parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (02/06/86)
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The shortwave stations in the following list were moni-
tored recently. ICOM R71A, Drake R7 (Gilfer version),
and Kenwood TS930S receivers were used, connected to
random length wire antennas.
2.5333 call?_____unidentified: time-varying speech inversion scramblers u
sing preambles. sounds like the USAF TAC signals heard o
n 11.214 MHz, usb, 02/04/86 @0241Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
2.6968 GLD3______Land's End Radio, cw, 02/04/86 @0244Z
[England] (B. Parnass)
2.7000 5BA_______Cyprus Radio, Radiotelephone Maritime Service, female vo
ice id loop, usb, 02/04/86 @0246Z
[Nicosia, Cyprus] (B. Parnass)
4.0788 WJG_______WJG Telephone Company, marine/coastal, usb, 02/03/86 @12
42Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
4.3535 GKP2______Portishead Radio, cw, 02/04/86 @0230Z
[Portishead, England] (B. Parnass)
4.3730 call?_____US: Navy, "Giant Killer" wkg L4I, usb, 02/04/86 @1738Z
[Oceana NAS, VA] (B. Parnass)
4.3760 call?_____US: Coast Guard, USCG Helicopter 1710 wkg USCG Cutter Da
llas during search for Space Shuttle wreckage off Florid
a coast, usb, 02/03/86 @1326Z
[Atlantic Ocean] (B. Parnass)
call?_____US: Coast Guard, USCG search for Space Shuttle wreckage
off Florida coast, usb, 02/01/86 - 02/02/86
[Atlantic Ocean] (others)
4.4287 NMN_______US: Coast Guard, wkg USCG Cutter Dallas during search fo
r Space Shuttle wreckage off Florida coast, usb, 02/04/8
6 @0235Z
[Portsmouth, VA] (B. Parnass)
4.4645 call?_____US: Civil Air Patrol, "Profile 2", in NH, wkg "Keystone
5" in PA, usb, 02/03/86 @1251Z
[New Hampshire] (B. Parnass)
4.5000 VNG_______Australia: Australian Telecommunications Commission, tim
e sigs, am, 02/02/86 @1256Z
[Lyndhurst, Vict, Australia] (B. Parnass)
5.4260 KRH50_____US: State, US Embassy, QRA tape, cw, 02/02/86 @0201Z
[London, England] (B. Parnass)
5.4280 Acrobat___US: Air Force, "Acrobat" (Andrews AFB) wkg "Oklahoma", l
sb, 02/02/86 @0206Z
[Andrews AFB, Washington DC] (B. Parnass)
5.6960 call?_____US: Coast Guard, "Mobile Air" wkg CG aircraft, usb, 02/0
4/86 @1750Z
[Mobile, AL] (B. Parnass)
call?_____US: Coast Guard, "Traverse City Air" wkg CG aircraft, us
b, 02/04/86 @1747Z
[Traverse City, MI] (B. Parnass)
NMNN______US: Coast Guard, "Portsmouth" wkg CG Rescue 1433, mentio
ned using 8.984 as a secondary frequency, usb, 02/04/86
@1745Z
[Portsmouth, VA] (B. Parnass)
6.7300 call?_____US: Air Force, Tactical Air Command, Andrews AFB wkg in-
flight aircraft Spar 60 w/phone patch to Homestead AFB (
FL), usb, 02/01/86 @1505Z
[Andrews AFB, Washington DC] (B. Parnass)
7.5000 VNG_______Australia: Australian Telecommunications Commission, tim
e sigs, am, 02/02/86 @1300Z
[Lyndhurst, Vict, Australia] (B. Parnass)
8.8760 KJY74_____US: NOAA, National Research Center, calling KL308 withou
t response, usb, 02/04/86 @1817Z
[Miami, FL] (B. Parnass)
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Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (02/25/86)
Monitored using ICOM R71A and Drake R7 receivers and a 70' wire:
4.5995 KOP334____US: Civil Air Patrol, "Magpie 424", taking roll call of
other "Magpie" stations in net, usb, 02/19/86 @0203Z
[Idaho] (B. Parnass)
5.2580 CMU967____USSR: Russian Navy, wkg RMNK and EXIB (Russian merchant
vessels?), "QRR QSX 6783", cw, 02/20/86 @0115Z
