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

(Date: December 2007)

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Voice stations

E03 - Lincolnshire poacher

E03 ID-list December 2007 - phase 1:

Changes

• 10-12:
  75740 --> 73540
• 12-12:
  24639 --> 54198

E03 ID-list December 2007 - phase 2:

Changes

• 22-12: 90497 --> 61286
• 23-12: 50772 --> 09577

E10

E11

• 12153 kHz, 0845 UTC, 10-12, submitted by Mike.

255/90
11111 39498 37527 62586 44022 24750 19486 17709 21810 36289
87715 68934 28886 33298 18974 77919 89732 93784 36291 49904
75840 07958 79101 15843 35448 08463 45655 35360 03319 67755
67120 37269 59787 51972 38815 65620 12604 16944 31944 85044
12037 41203 21025 45819 32073 75662 79848 79192 22988 57661
44938 86144 71847 93093 62464 02328 07618 30410 94596 73087
37462 11656 11823 32658 83603 70306 83227 23453 17981 22620
88258 06509 91887 40236 63110 91103 71453 63946 84756 96809
57550 66416 61596 97208 84802 06837 40401 52242 86444 11111

V02a

New Cuban V02a schedule, submitted by Jon-FL.

• Date: Tuesday, 11 Dec. 2007. Time: 1900 UTC. Frequency: 12180 kHz.

"Attencion xxxxx xxxxx (NO 9's) 20888 (NO 9's)". New voice.

V02a was also reported on spurious frequency 13380 kHz in parallel with 7887 kHz.

V26

A long report this time. In N&O #122 I wrote that V26 and M89 are most likely family.

"V26 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."

As a reaction, Igor wrote the following interesting comment.

Quote

"Both stations using identical structure of msg headers, for example:

• M89 station 28-01-2003 2142 UTC 6651 kHz:
  v gkvz gkvz gkvz de q7nw q7nw (rptd)
  nr 7 ck 3t1 73 t128 174t =
  tuta a5u5 76n4 n5nt 4td7 6u43 u3nt 6nad tt73 tttd ...
• M89 variant: 01-03-2003 0000 UTC 8803 kHz:
  vvv cq cq cq de 3sy 3sy 3sy msg (rptd)
  ga
  nr o481 ck 84 35 o4o1 o7oo = =
  tta 3u4 3a4 tau 773 ta7 773 tad 773 353 ...
• V26 20-05-2002 2340 UTC 16664 kHz:
  bnaa bnaa bnaa de xsa xsa v (rptd)
  hr msg
  nr 042 52 35 0521 0730
  202 021 324 314 002 773 357 411 340 532 ...
• usual hand send cw Chinese mil station 24-01-2007 0148 UTC 5483 kHz:
  rty6 rty6 rty6 de cfde cfde k
  <skip>
  nr 3t93 ck 85 31 t124 1ttt k
  u4ta u64n 6nd7 6a37 dt46 7536 76a4 dt3a 3d7a t64d ...
• usual telephone (OM/CC) Chinese mil station 29-01-2003 1255 UTC 10891 kHz:
  ... wo shi 3701 (this is 3701)
  haoshu 0321 zushu 42 35 0129 1604
  8472 6582 3211 0887 0017 3287 8246 9511 8784 2583 ...
• usual RTTY 50/1000 Chinese mil station 01-07-2007 0955 UTC 10939 kHz:
  8253 499 75 0701 0908
  0552---0558
  5368 9543 9016 5421 9847 5134 8624 8093 0338 0025 ...

ALL HEADERS:

Msg nr	Group count	Priority code	Month & day	Time
nr 7	ck 3t1	73	t128	174t
nr o481	ck 84	35	o4o1	o7oo
nr 042	52	35	0521	0730
nr 3t93	ck 85	31	t124	1ttt
haoshu 0321	zushu 42	35	0129	1604
8253	499	75	0701	0908

Igor continues:

"My variant of special phrases which use in V26 transmission (small case letters):

V 4NA4 4NA4 4NA4 44 XSV XSV V 4NA4 4NA4 4NA4 44 XSV XSV
v bnab bnab bnab de xsv xsv (also heard 'xsa', 'xse')

HR MFP 4O 7R NO44 V7
hr msg to yr note cy

NR1177 60 51 1006 2156
nr1177 ...

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
hr msg agn nr ....

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
ahr msg ga

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
msg agn

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
hr znn sk znn sk

fabao jieshu (in Chinese - end of transmission)"

Thanks for your reaction and thoughts, Igor. If anyone wants to comment, please do so. Reactions are most welcome.

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