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Loggings => Spy Numbers => Topic started by: LanceLovejoy on November 22, 2010, 0322 UTC
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At 03:38z: been hearing weak CW sig for more than 30min now, ,when sig strengthens I believe my Multipsk program is able to decode it with roughly 75% or better accuracy, do no think this is the 5 letter cut number groups of M8, which would usually be easy to ID. Are the frequent "=" sign indicative of any particular station? Below is a sample, any ideas? I defer to the spook experts!
NN 7J BRE21022 NLHTK NR 24 T T SAVEE4X4AZ = VV DE IUE 4XZ =E=VVV E4X4XZ = TUETEE4X7 V = VVDEX4XZ EIEIV AEEEME= ÄE IEAXZ EAV4& XZ SUXI A= VV E4ENNXXV TEEZ Z= V5DE4XZ XZ= VVVL4XIUé E= /VV E4XZ=VD3TZE TSSE RTWNRE XÖ IÖE=ESEDE4Z S=EVV E QGE Z EEE4VV DE BI3Z VEE7TKEEIEAEEI Z = CE E55 EEÑZ IVNE! = EEAVVDE BEZ4IV DE 4XZ4XZ = TVV DE Z EAXME IE EEETÜEZ YZ= ÄVV TE 44NETZVV E4XZ Z EXDE4 EYZEUE IVV DE 4XXZ E VIAE XZ IUX=T TZ XZ =VVB4Z ! EDE 4EZ EX LT EEVDE4NZéDA= E QZ ! =KV E 4IXZ 4WNEZEXV =&DEXM%à EÄB EIETIINEITEST X7 U6= UXMI EUZ = = V DE YMI XTD=EI EETEM4XEEEE£EEUVDIX4XZ= VVTDE XTTEQE QV EEETQ HTEZV IVX D4XI(ZTA BEVENWYA EXÖ NEEÜDE 4ETQ4E= = ÜDEZIRAVIA EEEETI 4DETA . VVDE HWEVVVZ= = VEV DE 4Z EEE4XI4NAÖ =
Addendum: Still going strong at 04:05z, now over an hour active.
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This is not a spy numbers station, although it did carry the designator M22 for a while, but rather it is station 4XZ out of Haifa ISR, run by the Israeli Navy. Along with this being a known frequency for 4XZ (actual center freq is 4331 kHz) you can see frequent IDs in the message you have posted, although many of them are somewhat knackered. I assume that is the result of the decoder, because when I tune to 4XZ I normally do not notice such spurious characters.
This message is encrypted, and it does send 5 letter groups.
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Thanks for the ID Token, great info! :)
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yup, it's 4XZ. I generally tune to 4331 to see how propagation is to the middle east and usually hear VVV VVV VVV DE 4XZ 4XZ etc. I think some of this is unencrypted weather data in some standard format.
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The "=" sign is how the software decodes the morse BT ( _ . . . _ ) which is a break. In phone, one would say "Stand by". In CW, one sends BT.
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It is encrypted last time I checked in some weird code, not like a OTP or anything. Typically comes in very nicely here.