From news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!sunic!mcsun!uknet!bnr.co.uk!bnrgate!nott!torn!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!news.unomaha.edu!news Thu Jun 10 09:37:21 EET DST 1993 Article: 1275 of rec.radio.info Xref: news.cs.tut.fi rec.radio.shortwave:20645 rec.radio.info:1275 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.info Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!sunic!mcsun!uknet!bnr.co.uk!bnrgate!nott!torn!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!news.unomaha.edu!news From: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu (Richard Baker) Subject: SPEEDX World of Utilities Electronic Edition, May, 1993 Message-ID: Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave Sender: news@news.unomaha.edu (UNO Network News Server) Organization: Speedx "Utilty Notes" Editor Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 07:02:21 GMT Approved: rec-radio-request@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca Lines: 608 ================================================================= ===== SPEEDX's World of Utilities Electronic Edition ==== ===== Specializing in Utility Signals ==== ========== Vol. 2, No. 2 May, 1993 ========== ================================================================= Chuck Yarbrough, Editor Note: This Electronic Edition is from the February, 1993 SPEEDX member bulletin "Shortwave Radio Today". Since this edition has come out, I'm sorry to report that Chuck has stepped down as editor of Utility World. To take his place, there are now two utility column's: UTILITIES: Edited by Mike Wolfson. Logging's, frequencies, and schedule information. Contributions in these area's can be sent to Mike at: Mike Wolfson 1842 Mifflin Ave. Ashland, Ohio 44805 UTILITY NOTES: Edited by Rick "RD" Baker. News and information about the world of utilities, and utility stations. Contributions in these area's can be sent to myself at: Rick Baker 1352 Cavalcade Dr. Austintown, Ohio, 44515-3844 Internet: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu I have volunteered to continue the Electronic Edition, and will also be editing it. I will continue with Chuck's column for the past issues. Please feel free to re-post this file to other boards, as long as the file remains unchanged. Permission is granted to use this information so log as SPEEDX, and World of Utilities Electronic Edition is cited as the original source. COPYRIGHT 1993, SPEEDX. Greetings from the sunny southern U.S.! It has been a good month for us on the DX front judging by the number of logging's you have sent me this month. As promised, I am devoting the majority of this issue to those logs. Thanks to Ed for giving me an extra page to do this. That is the good news. The BAD news follows. USCG CEASES ALL CW ON MW by Lee Reynolds Effective August 1, 1993, all United States Coast Guard Communication Stations and Cutters will discontinue watchkeeping on the distress frequency 500 KHZ, and will cease all morse code services in the medium frequency