[Spooks] Automated CW beacon heard on 5371.5 kHz

[Thomas M. Rösner]

At 07:31 25.11.04 -0800, you wrote:
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>25 Nov 2004 1500Z (0700 PST)
> I'm hearing a recurring CW broadcast with a carrier frequency of 
>approximately 5372.2 kHz, right on one of the 60m channels amateurs 
>share with other services.  Each broadcast consists of 15 characters and 
>is sent once per minute.  It was 589 in the Los Angeles CA region at 
>1500Z and is getting weaker by the minute. 
>
>The sequence appears to be some sort of semiautomated propagation beacon 
>with the first numerical field in each message incrementing every 
>transmission, possibly for use as a time stamp.
>
>BT/ 991748??8?????
>BT/ 991749??8?????
>BT/ 99175T??8?????    notice the cut 0
>BT/ 991751??8?????
>

Hi Bart,
that is the Russian Air Force / Air Defence network.
Yes the 17xx is the local time.

73, Tom / DL8AAM

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