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

(Date: July 2009)

Utility round-up

Pirates

6998 kHz, 04-7-2009, 1715 UTC,
The Italian reli/political CW pirate, c/s SH7.

"...PONTIRICIA BASILICA DELLA SANTA CASA = SANTUARIO INTERNAZIONALE = LORETO = FONDAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE = ICI SANTA CASA = PER LA DIFESA DEI DIRITTI DELL'UOMO = L'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE = FINE DELLE TRANSMISSIONI -R.S.- SH7 SH7 - = SK".

Unid 8348, 8360, 8365 kHz.

ALF logged a so far unid station on frequencies 8348, 8360, 8365 kHz.

It transmitted 5FGs with cut numbers where AU34567DNT = 1234567890. Besides that some OP-chat was noted: "NR 51 (CAA) 59 QSL ? = NR 51 (CAA) 59 26/1130"

Unid 5187 kHz

5187 kHz, 14-7-2009, 1421 UTC. Mode: CW. Possibly Russian Government or Intelligence. Messages like "536 536 536 67029 67029", "536 536 536 66529 66529", "333 66329 66329", "333 66520 66520", "536 536 536 333 66220 66220" and "111 999" into 5FGs "214 30 = ... (30x5FGs) ... = 214 30", "111 999" into next 5FGs "346 30 = ... (30x5FGs) ... = 346 30", "111 000" then s/off.