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(Date: June 2008)
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Rimantas Pleikys sent me an interesting e-mail about the Russian military VLF radio network. Excellent info, Rimantas. Thanks.
Currently the Russian navy VLF radio network consists of six stations.
| RJH69 | 31rd communications hub, radio station Nr. 43, Vileyka / Molodechno, Belarus |
| RJH99 | 270th communications hub, transmitter Goliaf-2MK, Druzhny /N. Novgorod , Russia |
| RJH66 | 338th communications hub, Kara-Balta /Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| RJH63 | Krasnoarmeysky / Krasnodar, Russia |
| RJH77 | Arkhangelsk, Russia |
| RAB99 | Khabarovsk, Russia |
All stations operate on 18.1, 20.5, 23.0, 25.0, 25.1 and 25.5 kHz. Power of the transmitters is 1000 kW (EIRP 30...50 kW).
18.1 kHz is a communications frequency for the circular FSK messages. The main transmission times are at h+ 08’, + 28’ and + 48’. At certain time only one VLF station is on air on 18.1 kHz. All messages are simultaneously transmitted on 10535, 12741, 14411, 14664 kHz (summer frequencies) and on 7657, 9346, 12741, 14411 kHz (winter frequencies).
20.5, 23.0, 25.0, 25.1 and 25.5 kHz are frequencies for the time and phase synchronization of the Russian naval facilities.
Schedules:
| 20.5 | x:42'-xx:47' | (except RJH63 - see below) |
| 23.0 | x:36-xx:41' | (except RJH63 - see below) |
| 25.0 | x:02'-xx:25' | (except RJH63 - see below) |
| 25.1 | x:25'-xx:30' | (except RJH63 - see below) |
| 25.5 | x:30-xx:35' | (except RJH63 - see below) |
RJH63 Krasnodar :
| 20.5 | xx:32'-ss:40' |
| 23.0 | xx:27'-xx:31' |
| 25.0 | xx:02'-xx:20' |
| 25.1 | xx:20'-xx:23' |
| 25.5 | xx:23'-xx:26' |
Schedule of the time/phase synchronization transmissions, UTC (between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March - 1 hour later):
| 01:02-01:47 | RAB99 | Khabarovsk (Note: recently not confirmed) |
| 02:02-02:47 | RJH77 | Arkhangelsk |
| 03:02-03:47 | RJH66 | Kara Balta/Bishkek |
| 04:02-04:47 | RJH99 | Druzhny/Nizhny Novgorod |
| 05:02-05:47 | RAB99 | Khabarovsk (Note: recently not confirmed) |
| 06:02-06:47 | RJH69 | Vileyka/Molodechno |
| 08:02-08:47 | RJH77 | Arkhangelsk |
| 09:02-09:47 | RJH66 | Kara Balta/Bishkek |
| 10:02-10:40 | RJH63 | Krasnoarmeysky/Krasnodar |
Typical transmitter re-tuning duration:
| 25.0 to 25.1 kHz | and | 25.1 to 25.5 kHz | : | ...20 seconds |
| 25.5 to 23.0 kHz | and | 23.0 to 20.5 kHz | : | 0...60 seconds |
This month's logs:
| 21.1 | Russian Navy: RDL |
| 3348 | Russian Mil: 6O8R, LKAN, Z5OP. Radio checks |
| 3594 | CIS Mil: "VFEL VFEL VFEL QLW QSA? QRK? QXS FOR ECG8 ECG8 K". |
| 3658 | CIS Mil: OYG5, MELT, EPQ1. |
| 3933 | Russian Mil "RFF Net" RFFM, RFFP, RFFR and RFFO passing traffic to NCS RFFN. |
| 4456 | Russian Mil: "... de 9LKB 801 2323 5 0102 801 = ZVG 369 = äOTZR MMMMM IHDöL ... IHDöL APFOD PTPäO 071 K." Then broadcasts to collective YBDZ: |
| "YBDZ de 9LKB QTC 871 16 5 0104 873 = 577 = äOTZR MMMMM AXäMF ... SAEJC PTPAE 071 AR", followed by comms check with T2BV, TOF3 and S6E2. | |
| 5456 | Russian Mil: RAL36 wkg RMP w/5LGs-QTC. |
