Still Nothing New on WebSDR

The most recent posting to the WebSDR site in the Netherlands shows no change in the problems getting the equipment back up and running:

Update 4 January:

Happy new year everyone!
Unfortunately, there's no news yet about our antenna connection.
Thanks for all the mails I got, expressing support and/or with tips on how to feed an antenna signal through a window that cannot be opened. Unfortunately, those tips are not usable: our only window is to the corridor, not to the outside. That is because our club room is in a part of the building that originally was only meant for storage, so no outside windows were installed.

Those of us who have had any experience with university amateur radio clubs, and the strange workings of the schools that support them, will be less amazed that a club dependent on outdoor antennas would be given a room with no access to same. Universities are like this.

Netherlands WebSDR Update Nov. 29

Here's the latest from the ham radio club at the U. of Twente, Netherlands, concerning the return of their WebSDR to service:

Update 26 November:

We're back -- well, somewhat.
Over the past couple of weeks, we have moved all our stuff to our new club room (although much of it still has to be unpacked), and since yesterday, we have an internet connection there.
Unfortunately though, we do not yet have any possibilities for feeding an antenna cable through the wall. It is also still very unclear how long it will take until it this will be arranged.

Background:

Since Wednesday November 3, this WebSDR receiver has been offline. This is because the radio club at the University of Twente, where this receiver is hosted, had to move to a new building, along with the entire department of electrical engineering. We knew this was coming and we were busy preparing the move (dismantling our antennas, packing our equipment, etc.). On October 29 we were told that we had to empty the old room by November 4, which is earlier than we expected. That's why we could not announce this more in advance, and could not make the transition smooth by first preparing the new room.

73, Pieter-Tjerk, PA3FWM (e-mail about this topic: qrt AT websdr.org)

Possible Issue With EasyPal

Some people might have noticed that the glowing review of the EasyPal software has been deleted from this blog. This is because of various strange virus detection issues that many users, myself included, have gotten since the start of 2010 while using this program.

A rather spirited discussion of this subject is on QRZ. There's another on the DigiSSTV Yahoo! group.

The areas of agreement are as follows:

1. EasyPal detects as clear of malware on all checkers when its files are scanned on first installation.

2. At some point after the first picture is viewed, various different virus checkers start to show various different Trojan loaders in EasyPal's directories. MalwareBytes seems to do this the most often. (There is no agreement on whether or not these are false positives.)

3. After this detection, EasyPal still shows as clear. The alleged virus is in a more recently created file that was not distributed with the original package.

Such a behavior is common to some types of dropper programs, which will download the malware later while not making code changes that will be detected. Sometimes anti-virus programs find the new bad stuff before it runs, and sometimes they don't.

Unfortunately, it is also typical of false positives, given the huge complexity of virus detection lists.

In my own case, running EasyPal would create a zip file named loop.zip, which Norton would "quarantine" as containing a rare Trojan which logs keystrokes and steals all your passwords. I would delete the zip archive, but it would reappear on every subsequent running of EasyPal.

The suspect file inside loop.zip is called loop.dll. Searches show one old (~2008) reference to a QRZ forum thread mentioning a file with this name associated with ham radio software. Perhaps it creates a local loopback so a simplex sound card can feed multiple programs.

There is no other mention of this file anywhere detectable on Google, and a full disk search of my computer (which has at least 30 ham radio programs), finds nothing.

Therefore, there are two main possibilities:

1. Norton is confusing loop.dll with loop.exe, a program dropped by many Trojan loaders to capture keystrokes.

2. Norton is finding malicious code that somehow gets into the EasyPal directory hierarchy via file transfers on the air, or an infected utility which is called on the fly when pictures are viewed. (If so, this is a good reason to transfer them to Irfan View, the way DIGTRX does.)

Everyone will have to draw their own conclusion. In my own case, I am far, far from certain that there is any problem with EasyPal. I still really like it a lot. However, I won't put any version of it back on any of my computers until the issue is resolved one way or the other.

Perhaps I'm erring on the safe side, but that's what I do.

