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Utility / Re: UNID RTTY 6939.6 USB 23:23z-23:28z 10-22-13
« on: October 24, 2013, 0054 UTC »
Not NATO, Russian instead. This is 200 bd 1000 Hz shift stuff that they run.
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The "fade down" is common for this signal when using a carrier like this. It is like they turn the power down before turning the TX off. When the signal is strong you can see the TX is turned off after it has been turned down some, so it kind of rolls off before turning off. If you pay attention during the carrier some of the “fades” were controlled reductions in power, down to similar levels that are seen just before the TX is switched off.
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Yes, scanners are still blocked for 800 Mhz cell freqs. A modern example of “liberty, once lost, is lost forever”. In general unless a law or regulation has a sunset clause in it they are not often rescinded.
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Audio width was different from New Jersey Pirate Radio, I do not think they were the same station.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925U, 0330Z 10/23/13
« on: October 23, 2013, 0354 UTC »
Just tuned to it at 0352 UTC here, Highwayman by the Highwaymen playing. Looks and sounds like Red Mercury Labs to me.
(edit) 0354 UTC, RML with shout outs. Off 0356, looks like I jsut caught the tail end. A day late and a dollar short.
(edit) 0357 UTC, back for an encore. And yep RML, that whole Highwaymen album is one of my favorites.
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(edit) 0354 UTC, RML with shout outs. Off 0356, looks like I jsut caught the tail end. A day late and a dollar short.
(edit) 0357 UTC, back for an encore. And yep RML, that whole Highwaymen album is one of my favorites.
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Utility / Re: RTTY 6945 USB 00:16 10/19/2013
« on: October 21, 2013, 1048 UTC »
This signal is 75 bd, 850 Hz, FSK. It is encrypted. In this format it is known as STANAG 4481 FSK and is military in nature, probably US Military but possibly NATO.
No one here is going to be able to transcribe this station under most conditions. These stations do, sometimes, shift to in-the-clear however not often and I have not seen the one on this frequency do so yet.
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No one here is going to be able to transcribe this station under most conditions. These stations do, sometimes, shift to in-the-clear however not often and I have not seen the one on this frequency do so yet.
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Spy Numbers / Re: V07(?) on 15.874 MHz
« on: October 20, 2013, 0440 UTC »
No other numbers station sounds anything like HM01, so do not expect to hear that format, along with voice and digital, for any other station currently identified.
What you heard was V07, and the callup was 883 (the same callup is used all month). The 000 after the 883 indicated there was no message, this was a “null” message. This was the second transmission of the night, the first being at 0100 UTC on 18074 kHz. Both transmissions were identical. If there had been an actual message instead of a null there would have been a third transmission at 0140 UTC on 14374 kHz.
The entire transmission on 15874 kHz last night consisted of “883 883 883 000” sent over and over, starting at 0120:03 UTC and ending at 0122:14 UTC. The station left the air at 0122:14 UTC and will not be back on the air until 0100 UTC next Sunday morning.
This family of stations transmits 3 times when there is a message, and only twice when there is not. The family uses XX00, XX20, and XX40 timing for the transmissions, on the hour, 20 minutes after the hour, and 40 minutes after the hour. With the last transmission time, 40 minutes after the hour, not included when no message body is included.
All three transmission frequencies will end in the same last two digits, in this case 74. The “callup” (883 in this months case) will tell you the 100 kHz digit for the frequency in each of the three time slots. 883 would indicate frequencies of XX874, XX874, and XX374 kHz, however for some reason this station sometimes substitutes a zero when two numbers of the same value are side-by-side in the callup. This led to tonights potential frequencies of 18074 (the first number, 8 ), 15874 (the second number, 8 ), and 14374 (the third number, 3 ). They do this zero substitution every month that the callup is 883. They also do this zero substitution during January, and December, when the callup is 661. But they do not do the zero substitution in May (callup 511) or in June (callup 112). I have an opinion on why and how they decide that, but no proof to back it, so I will keep it to myself
The schedule for this station can be found here (this is my old web host and I no longer have access to change it, so one day they will delete, but for now it is still up): http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/V07_latest_sched.JPG It has used this schedule since before May of 2011, that is when I started tracking it and started putting the schedule together.
Priyom saying the source is Russia is probably correct, but not the part of Russia that was meant when that entry was written (and by the way, in this case Priyom is repeating what ENIGMA originally published about this station). For many years the only reported V07 transmissions were consistent with a source in European Russia. However those transmissions used a different schedule and also used a different mode of transmission. That V07 was almost never heard or reported in the US, the frequencies and times favored Europe.
A couple years ago this V07 showed up, and over a period of time I built the new schedule up.
This V07 is a little different from the older one, the same format, and ENIGMA ID, no doubt, but enough differences to note. First it is almost never reported as heard in Europe, unlike the old one that was mostly heard in Europe. The frequencies and times used are conducive to reception in the Pacific area, and this favors the US a bit. This V07 is also sent in USB mode, the other was mostly reported as USB+ carrier.
