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

(Date: August 2009)

Military stations

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

A massive amount of Russian / CIS military logs this month. Great stuff gents. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Trond sent us several remarks about RJE56. He writes that RJE56 is a most interesting entity. It has been heard when it was working with RJH69. RJH69 is the c/s of the 43rd communications hub in Vileyka, Belarus. On several channels c/s RJE56 has been observed with the following traffic pattern: messages sent in Bee/T600, short idle, FSK morse op-chat and/or exchange of prosigns, back to Bee/T600 idle, again messages, and so on. NCS always RJE56. This is most likely a duplex net, as the other stations were never heard. NCS RJE56 was on 7520 kHz. RJE56 has been heard calling RIW, RMP, and RCV for signal strength feedback. Interestingly RIW has been observed using id RJE56 on 11000 kHz. This was a rather strange net with Naval HQ's and 3 individual station as players. The UDXF member who observed this is almost 100% sure that the operator who identified itself as "RIW" was the same as the one whose id was RJE56. This could mean that RJE56 is most likely a Naval Radio centre just as RAB99 Khabarovsk, RJH63 Krasnodar, RJH66 Chaldovar aka 338th communications node Kara Balta Kyrgyzstan, the above mentioned RJH69 aka 43rd communications hub in Vileyka Belarus, RJH77 Arkhangelsk and many others.

Trond says that feedback to this theory is very welcome. Comments via UDXF please.

18.1	Russian high command. Strategic flash message to unid collective "REU": "xxx xxx reu reu 54481 03022 weresk 1822 9851 k" "xxx xxx reu reu 37251 37251 459 iiii 372 5 iiii" "xxx xxx reu reu 37251 37251 459 iiii 372 5 iiii e ttt u iiii" "xx xxx reu reu 37251 45965 nepogod x 7654 7169" "xxx xxx reu reu 37251 45965 nepp iiii 37251 45965 nepogod 7654 7169 k"
3181.0	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad: RMP msg to REO: "REO de RMP QTC 857 45 15 2346 = SML = ChTORMOWOE PREDUPREVDENIE (storm warning) NR 117 ..." //3264 kHz.
3264.0	Russian Navy, Kaliningrad: RMP msg to REO: "REO de RMP QTC 857 45 15 2346 = SML = ChTORMOWOE PREDUPREVDENIE (storm warning) NR 117 ..." //3181 kHz.
3569.0	Russian Navy: RMP. 5FGs followed by channel marker "P".
4078.0	Russian Mil: RDL. Routine 5FG message: 58930 07568 58930 07568 58930 07568 58930 07568. Then "XXX XXX XXX" and 3 messages in 36-50 mode.