More 2010 SDR Hits #3

WebSDR at U. of Twente, Netherlands:

3579.1 CW DARC Propagation Beacon: "DK0WCY BEACON 1/11/N/N," and into long space weather bulletin. 01/25/10 0719

3595.0 ALE ZHEL German Customs, also ZLST clg ZSHO; ZLST wkg ZHEL, ALE and data modem, poss secure voice 02/09/10 0458

3752.0 PSK Unid Link-11 or similar tadil 02/09/10 0526

7002.0 PSK Unid Link-11 02/06/10 0630

7175.0 ISB? Unid Carrier + 2 sidebands sounding like PSK, but each out 5 kHz 02/09/10 0423

10063.0 HFDL 0B ARINC ground stn 0B, Albrook, Panama, squitters and working flights CM0750, CO1037, UP0403, AVA061, FX0524, AVA992, AVA933, CM0447, CM0203, XL0538, CM0294, AS0743 02/23/10 2258

10075.0 HFDL 15 ARINC ground stn 0x15, Al Muharraq, Bahrain, squitters and working flights SA0264 (ZS-SXB), SIA334 (9V-SKB, ICAO 76CD62), SU0110 (VP-BDM, 4000FB), SU0228 (VP-BWG , 400155), CO0049 (N78013), SU0248 (424944), QR0265 (A7-ADZ, 06A067), SA0265 (ZS-SXC, 00B1F1), ETD275 (A6-EIG, 8003D4), IT0008 (800497), QR0251 (06A05F0, 6E0523 (VT-INL, 800424), 6E0000 (ICAO 8001F7), CLX785 (4D010B), 6E02007 (VT-INK), left fq at 0000 02/23/10 1953

10081.0 HFDL AC0095 D/L w/posn for Molokai 03/09/10 0659

10084.0 HFDL 05, ARINC ground station, Auckland, NZ, squitters and logging on ICAO 8850B0, then d/l from RJA613 & QFA11 w/posns 02/10/10 0655

10126.0 USB Unid RR/2 OMs 02/24/10 0011

14024.2 ? 12 PSK tones, 2.5 kHz wide, poss. high pilot tone 02/05/10 0716

14099.1 CW "I"? Beacon/marker/? 03/09/10 0748

More 2010 SDR Hits #2

WebSDR at U. of Twente, Netherlands:

491.1 CW WNY NDB 02/06/10 0512

492.0 MCW TBV NDB, Trebova, Czech Republic 01/21/10 0450

494.0 MCW KN NDB, Oksywie, Poland 01/22/10 0632

495.0 MCW PA NDB, Pancevo, Serbia, tone and ID 03/09/10 2341

500.0 CW ? QRSS (3 sec dit): "SK6RUD" and faster "VVV BEACON DE SK6RUD = QTH JO67KI = WST RPRT TO WWW.RADIORUD.SE =" 03/10/10 0445

505.06 CW OK0EMW QRSS "OK0EMW JN88KS," temporary experimental beacon, Czech Republic, 1W 03/10/10 0500

505.2 CW DE2AM ID "DE2AM" QRSS3 and fast CW w/ coordinates and QSL info VVV DE2AM 54.08N 12.05E QSA? DE2AM AT WEB.DE = 01/21/10 0532

508.0 MCW "Z" Beacon/marker, long interval between IDs 02/09/10 0415

514.6 MCW "LA" NDB beacon 03/09/10 2334

517.0 MCW ARD NDB, Arad, Romania 02/06/10 0457

518.0 Sitor-B F UGE, Arkhangelsk, Russia, Navtex in EE, FA02, nav warning for Arkhangelsk 01/21/10 0454

518.0 Sitor-B G GCC, Cullercoats Radio, UK, Idler, then NAVTEX EE wngs for navaids on offshore platforms in North Sea, followed by NAVAREA I wngs 01/21/10 0500

518.0 Sitor-B R Prob. Puerto Rico NAVTEX, WX for USVI 01/22/10 0615

518.0 Sitor-B O GPK, Portpatrick, Scotland, NAVTEX, came on at 0620, obliterating PR, w/ WX for UK and Iceland waters 01/22/10 0620