The earlier V07 was probably sourced in European Russia. Antenna bearings and times / frequencies supported this. This more recent V07 is probably in the Pacific region. Bearings support possibly being in Asiatic Russia, maybe Kamchatka area.
Back in 2011 it was nice to see this V07 pop up, the “other” V07 had not been reported in number of years. There was some hope that other schedules would appear, but so far this one schedule is the only one that is known (at least reported) to be active.
Hope that helps.
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What you heard was V07, and the callup was 883 (the same callup is used all month). The 000 after the 883 indicated there was no message, this was a “null” message. This was the second transmission of the night, the first being at 0100 UTC on 18074 kHz. Both transmissions were identical. If there had been an actual message instead of a null there would have been a third transmission at 0140 UTC on 14374 kHz.
The entire transmission on 15874 kHz last night consisted of “883 883 883 000” sent over and over, starting at 0120:03 UTC and ending at 0122:14 UTC. The station left the air at 0122:14 UTC and will not be back on the air until 0100 UTC next Sunday morning.
This family of stations transmits 3 times when there is a message, and only twice when there is not. The family uses XX00, XX20, and XX40 timing for the transmissions, on the hour, 20 minutes after the hour, and 40 minutes after the hour. With the last transmission time, 40 minutes after the hour, not included when no message body is included.
All three transmission frequencies will end in the same last two digits, in this case 74. The “callup” (883 in this months case) will tell you the 100 kHz digit for the frequency in each of the three time slots. 883 would indicate frequencies of XX874, XX874, and XX374 kHz, however for some reason this station sometimes substitutes a zero when two numbers of the same value are side-by-side in the callup. This led to tonights potential frequencies of 18074 (the first number, 8 ), 15874 (the second number, 8 ), and 14374 (the third number, 3 ). They do this zero substitution every month that the callup is 883. They also do this zero substitution during January, and December, when the callup is 661. But they do not do the zero substitution in May (callup 511) or in June (callup 112). I have an opinion on why and how they decide that, but no proof to back it, so I will keep it to myself
The schedule for this station can be found here (this is my old web host and I no longer have access to change it, so one day they will delete, but for now it is still up): http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/V07_latest_sched.JPG It has used this schedule since before May of 2011, that is when I started tracking it and started putting the schedule together.
Priyom saying the source is Russia is probably correct, but not the part of Russia that was meant when that entry was written (and by the way, in this case Priyom is repeating what ENIGMA originally published about this station). For many years the only reported V07 transmissions were consistent with a source in European Russia. However those transmissions used a different schedule and also used a different mode of transmission. That V07 was almost never heard or reported in the US, the frequencies and times favored Europe.
A couple years ago this V07 showed up, and over a period of time I built the new schedule up.
This V07 is a little different from the older one, the same format, and ENIGMA ID, no doubt, but enough differences to note. First it is almost never reported as heard in Europe, unlike the old one that was mostly heard in Europe. The frequencies and times used are conducive to reception in the Pacific area, and this favors the US a bit. This V07 is also sent in USB mode, the other was mostly reported as USB+ carrier.
The earlier V07 was probably sourced in European Russia. Antenna bearings and times / frequencies supported this. This more recent V07 is probably in the Pacific region. Bearings support possibly being in Asiatic Russia, maybe Kamchatka area.
Back in 2011 it was nice to see this V07 pop up, the “other” V07 had not been reported in number of years. There was some hope that other schedules would appear, but so far this one schedule is the only one that is known (at least reported) to be active.
Hope that helps.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio, 6945 kHz, USB, October 20, 2013, 0125 UTC
« on: October 20, 2013, 0148 UTC »
Wolverine is good into Europe tonight, I have him on several remotes there with perfect copy.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio, 6945 kHz, USB, October 20, 2013, 0125 UTC
« on: October 20, 2013, 0129 UTC »
Wolverine Radio, 6945 kHz, USB, October 20, 2013, 0125 UTC. S9 or a little better. Seems to be an "up" theme tonight.
0125 UTC, Wolverine ID
0126 UTC, Come up and See me Sometime, Ethal Waters
0129 UTC, Wake up and Live, Cab Calloway
0131 UTC, Step it up and Go, no idea who it is though
0134 UTC, Wolverine ID
0134 UTC, Breaking up the House, Tiny Bradshaw
0137 UTC, Farther Up the Road, Bobby Blue Band
0140 UTC, All Shook Up, Elvis
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0125 UTC, Wolverine ID
0126 UTC, Come up and See me Sometime, Ethal Waters
0129 UTC, Wake up and Live, Cab Calloway
0131 UTC, Step it up and Go, no idea who it is though
0134 UTC, Wolverine ID
0134 UTC, Breaking up the House, Tiny Bradshaw
0137 UTC, Farther Up the Road, Bobby Blue Band
0140 UTC, All Shook Up, Elvis
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Utility / Re: Wideband, High-Pulse Radar
« on: October 19, 2013, 2248 UTC »Heard the carrier on 23180 at 2118Z.
