[Spooks] V2c

[mslaten]

Hi Spooksters:

    Chris Smolinski submitted a log on 11/11/2004:

2100z    6855m    V2a    Thursday    (A new V2a sked?)

    This log caught my eye as you don't hear V2a much at that time of the
day.  So I decided to check it out the next day at the same time and freq.
The sked was heard again, and is actually V2c.  V2c has callups different
from V2a and the traffic for V2c is not limited to the standard 150 group
message that V2a and M8c tend to send.  The callups are a 3/2 type call.
Example being 888 16 or 252 166.
    Also, another curiosity is the fact that there is a distinct pause after
every 10 groups in the message.  The transmitters seem to be better than the
transmitters used by V2a also.
    I have been following this sked ever since then and have found that it
appears to be a daily sked.  It also has an earlier transmission at 0900z
and 1000z.  It is then repeated at 2000z and 2100z.
    Freqs that I have recovered so far are: 6855m, 7520m, 7527m, 7887m and
7975m.  The 2000z/2100z sked seems to favor 7887m/6855m.
    I have my chart just about half complete with the skeds.  I will post
very soon.
    Anyone else out there that can listen and fill in the blanks, please do,
and post them in the database.
    By the way, V2c usually has his AM carrier up about 10-15 minutes prior
to broadcast.  I have heard it even earlier.  So he should be a pretty easy
find when searching the freqs.
    Happy hunting!
    Good find Chris!

73's
Mark