[Spooks] 4lg cw station, 10223kHz

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:58:07 -0500

Thanks for the observations John. About the same comment here except have
been reading them 95%. It is good CW, much better than our Cuban friends who
were very active last night on 9331.5/0400z  and 10.235/0400Z. Strong sigs
on both freqs. 5L grps and have been copying them every night with few
exceptions, for past two months. I have many full transmissions recorded
from over a year ago but they serve little purpose.

Just heard 4.026.8 become active at 0355Z. Funny how close to the MARS freq
they operate.

73
Ralph VE3BBM, Nr Ottawa
FT1000D, 80M,30M dipoles and fixed driven element from a
tri band beam for 10,15,20M up about 45ft.

----- Original Message -----
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Spooks] 4lg cw station, 10223kHz

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> Hi Ben, Ralph and all,
>
> I've been copying Bandar for the past couple of nights also.
> Signal is weak but readable with QSB and about 50-60% copy.
> Signal gets better after about 0100z.
>
> It definitely is a training station. Below is one of the message
> headers sent to LARY on the 0000z 11/20 sked.
> He/She started with V's at 2355z.
>
> "LARY DE BANDAR 000/324 -- PP -- 210001Z GR 334 GR 334 BT
> CONTINUE TRAINING AS SCHEDULED."
>
> First and last group in msgs are  "LORTN  ZYYYY".
>
> If nothing else, its good CW practice.
> Maybe if they're watching this reflector, we can ask him to move
> up about 1 khz away from the SS USB stations on freq, or back
> up to 16 mhz where copy was a lot better in the past....
> But that may be a bit much to ask.
>
> 73 and good listening,
> John K1RC, Nr Boston  (058)
> IC-746, 765, Ctr fed Zepp @ 70'
>
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:41:36 -0500 "Ralph Cameron" <[email protected]>
> writes:
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> > Thanks Ben, that pretty well confimrs it or at least it correlates
> > from what I found. I determined with antennas that it was coming from
> the
> > south west and the strength and fading were consistent with that area.
> The
> > callsigns Lary Bandar have been sent several times and all the repeats
> meant
> > a training exercise.
> >
> > Also ther eius nightly Japanese traffice from the fishing fleet off
> > the east coast of Nfld on 4191Khz at 0330Z most evenings.
> > Sequential numbers are substituted for calls signs so one never knows
> > what ship has caught what.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ralph
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben Mesander" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Spooks] 4lg cw station, 10223kHz
> > > >
> > > >Hi Ben:
> > > >
> > > >I suspect its a military exercise , perhaps in the south east
> > U.S. I am in
> > > >Ottawa and there are deep fades on the signals so almost
> > impossible to tell where its coming from.
> > > >
> > > >I don't use a decoder but copy it manually and from the slight
> > pauses I
> > hear
> > > >before certain groups, suspect these are platoon deignators.
> > > >
> > > >It is on this a.m. at 13:48Z and is quite weak but it addresses
> > "all
> > > >troops... area...." then goes into ciphertext.   It has only
> > appeared in
> > the
> > > >last ten days.
> > > >
> > > >How strong do you hear it and what part of the coutry are you in
> > ?
> > >
> > > I have it clear, S5 with fades to S1 this evening at 0248 utc, and
> > I am
> > > located in Colorado.
> > >
> > > Also, a helpful person pointed me at this url:
> > > http://www.dxing.com/intrigue/intrg033.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards, Ben
>
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