4292.5	Russian Naval vessel: RFH61 wkg RMP
4521.0	Russian Navy: RJL99 wkg RMP
4537.0	Russian Navy: RMP wkg RFH61 "QYT4 QSX 4292.5/4292.5 OK ? K".
4590.0	CIS Mil: 9NAW clg P7G8
4612.0	CIS Mil: "7NQV DE 7YIB QSA 1/NO QAP"
4616.5	Russian Navy: "RMP DE RGN90 ZGR"
4635.0	Russian Navy: "RJD99 DE RJI70 QTC 220 38 28 2300 220 = FOR RIT RJD56 = 11111" Russian navy: RBC89
4734.0	CIS Mil: LAZX clg ZCLV
5011.0	Russian Mil. 5FGs to RDL "RDL RDL RDL 11111 36333 ... 04091 K"
5053.0	CIS Mil: "DE IKYI QYT?"
5118.0	Russian Mil: VMKI 5L msg to ZO9K after 17 13 2150 758 = (13 Aug)(PPA)
5128.0	Russian Navy: RIW wkg RFH77. "RFH77 de RIW QRR3 QSX 8410 k"; nothing on 8410 kHz. "QYT4 QLS k", "QYT4 QCM k".
5155.0	CIS Mil: 7THT msg to AJKH
5166.0	Russian Navy: RIW clg RIF80 and RIC83.
5224.0	CIS Mil: "OPTY DE VHWL"
5325.0	Russian Mil: "VVV RFT6 DE RND79 QSX 4970 kHz"
5343.0	Russian Navy: "RIR96 DE RIT QRV". RIT wkg RMIB w/OP-chat "QSL 464 ? k".
5404.0	Russian Mil: "... 74149 04883 74149 04883 74149 04883 k", "UUU XXX XXX". "UUUUUUUUUU RDL RDL RDL 93116 51986 93116 51986 93116 51986 k", "UUUUUUUUUU RDL RDL RDL 58797 61947 58797 61947 58797 61947 k".
5434.0	CIS Mil: CNBY wkg SJTF "NIL SLD SLV K". "RFH77 DE RIW QRZ K" "HL80 DE RIW QYT 4QM OK" "HL80 DE RIW RPT" "IIII80 DE RIW QYT 4 QSA 4QM OK RK" "RFH77 DE RIW" "RMDZ DE RIW QSA QTC 48 218 124 7 73III RIW" "HL80 DE RIW NY T4 IIE" "VV RFH77 DE RIW"
5817.0	CIS Mil: "Ya 99997 Ya 3 Ya Ya 31483 K K"
5864.0	Russian Mil: RHT22
6452.0	Russian naval vessel: RIR96 wkg RMP. "VVV RMP DE RIR96 QSA QYT4"
6792.0	Russian Mil: RFI35
6832.0	Russian Navy: "REO REO DE RMP QTC 543 12 23 2011 543 BT PRIP KALININGRAD"
6844.0	CIS Mil: "... ZLO ZYK ZNK RPT QRJ NO ZLO ZYK ZNK ar"
6846.0	CIS Mil: EIMN wkg TGDD, PBNX, HNWR with OP-chat "ZVM ZLS ZVU QYT9 k", "ZLU ZLG ZLD QYT4 k", "QRJ NO QRO QYT9 k", "QBE QYT6 k", "QTA QLX QJGQYT9 k".
6860.0	Russian Navy: "RMD99 RMD99 RMD99 ZMV 36 ZZT ZZU 117 ar".
6877.0	Russian Navy: RIT "PROGNOZ PAGODY" nr602 to RLO
7005.0	Russian Mil : 5LGs
7019.0	Russian Mil: RAL2, RLO2, RBL70, R1B2, RGH2, RMW2, RHQ2, RBL66, RBL672
7099.0	Russian Mil: Y4NO. 5LGs
7114.0	Russian Navy : "VVV RFH77 RFH 77 de RMP RMP ZZD..."
7566.0	Russian Navy: RCV wkg RIR96 "QYT4 QSX 10894"
7632.0	CIS Mil: "9ULG DE ABKH QTC ZPT" "XXX XXX XXX MDVB MDVB MDVB 92412 ZEBROWYJ 6617 2528 (twice) K". 1WHG comms check with LW2A, Q8HA, MRNL, 8FHI and H9SL. "H9SL de 1WHG QWZ NO QCZ K" "H9SL de 1WHG QTA QCZ K" "xxx xxx MDVD MDVD 75721 ostronosyj 4130 3134 k"
7664.0	Russian Navy: "RFH77 DE RIW OK YT4 QH 2692 / 12T K"
7675.0	Russian Navy: "RMPV de RIT ZZD? K"
7790.0	CIS Mil: K4MT wkg NT9P "QSY 72211".
7801.0	Russian Navy: RHV42 wkg RCV. "RHV42 186 17 5 0050 186 = FOR RJH45 RJE73 = 04211 99379 1244_ 41598 12307 10260 40080 55000 70000 81000 22253 00220 21111 31111 05014 = ar RHV42 k"