radiotelegraphy band. More efficient telecommunication systems are now available to provide the mariner with options for initiating or relaying distress alerts, and passing and receiving maritime safety information. These options include INMARSAT, Radio Telex (SlTOR) MF/HF single sideband and VHF radiotelephone, satellite EPIRBS (for distress alerts and telecommunications) and INMARSAT SAFETYNET. Navtex Broadcasts include the same notices to mariners, weather, search and rescue and fixed fishing gear location products that have been provided by the MW morse broadcasts. Distress and other calls to any U.S. Coast Guard Communication Station can also be made on any of the following HF single sideband radiotelephone channels: 424 (4134 KhZ), 601 (6200 KHZ), 816 (8240 KhZ), or 1205 (12242 KHZ) Meteorological broadcasts are also made over these channels. We believe these options provide sufficient redundancy to ensure that adequate distress and safety coverage is maintained. Any comments regarding this discontinuance of MF morse telegraph services can be sent to any Coast Guard Communications Station or direct to U.S.Coast Guard Headquarters: Commandant (G-TTM) U.S. Coast Guard Washington, DC 20593 Telex: 892427 (COASTGUARDWSH) Telefax: (202) 267-4106 or 267-4662 Thanks Lee for that timely information. Sounds like you if anyone is going to QSL the USCG MW frequencies you'd better get to it! THE ROSS REPORT David Ross reports in with several interesting observations from his logging's during the past month. David mentions that Peter Rouse in the U.K. publication Shortwave Magazine lists 5310 khz as being used by the UN Forces in former Yugoslavia. He reports that there is a net operating in Yugoslavia which includes ships and aircraft. Shipping reports have been monitored on the frequency. The net seems to use 3-digit callsigns and is run similarly to the USAF nets according to David. He monitored RZU working M3U on 26 December at 0310 UTC. This might be an interesting frequency to monitor in the coming months. David is also currently writing a book on NASA and the Space Shuttle in particular. He graciously included the Shuttle missions, dates, and payloads for the upcoming year. Here they are: January 13: Endeavor. Launch tracking and data relay satellite. February 25: Columbia. Conduct experiments with the Germans in Spacelab. his will be the second German Spacelab mission. March 23: Discovery. Carry an atmospheric lab for applications and science (ATLAS) which will measure solar radiation and its effects on the earth. April 29: Endeavor. Retrieve Eureka satellite, an unmanned lab with year long experiments. July 9: Discovery. Launch experimental communications satellite. August 26: Columbia. Conduct life science experiments in microgravity. November 11: Discovery. Conduct experiments. Mission will include a Russian cosmonaut. December 7: Endeavor. Astronauts will go outside the shuttle and install parts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Thanks for the info David. David edits the excellent