Yesterday morning (around 1000 UTC), the usual NATO psychological operations messages were heard throughout Europe on 10125 kHz USB. This is in the middle of the 30 meter amateur band, but one should remember that existing utilities were grandfathered in when amateurs got to use this segment. It's said to be a Lybian government frequency.
This morning, same time frame, various voices and languages were heard on 9376 kHz USB, again throughout Europe. Signals were weak/readable in Norway.
Earlier transmissions of this nature have been aimed at Lybian military personnel, usually sailors, who are loyal to Ghadafi. These personnel are advised, on repeating voice loops, to stand down and go home, rather than face destruction.
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
Monday, February 09, 2009
WebSDR Utility Hits
WebSDR is a remote Software Defined Radio at the University of Twente, Netherlands (grid locator JO32KF). It runs a Java applet that displays three waterfalls for amateur band segments, and allows multiple Internet users worldwide to listen to different parts of these at the same time.
While the amateur signals are interesting enough, the real fun is the utility reception at this location. It gives those of us trapped here on the US West Coast (aka The Land That Shortwave Forgot) a chance to hear some of those utilities that Europeans keep reporting on UDXF.
Here's a short log of some recent stuff I heard. Keep in mind that some of the frequencies are offset from where you'd hear them on your own equipment. Others are not (because I looked them up).
3589.7 (Indicated on WebSDR)
Unid - BPSK250 Weather obs in GG 01/30/09 0636
This unidentified station appears to dump files from various sources on a regular schedule. At 250 baud, it's pushing the limit of what the rubbery Internet timing can pass undistorted. Garbled characters are common. However, there's never been anything resembling an ID.
One file included many amateur callsigns and sets of coordinates, perhaps an APRS dump. Another one, passed frequently at hour +15, contains Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Weather Office) warnings and formatted marine safety bulletins from "NAVTEX-Hamburg."
80 meter Russian single-letter HF beacon cluster:
3593.7 CW SLHFB "D" Sevastopol 02/04/09 0431
3593.8 CW SLHFB "P" Kaliningrad 02/08/09 2142
3593.9 CW SLHFB "S" Severomorsk 02/04/09 0431
(frequencies are actual, from records)
3607.0 Unid Link-11 (idling) 01/04/09 0427
3610.0 Unid Link-11 (busy) 01/04/09 0427
(On pretty much nightly. Unknown NATO. Other Link-11 comes and goes. Frequencies are WebSDR readings.)
Other utilities abound in the band 3500-3700, which by the way is legal for their use in region 1. There are several very strange fax-like digital signals. Also, several old fashioned analog weather fax stations can be copied here, though the SDR's timing makes sync difficult.
40 meter Russian single-letter HF beacon cluster:
7038.7 CW SLHFB "D" Sevastopol 01/30/09 0650
7038.8 CW SLHFB "P" Kaliningrad 01/30/09 0659
7038.9 CW SLHFB "S" Severomorsk 01/30/09 0650
7039.0 CW SLHFB "C" Moscow 01/30/09 0650
7039.1 CW SLHFB "A" Astrakhan? 02/03/09 2050
(Actual freqs, from lists.)
While the amateur signals are interesting enough, the real fun is the utility reception at this location. It gives those of us trapped here on the US West Coast (aka The Land That Shortwave Forgot) a chance to hear some of those utilities that Europeans keep reporting on UDXF.
Here's a short log of some recent stuff I heard. Keep in mind that some of the frequencies are offset from where you'd hear them on your own equipment. Others are not (because I looked them up).
3589.7 (Indicated on WebSDR)
Unid - BPSK250 Weather obs in GG 01/30/09 0636
This unidentified station appears to dump files from various sources on a regular schedule. At 250 baud, it's pushing the limit of what the rubbery Internet timing can pass undistorted. Garbled characters are common. However, there's never been anything resembling an ID.
One file included many amateur callsigns and sets of coordinates, perhaps an APRS dump. Another one, passed frequently at hour +15, contains Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Weather Office) warnings and formatted marine safety bulletins from "NAVTEX-Hamburg."
