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

(Date: September 2008)

Military stations

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

Rimantas Pleikys sent me a note in which he says that VLF station RJH69 (Vileyka) has been silent from early August till 7 September on all frequencies: 18.1 kHz (comms), and synchronization frequencies 25.0, 25.1, 25.5, 23.0 and 20.5 kHz.

Logs

I'd like to begin this section with a couple of logs and notes from Fritz.

"CIS Navy Morse message with specific first groups.

Messages from all HQs:

"11111" or "aaaaa" most probably indicates drill message.

"ppppp" is mostly used by tact. networks.

Messages to the HQs:

"jjxx" or "kkxx" indicate BATHY (bathythermal message, temperature and salinity profile of the sea). Can we assume, the senders are ships?

"dd121", "dd034", "dd061" (and possibly others) contain the day of the month and indicate special messages with many zeroes and strokes (similar to BATHY).

They are to be forwarded to RJH45, RJF41, RJH74, RJD38, RJE73 or RJE38. The status of these callsigns, which are used since years, still is not known; some are on the air sometimes."

11155	RIT	:	CISN HQ Severomorsk RUS 0732z CW Morse
			xxx RLO 98272 akridin 4008 6596 cerebron 8603 6106 pongo 4354 3418 ehidstwo 8431 1813 k 26.Sep FN
18.1//14664	no call	:	VGK CISN Moscow RUS 0734z CW Morse xxx RDL 20948 98272 akridin 4008 6596 cerebron 8603 6106 pongo 4354 3418 ehidstwo 8431 1813 k 26.Sep FN
11155	RIT	:	CISN HQ Severomorsk RUS 0750z CW Morse xxx RLO 18606 manxäk 0179 0112 hriä 3788 8353 tsilaizit 3798 3652 priwal 1755 8985 k 26.Sep FN
18.1//14664	no call	:	VGK CISN Moscow RUS 0752z CW Morse xxx RDL 37804 18606 manxäk 0179 0112 hriä 3788 8353 tsilaizit 3798 3652 priwal 1755 8985 k 26.Sep FN

Note:
"Strategic Flash Messages with several code words instructions broadcast nearly simultaneously over several Ny channels. Note the changed addressee in the second transmissions. This time the 0732z messages first has been disseminated at 0730z by a unid CIS TAC NET and RIT had to repeat the same message at 0736z because he made a mistake in the 1st 5FG ... (who told him??)"

Other logs:

18.1	General Staff Moscow.
	"xxx RDL 68371 podarok 01 1315 260 090 1100 k"
	"xxx RDL 22420 podarok 01 1085 130 090 1200 k"
	"xxx RDL 47821 podarok 01 1030 045 170 1305 k"
	"xxx RDL 15559 podarok 01 1020 060 130 1510 k"
	"xxx RDL 76500 podarok 01 1350 070 310 1656 k"
	Note: Pay attention to the last 4 digits of the "podarok" messages. They indicate the time that something is going to happen. In the messages below 2 to 4 hours after the transmission time. (info Fritz)
2752.0	CIS Mil.
	"Y8D9 Y8D9 Y8D9 de XSEL XSEL XSEL ZSJ ZQF ZIX ZBR ZOY ZVG QYT1 ar"
3261.0	Ukrainian Mil. "..CX de S8BF QTC K" (repeats)
3302.0	Russian Mil. Message to F2JU: "..KHI PEPEä RPT AL QLN K. After corrections: "F2JU OK RPT AL QLN K"
3372.0	Russian Naval Station (from 4556.5) "RJD99 de RHP86 K"
4104.0	Russian Naval Station "RJD99 de RHP86 ZHC? K. ZOH2 K. RHP86 ZZU 4556.5/4556.5 ZBR K." (Goes to 4556.5 kHz)
4157.0	Russian Navy: RGZ58 wkg RCV "ZZU ZZT 3229 3229 OK ? K"
4195.0	Russian Navy: RJP58 clg RIT
4556.5	Russian Naval Station: RHP86 (from 4104) "RHP86 OK ZZU 3372/3372 ZBR K" (Goes to 3372 kHz)
6769.0	Russian Navy: RMRV wkg RMP
6978.0	Russian Air Force, Moscow: REA4
7056.0	Russian Mil: Radio checks between CO1K, XBJF, 5DXS, CEFZ, K78W, SKZL
7675.0	Russian Navy: RIT clg RJQ84
14014.0	Russian Mil: LNC6 "qyt 9 k - x4d6 de lnc6 qrj ? qyt 9 k - nw qrj 3 qjg qyt 9 k - r k"
10535.0	General Staff Moscow
	"xxx RDL 68371 podarok 01 1315 260 090 1100 k"
	"xxx RDL 22420 podarok 01 1085 130 090 1200 k"
	"xxx RDL 47821 podarok 01 1030 045 170 1305 k"
	"xxx RDL 15559 podarok 01 1020 060 130 1510 k"
	"xxx RDL 76500 podarok 01 1350 070 310 1656 k"
10672.0	Russian Mil: RDL. "XXX XXX RDL 14... DAR... ...60 130 151.. K. UUU"
11000.0	Russian Navy: RIW clg RGZ58 QSX 12374/8318 QYT4
11049.0	Russian Mil: RDL. Flash message.
11155.0	Russian Navy: RIT. "RAL59 de RIT QRV K. RIT NR 436 RPT 10 K. RIT QSL 436 K. RIT R K"
14108.0	Russian Mil. Radio checks + messages. Call signs: B3WA, KUBT, KMYI, ZMOO, KCPT, HYNC, Y1CQ, TRGH, ZHWT, 6AKY, 5ZWA, PFXZ, YWFF, TSSK, 1AKY, PGLC, XKLL, ZMWL, SG5P, VLTW, N5MW, 1BN6, C76P, ZM8O.
14148.0	Russian Mil: RGT77