Russia is moving a lot of gear to Syria due the recent fighting between Turk and Syrian forces, this may explain the uptick in traffic heard lately.
This transport ship just passed the Bosporus on its way to Tartus;
https://twitter.com/YorukIsik/status/1234496165409959937/photo/2Check out the antennae, cage dipoles, lots of hf vertical monopoles, crossed loops, etc. Mebbe an elint division aboard.
VVV RCV RCV RCV de RMUW RMUW QSA? QTC K
into traffic but very multipath, odd part is broad daylight here yet sigs were good
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RMUW is the Schakter petroleum transport commonly found with CIS Naval assets operating off Syria.