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

(Date: October 2009)

Military stations

M32 - Russian, CIS, Ukrainian military SSB & CW stations

3395.5	Russian Navy: "RHY50 RHY50 RHY50 DE RJE65 RJE65 QSA K"
3866.0	Russian Mil: LDBO
4521.0	Russian Air Force: REA4
4812.5	Russian Mil: "XXX XXX RDL RDL 15748 PODAROK 01 1315 300 90 1206"
5224.0	Russian Navy: RCV
5456.0	Russian war ship RMEW wkg unid "SML FOR RJE73 RJH45".
5930.0	Russian Mil. "1hnj 1hnj 1hnj de bayg bayg"
6328.0	Russian Mil: RDL
6832.0	Russian Nav: RMP transmits severe storm warning to Baltic Fleet collective REO: "REO de RMP QTC 428 96 6 1753 428 = SML = OPOWEQENIE NR 275 ChTORMOWOE PREDUPRE__DENIE SEWEROZAPADNOM ... = (repeats) AR".
6998.0	CIS Mil: NTIL wkg SMLO for OP-Chat "QJG QYT4" & "QYT9".
6979.0	Russian Air Force: REA4 //4521 kHz (FSK revs).
7116.0	Russian Naval Air Transport: "RCH84 de RJF94 QSA? QTC K" "RFJ94 de RCH84 253 1328 2202=706=etc"
7117.0	Russian Air Force: REA4
7122.0	Russian Navy: "XXX RDL 94847 PODAROK 1040 170 ..."
7664.0	Russian Navy: RIW 5LG traffic to RFH77: "YVKCÜ KRERZ ... ii ii BK RIW RPT K." Has difficulty clearing message. "RFH77 de RIW QSV K. BK AA 55"
7788.0	Russian Naval Russian Naval Air Transport RJF94 wkg RCH84
7816.0	Russian Mil. "... RDL RDL 22011 52429 22011 52429 22011 52429 k" to RDL
7963.0	Russian Mil: KTSE msg to collective JEN8: "JEN8 de KTSE QTC 440 46 23 1904 40 = 045 = PPPPP UMDTA JChChVW"
	7CHZ comms check with ZXLG, T8P7, E5WJ, Y5AD, LVS4, BCIC, DRBU.
7999.0	Russian Air Force: REA4 "REA4 = 09140 23746 87458 82014 10087 88021 18277 78460 83109 10065 88511 = REA4 K".
8345.0	Russian warship RMUW wkg RFE73: "rmuw 427 16 25 22tt 427 =sml for rje73 and rae=25181 99357 ... 88ttt 25t12=ar rmuw k"
	Russian warship RMUW msg to RCV: "rmuw 8t3 3 25 2228 8t3 = 84812 52158 25tt2=ar rmuw k"
	Russian war ships RFH77 clg RIW.
	Russian war ship RFI97 clg RIW.
	Russian war ship RFH77 clg RCV.
	Russian war ship RBES clg RIW.
	Russian war ship RKW95 clg RIW and RIT.
	Russian war ship RIR96 clg UQWH.
	Russian warship RCIG clg RCV. "rcv rcv rcv de rcig rcig"
	Russian navy RCV comms checks with RGZ58, RMUW, RCJE, RHG33, RMGB.
	Russian Navy RCV clg war ship RGZ58
8657.0	Russian Navy: "RFH77 de RIW ZNN K"
8816.0	RFJ94 wkg various Russian Naval Aircraft "30579 DE RFJ94" "3T526 DE RJF94 QRV K" "3T577 3T577 DE RJF94 RJF94 QSA QRV" "RJF94 RJF94 DE T858T QTC K" "3T581 3T581 3T581 3T581 DE RJF94 RJF94 QSA 2 QRV K" "RJF94 RPT QTH XLPB 22 T 118 K RCB DE3 T5 7 9 QTC QQM XLL S17 51 RPT AL K RJF94 QQM XLL S 17 51 K EEEM EH 7 9 CSK RJF94 OK SK"
9073.0	Russian Air Force: "REA4 REA4 = 23100 23672 60960 63504 10182 84031 23746 50960 60000 10202 86030 = REA4 K". QSYs to 7999, 6979/4521 kHz
9111.7	Russian Navy: "RFH71 de RIW QSL? 241 K" repeating.
10535.0	Russian Navy. "RDL RDL RDL 5414T 75468 5414T 75468 5414T 75468 K"
10543.0	Russian Navy: RCV "...=nawip 032 21064 ..."
11000.0	Russian Navy RIW wkg various vessels. "RFH77 de RIW QRR3 QSX 12564 K" "RIE83 de RIW QYT4 QSX 12398 K" (also 8330 and 11717). "___ de RIW QSX 15463 K". "RIE de RIW QTC 545 2_ 2 1__6 545 = 294 = 11111 96914 44940 ... _7875 02024 = RPT AL AR RIW K".
11084.0	Russian Navy: "VVV RJQ84 DE RIT"
11155.0	Russian Navy: RIT: severe comm problems with RJP98. RJP98 asks for rpt of a "raketa" priority msg, radio-op on RJP98 is tough on circuit discipline and refuse to qsl due to a number of keying errors from RIT's end of the circuit.