518.0 Sitor-B J LZW, Varna Radio, Bulgaria, Navtex, wx & warnings for Baltic & Germany 01/23/10 0534

518.0 Sitor-B K GNI, Niton Radio, UK, Navtex, weak, in FF and (mostly) EE 01/23/10 0540

518.0 Sitor-B P PBK, Netherlands Coast Guard, Navtex, EE, "Netherlands Coastguard" warnings, full stop between msgs 02/05/10 0630

518.0 Sitor-B E GNI, Niton Radio, UK, Navtex, EE, probably UK Coast Guard, warnings 02/06/10 0440 (also 0344 2/16)

518.0 Sitor-B F UGE, Arkhangelsk Radio, Russia, Navtex, EE, gale warning for Arkhangelsk, wx 02/06/10 0451

518.0 Sitor-B G GCC, Cullercoats Radio, UK, Navtex, like 1/21 02/06/10 0500 (Also 0343 on 2/16)

518.0 Sitor-B Q 9AS, Split Radio (self-identified), Croatia, Navtex, WX for Adriatic 02/12/10 0645

518.0 Sitor-B S DDH51, Hamburg Meteo, Germany, Navtex, wngs fm NCC-Hamburg 02/12/10 0700

518.0 Sitor-B T OST, Oostende Radio, Belgium, Navtex, wngs 02/12/10 0710
ZCZC TA55
271635 UTC DEC =
OOSTENDERADIO - INFO 333/09 =
ANCHOR LOST BY MV TORM MARIANNE IN POS.
51-24.3)N 002-34.30E.+
NNNN

518.0 Sitor-B M Navtex wngs for England 03/03/10 0600-0605

518.0 Sitor-B ? Underneath M, brief copy after M s/off 03/03/10 0605

518.0 Sitor-B R IAR, Roma Radio, Italy, wngs for Ligurian Sea (Italy/Monaco/France/Corsica), cut 2300 03/09/10 2255

518.0 Sitor-B S DEU, Hamburg Meteo, Germany, Navtex, wngs fm NCC-Hamburg, fading 03/09/10 2300

518.0 Sitor-B T OST, Oostende Radio, Belgium, Navtex, wngs 03/09/10 2310

~524.0 FSK? WRW NDB?, buzzy sounding 01/21/10 0518

525.0 MCW CH NDB, Cherniakhiv, Ukraine, sends "CH CH" every 30 sec 02/16/10 0329

525.0 CW PL NDB, Pulkovo, Russia, ID 02/16/10 0329

More 2010 SDR Hits #1

Using the WebSDR at U. of Twente, Netherlands:

468.0 MCW FTZ NDB, Fritzlar, Germany, ID and tones 01/22/10 0658

473.0 MCW FHA NDB, Freidrichshafen, Germany, ID 03/10/10

474.0 MCW BIA NDB 02/16/10 0359

477.0 MCW RP NDB, Malacky, Slovakia, ID 02/16/10 0358

480.0 MCW VIB NDB, Viterbo, Italy, ID 02/16/10 0350

484.0 MCW HOF NDB, Hof Plauen, Germany, 50° 17' 04.66" N x 11.761394 E 02/06/10 0516

485.0 MCW IA NDB, Indija, Serbia, long dash & ID 01/06/10 0509

488.0 MCW ILM NDB, Illesheim, Germany 02/06/10 0500

489.0 MCW NPR NDB, 500 Hz tone 02/06/10 0514

490.0 Sitor-B E FRC, CROSS Corsen, NAVTEX in FF, EL22, MSI from AVURNAV BREST regarding artillery exercise hazard 01/21/10 0447

