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Utility / Re: unknown CW numbers station 5693kHz

« on: October 08, 2016, 1537 UTC »

This fits no known numbers station format.  It is not sending numbers, but rather letters, and these are not cut numbers.  It is probably sending Russian Morse, as it uses several Russian characters.  Frequencies around that range have been used by the Russian Navy in the past.  All of this means it is almost certainly not a Numbers Station, rather it is more likely to be a military station, probably Russian Navy, so I have moved it to the Utility forum.

What was sent:
WERHP  GBBAG  LRS  EEEEE (possibly indicating error, although there should be a 6th dit)  GBB  AN  LRЧIH  IЧGWG  BЮIZF  LSFTQ  DESTШ  IQROZ  UNIRC  MMEYM  QGLAK  WDUML  MEWWT  R  P  T  A  L  Q  L  N  K

Note the use of Russian characters in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th, groups.

T!

842

Spy Numbers / MOVED: unknown CW numbers station 5693kHz

« on: October 08, 2016, 1523 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Utility.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=30340.0

843

Spy Numbers / MOVED: 4264,5USB COLA51 polish numbers st.

« on: October 08, 2016, 1439 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Utility.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=30363.0

844

Spy Numbers / MOVED: 5253,5 USB ZAŁOGA04 polish numbers st.

« on: October 08, 2016, 1439 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Utility.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=30364.0

845

Spy Numbers / MOVED: 4380 USB Russian Air Force

« on: October 08, 2016, 1439 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Utility.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=30382.0

846

HF Mystery Signals / Re: UNID station, Russian language, data transmission

« on: October 06, 2016, 1634 UTC »

EDIT 2: per quick discussion with Token on the pirate chat, it's a Russian OFDM modem.

What I said in chat was that IF it was Russian it was probably some kind of OFDM, however I had not yet had time to look at the signal in software, and I was bothered by the apparent Doppler tone on the wrong side of the data.  The Russian systems typically put the Doppler tone above the data, say around 3300 Hz, this one apparently has a Doppler tone (judging by ear) below the data.

I still have not had a chance to look at the signal in detail, however I did get a chance to grab a histogram.  I am pretty sure this signal is not a Russian modem, but rather it is MIL-STD 188-110 A/B Appen B, possibly in 39 x 44.44 Bd QPSK or some signal based on that system.  Several people (including the Chinese) have come out with modifications to that format that can be hard to discern from the original.

(edit)  I have looked closer at this signal, and yes, it is either MIL-STD 188-110A Appendix B, 39 tone, or one of the many slightly modified versions of that signal in use by multiple sources.  The Bulgarians are known to use a version very similar to this, however I have not heard Bulgarians on that particular frequency.

T!

847

Spy Numbers / Re: numbers on 14376 khz

« on: October 02, 2016, 2108 UTC »

Do you have more information on this, such as the structure of the message?  This is probably not spy numbers, but rather military.  Russia is known to use that freqs and CW for some mil traffic, possibly Navy, but need a bit more information to tell if it is mil or numbers.

T!

848

Spy Numbers / Re: V07 Spanish Lady

« on: September 25, 2016, 2321 UTC »

331 000, heard on the Hong Kong websdr on globaltuners.

The call was 661, not 331.  As it was a null message it was "661  661  661  000" repeated for 2 minutes.

Frequency was 16037 kHz at 0300 UTC, and 14637 kHz at 0320 UTC.  Since it was a null the third transmission, 12137 kHz at 0340 UTC, did not happen.

T!

849

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0153 UTC September 25, 2016

« on: September 25, 2016, 0157 UTC »

S7, decent signal, into the High Desert of California.

T!

850

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 0006 UTC 9/25/16

« on: September 25, 2016, 0015 UTC »

As normal, a very nice signal into the High Desert of California.  As winter approaches it just gets better, and tonight is good enough the wife has requested it be piped into the house sound system.

Thanks!

T!

851

Utility / Re: 8.700MHz CW Spy Station?

« on: September 24, 2016, 1511 UTC »

Got a recording?  It is not going to be a spy station, but maybe with a bit more detail we can figure out what it is.  There are several possible stations on or around that freq.

T!

852

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Zed 6925 USB 0400 UTC 9/24/2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 0413 UTC »

So far UNIDed station 6925 USB, 0400 UTC, 24 September, 2016.  Sounded like history talk, maybe WW II stuff, not sure, then into the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at 0409 UTC.  Sounds off at 0412 UTC, no ID heard.

Signal was weak but copiable here.

T!

853

North American Shortwave Pirate / XLR8 6930 USB 0210 UTC 19 Sep 2016

« on: September 19, 2016, 0215 UTC »

So far unided station, 6930 kHz, USB.  Not very strong, having trouble IDing the music.

(edit) reported by others as XLR8, this is not even close to XLR8's normal signal for me.

T!

854

North American Shortwave Pirate / KMUD 6929.8 AM 0135 UTC 17 Sep 2016

« on: September 17, 2016, 0144 UTC »

6929.6 AM, S9, CW ID of KMUD at 0140 and then again at 0142.

(edit) Voice ID 0146, "the muddy sounds of KMUD, Kilo Mike, Uniform, Delta", followed by CW ID

T!

855

Utility / Re: UNID Time interval station on 10000 khz- voice and tone every 10 seconds

« on: September 11, 2016, 0952 UTC »

my bad, prldx is certainly correct.

Interesting, because at the time I was writing my response I was listening to Italcable on the Twente SDR, and there was a time tick and voice ever 10 seconds.  I heard the data on the 52 second mark and the second ticks after that to the 00 (with the gap on 59), followed by voice and 10 second time ticks, in USB only.  Because the 10 sec time tics and the normal Italcable were both USB I thought that was the source, now I assume you are correct on the source, and I was actually hearing both stations on that remote.

I knew that was not the normal format for Italcable, but they have played with several formats (including a 10 second announce in the past) I just assumed they were now using this one, Italcable has had different formats, including sending SSTV during the minute.

(edit)  Found the picture, here is what Italcable was sending for SSTV:




T!