[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings

Fri Oct 15 04:47:55 EDT 2010

These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2010-10-15 by ï¼«ï¼£ï¼’ï¼´ï¼´ï¼«, NYC.

    Freq ENIGMA Day   MMDDYYYY  UTC  Mode Comments     
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    5898   SK01 Fri   10152010 0459    AM Started off with M08a (as expected) but entire Tx consisted of `GMT ANDWU RIGMT ANDWU RI`; [0505Z] Tail-end of SK01 Tx; [0510Z, 0514Z, 0519Z, 0524Z, 0528Z, 0533Z, 0538Z, 0542Z, 0547Z, 0552Z] SK01 Tx; Very good signal, light interference, minimal crosstalk.  A subtle modem-like signal between SK01 transmissions consisting of 2 seconds of white noise (concentrated around 120Hz) followed by 2 seconds of silence became noticeable at around 0518Z and continued until carrier-off at 0555Z.     
    5800   M08a Fri   10152010 0559    AM [0556Z] SK01 Tx; [0559Z] M08a `IUIRN UWIDA GWARA`; Very good signal, moderate interference, insignificant crosstalk; [0638Z, 0643Z] SK01 Tx; [0648Z] SK01 Tx cut short by carrier-off.     
    5883   V02a Fri   10152010 0659    AM ATENCIÃ“N 73662 38871 34202; Headers 40208 11474, 22426 20385, 15438 60641; Format 9, 8, 8; Good signal, usual interference, usual crosstalk     
    5898   V02a Fri   10152010 0811    AM ATENCIÃ“N 73662 38871 34202; Headers 40208 11474, 53471 25703, 31435 64653; Format 9, 8, 8; Fair-to-weak signal, usual-to-strong interference, moderate crosstalk; Callup and first message were transmitted on 5883KHz;  Again, subtle modem-like signal was heard throughout the Tx consisting of a 4-second-long cycle of white noise and silence (malfunction at the transmitter?)     
    5883   V02a Fri   10152010 0800    AM Expected on 5898KHz; ATENCIÃ“N 73662 38871 34202; Header 40208 11474; Format 9; Good signal, usual interference, usual crosstalk.     

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