Ontario DX Association utility column, Monitoring Services. NEW PUBLICATIONS Guide to Utility Stations The newest edition (11th edition) of Jorge Klingenfuss' annual Guide To Utility Stations has just been published. While the previous edition of this classic got raves from us here at Ute World Central, the new edition surpasses it. The updated version of the work contains nearly 500 new frequencies and has approximately 3000 changes from the previous edition. The guide covers all frequencies between 17.1Hz (LW) and 29936.0 (HF) as monitored by Herr Klingenfuss at his QTH in Southwestern Germany. In my opinion, the most important and improved feature of this work over previous editions is the reporting of the more 'esoteric' RTTY modes. Klingenfuss has substantially improved his monitoring capabilities over the past year (he got the new German/ Swiss dream decoder the WAVECOM 4100 as well as the top-of-the line Universal M-8000 decoder). The results of his new acquisitions shows in number of newer modes reported and the increase in the number of frequencies with a positive ID. The result is a much more complete and modern database than contained in previous editions. It is good to see that Herr Klingenfuss is not sitting on his laurels. Rather, he keeps up with the fast-paced world of utility reception. Of course, as in previous editions, the book includes just about every ITU regulation, as well as a quite complete callsign database of utility stations. In conclusion, I commend Klingenfuss Publications for another fine edition of their Utility Guide I also heartily recommend it to all Utility buffs. RTTY Code Manual (12th ed.) Another offering by Klingenffuss Publications is the 12th edition of their classic Radioteletype Code Manual. If you own a previous version of this fine work, you will definitely want to get this latest version. Klingenfuss has added much to the 12th edition. The most important improvement in the book comes in the heart of the book, the discussion of the various modes. 15 NEW MODES ARE INCLUDED!!! This more than doubles the number of modes discussed over the previous edition. If you are curious about RTTY, an old hand at decoding them, or a casual user wanting to learn more about the technical details of the modes, this book is for you. If you have been keeping up with our discussions of the new RTTY modes here in Utility World, then you will recognize the majority of the modes included in Klingenfuss' new book. However, some of the modes included haven't yet made their way into our discussions. Examples are RAC-ARC and RS-ARC. I believe that most of us will 'grow into' this latest edition. Of course the book also includes the usually excellent discussion of telegraph alphabets, definitions, and ITU rules and regulations. In my opinion, the 12th edition of the Radioteletype Code Manual is the single most important resource for learning the ins and outs of RTTY decoding. It is also indispensable for owners of the new microprocessor- based RTTY decoder like the HOKA Code3 or the new