7848.0	Russian Mil: RIW wkg RFH77.
7853.0	Russian Mil: RTH62 clg UNP26
7911.0	Russian Mil: "WLWN DE 4NYK QTA ZCB ZCT QYT6"
7957.0	CIS Mil: "TNLD DE OB9N QTC 300 93 12 0902 302 ="
7959.0	Russian Air Force Moscow: REA4
7965.0	Russian Navy: RMP wkg RFH61 with OP-chat "RMP QSL 174 k".
7977.0	CIS Mil: "JIQL DE VSV8 QYT9 AS"
8002.5	Russian Navy: RIR2 wkg RBHV
8345.0	Russian naval vessels: RAL48 wkg RIT "QRR3 QDW 10728 K" RHV42 wkg RIT "VVV RIT DE RHV42 QSA?" RIR96 clg RIT "QTC 909 18 16 0950 909 = FOR RJH45 =" RFH71 clg RIT "QSA?" RFH77 wkg RIW "QSA?" RIR96 wkg RMP "QYT4 QSA? K" RLD69 wkg RIT "QYT9 QSA? K" RMIB wkg RIT "QTC 241 ... = RKT for RMP RIW = 11111 ... " 5FGs RKW95 wkg RMP "QTC 416" 5FGs RMIB wkg RIT "QTC 131... = sml for RJH45 RJD38 RIF4 = 20121 99549 ..." RJE73 wkg RMUW "....22tt 979 = sml ....rje73", "rmuw k rmuw rpt rmuw ok" RLD69 wkg RIT RKH80 wkg RIT "152 15 22 1600 152 = FOR RJH45 RJA38 REG98 ="
9076.5	Russian Navy: RIW "riw rpt k", "rmgb de riw riw qsa ? k"
9109.3	Russian Navy: "RHF77 DE RIW DE RIW AS1 K"
9110.5	Russian Navy: "RFH77 de RIW QRR3 QDW 13469 K." "vvv rmgb rmgb rmgb de riw riw qsa and de riw for rfh77 qsx 12464 k"
9145.0	Russian Navy: "RGZ58 DE RIW QSA?", "RFH77 de RIW K"
9179.5	Russian Navy: "RJF77 de RIW QSW1 QDW 13469. 13469 K. RIW R K" "riw k rfh77 de riw qyt4 qsx 12414 k"
9180.0	Russian naval vessel: "VVV RAL59 DE RIW QSA? QTC K" "RFH77 DE RIW QSA/NO REPT QSK..... AT 1539 QSA 10540 OK" "RK081 DE RIW" "RKW95 DE RIW"
10203.0	Russian Mil: RJS
10235.9	CIS Mil: "EX4F DE VMKI K 334535 V EX4F DE VMKI K"
10512.0	Russian Mil
10535.0	Russian Navy: "xxx xxx REU REU 57036 59413 UBUN ...." //10762, 10838 kHz
10540.0	Russian Navy: RFH77 wkg RIW
10762.0	Russian Navy: "xxx xxx REU REU 57036 59413 UBUN ...." //10838, 10535 kHz
10796.0	Russian Navy: "RJH69 RJH69 DE RJE56 QYT1 QSA K" "RJE56 RJE56 DE RJH69 OK QYT 1"
10838.0	Russian Navy: "xxx xxx REU REU 57036 59413 UBUN ...." //10762, 10535 kHz
10962.0	Russian Mil: APKJ ends 30-group message: "... OLSEN WTPEP. ZTEN de APKJ QRV K. RPT AA 9 K" etc. Then reads back message: "APKJ 233 3. 25 1948 133 = 922 = ÄWAAI OAPOch ..."