80 meter Russian single-letter HF beacon cluster:
3593.7 CW SLHFB "D" Sevastopol 02/04/09 0431
3593.8 CW SLHFB "P" Kaliningrad 02/08/09 2142
3593.9 CW SLHFB "S" Severomorsk 02/04/09 0431
(frequencies are actual, from records)
3607.0 Unid Link-11 (idling) 01/04/09 0427
3610.0 Unid Link-11 (busy) 01/04/09 0427
(On pretty much nightly. Unknown NATO. Other Link-11 comes and goes. Frequencies are WebSDR readings.)
Other utilities abound in the band 3500-3700, which by the way is legal for their use in region 1. There are several very strange fax-like digital signals. Also, several old fashioned analog weather fax stations can be copied here, though the SDR's timing makes sync difficult.
40 meter Russian single-letter HF beacon cluster:
7038.7 CW SLHFB "D" Sevastopol 01/30/09 0650
7038.8 CW SLHFB "P" Kaliningrad 01/30/09 0659
7038.9 CW SLHFB "S" Severomorsk 01/30/09 0650
7039.0 CW SLHFB "C" Moscow 01/30/09 0650
7039.1 CW SLHFB "A" Astrakhan? 02/03/09 2050
(Actual freqs, from lists.)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Baltops Participating Units
From German Navy:
The multinational Baltic maneuver BALTOPS 2008, a total of 47 international units from 13 different nations.
Dänemark
HDMS OLFERT FISCHER
HDMS VIBEN
HOMEGUARD CUTTERS
RHIBS
EOD TEAM
Deutschland
FGS BAYERN
FGS ELBE
FGS S 72 PUMA
FGS U 15
FGS S 80 HYÄNE
FGS ENSDORF
24 Minen
1x PC-9 Pilatus
1x MPA
2x TORNADO
SubOPauth
MAO C
Estland
BALTRON
Finnland
FNS RAAHE
FNS NAANTALI
Frankreich
FS LOIRE
FS CROIX DE SUD
FS ERIDAN
EOD TEAM
Lettland
LVNS VIESTURS
Litauen
LNS JOTVINGIS
Niederlande
HNLMS MAASLUIS
HNLMS MAKKUM
HNLMS VLAARDINGEN
HNLMS WILLEMSTAD
RNLNA KINGSBERGEN
Polen
ORP GROM
ORP MAMRY
ORP WIGRY
ORP SOKOL
Russland
RFS NEUSTRASHIMY
RFS KALININGRAD
RUS SU-24
RUS SEA BASED HELIX
RUS LAND BASED HELIX
Schweden
HSWMS SKAFTOE
Großbritannien
HMS BULWARK
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
USS GETTYSBURG
USS COLE
USNS PATUXENT
1x MPA
NATO Baltops Exercise Under Way
5102.5 lit up with US and German participating units. Norwegian navy also heard. Expect tactical comm on many European frequencies. NUKO formatting and unit calling NAA. Sounds like old times.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Interesting RTTY Message from KSM 24 May 08
KSM is the commercial station at the Maritime Radio Historical Society, Pt. Reyes, CA (at the old RCA/MCI maritime and point to point site). In cooperation with the Comm Center group on Yahoo!, which is comprised of former or retired military communicators, it broadcast several RTTY/RATT messages in standard military form.
Here's one of the most interesting ones. All net discipline is exactly as received. The "?" character was used in the message to replace ones that aren't in ITA2. Any format changes, such as stripping leading blanks, were done by Blogger, not me:
VV HNA033
RR RUWMKSM
DE RUMLNHA 0033 1410200
ZNR UUUUU
R 200131Z MAY 08
FM COMMCENTER AT YAHOOGROUPS.COM //NNN7DXB//
TO KSM MARINE RADIO SAN FRANCISCO CA //KSM BCST//
BT
UNCLAS
SUBJ: ACP-127 FORMATTED MESSAGE
REF: ACP-127 TAPE RELAY INSTRUCTIONS ( )
1. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MILITARY MESSAGE FORMATTED IN
THE ACP-127 TELETYPE TAPE RELAY FORMAT THAT WAS IN USE
IN THE US MILITARY PRIOR TO THE MID-1970S. DURING THE 1970S,
THE MILITARY TELETYPE TAPE RELAY SYSTEM, ALSO KNOWN AS
THE ?TORN TAPE RELAY SYSTEM? WAS SLOWLY REPLACED BY THE NEWER
AND FASTER AUTOMATIC DIGITIAL NETWORK, OR ?AUTODIN?.