Universal M-8000. You can get both the new books from: Klingenfuss Publications, Hagenloher Strasse 14, D-7400 Tubingen, Germany. Tell tbem SPEEDX sent you! This month we have a feature on the LKA (Landeskriminalamt), or German State Police. It was contributed by one of our European reports. HOW TO MONITOR THE GERMAN STATE POLICE Most monitors in Europe have at one time or another come across a strange type of closely spaced signals with callsigns like "HFFBW", and "GOVHF". These signals are those of the German National State Police, or Landeskriminalamt (LKA). The LKA is a national organization in Germany and uses a series of local HF radio stations to communicate with its headquarters, located in Bonn. Approximately 15-20 different local offices in all parts of Germany are linked with Bonn via this network. All of the LKA frequencies monitored so far have been between 2200 and 7900 kHz and seem to operate 24 hours a day. Now lets let our European friend tell you about how to monitor the LKA. "The stations are in groups of 1 up to 6, usually 85Hz shift but some use a 170Hz shift. Channel IDs consist of 5 letters (ie.BWVHF). I think this means "BW" (local station), "V" von (from), "HF" which seems to be Bonn (control) and the BW indicates the Baden-Wurtenburg (Stuttgart), so the reverse link should be HFVBM. There are day and night frequencies and irregular midday (7MHZ) frequencies as well. As to be expected most message activity takes place during German local business hours from Monday through Friday. Most stations will send a "QVL" message every 4 hours:0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, and 2300 UTC, but their message will indicate German time. The format is: ZCZC 060 GKVHF 231200 SSS GKGK QVL e: 004 (1200) NNN Most traffic is encrypted, but always begins with the circuit ID. Day/night channel changes and other operator service messages are given in German and would seem to give location information: HFVGS will always end with "Munchen kf". The following table is a possible analysis (incomplete) of how some of the IDs fit locations. However, many do not fit the pattern. For instance, 'G' abbreviations seem to duplicate others like "BY'-Munich, and GS -Munich. Here is the table: LKA ID Locator Codes Code Town Land/State AG ?? ?? BF ?? ?? BK Weisbaden? BR Berlin BW Stuttgart Baden-Wurtenburg BY Munich Bayern (Bavaria) DO ?? ?? DU ?? ?? GK Bad Bramsled GM Kassel GN Hannover GO ?? ?? GS Munich GW Bonn HB Bremen HE Wesbaden Hesee HF Bonn HH Hamburg MU ?? ?? NI Hannover Niedersachsen NW Dusseldorf Nordrhein-Westtafle RP Mainz Rhelnland-Pfaltz SH Ktel Schleswig-Holslein SL Saarbrucken Saarland TH Erfurt Thurtngia VH Dusseldorf? Here are a few of the LKA Stations by channel and ID by group: ID BD DAY NIGHT LOCATION AGVHF 96 5478.36 Bonn BFVPH 96 4555.22 Dusseldorf BKVHF 96 4618.38 2767.78 Bonn BRVHF 96 5476.35 2440.38 Bonn BWVHF 96 4979.75 2387.75 Bonn BYVHF 96 4977.36 2385.36 Bonn DOVPH 96 3271.65 Dusseldorf DUVPH 96 4555.66 Dusseldorf GKVHF 72 2234.55 Bonn GMVHF 72 4588.05 2294.56 