It went away at 2119Z, but looked like it kinda pathetically died instead of cleanly off. Interestingly, a chirp sounder did its thing shortly after and could see it on the waterfall from 23090 and it stopped at 23180 (waterfall went up to 23210, so I have no idea if it really ended at 23180 or there's just a large gap).
Nothing heard on any of the other listed freqs 2119-2123Z.
2125Z carrier on 24450. Only S5 and has deep fades.
2128Z 24450 carrier faded out.
2135Z carrier on 26875
2142Z 26875 carrier faded out.
The "fade down" is common for this signal when using a carrier like this. It is like they turn the power down before turning the TX off. When the signal is strong you can see the TX is turned off after it has been turned down some, so it kind of rolls off before turning off. If you pay attention during the carrier some of the “fades” were controlled reductions in power, down to similar levels that are seen just before the TX is switched off.
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Utility / Re: Wideband, High-Pulse Radar
« on: October 19, 2013, 2057 UTC »
October 19, 2013, 2054. In the last hour seven "Big Tones" frequencies have been active with dead carriers. This is common before the signal (tones) becomes active.
2035 - 2041 UTC, 17048 kHz carrier
2044 - 2050 UTC, 18036 kHz carrier
2052 - 2058 UTC, 19270 kHz carrier
2059 - 2105 UTC, 20510 kHz carrier
2107 - 2112 UTC, 21460 kHz carrier
2114 - 2119 UTC, 23180 kHz carrier
2122 - 2128 UTC, 24450 kHz carrier
Look towards the freqs I posted in tis thread earlier for more potential activity.
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(edit, added 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th freq seen)
2035 - 2041 UTC, 17048 kHz carrier
2044 - 2050 UTC, 18036 kHz carrier
2052 - 2058 UTC, 19270 kHz carrier
2059 - 2105 UTC, 20510 kHz carrier
2107 - 2112 UTC, 21460 kHz carrier
2114 - 2119 UTC, 23180 kHz carrier
2122 - 2128 UTC, 24450 kHz carrier
Look towards the freqs I posted in tis thread earlier for more potential activity.
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(edit, added 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th freq seen)
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Equipment / Re: Suggestions?
« on: October 18, 2013, 2150 UTC »RE: unblocking: Are scanners still blocked at the 800 Mhz cell frequencies? It seems since all the cells went digital, there would be no need to block them, they would all just be hash.
Yes, scanners are still blocked for 800 Mhz cell freqs. A modern example of “liberty, once lost, is lost forever”. In general unless a law or regulation has a sunset clause in it they are not often rescinded.
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Utility / Re: 11.253 "Mystery" Volmet back on 5450?
« on: October 17, 2013, 2128 UTC »
Yes, 5450 and 11253 kHz are the "normal" frequencies for this, in August it was up on 11159 kHz, which was unusual.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Red Mercury Labs, 6940 kHz, USB, October 17, 2013, 0202 UTC
« on: October 17, 2013, 0206 UTC »
UNID, 6940 kHz, USB, October 17, 2013, 0202 start time, S8 or a little better. Looks like maybe the same station that was on 6925 for one song earlier...and I still say it looks like RML
0202 Shoot to Thrill, AC/DC
0205 Don't COme Around Here No More, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
0212 RML ID, and said he was not on 6925 earlier, guess a person can't win them all. Hey RML, they voted to reopen just one minute ago, tomorrow they will reopen the gov.
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0202 Shoot to Thrill, AC/DC
0205 Don't COme Around Here No More, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
0212 RML ID, and said he was not on 6925 earlier, guess a person can't win them all. Hey RML, they voted to reopen just one minute ago, tomorrow they will reopen the gov.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID, 6925 kHz, USB, October 17, 2013, 0134 UTC
« on: October 17, 2013, 0146 UTC »01:37 hearing rock tune by Ten Years After ---
01:39 dead air - may be remnants of Radio Free New Jersey?
Audio width was different from New Jersey Pirate Radio, I do not think they were the same station.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6926.5 USB *0130-0133* 17Oct13
« on: October 17, 2013, 0139 UTC »
Was about S4 here in the Mojave Desert.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID, 6925 kHz, USB, October 17, 2013, 0134 UTC
« on: October 17, 2013, 0138 UTC »
UNID station up at 0134 UTC on 6925 kHz, USB. Looks like RML to me.
0134 I'd Love to Change the WOrld, Ten Years After
0140 Either a very long pause or gone
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0134 I'd Love to Change the WOrld, Ten Years After
0140 Either a very long pause or gone
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 USB 0057 UTC 17 Oct 2013
« on: October 17, 2013, 0101 UTC »
0101 ID, New Jersey Pirate Radio.
Also, hearing ANDVT secure voice and other military traffic on freq. Not sure that is the best of pirate freqs right now
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Also, hearing ANDVT secure voice and other military traffic on freq. Not sure that is the best of pirate freqs right now
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