Hundred forty-first edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: June 2009)

Morse stations

MX

Cluster beacons: A, D, P, S and C were reported in June. "A" only on 6 June.

Channel markers:

P
474, 448, 3234, 3569, 3772, 4387, 4437, 4476, 5111, 5698.3, 5862 kHz
V
3658, 5342, 13262 kHz

M21

PVO - RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSE

Id "0"	:	3246.5, 5221.5
Id "8"	:	5873
Id ???	:	7166

=990146??8????? =990147??8?????
=12598752537317
=992324??0????? =992325??0?????

M22

4XZ, Israeli Navy Haifa, started to use 8924 kHz in June. The station was heard throughout the month with its marker "VVV DE 4XZ 4XZ" and coded weather messages.

M89

CHINESE MILITARY. Only two logs this month:

V MB3R MB3R MB3R DE YA6X YA6X	on	8385 kHz
DE MB3R MB3R V	on	8385 kHz	*)

*) Both were logged by Alf. The second log is a bit odd. Alf writes
"First time that I saw a modified V-marker of the Chinese Military Enigma M89. Last night (30-6) on 8385 kHz they send just "DE MB3R MB3R V". MB3R belongs to the pair "YA6X/MB3R". Some days before YA6X was one the same channel with the usual Enigma M89 calling marker "MB3R MB3R MB3R DE YA6X YA6X V". Usually only one callsign of the Enigma M89-callsign pair is on the "DE" side, this time I first saw a "DE" from the other partner?!? The marker last night did not look like garbled! Any comments from the spooks?"

The marker is automated. Maybe their system malfunctioned, Alf. (editor)

M94

Several logs from Tomonori and Token for M94:

5715	01-6	1300	id	:	1017, 22 group count
5715	01-6	1500
5115	06-6	1402
5115	20-6	1401
5115	21-6	1400	id	:	3539, 29 group count
5715	21-6	1500	id	:	521, 15 group count
5715	22-6	1400	id	:	1014
5115	22-6	1430	id	:	303, 16 group count
5715	25-6	1300	id	:	1017