11064.0	Russian Mil: "1TYQ 519 30 222 1738 519 = ZRA 667 = AVZEQ QGHCÄ ...WW... 1TYQ 341 30 22 1742 341 = 606 = 90950 6962 6634 2482 ... 9805 2227 606 K. 1TYQ 341 30 22 1742 341 = 606 = 9050 6962 ...", "1TYQ ZMA ZYC ZMX K. 1TYQ R OK AS3 K"
11136.0	Russian Mil: CHSX
11154.8	Russian Navy: "RKO81 DE RIT", "RK081 MSG FROM RIT RPT 5E TI3 18 1746 611K...RPT 74714 39222 TA"
11155.0	Russian Navy: RIT wkg RMIB. RIT wkg RLD69 "QSO RLD69 QYT4 QSX 4162 ok? k"
11156.0	Russian Navy: RIW
11418.0	Russian Navy: RMP wkg RFH61, RKW95
12227.0	Russian Mil.
12464.0	Russian naval vessels wkg RIW and RCV: "QTC 279... = sml for RJH45 RJD38 RIF4 = 20151 99552 ... QTE 35/8" "riw de rfh77" "rcv rcv rcv de rmgb rmgb qsa?" "riw de rmdz", "rmdz 634 28 01 1136 634 =349= 11111 9tt34 ....." "rcv rcv rcv de rhv42 rhv42 qsa? qtc k" "rhv42 ...... 16 =for rjh42 rje73= 11111 ...." "rcv rcv rcv de rcje rcje qsa?" "rko81 983 2t 11 22tt 983 =sml for rjh45 rje73= 1t1t1 ......." "RCV DE RIR96 K RCJE RPT 94295 2989T 81321 92379 T T457 25126 71TT" "vvv rcv rcv rcv de rcje rcje qsa ? 721 4 18 1?35 721 ..... 18tt2 = AR" "riw de rhl80 gyt4 qsx 11727/11727" "rkw95 786 37 6 143t 786 =sml for riw rmp rit rje71= 11111 .... t6t31 k"
12684.0	Russian Navy: RDL
13449.0	Russian Navy: "RFH77 DE RIW ZNN QAP K"
13469.0	Russian Navy: "RJF77 de RIW QSA1 QSA? K", "RIW R K. RJF77 de RIW QDW 11156 K. RIW R K"
14108.0	Russian Mil: 2KJU, 2KWG, "3MBA de 8M9Y R 435? K", 5CP8, 5NZP, 8M9Y, 9PQ4, 9TQA, AL9Q, AP2X, ASOB, BF3E, CNZX, CWFW, DKN9, E74U, G85T, GGC1, H9DK, ISWV, KST9, KVWK, LH4M, LJ6J, MP1D, MPZW, MYX7, 2KJU, 2KWG, "3MBA de 8M9Y R 435? K", 5CP8, 5NZP, 8M9Y, 9PQ4, 9TQA, AL9Q, AP2X, ASOB, BF3E, CNZX, CWFW, DKN9, E74U, G85T, GGC1, H9DK, ISWV, KST9, KVWK, LH4M, LJ6J, MP1D, MPZW, MYX7, NOQT, OT8L, QMK1, S6TO, V99D, WXL3, WYYK, "XXX A1A XXX G5CX F2ET 59199 12665 alimentnyj", Y1CA, Y1CQ, ZEPR, ZEYE, "ZKN ZBD ZPB QYT9 K", "ZNB ZBB ZBJ QYT6 K"
14118.0	Russian Mil: AXZU, KC3E, MTE4, SZAJ, 5EWA, 4EQ2
14451.0	Russian Navy: "RFH77 DE RIW QRR 3 QDW 13469 K"
14587.0	Russian Navy: "RJE57 DE RJE56 QYT 4 K RJE57 DE RJE56 QRV K"
14729.0	Russian Navy: "RJF95 'RJF95 DE RJF94 ZKM ~K"
14794.0	Russian Navy: "RFH 77 DE RCV ZGR K ODGT XBQGK MVRZV" "RCV DE RFH77 ZZD 1/O ZKM / I I I I ZKM K ZKM K"
16968.0	Russian Naval air, Central station, MoscowCW. RJC62 de RJE 56. 0402 UTC.
17447.0	Russian Navy: "RDL 86319 t75t1 k", "RDL 76534 63523 k", "RDL 6tt7t 16t29 k"
17468.0	Russian Navy: "rfh77 de riw k riw qyt4 qsx 14451/14451 qrr ??? 16074/16074 k riw rk"
19210.0	Russian Navy: RDL