I have only been monitoring casually lately. I periodically tune to one of the Asian numbers stations, just to see if they are still chugging along. Last month, early October, 2013, I noticed I was not hearing much from V24 or M94. My assumption was that the schedule I built up at the beginning of the year was just not accurate anymore, and a new schedule was needed. So I started to monitor closely, and build up a new schedule to publish.
What I found is that V24 has almost ceased operation, and no M94 transmissions have been sent, that I am aware of, in over 6 weeks.
Examples of activity levels. In May of 2013 I heard 62 V24 transmissions, and 4 M94 transmissions. In the last 6 weeks, the second half of October combined with all of November, I have heard eight V24 transmissions and no M94 transmissions at all, in the past I would have expected there to be on the order of 90 V24 transmissions and 6 or more M94’s. In that 6+ weeks (part of Oct and all of Nov) monitored every known V24 and M94 frequency, past and present, 24 hours a day. I also looked for new frequencies, and so far found no indication of any in use.
It appears that V24 / M94 has either greatly reduced operations or it has moved a large part of its operations to frequencies / times I have not been able to locate.
V24 and M94 receptions, 16 October to 29 November, 2013.
V24 6310 kHz 05/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 06/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 06/11/2013 1530 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 08/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 12/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 13/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 15/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 16/11/2013 1430 UTC
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Topic: V24 and M94 observations, greatly reduced activity, November, 2013 (Read 1569 times)