| 6328 | Russian Navy: RDL |
| 6483 | Russian Navy: "VVV CQ CQ CQ de UHX/UHX5 UHX/UHX5 ... AS QWR AS" |
| 6846 | CIS Mil: "JFQ2 JFQ2 JFQ2 ZDF ZRB ZFO K" |
| 6862 | RJF94: Russian Naval Air Transport Central Station, Moscow (NCS) wkg RJC38 (Northern Sector,Murmansk ), clg RCB (Western Sector, Kaliningrad ), wkg RJC48 (Southern Sector, Sevastopol ). |
| RCH84: Russian Naval Air Transport Eastern Sector HQ,Vladivostok wkg RJF94 (Central Station Moscow) "... QYT6 QSX 8623", RJF94: "OK QYT6 QWH 8623" & "QYT6 QSX 6964". | |
| 6977 | Russian Mil: "DE UKZL K K" |
| 6983 | Russian Mil: 2J8R clg FOLA for "QTC ZGA K", into 5LGs QTC "2J8R 231 85 25 1720 231 = ZGA 578 = AAAAA ..." |
| 6989 | Russian Navy: RAL2 wkg RBY45, RBL66, RMW2, RHQ2 fr QSA into 5LGs-QTC |
| "150 26 14 1040 150" & cfm-tfc; T=0. | |
| RAL2 wkg RKA2, RLO2, RBL70 (id as "RBL7T") fr QSA radio checks. | |
| 7041 | Russian Mil: KRJW, XWR8, K1NM, HGXT, NT2R, STMS, IKJI, C4NT, TUB7, ADIJ, 7LOL, IQIX, OTT1, GOTO. Comms checks |
| 7056 | Russian Mil: IDKI, FSKO, KF2U, AK8U, LJBK, J4LB, CJAH, 3UYU, AN3I, VVIK, C5ME, HKG4, PVSM, M4YB, NONP, B1LE, Q7WR, JX9F. Comms checks. |
| 7696 | RJF94: Russian Naval Air Transport Central HQ Station Moscow wkg RCH84 (Eastern Sector, Vladivostok ) |
| 7932 | Russian Mil: TLK3 radio check with HHG4 and 5I6H followed by 5L msg "DE TLK3 QTC 3 693 23 4 1t54 693 = ZKA 419 = ppppp |
| 7942 | Russian Air Force: REA4 |
| 7959 | Russian Air Force: REA4 |
| 7969 | Russian Mil: WUJX. 5LGs message |
| 7981 | RJF94: Russian Naval Aviation Eastern Section Station,Vladivostok (MONOLOG) exchanges QSAs with RCB-Western Sector Station (KRAKET). |
| 8109 | Russian Mil: RGT77. "RGT77 38885 29154 EMTschUG 7186 5463". |
| 8583 | Russian Air Force: REA4 |
| 8787 | Russian Mil: RKA8 |
| 10201 | Russian Navy: RCV msgs to RBE86 and RIP90. |
| 10434 | Russian Mil: Broadcasts message to collective SHB1: "SHB1 QTC 325 28 24 0230 325 = 058 = ChDEäS UChRCh VKRöH ... BChüJK WRPWT 620 AR" |
| 10452 | Russian Navy: RDL |
| 10535 | Russian Navy: RDL |
| 10796 | Russian Navy HQ Moscow and Kaliningrad : RJE56, RJD71, RJD85, RMP, RIW. |
| 12464 | Russian Navy: RGV82 "RIW DE RGV82 K DE RGV82 AS 4 K" |
| Russian Naval vessel: RDND "RIW DE RDND QRR ... 10 176 /10 176 K" | |
| 12709 | Russian Navy: RDL. "XXX XXX RDL RDL 20279 05836 perekupqik 8378 6638 gonam 5754 8764 parivanin 4294 3293 K" |
| 14108 | Russian Mil: ELWT, 9HNP, L91Q, Y1CQ, JN5Z, MTAG, XHJJ, CWE2, JN5Z, TAA2, XHJJ, MTAG, CWE2, C51Y. |
| 14092 | Russian Mil: RGT77. |
| "XXX 1QRF 60479 WELES 7765 8057" | |
| "XXX 1QRF 9TIC WRNU 48098 09223 KOL" | |
| "XXX B5JO 12001 VALONER 8160 5587" | |
| "XXX 68661 26853 BRADLEJIT 2604 5188" | |
| "XXX W6BY IA6N 21096 85619 ARABIT" | |
| 14148 | Russian Mil: RGT77. |
| 14284 | Russian Mil: RGT77. |
| 14411 | Russian Navy: RDL |
| 14508 | Russian Air Force: REA4 |
| 14556 | Russian Navy: RIW traffic to RAL36 |
| 14587 | Russian Navy HQ Moscow and Sevastopol and 3 stations: RJE56, RJE65, RIW, RCV, RJD52. |
| 16228 | Russian Navy: RBL88 |
| 17460 | Russian Navy: RDL |
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