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

(Date: April 2009)

Utility round-up

V24's morse sister is still very active with a number of daily skeds.

Token and Tomonori supplied a number of logs.

Freq.	UTC	date	id	groups	Remarks
5715	1500	31-3	521	W23
5715	1300	01-4	1017	W23
5715	1500	01-4	521	W23
5715	1300	02-4	1017	W23
5115	1400	05-4	3539
5115	1430	08-4	303	W24
5115	1330	09-4	815	W12
5715	1200	11-4	615	W18
5715	1400	11-4	1014	W21
5715	1300	12-4	1017
5715	1200	13-4	615	W18
5715	1400	13-4	1014	W21
5715	1500	14-4	815	W12	Expected 958 ID in this slot
5715	1500	15-4	958	W21
5115	1400	20-4	3539
5715	1500	20-4	521
5115	1400	21-4	3539
5715	1500	21-4	521

Pirate station

6998 kHz: Italian pirate "ISH7" was reported by Michel on 24-4 and Trond heard the following on 3 April.
"sh7 sh7 = pontificia basilica della santa casa - santuario internazionale - loreto - - - rondazione internazionale -ici santa casa- perladifesadei diritti dell"uomtm-- l"immacolata concezione - =" and "05/30 mhz almeno 500/1000wattsi" and marker vvv vvv de sh7 sh7 in between the texts.

Pirate beacon

8211.9 kHz: OR in Oregon

Driftnet beacons

1915.0	YBED	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1915.0	4OSX	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1924.0	TC88	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1914.0	4TZA	long dash 4TZA long dash every 3 minutes.
1924.0	DR12	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1930.0	TK62	3x with long dash every 4 minutes.
1954.0	4JSL	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1955.0	SZ31	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1955.0	OR91	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1955.0	PJ72	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1960.0	ZE91	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1961.0	QA78	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1961.0	4HNC	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1963.0	4OKI	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1979.9	4FZM	3x with long dash every 4 minutes.
1983.0	4OMO	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1983.0	4OKE	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.
1984.0	4MSX	3x with long dash every 3 minutes.

Unid Russian stations

6838 kHz	:	mode	:	RTTY-ITA2/50/500 5FGs with "=50=" separator after OP-chat in CW "QSA4 QTC1 ZZC K".
6856 kHz	:	mode	:	CW. CTBB wkg NXTB into RTTY-ITA2/50/500 RYs & 5FGs after "=90 100 13 1150 6766 =".