2 55121 78522 43414 48789 61t89 56t46 56156 675t5 12334 8485t 7538t 7t812 68t71 t5t47 k

11354.0	Russian Naval Aircraft wkg PRIBOJ
12398.0	RMDZ, Unid Russian warship.
14014.0	Russian Mil. Comms checks + messages. Call signs: GN2Z, 2KLJ, XWAA,DRHQ, TXYT, WRSV, Q9BL, 5JOR, PZNN, 1K6S, PNAZ, WBYT, NAC3. "ZCM ZTK ZNF QYT6 K"
14104.0	Russian Mil: RDL
14312.0	Russian Mil: MNHN
14332.0	Russian Mil
14336.0	Russian Mil: P3S8
18107.0	Russian Mil: RDL
20096.0	Russian Mil: RDL