Bonn GNVHF 72 5023.56 2234.55 Bonn GOVHF 72 5478.74 2442.75 Bonn GSVHF 72 4978.06 2386.05 Bonn GWVHF 96 4587.36 2293.87 Bonn HBVHF 96 4443.06 2459.05 Bonn HEVHF 96 4619.05 2768.47 Bonn HFFBW 96 5024.95 2674.34 Stuttgart HFVBK 96 2235.92 Wiesbaden HFVBR 96 5023.85 2295.93 Berlin HFVBY 96 5023.25 2675.45 Munich HFVGK 72 4587.78 Bad Bramstedt HFVGM 72 4443.35 2234.24 Kassel HFVGN 96 2294.88 Hannover HFVGO 72 4971.35 2673.73 ?? HFVGS 96 5024.26 2674.74 Munich HFVGW 96 2232.04 Bonn (170Hz shift) HFVGW 96 2548.76 Bonn (170Hz shift) HFVHB 96 4977.75 2387.46 Bremen HFVHE 96 2440.74 Wiesbaden (170Hz shift) HFVHH 96 4972.44 2386.74 Hamburg HFVNW 96 3273.00 Dusseldorf HFVRP 96 2441.75 Mainz (170Hz shift) HFVSL 96 4619.74 2769.16 Saarbrucken HFVTH 96 4978.40 Erfurt HHVHF 96 5024.58 2235.55 Bonn As you have probably noticed, all of the LKA frequencies on the previous page are 5Mhz and under. This will definitely make the monitoring difficult here in NAm, but readers in Europe and Africa should stand a good chance of catching them. Our European author says that the Bonn stations seem to put out a much stronger signal than the other stations. Remember that if you tune these stations that they all use the radioteletype mode ARQ-E. The baud rate will almost always be 96 baud (see the list), and the shift will be 85Hz, except where noted on the list. We will conclude the LKA Report next month with a few more frequencies. If you have any further information (or corrections) please pass them along to us here at Ute World Central. Monitoring the LKA is still largely unexplored territory (at least here in NAm), so any contributions are important. Well, as promised last month I am going to provide a few more logging's than have been included in the past few issues. Keep them coming! Now on to the logging's. FEBRUARY UTILITY LOGGING'S FREQ MODE UTC CALLSIGN STATION/REMARKS/CONTRIBUTOR 3710.8 RTTY 0405 Conakry, GUINEA/RY's & ID 50/436/Hall-RSA 4195.0 RTTY 0420 TUH ASECNA Abidjan, CTI/wx tfc 50/436 4787.8 RTTY 0405 6VU23 FF Dakar, SEN/RYs & ID 50/371/Hall-RSA 4961.5 RTTY 1600 DHS Norddelch, GER/SITOR-A tfc/Jansen-NED 5310.0 USB 1500 U.N. Frequency for BOSNIA (tfc thru 0000Z) Malligey-UK 5310.0 USB 0233 Yankee Papa UNID/het against 5312.6/Hardester-NC 5310.0 USB 0318 ROU wkng M3U at QTH 'RED 109'/Ross-ONT 5532.0 USB 0253 LDOC Amsterdam, NED/wkng KLM flt/Ross-ONT 5532.0 USB 0411 LDOC Prague, CZECH/QRM from Amsterdam/Lukas -NY 5692.0 USB 1665 Rescue 1717 USCGC Hornbeam wkng COMMSTA Portsmouth/Koch-ILL 5730.0 CW 0355 FDC Metz-Frascathy Air, FR/marker/Lukas-NY 5755.5 RTTY 0930 RFFXHOY FF Versailles, FR/ARQ-E 72 tfc/Jansen-NED 5760.0 CW 0302 OVG5 Frederikshaven, DEN/marker/Hardester-NC 5887.9 RTTY 0358 IBM32 Rome, ITA/meteo codes 50/858/Hall-RSA 5904.1 RTTY 0415 9GC ACCRA, GHANA/RY & ID tape 50/425/Hall-RSA 5904.7 RTTY 0400 KAWN Offut AFB, NEB, USA/wx codes 75/858/Hall-RSA 6320.0 CW 1215 KPH San Fransisco, CA, USA/marker &ID/Hardester -NC 6492.5 CW 0318 VAI Vancouver, BC, CAN/marker/Szalony-CA 6507.0 USB 1115 VIS VOLMET