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

(Date: December 2008)

Military stations

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

18.1	Trond supplied some recent Russian flash messages and long 5FG messages from Russian high command to various Russian strategic nuclear forces. Some recorded when the the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier on the 10^th passed only 40 nM off the offshore oilfield Statfjord. All transmissions received on 9 and 10 December on VLF 18.1 kHz. uuu rdl rdl rdl 11111 77983 78677 5992t 5992t 1t237 39476 84466 62434 16t11 368t7 12555 38885 5t598 963t3 39348 92173 195t7 11575 59124 22844 2t41t 81772 87137 33265 42671 52936 31644 09966 36881 t4836 2t96t 2t997 77579 41t5t 35153 87148 878t3 98995 t9699 45t22 t474t 72614 67943 14388 33762 1tt93 85648 t2221 91242 3t492 1499t 99248 27765 74924 32464 61812 58383 83545 43941 399t1 66868 36882 11421 63943 78291 59526 14226 16867 34165 38154 2t958 857t3 99795 t1228 97547 7t735 27761 tt751 769t6 t5247 51574 62645 81194 66ttt 35655 49t71 25t21 11758 t4t7t 73t7t 75717 78223 99tt8 7t88t t2248 57434 37175 27295 58969 78t12 t7574 46776 64231 3147t 5849t 49771 19682 6398t t15tt 231tt 35259 52546 78219 91694 t4682 t9692 56649 99557 95474 69469 72279 69645 812t1 33149 81928 79791 55665 t4324 76615 3t1t8 26226 3xt39 93622 53176 52349 7819t 27976 t9138 k uuu rdl rdl rdl 11111 t3t37 t5497 49788 49788 4249t 44913 69566 38556 18221 83455 722t7 2t225 t5444 91938 t8822 64923 81171 51628 32293 88745 5tt74 8663t 42832 97184 71615 3t89t 08tt2 06773 73725 tt418 517t5 22238 74t81 t5838 27696 727t5 19942 54463 t4691 2t638 28973 58t97 94419 7t319 5t174 36199 2t318 62221 356t5 39541 196tt 12t82 87616 93926 28823 27447 89749 64714 t9t64 k uu xxx xxx rks rks rdl rdl 89577 30819 bard 1215 4362 øur 5012 7300 k u xxx xxx rks rks rdl rdl 02057 92824 alodx 3673 4597 k uu xxx xxx rdl rdl 49494 79890 trolx 7132 3644 k uu xxx xxx rks rks rdl rdl 70063 95239 izopulegol 8447 3786 k u xxx xxx rks rks rdl rdl 21485 63879 serdþk 6518 3872 k uuu rdl rdl rdl 11111 88t41 78857 8497t 8497t 22613 227tt 88442 15133 1t396 t9115 73227 54284 96292 1t143 23923 t7572 46113 6t147 31516 2tt83 t4151 82642 5937t t5372 86846 36157 t2433 74377 t347t 47395 13987 13358 1tt33 k
3161	Russian Mil: RGT77
3172	Russian Navy: RIW traffic to RMSB.
3256	Russian Navy Kaliningrad: RMP
3264	Russian Navy Kaliningrad: RMP msg to REO.
3370	Russian Navy: RJH84 clg RMP, RJD69 and RJD85 for QSA reports
3765	Russian Navy: RJD85. "DE RJD85 ZGR K"
3863	Russian Mil. OC2G de TKO6 QTC 330 66 24 (??) 330 = 333 = 11111 ..... 24064 rpt al QLN +
3875.7	Russian Navy: RDJ99 "RAJONAH 2 O4 75 12 IEE/S ORYWY2GTM/INEM/12 M/ S PORYWY EET/S RAJONE 76 OC"
4078.6	Russian Navy Kaliningrad: "REO REO DE RMP RMP QTC 569...."
4191	Russian Mil? "DE JEFR QT85 RQE SN DE JDMY DE JQMY QT DE JIIH DE JQZA DE JMNK..." "6L1R2/33 0017R3 TW18R38 5BIF2" "TW17RSM TW17RSM...".
4194	Russian Naval vessel: RAL48 wkg RIT. "RIT de RAL48 RPT K. RIT de RAL48 QSA1/NO RPT K"
4334	Russian Navy: RJF94. "VVV RJC48 RJC48 R JC 48 DE RJF94"
4602	Russian Navy: RHY73 wkg RJI63
5135.5	Russian Navy: RJD85 wkg RFN66
5402.5	Russian Mil. "XXX XXX PABA PABA 06017 MODEFIKATOR 3843 06017 MODEFIKATOR 3843 (x2) K"
5753	Russian Mil: "XXX XXX RLO RLO KOMNATA 4375 202AAA3 = 204AAA3 218AAA3 = 220AAA3 (x2) K"
5830	Russian Mil: RMW36 rcvd XXX-Strategic Flash msg "XXX XXX XXX LR43 LR43 TEHNITschESKAYa PROWERKA 540 (x2) K 14 E" into OP-chat "RMW36 R XXX ZSA 3 K"
5867	Russian Navy: RDL
6002	Russian Mil: T43D wkg 9DIA and VIPL
