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

(Date: October 2008)

Utility round-up

Several people have asked me to include the more unusual African and Asian stations in the Ute Round-up. I don't know why but somehow these stations are never reported on UDXF. The IARUMS however lists the stations that transmit illegally in the radio amateur bands, so I have included a couple of African IARUMS logs. It would be nice though if we got more logs from nets like these.

Especially from other areas than Europe and North America.

African nets

5712 kHz	:	See 7066 kHz.
6999.kHz	:	Unid African net. Possibly from Kenia, Uganda or Tanzania. Traffic appears to be details of air movements over East and Central Africa.
		Callsigns: 08, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 35, 38, 43, 60, 62, 64, 66. (Source: IARUMS)
7045 kHz	:	Unid. ( Sudan NGO, SPLA or SNLA?) Sends messages in phonetic five letter groups. Callsigns: MM, NE, NU, AA, AK, AJ, AL, AT, AO, DU, WL1, WL2, WL4, WL5, WL6, WL9, WL10, BR, WM, NU, MAJ, Ikola? Kabwe, Kalulu.
		Languages heard on the net: Vernacular, Dholuo? English.
		(Source: IARUMS)
7048 kHz	:	Unid. (NGO or SPLA?). Callsigns: WA, S, T, SM, AU, PK, PS, AC, BC, B3, B7, B8, B9, B15, CC, Malakal, Yambio.
		Languages heard on the net: English, vernacular, verbal Morse. Some Arabic heard. (Source: IARUMS)
7066 kHz	:	Unid. NGO in Sudan ? Also on 5712 kHz. Callsigns: B1, B2, AT,K1, KT, CT, TI, BT, B2, KR, JT, P1, LL, LA, A25, BJ, RK1, RK2, KA. Languages heard on the net: English, Nilotic language. (Source: IARUMS)
7070 kHz	:	Unid net from Somalia and Eritrea . Callsigns: Asmara, Afmadu, Dobleh, Baidoa, Merere, Garoe, Burhane, Mogadishu, Kismayu, Beletwein. (Source: IARUMS)

Pirate beacons

3449.85	OK
4069.10	WT
4077.40	MO
4094.56	PA
4096.26	1 Second
4096.59	2 Second
4097.60	TMP79
5157.60	Dasher
5678.50	Dasher
8211.85	OR