Sydney, AUST/tfc/Hardester-NC 6687.0 CW 0145 UNID Sta./sendlng locations of practice targets/Shulsinger-OH 6753.0 USB 0430 CHR CF Trenton, CAN/wx reports/Szalony-CA 6774.5 RTTY 2302 XTU ASECNA Ouagoudougou, BK FASO/ARQ-M2 2-chnl 96/425 with 'VBA' C/id, coded meteo on chnl A/Ross-ONT 6835.1 RTTY 0420 GFL22 Bracknell, UK/meteo codes 50/414/Hall-RSA 6917.1 FAX 0429 ECA7 Madrid, SPAlN/meteo charts 120/576/Hall-RSA 7036 0 RTTY 0434 ZS3AAK RSA Ham1300 baud Nx in Afrikaans/Hall-RSA 7609 5 RTTY 2340 3XA Conakry, GUlNlYs and ID 50/4OO/Ross-ONT 7626 0 RTTY 2328 TZH Bsmako, MALVRY marker 50/340/Ross-ONT 7903 5 USB 1542 KDM50 US FAA Hampton, GA/clng KII95 Shares Exer /McKee-NC 8420.6 RTTY 2138 9VG78 Singapore, SING/SITOR-B tfc/Hall-RSA 8449.5 CW 0015 8PO Barbados, BARB IS/marker/Ross-ONT 8459.0 CW 0322 NOJ USCG Kodlak, AK, USA/marker/Ross-ONT 8473.5 CW 0234 A7D Doha, QATAR/marker/Ross-ONT 8500.0 RTTY 2116 VTH Bombay,INDIA/Indlan Naval w/RYs & lD 50/966 /Hall-RSA 8527.5 CW 1040 LFN Rogaland, NOR/marker-Ross-ONT 8581.0 CW 0112 XFC Cozumel, MEX/marker/Szalony-CA 8588.6 CW 0441 HPP Intelmar, PANAMA/marker/Szalony-CA 8598.0 CW 0124 OXZ4 Lyngby, DEN/marker/Ross-ONT 8609.5 CW 2342 9VG73 Singapore, SlNG/marker/Ross,ONT 8687.6 CW 1810 9VG3 Singapore, SlNG/marker/Szalony,CA 8688.5 CW 0044 ZSC8 Capetawn, RSA/marker/Ross-ONT 8690.6 CW 1805 XST Quangzhou, PRC/marker/Szalony-CA 8694.0 CW 0034 PJC Willemstad, NED ANTmarkr/Ross-ONT 8697.5 CW 0444 7TF6 Boufailk, ALG/marker/Szalony-CA 8700.0 CW 0035 9AR Rijeka, CROATlA/marker/Ross-ONT 8743.0 USB 2245 KMI San Fransisco, CA, USA/wkng Vessel Sea- bird/Szalony-CA 8748.7 CW 0540 WOO Ocean Gate, NJ, USA/4 lgrps tfc/Szalony-CA 8828.0 USB 0237 VOLMET Honolulu, HI, USA/wx report/Ross-ONT 8855.0 USB 0330 Piarco ATC, TRlNlDAD/wkng Paramaribo ATC flt data/Ross-ONT 8861.0 USB 0046 Canarias ATC, CN IS./wkng Dakar ATC flt data/Ross-ONT 8861.0 USB 2202 Sal ATC, CAPE VERDE IS/wkng Aeroflot 3591 /Ross-ONT 8867.0 USB 0921 Sydney ATC, AUST/wkng Flt 815 w/flt data /Ross-ONT 8879.0 USB 0901 Nandi ATC, FlJl/wkng Flt 143 w/flt data /Ross-ONT 8879.0 USB 1356 Iceland ATC, ICE/wkng Gander/Ross-ONT 8879.0 USB 0234 Mauritius ATC, MAUR/wkng Mauritlius Flt 751 /Ross-ONT 8879.0 USB 0245 Sanaa ATC, YEMEN/wkng Malayslan Flt 201/Ross -ONT 8879.0 USB 0300 Seychelles ATC, SEYCHELLES/wkng Flt 057/Ross -ONT 8879.0 USB 0302 Biera ATC, MOZAMBlQUE/wkng Springbok 28T /Ross-ONT 8894.0 USB 2321 Alglers ATC, ALG/wkng Speedbird Flt 57/Lukas -NY 8903.0 USB 0255 Luanda ATC, ANGOLA/wkng Springbok 237/Ross -ONT 8903.0 USB 0205 N'Djamena ATC, CHAD/wkng Speedbird 591/Ross -ONT 8903.0 USB 0207 Niamey, NlGER/wkng Speedbird 781/Ross-ONT 8912.0 USB 1845 Omaha58 US Customs, Houston, TX/Longhorn Sta w/tfc /Koch-ILL 8913.0 USB 0208 Kinshasa, ZAlRE/wkng Springbok 235/Ross-ONT 8933.0 USB 0208 LDOC Johannesburg, RSA/wkng many Sprlngbok /McKee-NC 8936.0 USB 2235 LDOC Berne, SWlTZ/wkng German Cargo 7538 /McKee-NC 8957.0 USB 0020 VOLMET Shannon, IRE/wx report/Ross-ONT 8967.0 USB 0013 Thule, GREENLAND/wkng USN Flt JU542/Ross-ONT 8967.0 USB 0051 REACH 19 wkng