490.0 Sitor-B G CTV, Monsanto Radio, Portugal, Navtex in EE and PP, coastal WX obs 01/21/10 0510

490.0 Sitor-B S FRL, CROSS La Garde, Navtex in EE, wngs & wx for "German Bight" from NCC-Hamburg 01/22/10 0700-0705

490.0 Sitor-B S FRL, CROSS La Garde, Navtex in FF, 01/22/10 0708-0709

490.0 Sitor-B I Niton Radio, UK, Navtex in EE, coastal wx for UK region 02/06/10 0524

490.0 Sitor-B T GNI, Niton Radio, UK, Navtex in FF, wx & wngs fm Origine Meteo-France 02/12/10 0710

490.0 Sitor-B U GCC, Cullercoats Radio, UK, Navtex, wx in EE for UK region 02/12/10 0720

490.0 Sitor-B T GNI, Niton Radio, UK, Navtex in FF,wngs fm Avurnav Cherboug 03/09/10 2315

491.0 CW Unk Rpt character "-.-.-" 01/22/10 0630

WebSDR Back To Original Config

The multiband WebSDR setup at the University of Twente, Netherlands, has returned to its original coverage of 80, 40, and 20 meter band segments. The board used to create the other configuration was needed for other projects, and it was also starting to function badly.

Radioreference.com Is NOT Gone For A Year

Confusion stemmed from the change to the new look. Someone erroneously stated on June 21 that the site would be down until the afternoon of MARCH 21. (They meant June.)

It's up and running.

My Recent SDR Hits

Latest catches i've made from the WebSDR in the Netherlands. Their 8-band version was still up as of yesterday.

44.2 RTTY? 50?/85 06/05/09 2021
46.0 ? Like 68.6 06/05/09 2017
54.0 ? Slow multi-tone 06/05/09 2016
68.0 ? 150-Hz shift stream 06/05/09 2000
68.6 ? Multi-tone stream 06/05/09 2000
147.3 DDH47, Deutsche Wetterdienst, ID & WX, Hamburg, 50/85, in GG, good cpy. 06/02/09 2114
298.5 MSK Unknown, no decode 06/14/09 2019
302.0 MSK DGPS, 426 (Gilze Rijen, Netherlands) 200 baud 06/14/09
303.5 MSK DGPS, 763 (Zeven, Germany) 100 baud 06/14/09 2030
311.0 CW ID: "LMA" (NDB, Germany, 51° 22' 15.00" N 006° 23' 42.00" E) 06/14/09 2043
311.1 CW "W" Unknown beacon, weak, seen on Speclab 06/14/09 2050
312.0 MSK DGPS, 640 (Oostende, Belgium) 100 baud 06/14/09 1949
312.5 MSK DGPS, 425 (Hoek van Holland, Netherlands) 200 baud 06/14/09 1953
313.5 MSK Unknown, no decode 06/14/09 2001
323.0 CW "ONC" NDB, Charleroi, Belgium 06/14/09 2104
324.0 CW "DP" and long dahs 06/14/09 2100
335.0 CW Unk dasher 06/14/09 2011
411.5 MCW "BET" Very loud NDB, Rheine Bentlage (Air Base?), Germany 06/04/09 2121
406.5 MCW "BOT" loud NDB, Bottrop, Germany 06/14/09 2014
490.0 Unid, sounds like Sitor or fast Baudot, 170 Hz shift, probably European NAVTEX, no decode. 06/01/09 1755
518.0 Unid, Sitor-B NAVTEX in EE, got "ZCZC," 100/170. 06/11/09 2255

10051.0 USB NY Volmet. 05/30/09 2118
10075.0 HFDL Squitters. 06/05/09 1953
10088.0 HFDL Squitters. 05/31/09 2251
10100.8 RTTY DDK9, Deutsche Wetterdienst WX, Hamburg, 50/450 06/02/09 2100
10130.0 RTTY Unk 75/850 encr 06/11/09 2324
10137.4 CW IK3NWX/BEACON 06/05/09 1900
10148.39 Packet TXUV63 de DC2WH-9 via RELAY 06/05/09 1910
10149.5 Packet (10147.3) 30m APRS gateway HB9MM-4 via TRACE3-3 06/13/09 2332

WebSDR Temporarily Has More Bands

The Web Software Defined Radio site that I have written about before is running a special wideband setup in which a lot more bands are available. Especially fun for listeners on the US West Coast is the VLF/LF/MF band, from essentially DC to 600 kHz. Along with some utilities that I've never heard personally, it's also a chance to hear the European longwave broadcast band.