2. AUTODIN WAS A HIGH-SPEED, HIGH CAPACITY, COMPUTER CONTROLLED
?SUPER TELETYPE? SYSTEM THAT WAS ALSO CAPABLE OF HANDLING
DATA TRAFFIC IN IBM PUNCHED CARD FORM (HOLLERITH CODE), AND
MAGNETIC MEDIA. IT RELIED ON SERVOS AND TAPE DRIVES, AND LATER,
WAS UPGRADED WITH WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS HARD DRIVES
THAT WERE ABOUT THE SIZE OF WASHING MACHINES. SOME OF
THE MAIN BRAINS IN THE AUTODIN SYSTEM WERE RCA SPECTRE 70
PAGE 2 RUMLNHA0033 UNCLAS
MAIN FRAME COMPUTERS. MOST ARMY AUTODIN FACILITIES WERE
MAINTAINED BY EITHER PHILCO-FORD OR WESTERN UNION UNDER
DOD CONTRACT. AUTODIN ITSELF WAS FINALLY REPLACED ON
SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 BY A NEW MEDIUM CALLED THE DEFENSE
MESSAGING SYSTEM, OR ?DMS?. DMS OFFERS MORE CAPACITY THAN
DID AUTODIN. IT PERMITS ATTACHMENTS, GRAPHICS, MAPS, MAP
OVERLAYS, LETTERS AND NON-MESSAGE CORRESPONDENCE, FILES,
AND EMAIL TRAFFIC TO BE TRANSMITTED IN A SINGLE SECURE SYSTEM
THAT IS WORLDWIDE IN SCOPE AND OPERATION.
3. ACP-127 PROCEDURES HOWEVER, DIDN"T GO AWAY. MOST US
MILITARY TACTICAL CIRCUITS STILL USED ACP-127 FORMATS UNTIL
THE LATE 1980S, UNTIL THE AUTODIN SYSTEM WAS FINALLY
INTEGRATED IN THE FIELD UNITS. NATO UNITS CONTINUED TO USE
ACP-127 FORMATS, SINCE NONE OF THEIR EQUIPMENTS OR SYSTEMS
WERE COMPATIBLE WITH THE US COMPUTERIZED FORMAT. SYSTEM
COMPATIBILITY IN THOSE DAYS WAS CALLED ?INTEROPERABILITY?.
EVEN TODAY, ACP-127 FORMATS CAN STILL BE FOUND IN SOME
NATO COUNTRIES WHERE INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES CONTINUE
TO PERSIST.
4. TRANSMITTED AS AN INFORMATIONAL SERVICE BY THE
PAGE 3 RUMLNHA0033 UNCLAS
COMMCENTER AT YAHOOGROUPS.COM GROUP. ALL MATERIAL
APPEARING HEREIN IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
5. SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO THE TROOPS FROM ONE OF THE
US ARMY"S FINEST COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS CHIEFS OF
THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION (FORWARD), FORMERLY LOCATED
A COOKE BARRACKS, GOEPPINGEN, NEAR STUTTGART, GERMANY.
BT
0033
NNNN
Here's one of the most interesting ones. All net discipline is exactly as received. The "?" character was used in the message to replace ones that aren't in ITA2. Any format changes, such as stripping leading blanks, were done by Blogger, not me:
VV HNA033
RR RUWMKSM
DE RUMLNHA 0033 1410200
ZNR UUUUU
R 200131Z MAY 08
FM COMMCENTER AT YAHOOGROUPS.COM //NNN7DXB//
TO KSM MARINE RADIO SAN FRANCISCO CA //KSM BCST//
BT
UNCLAS
SUBJ: ACP-127 FORMATTED MESSAGE
REF: ACP-127 TAPE RELAY INSTRUCTIONS ( )
1. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MILITARY MESSAGE FORMATTED IN
THE ACP-127 TELETYPE TAPE RELAY FORMAT THAT WAS IN USE
IN THE US MILITARY PRIOR TO THE MID-1970S. DURING THE 1970S,
THE MILITARY TELETYPE TAPE RELAY SYSTEM, ALSO KNOWN AS
THE ?TORN TAPE RELAY SYSTEM? WAS SLOWLY REPLACED BY THE NEWER
AND FASTER AUTOMATIC DIGITIAL NETWORK, OR ?AUTODIN?.