HILDA (Scott AFB, Ill) /Ross-ONT 8988.0 CW 0100 MKL Pitreavie, SCOT/coded wx/Ross-ONT 9045.0 FAX 2055 5YE Nairobi, KENYA/meteo charts/120/576/Hall-RSA 9153.8 RTTY 0158 D4B Amilcar Cabral, Cape Verde IS/code meteo 50/670 'CMA'C id/Ross-ONT 10024.0 USB 0205 Quito ATC, ECUADOR/wnkg Flt 7741/Ross-ONT 10057.0 USB 0000 VOLMET Brazzaville, CONGO/wx report/Ross-ONT 10066.0 USB 2230 Dhaka ATC, BANGLAOESH/wkng Flt 04/Ross-ONT 10150.2 RTTY 1751 SUA246 MENA Cairo, EGY/AA Nx 75/434/Hall-RSA 10231.8 RTTY 1730 LYNX MFA Lagos, NlG/SITOR-A Idling &CW ID/Hall-RSA 10284.0 RTTY 1725 MKK BA London, UK/Foxes & ID 50/425/Hall-RSA 10365.9 RTTY 1710 RFTJD FF Libreville, GABON/ARQ-E3 48/411 idling /Hall-RSA 10493.7 RTTY 1705 RFTJF FF Port Bouet, COTE D'IVOIRE/ARQ-E3 48/422 idle/Hall-RSA 10602.6 RTTY 1649 NAN Lagos, NIG/EE nx 100/137/Hall-RSA 10797.7 RTTY 2048 RFLI FF FT. de France, MRT/ARQ-E 96/380 w/"IRT'C/ id coded wx/Ross-ONT 10852.0 CW 0800 RAP UNlD/clng VCS daily -'spy'or embassy'? /Halligey-UK 11021.2 RTTY 2221 RFLIGD FF Cayenne, FR GUIANA/ARQ-E 96/390 tfc to Paris/Ross-ONT 11288.0 USB 1611 Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids, IA/Rockwell Test Flight wkng N18M w/radlo check/Ross-ONT (other test freq.6550, 8822, 11306, and 13312) 11300.0 USB 2134 Aden ATC, YEMEN/wkng Seychelles ATC/Ross-ONT 11300.0 USB 2321 Cairo ATC, EGY/wkng Khartoum ATC/Ross-ONT 11300.0 USB 0158 Addis Ababa ATC, ETH/wkng Nairobi ATC/Ross -ONT 11300.0 USB 0357 UN 708 U.N. Calling Addls Ababa, ETH, no joy/Ross-ONT 11300.0 USB 1441 UNF6 U.N. wkng Nairobi ATC, KEN/flight data/Ross -ONT 11387.0 USB 0013 VOLMET Bangkok, THAI/Asian wx reports/Ross -ONT 11455.5 CW 0130 KKN50 MFA Wash-ngton, DC, USA/marker/Hardester-NC 11530.0 AM 2320 UNID Numbers Station/GG 5 Number groups /Babln-MA 11615.0 USB 2230 NASA 928 NASA wkng Cape Radio, FL/was seconday freq., at 2230 switched to primary of 10780/Ross-ONT 12070.0 USB 1549 WGY912 US FEMA Mt. Weather, VA, USA/Shares tfc /McKee-NC 12663.0 CW 0112 CBV Playa Ancha, CHlLE/marker/Ross-ONT 12664.5 CW 0232 FUM Papeete, TAHITI/marker/Ross-ONT 12699.0 CW 2230 HPP Intelmar, PANAMA/marker/Ross-ONT 12709.2 CW 1344 9HD Malta, MALTA/marker/Ross-ONT 12743.0 CW 2050 NRV USCG COMMSTA Barrrigada, GUAM/marker/Ross-ONT 12750.0 CW 0152 CWA Cerrito, URUGUAY/marker/Ross-ONT 12763.1 CW 0530 DAM Norddeich, GER/CQs and 5 lgrps/Szalony-CA 12834.7 CW 1301 VTP Vishakhapatnam, INOlA/marker/Ross-ONT 12856.0 CW 2041 XSG7 Shanghai, PRC/marker/Ross-ONT 12906.0 CW 2355 DSC Bulacan, PHlL/marker/Ross-ONT 12923.0 CW 0103 HL2 Seoul, SKOR/marker/Ross-ONT 12930.5 CW 1407 JYO Aqaba, JORDAN/marker/Ross-ONT 12970.5 CW 1946 PC Jakarta, INDO/marker/Ross-ONT 13016.6 CW 0541 WNU54 Slidell, LA, USA/marker/Szalony-CA 13044.0 CW 0002 VP61 Cape D'Aguilar, HONG KONG/marker/Ross-ONT 13060.5 CW 1413 70AF Aden, YEMEN/marker/Ross-ONT 13282.0 USB 1420 VOLMET Auckland, NZEA/wx reports/Ross-ONT 13827.7 RTTY 0108 NNNOICE USN MARS McMurdo Sound, ANTARC/SITOR-B nx tfc/Ross-ONT 14452.5 USB 1911 VXV9 CFARS Damascus, SYR/wkng CIW829 (Dartmouth, NS, CAN) w/fone