	Strategic flash message to RLO: "xxx xxx rlo rlo 27801 lþtnewyj 8717 0219 k"
	"rjq84 de rit ok qrr qsx 11084 k"
11354.0	Russian naval aircraft 30610 wkg PRIBOJ.
11848.0	Russian Air Force: REA4: "rea4 rea4 = 31t8t ... 27t85 84372 = rea4 k" "xxx xxx rea4 rea4 ... 498 ... aridize ... "
11513.0	Russian warship RJE56 wkg RJS: "RJS de RJE56 ZZD? K. ZKM? K"
12464.0	Russian war ship RGZ58 clg RCV. "rcv de rgz57 iiii rcv de rgz58" later war ship RFH77 called RIW and war ship RAL59 called RIT on same channel.
12464.0	Russian warship RMGB msg for RCV via RIW "626 76 29 iiii rmgb 626 76 29 1ttt 626 =sml for rcv= 22222 616t3 .... 6525t 29t73 = ar rmgb" "riw de rmgb for rcv qsu1 qsx 13125 k"
12692.0	Russian Navy RJE5 wkg RJE67 (from 14221 kHz).
13010.0	Russian Navy RJE56: "RJS de RJE56 ZZD? K".
13125.0	Russian warship RMGB clear voice comms with RIW and after a while two other players.
14180.0	Russian Navy: "RDL 37490 98427 ..5FGs K"
14221.0	Russian Navy RJS: "RJE56 de RJS OK QRR 14540 K". Then RJE56 works RJE67 works RJE56: "RJS de RJE56 OK QYT9 K". "RJE56 de RJS R K". Simplex net.
	"RJE56 de RJE67 QYT9 QSX 12692 K". "RJE67 de RJE56 OK QYT9 QWH 12692 K"
	"RJE56 239 29 4 0930 239 = 666 = 11111 24350 ... 20265 04027 = RPT AL AR RJE56 K". RJS reads back. "RJE56 C K". RJE56 then sends "Nr 437" to RJE67.
	"RJE56 de RJS QRR3 QSX 13010 K". "RJE56 QRZ? K". (RJS repeats QRR3 request). "RJE56 AS3 K".
	"RJE56 de RJS QRR3 QSX 11513 K. RJS de RJE56 OK QRR3 QWH 11513 K".
	"RJE67 de RJE56 QYT9 SK K". "RJE56 de RJE67 OK SK QYT9 K".
14411.0	Russian Naval General Staff "xxx RDL 48522 52951 sluvaka 7184 8585 k"
14540.0	Russian Navy "RJS de RJE56 ZZD? K". (from 14221 kHz).
14558.0	Russian Navy: RIW wkg KQL.
16912.0	Russian Mil: "XXX XXX RDL RDL 51123 64296 ..." 5FGs
	VGK Moscow "xxx xxx reu reu 79482 89959 skownik 7659 9857"
	Tronds comments:
	"Most interesting. The same day I had my receiver parked on 7999 for a longer monitoring session of REA4. Between the 1812t msg and the 1813t msg, this showed up: "xxx xxx rea4 rea4 52196 skownik 7659 9857 (msg rptd) k" followed by: "xxx xxx rea4 rea4 77202 brownik 9501 1034 (msg rptd) k" REU was prior to 2008 not observed as an addressee for VGK broadcasts. (Some indices indicate that it could be related to the merger of the naval Northern and Pacific fleet strategic bombers into the the 37th air army). But as "89959" is NOT common for the two messages, one must assume that REA4 is not part of the collective REU. But the code noun and two last 4fg's are identical for both the two "skownik" msgs, so both the collective strategic recipient "REU" as well as the 37th air army should take charge and execute similar operational orders. Interesting. It is my understanding that the VGK frequencies (both VLF and HF) are being used for relaying strategic commands and data to all the branches of Russian strategic forces, from mobile and silo land based missiles (strategic rocket forces) via the navy arsenal of submarine stored missiles (strategic naval forces as an integral part of the Russian Navy), to the airborne cruise missiles and strategic bombs of the Russian 37th Air Army.
21438.0	Russian Navy: RCV wkg RIP90
22864.0	Russian Navy: RDL. "OROoINA 3246 9860 KF OROoINA 3246 9860 K"