6361	Russian Mil: "5WV3 5WV3 5WV3 DE LXIF F QTC 5TT 32 19 T455 5TT 4ZMU 5MI6-E0 (----.)Q FVSEW MM MM MPP (---.) (---.) (---.) AA AOO OLLLZ MZVVV N DSKO SPIA XNMMN MNVJM AURXF HORT(---.)(---.) (---.)IGA NNGO (---.) (---.)AZ CUQND A(---.)HAW SR UJV B(---.)LF UKEBZ HAAIS KPQQB ZOTDK ASM NIT NISOU OWXDX NFCNA ROPI (ERROR SIGNAL........) NFCNA (.-.-)OPW RPTAL QLN K" (Obs: T for 0 "zero") "AXSP 39 32 24 0410 390 BT ZAO 542 BT PPPPP SSSGG GFFF(---.)(---.)(---.) SSS 000KK KZZZN NNRRR (..--)SAHN HAK YOEIE PLSXZ SFYHB RKBIP HEVID RAUFX QPFXU AEK (ERROR SIGN) QPFXU AEXBD (.-.-)IYU0 OCWPA VXNVA EOXEA WU(.-.-)AU WYGGA CLLBU VJ(---.)NI A(----)AQY HSUCX PHQW(----) VSGUY WRPWO K" "OTZM (3X) DE AXSP (3X) QTC K. OTZM 229 31 21 T54T 229 BT 726 BT 11111 55555 9993 35555 55777 111666 (ERROR SIGNAL "........") 55TTT 11166 63334 44666 72178 8125T TT36 34825 3786 148T 4844T 36367 51684 5437T 52464 82496 817T8 14383 89571 461 64436 26465 32382 TT382 TT382 24764 21T29 21T29 BT"
6861	Russian Naval Air: RJF94 "580 14 14 1433 580 = 380 = 11111 ... 14012 K" RJC48, RCH84
6909	Russian Mil: C7CH. "XXX XXX BZ1L BZ1L 55355 ORIYaT 276 55355 ORIYaT 276 (x2) K" into sx cfm-tfc wkg A2MY, 7JAD, G1PB, MQVM etc., e.g. "C7CH (x3) de A2MY (x2) R XXX 553355 ORIYat 276 K" -> "OK RK"; and nxt XXX msg "XXX XXX 7JAD 7JAD 6TTY 6TTY A2MY A2MY G1PB G1PB GFK5 GFK5 64543 DASTUR 315 64543 DASTUR 315 (x2) K", OP-chat incl. w/MQVM, 1X6W etc. & breaks by C7CH w/"BK BK BK BK QXS K".
6996	Russian Mil.
7018	Russian Air Force: REA4
7566	Russian Navy: RCV msg to RTZ and clg RIR98
7630	Russian Navy: RJS. "RMSB RMSB DE RJS RJS QSA? K"
7848	Russian Navy: RIW. "DE RIW ZGR"
7657	Russian Navy: RDL
7696	Russian Navy: RIW wkg RMZW. RIW wkg RGV82
7954	Russian Navy: RIT. "RLO de RIT QTC 106 ...= radioprognoz 31128 63002 ..." "xxx RLO wetre 2 po belomu morü k" (wind 2 over White Sea)
8192	Russian Air Force: REA4. "XXX XXX 06.39 LOURENSI(barred A) 7159 9162"
8345	Russian Naval vessel: RAL48. "RIW RIW DE RAL48 RAL48 QSA? QTC K" Russian Naval vessel: RFE76. "RMP DE RFE76 RFE76 RPT 264 2105 264" Russian Naval vessel: RKO81 wkg unid
8398	Russian Navy: RHY73 wkg RAL48. "RHY73 159 48 13 17 25 159 = SML = 11111 ... 13047 / ar RHY73 k" into sx OP-chat, "RAL48 NR 159 RPT 13 K" etc.
8440	Russian Navy: RIW wkg RGV82.
8816	Russian Naval Air: RJC38 de 30371. "QSA 1 COL QQLUML1395Q REXLMD1335"
9145	Russian Navy. RIW wkg RGV82: "RGV82 de RIW QYT4 QSA NO QWC K" RIW wkg RMWZ: "RMZW RMZW DE RIW RIW QSA? K RIW wkg RFH77: "RFH77 RFH77 DE RIW QTC K" RIW clg RMSB: "QSA? QYT4 QWH 12664 3172" later calling "RGV82 QYT4 QWH 10356 8440" and "RMZW QYT4 QWH 10956/12056" RIW wkg RGR77: "RGR77 de RIW QYT 4 QWH 12723/11842" RIW wkg RIS96: "RIS96 de RIW"
9345	Russian Mil: RDL "XXX XXX RDL 50698 10329 NATOR..... 7459 7893"
10956	Russian Navy: RIW traffic to RMZW // 12056 kHz.
11000	Russian Navy: RIW wkg RGV82 an RMSB. RIW clg RMZW, RJQ84 and RGR77.
11524	Russian Mil: RWZ77
12056	Russian Navy: RIW traffic to RMZW // 10956 kHz.
12464	Russian Naval vessel RMSB wkg RIW on 11000 kHz
12653.7	Russian Naval vessel: RGV 82
12464	Russian Naval vessel: RGV82 "RGV82 QYT4 QSA4 QSA? K. RGV82 R K." QSX 14556 kHz.
12904	Russian Naval vessel RJH25 clg RGR77 QSX 12394 kHz
16599	Russian Mil. "RGR77 DE RJH25 QSA 1 rpt"
14556	Russian Navy: RIW wkg RGV82. "RIW QYT4 QSX 10492 K. RIW R K." Nothing on 10492. RGV82 de RIW QYT4 QSX 8330. RGV82 responds on 12464 kHz: "RIW de RGV82 OK QYT4 QWH 8330 K." Later sends him to 12414 kHz. Comes up with weak MS-5 on 12414 at 14:05. RIW calls RLA88, RJQ84 and RMZW for QSA. RLA88 responds on 12464 and is given QSA2 QAP. Nothing of RMZW. Moves RGV82's MS-5 to 12398 kHz.