2. AUTODIN WAS A HIGH-SPEED, HIGH CAPACITY, COMPUTER CONTROLLED
?SUPER TELETYPE? SYSTEM THAT WAS ALSO CAPABLE OF HANDLING
DATA TRAFFIC IN IBM PUNCHED CARD FORM (HOLLERITH CODE), AND
MAGNETIC MEDIA. IT RELIED ON SERVOS AND TAPE DRIVES, AND LATER,
WAS UPGRADED WITH WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS HARD DRIVES
THAT WERE ABOUT THE SIZE OF WASHING MACHINES. SOME OF
THE MAIN BRAINS IN THE AUTODIN SYSTEM WERE RCA SPECTRE 70
PAGE 2 RUMLNHA0033 UNCLAS
MAIN FRAME COMPUTERS. MOST ARMY AUTODIN FACILITIES WERE
MAINTAINED BY EITHER PHILCO-FORD OR WESTERN UNION UNDER
DOD CONTRACT. AUTODIN ITSELF WAS FINALLY REPLACED ON
SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 BY A NEW MEDIUM CALLED THE DEFENSE
MESSAGING SYSTEM, OR ?DMS?. DMS OFFERS MORE CAPACITY THAN
DID AUTODIN. IT PERMITS ATTACHMENTS, GRAPHICS, MAPS, MAP
OVERLAYS, LETTERS AND NON-MESSAGE CORRESPONDENCE, FILES,
AND EMAIL TRAFFIC TO BE TRANSMITTED IN A SINGLE SECURE SYSTEM
THAT IS WORLDWIDE IN SCOPE AND OPERATION.
3. ACP-127 PROCEDURES HOWEVER, DIDN"T GO AWAY. MOST US
MILITARY TACTICAL CIRCUITS STILL USED ACP-127 FORMATS UNTIL
THE LATE 1980S, UNTIL THE AUTODIN SYSTEM WAS FINALLY
INTEGRATED IN THE FIELD UNITS. NATO UNITS CONTINUED TO USE
ACP-127 FORMATS, SINCE NONE OF THEIR EQUIPMENTS OR SYSTEMS
WERE COMPATIBLE WITH THE US COMPUTERIZED FORMAT. SYSTEM
COMPATIBILITY IN THOSE DAYS WAS CALLED ?INTEROPERABILITY?.
EVEN TODAY, ACP-127 FORMATS CAN STILL BE FOUND IN SOME
NATO COUNTRIES WHERE INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES CONTINUE
TO PERSIST.
4. TRANSMITTED AS AN INFORMATIONAL SERVICE BY THE
PAGE 3 RUMLNHA0033 UNCLAS
COMMCENTER AT YAHOOGROUPS.COM GROUP. ALL MATERIAL
APPEARING HEREIN IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
5. SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO THE TROOPS FROM ONE OF THE
US ARMY"S FINEST COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS CHIEFS OF
THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION (FORWARD), FORMERLY LOCATED
A COOKE BARRACKS, GOEPPINGEN, NEAR STUTTGART, GERMANY.
BT
0033
NNNN
Friday, May 02, 2008
US/NATO Joint Exercise On Until May 14
From Combinedendeavor.net
What this means in standard English is that this annual communication/ interoperability exercise always brings out some good (often unencrypted) digital military exercise traffic in Europe.
Welcome to Combined Endeavor 2008!
This annual, United States European Command (USEUCOM)-sponsored exercise is “in the spirit of” the Partnership for Peace (PfP) C4 Integration and Interoperability Exercise. CE enables interoperability between U.S. and NATO / PfP military C4 equipment by documenting and exercising technical and procedural solutions.
What this means in standard English is that this annual communication/ interoperability exercise always brings out some good (often unencrypted) digital military exercise traffic in Europe.
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