patch/Ross-ONT 14493.5 USB 1543 KAG78 US FBI Kansas City, KS, USA/wkg Utah Natl Guard/McKee-NC 14845.5 RTTY 2038 5YD Nairobi, KEN/RYs and 10 50/650/Ross-ONT 14943.7 RTTY 0600 MFA Cairo, EGY/heavy AA tfc SITOR-A/Hall-RSA 14963.4 RTTY 1401 RFFXLF FF Beirut, LEB/ARQ-E 72/400,'XXL' C/lD "C dV' tape/Ross-ONT 15647.2 RTTY 2335 RFTJF FF Abldlan, COTE d'IVOlR/ARQ-M2, 1 chnl 48/400 C d'V tape/Ross-ONT 16544.1 RTTY 0945 ZOE TRISTAN DA CUNHA/ARQ-M2 96/220 ttc In EE & Afrlkaans/Hafl,RSA 16565.0 RTTY 1235 HEB Berne, SWITZ/SITOR-A freq Info/Hall-RSA 18016.1 RTTY 1938 Egyptian Embassy, Havana, CUBA/SITOR-A tfc in aa/Ross-ONT 18291.5 RTTY 1144 German Embassy, Accra, GHANA/GG & crpto for MFA Bonn ARQ-E 96/170/Hall-RSA 18296.8 RTTY 1158 RFQP FF Djibouti, DJIBOUTI/ARQ-E3 98/idling /Hall- RSA 18551.5 RTTY 2144 CLF2 La Paz, BOLlVlA/clng HDN RYs & ID 75/850/ Ross-ONT 18761.5 RTTY 1613 MFA Bucharest, ROU/ROU-FEC 164.5/400 w/Tlx tfc/Ross-ONT 19034.0 RTTY 0850 TAD MFA Ankara, TUR/FEC-A 144 baud tfc/Jansen-NED 19059.5 RTTY 1500 URD St. Petersburg, RUS/SITOR-A tfc/Jansen-NED 19261.3 USB 1625 Greenvllle, NC, USA/VOA Africa EE Svc Feeder/Bereilovlch-FLA 19329.5 RTTY 0945 URO St. Petersburg, RUS/SITOR-A tfc/Jansen-NED 19586.0 RTTY 1400 Pollsh Embassy, Jakarta, INDO/POL-ARQ tfc /Jansen-NEO 19662.5 RTTY 1440 URD St. Petersburg, RUS/SITOR-A tfc/Jansen-NED 19896.9 RTTY 1348 MKD RAF Akrotiri, CYP/VFT multi-chnl 50/170 w/test tape/Ross-ONT 19979.5 RTTY 1527 9BC33 IRNA Halghehdarreh, IRAN/EE nx 50/330/Ross -ONT 20005.1 RTTY 1332 9AZX UNIDI FEC-A 192/400 w/Foxes and 5Lgrps// 20004.1/Ross-ONT 20011.7 RTTY 1513 ASK21 MFA Karachi, PAK/SITOR-A diplo tfc edned w/'Parep Rabet'/Ross-ONT 20113.3 RTTY 1110 FJY5 Crozet IS. ANTARC/ARQ-E3 100 baud tfc/Jansen -ONT 20131.8 RTTY 1520 DFZG MFA Belgrade, YUGO/EE 74/425/Ross-ONT 20156.5 RTTY 1946 5KM Bogota, COL/Columbian Naval clng CCS 75/850 /Ross-ONT 20156.5 RTTY 1632 VYQX UNID (presumed MFA Vatican City)/SITOR-A w/selcal of VYQX. Tfc included several URGENT msgs to Kinshasa, Bonn, Tel Aviv. VATICAN was listed in msg header as sender, also on 20151.6/Ross-ONT 20556.4 RTTY 1704 RFGW MFA Paris, FR/FEC-A 192/400 w/'RAD'C/ld wkng RFFVB/Ross-ONT 20627.8 RTTY 1622 Cuban Embassy, Sanaa, YEMEM/SS Prensaminrex and Telex tfc 50/500/Ross-ONT 20633.1 RTTY 1413 RFVI FF Le Port, REUNION IS/ARQ-M2 1 chnl 100/340 'REl' C/ID w/Cd'V tape/Ross-ONT 20716.5 RTTY 1417 RFTJD FF Librevllle, GABON/ARQ-M2 1 chnl 48/340 coded meteo/Ross-ONT 20734.0 RTTY 1654 UNHCR Geneva, SWITZ/SITOR-A Telex tfc/Ross -ONT 20823.0 RTTY BAR UNID (posslble MFA Cuba)/coded ttc & RYs 50/475/Ross-ONT 20844.6 RTTY 1500 RFQPA FF Djibouti, DJIBOUTI ARQ-M2 2 chnl 200/320 meteo/Ross-ONT 20995.5 RTTY 2114 CLP55 Cuban Embassy, Georgetown, GUYANA/coded 5 lgrps w/SS text 75/500/Ross-ONT 21882.0 RTTY 1622 SPK UNID (possible POLAND?)/marker w/coded mgs 50/475/Ross-ONT 22460.9 CW 2205 FUJ Noumea, NEW CALED/marker/Ross-ONT 22592.2 CW 1742 A9M Bahrain, BAHRAlN/marker/Ross-ONT Well, that's about it for another month. 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