[CW] Russian Military Communications Frequencies and Callsigns updated

Fri Mar 4 16:26:19 EST 2022

>From W1TP

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From: Tom Perera <@w1tp.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 4, 2022, 9:02 AM

Monitoring Rissian Communications Using WebSDR

Web-based Software Defined Radios (SDR) have exploded in popularity in
recent years. SDRs located in Ukraine give you the ability to monitor the
airwaves from the middle of potential military action. As of this writing,
there are still WebSDRs active within Ukraine. However, there have been
warnings about what running a SDR available to the Internet could mean for
Ukrainian citizens.

Stanislav Stetsenko was a resident of Crimea and regularly monitored ADS-B
traffic. Stan was arrested by Russian Federal Security Services and is
currently in prison in Moscow, Russia on charges he is a Ukrainian spy.
That incident led to the RTL-SDR enthusiast blog to issue a warning to
current Ukrainian SDR enthusiasts
<https://www.rtl-sdr.com/a-warning-to-ukraine-based-rtl-sdr-hobbyists/>.

   - Online WebSDRs via KiwiSDR <http://rx.linkfanel.net/>
   - WebSDR (filter to European region) <http://websdr.org/>

Russian Military Shortwave Frequencies (Updated 3/1/2022)

Intelligence has been floating around social media listing potential
Russian frequencies being used by forces in Ukraine. There has been
numerous audio recordings captured from these frequencies that are entirely
in the clear (no encryption). If you’ve had success hearing activity on any
of the following drop a comment below and let me know what you’ve heard.

   - 5125 KHz USB
   - 5130 KHz USB
   - 4615 KHz USB
   - 7580 KHz USB
   - 7811 KHz USB
   - 8033 KHz USB
   - 8131 KHz USB (Russian Air Force)
   - 4220 KHz USB
   - 4625 KHz USB

Russian Bomber VHF Frequencies

These are likely to be AM (amplitude modulation), but might be worth
checking FM as well.

   - 124.000 MHz
   - 128.500 MHz
   - 136.250 MHz
   - 138.550 MHz
   - 284.650 MHz
   - 289.000 MHz
   - 358.125 MHz

HF communications are still a crucial part of military communications. Here
are some frequencies worth monitoring as tensions rise in Ukraine. The
frequencies below separated by district provide coded messages and are
thought to be run by the Russian military. You’ll likely hear jamming by
citizens across the world as a form of radio frequency protest. Data
provided by Pyriom.

Western Military District

   - The Buzzer <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/the-buzzer> (4625
   kHz)
   - D marker <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/d-marker> (5292
   kHz)
   - T marker <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/t-marker> (4182
   kHz)
   - The Air Horn
<https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/the-air-horn> (3510
   kHz)
   - The Goose <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/the-goose>
(4310/3243
   kHz)
   - The Alarm <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/the-alarm> (4770
   kHz)
   - Katok-65 <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/katok-65>
(4224/3218.5
   kHz)

Southern Military District

   - The Pip <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/the-pip> (5448/3756
   kHz)
   - The Squeaky Wheel
   <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/the-squeaky-wheel> (5473/3828
   kHz)
   - Vega <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/vega> (5372 kHz)
   - Baron-78 <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/baron-78> (3850/4940
   kHz)

Russian Air Force Frequencies

   - All voice frequencies mentioned on this page are on the upper sideband.
   - The aircraft callsigns are made of 5 digits.
   - The primary/secondary designations reflect the usage by aircraft; the
   ground stations usually transmit on all frequencies simultaneously.

Military Transport Aviation

Frequencies (kHz)

   - 6685
   - 8847 (secondary)
   - 11360
   - 18030

Ground station callsigns

   - Davlenie: 708th Regiment, Taganrog
   - Kasta: 224th Detachment, Tver
   - Klarnetist: 196th Regiment, Tver
   - Korsar: Military Transport Aviation HQ, Moscow
   - Magnetron: 566th Regiment, Seshcha
   - Lad’ya: Heard in radio checks, location unconfirmed
   - Polis: 117th Regiment, Orenburg
   - Polotno: Heard in radio checks, location unconfirmed
   - Proselok: 334th Regiment, Pskov

This network carries plain voice traffic between transport aircraft
and the Military
Transport Aviation
<https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8>
 units.

Voice Frequencies (USB):  5827, 5833, 5803, 5617, 5827, 8131, 8090,

                                                    8909, 8033, 8131,
11223, 11320

Call signs

“Balans” (Moscow)

“Katolik” (Saratov)

“Dvojchatka” (Moscow-2)

“Limit” (Saratov-2)

“Nabor” (Moscow)

“Shpora” (Saratov)

“Balans” (Moscow-2)

“Tezis” (Saratov-2)

“Ochistka” (Moscow)

“Medyanka” (Saratov)

“Duga” (Saratov-2)

“Stupen” (Moscow)

“Tablica” (Saratov)

“Kedr” (Saratov-2)

“Balans” (Moscow)

“Katolik” (Saratov)

“Dvojchatka” (Moscow-2)

“Limit” (Saratov-2)

Training operations are conducted away from the main frequencies. Voice
communications take place within the 5.6 MHz range, with a single ground
station present using a distinct callsign. Otherwise, the procedures used
are exactly the same. The voiced callsigns for the ground stations when
conducting training are named above as Moscow-2 and Saratov-2.

REA4

REA4 <https://priyom.org/military-stations/russia/rea4> is a Morse code
station of the Long-Range Aviation
<https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8>
that
broadcasts airfield weather reports and “Monolith” messages.

Thanks to K0LWC
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