[Santiago, Cuba] (B. Parnass)
5.5350 call?_____Eastern Airlines, female operator wkg Eastern flight 953
, usb, 02/23/86 @0205Z
[Bermuda] (B. Parnass)
6.7830 CMU967____USSR: Russian Navy, wkg EXIB in Cyrillic, "QYT 8182", cw
, 02/20/86 @0113Z
[Santiago, Cuba] (B. Parnass)
7.5180 call?_____unidentified: time-varying speech inversion scramblers u
sing preambles. sounds like the USAF TAC signals heard o
n 11.214 MHz, heard similar sigs on 2.5333 MHz, usb, 02/
24/86 @0123Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
13.6160 SON61_____Poland: Polska Agencja Prasowa, xmtg msgs to SPCJ and SP
XG, in non-English, cw, 02/22/86 @1523Z
[Warsaw, Poland] (B. Parnass)
13.6525 FDY_______France: French Air Force, cw marker, 02/22/86 @1533Z
[Orleans, France] (B. Parnass)
13.9821 CLP1______Cuba: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wkg CLP7 (Cuban embas
sy in Brassaville, Congo - not heard) in sloppy cw. QSYd
to 13.985 @1925Z, 02/22/86 @1908Z
[Havana, Cuba] (B. Parnass)
13.9850 CLP1______Cuba: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, QSYd from 13.9821, wk
g CLP7, asked for "grupo 71" in sloppy cw. Changed to RT
TY @1926Z, 02/22/86 @1925Z
[Havana, Cuba] (B. Parnass)
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Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (03/03/86)
2.6860 call?_____US: Coast Guard, USCG Cutter Point Martin wkg Cutter Poi
nt Arena, usb, 03/02/86 @2355Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
4.0692 WOM_______AT&T ship-to-shore radiotelephone, wkg WAB5822 the "Rene
gade", usb, 02/26/86 @0155Z
[Ft Lauderdale, FL] (B. Parnass)
4.1420 call?_____unidentified: sounds like US Navy wargames at sea, track
ing "bogies" "in the white", "red", and "black". Station
"Alpha Whiskey" net control with "Tango", "November", a
nd "Kilo", lsb, 02/26/86 @0155Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
4.2080 ESJG______USSR: Russian ship wkg Russian shore station U??2, cw, 0
2/27/86 @0150Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
4.2650 DAM_______Norddeich Radio, cw marker, 02/27/86 @0158Z
[W Germany] (B. Parnass)
5.3200 call?_____US: Coast Guard, USCG stn Alexandria wkg Cutter Point Ar
ena, usb, 03/02/86 @2356Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
6.2870 77URY_____unidentified: sounds like Spanish Navy, "72WTT de 77URY
23RC", similar to logging on 6.330 MHz on same day, cw,
03/02/86 @0320Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
6.3070 UFB_______USSR: Russian Navy, Odessa Radio, wkg UIHW, cw, 03/02/86
@0330Z
[Odessa, USSR] (B. Parnass)
6.3200 call?_____US: Coast Guard, USCG stn Alexandria wkg Cutter Point Ar
ena, lsb, 03/02/86 @2354Z
[location?] (B. Parnass)
6.3300 72JKL_____Spain: Spanish Navy, Madrid Naval, "78EAL de 72JKL 13RG"
, cw, 03/02/86 @0336Z
[Madrid, Spain] (B. Parnass)
17.0648 EDZ6______Aranjuez Radio, cw marker, 03/02/86 @2114Z
[Spain] (B. Parnass)
17.1658 CLA_______Havana Radio, wkg Russian vessel UKHZ, cw, 03/02/86 @213
7Z
[Cojimar, Cuba] (B. Parnass)
17.1753 CLS_______Havana Radio, cw marker, 03/02/86 @2133Z
[Havana, Cuba] (B. Parnass)
17.3800 FUM_______France: French Navy, cw marker, 03/02/86 @2146Z
[Papeete, Polynesia] (B. Parnass)
17.4040 KKN44_____US: State, embassy, cw marker, 03/02/86 @2148Z
[Monrovia, Liberia] (B. Parnass)
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Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414