Other bands usually not available are amateur 160, 30, 20, 18, and 15 meters. Some weak CW was coming through on 15, despite the non-resonant antenna for this band. 160 was hopping due to the contest. 30 is wide enough to hear some adjacent utilities, notably New York VOLMET, which comes blasting in.

This will end soon. It was supposed to go back to normal on May 27, but this was extended due probably to a major ham radio contest this weekend.

As we've mentioned before, the SDR is at a university campus in the Netherlands, and maintained by a student amateur radio club.

Here are some catches I made this morning (local time):

60.0 kHz CW
MSF, Anthorn, UK; standard time signals and codes. The CW timing deviates slightly from the expected 1 interruption per second in such a way as to send a time code that can be decoded for time and date. A successful decode was made here at 1845 UTC. 05/30/09 1826

77.0 AM/PM
DCF77, Mainflingen, Germany;, time signals and codes. This is a more complex encoding scheme than MSF, and decode was not achieved due to SDR link latency/instability. 05/30/09 1904

100.00 Pulse Unk Loran-C. 05/30/09 1850

129.1 FSK ASCII
DCF49-European power grid control, Mainflingen, Germany. Continuous idle on mark with ASCII bursts. I've never heard this here via the air. Usually only Ary Boender reports it. 05/30/09 1930

Here's some more details from the web:

Agcy : EFR Berlin
Callsign : DCF49
Transmission site: LW-facility Mainflingen
Radiated Power : 60 kW
Frequencies : 129.1 and 139.0 kHz
Transmission mode: 200 bps ASCII
Modulation : FSK
Control protocol : DIN 19244
Message format : FT 1.2
Service : Long wave Teleswitching

135.6 FSK ASCII
HGA22-European power grid control, Lahihegy, Hungary. 05/30/09 1930

138.8 FSK ASCII
DCF39-European power grid control, Burg, Germany, 300-baud ASCII. Carrier w/data bursts. Not synced to others. Possible FSK. 05/30/09 1930

The Great WebSDR Tour - Part 4 (40m)

We conclude The Great WebSDR Tour with some stuff found on 40 meters.

7033.3 (listed 7037.9)
I probably should have switched to LSB before getting a frequency on this one. It's TA2BBS-4, node #4 of a packet/Pactor mailbox and bulletin board system. The transmitter is in Ankara, Turkey.

7034.0 (see above, listed freq is much higher)
This is also packet, but I couldn't get an ID

7038.7
This is the infamous 40 meter SLHFB cluster that European hams have been serenaded by for decades now. Like 80m and the others, it's a cluster of propagation beacons (?) used by the Russian Navy. They bang away in CW, with single-letter IDs spaced 100 Hz that are consistent from cluster to cluster. That's why you'll remember some of these from 80.

Here's what I have so far:

7038.7 "D" Sevastopol 01/30/09 0650
7038.8 "P" Kaliningrad 01/30/09 0659
7038.9 "S" Severomorsk 01/30/09 0650
7039.0 "C" Moscow 01/30/09 0650
7039.1 "A" Astrakhan? 02/03/09 2050

(Again, thanks to Ary Boender.)

Quite the racket when these are all coming in at once, with different letters fading up and down at different rates.

7054.0
Indicated center frequency of what sounds like a loud teleprinting idler. May be an image, I don't know. It's REALLY loud, and it appears (much weaker) the same distance from the other side of the IQ mixer center frequency. Appears to be 75/200 and sounds like some military and diplo stuff but I have no way of knowing if I'm right. Fades in and out with the night time skip. ?????????????

Happy SDR'ing!

The Great WebSDR Tour - Part 3

3589.7 (Dial, listed 3588.0)
This is an output frequency for an interesting European data network called PSKmail. Those who have used "packet" mailboxes get the concept, except that this one is in PSK250. This is a much faster, and much wider, version of the PSK31 that everyone's probably heard on 14070 kHz. It works better than HF packet, and you don't need a US $1500 modem to receive it, like you do for Pactor-II and III. The shareware MultiPSK program does it just fine, even over the grungy webSDR.

The station on this frequency identifies as DK4XI-8. It seems to dump large files of amateur callsigns and coordinates on the hour. I don't know if these are APRS or obtained in other ways. Many of the stations are afloat. At hour +15, it dumps an even larger file of Deutscher Wetterdienst WX and NAVTEX Hamburg, both in German. This contains weather observations and maritime safety information from the German weather and hydromet offices.

I've also copied another PSK250 station, DA5UWG, on 3588.5. This is also PSKmail.

3592.6 (listed, dial can vary all over)
This is an interesting world propagation spotting net using a semi-automated amateur mode called WSPR (Weak Signal Propagation Reporter, aka "whisper"). WSPR is implemented in another small computer program resembling WSJT. Look and feel are similar, since both are written by K1JT, but WSPR is even less intuitive if that's possible.

This mode is designed for very bad HF circuits. It is precisely timed, with transmissions beginning exactly 2 seconds into each even UTC minute and lasting around 110 seconds. DEFINITELY sync your computer to an Internet time server if you're going to use THIS mode.

The information rate is very slow, around 1 baud. The signal is only about 6 Hz wide. It uses a very narrow 4PSK modulation and a lot of redundancy (FEC, etc). Therefore the dedicated WSPR software decoder can extract very weak signals, well below the noise.

Even when it's audible, WSPR is easy to confuse with just another dirty carrier or more local computer grunge. This makes it easy to miss, but if you park WSPR on the SDR at or near 3592.6 USB, you'll hear it eventually. At home, try this one and 10138.6 USB.

So far my only successfully decoded hit is:

0622 -4 1.7 3.594074 0 OE1SMC JN88 30

and yes, the actual transmitted frequencies are between 3594 and 3594.2 kHz.

3595.7
Our tour comes to an end with the Russian Navy SLHFB Single-Letter HF Beacon cluster. Like all these clusters, this one consists of several CW Morse beacons spaced 0.1 kHz repeating one letter forever. These have been on the air for a very long time, and they are thought to be propagation beacons. It's possible to tune in the whole range at once and see where the band's open to.

So far, on 80, we have nailed:

3593.7 "D" Sevastopol 02/04/09 0431
3593.8 "P" Kaliningrad 02/08/09 2142
3593.9 "S" Severomorsk 02/04/09 0431

(Thanks to Ary Boender for the locations).

There should at least be "C" (3594.0, Moscow) audible at some point, and also an "A" on 3594.1 and maybe a "K."

Well, that's the 80 meter part of our tour. Sure a lot more to hear than around here.

For those who want to do the WebSDR thing, there's a list of these here. Note that K7UEB has just brought up a new one at his US location near Walla Walla, WA. It covers 14000-14095 kHz (or most of the 20 meter digital band).

Happy decoding!

The Great WebSDR Tour - Part 2

We continue our tour of 80 meters on the Dutch WebSDR.

3582.1 (dial; listed is 3581.5)
This is W1AW, the ARRL Headquarters superstation in Newington, CT. Code practice and bulletins are audible nightly. I wish I could get it as well here.

~3585
One of several weather FAX stations in this range. These are very weak. This and the SDR's woozy timing guarantee poor reception of these faxes, but they are identifiable as weather charts sent at 120/576.

3585.5 (listed 3584.5)
One of several ALE frequencies. It might be worthwhile to park on these, but I hate to tie up their server. By the time I can tune them in, it's too late to sync up and get an ID. I would guess this one is amateur, since it's a listed ALE calling frequency for Regions II and III.

Other ALE frequencies include, but are not limited to, 3587.6 and 3618.2.

3585.0
Unknown STANAG 4285, that jet-plane noise made by a NATO data communications mode about 3 kHz wide. Started and stopped. Also voice in a language other than English, using military-sounding procedures and NATO phonetics. STANAG 4285 has also been heard on 3614.4.

3586.5
VERY approximate frequency of NATO tactical data linking in Link-11 mode. There's Link-11 all through this part of 80 at night. That's what it is. Hams have nothing similar. It's the military.

Other Link-11 frequencies include, but are not limited to, 3590.5, 3607.0, and 3610.0 kHz.

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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.)