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                      THE COME-BACK OF A COLUMN.

When we started WUN in January 1995, 'Numbers & Oddities' was my first
column. When the amount of other items increased, the name 'Numbers &
Oddities' didn't cover the contents of the column any longer and I
changed the name to 'Utility Round-up'. 

The numbers or 'spook' scene is very much alive these days and I think
that this is a good time to revive this column. 'Numbers & Oddities'
will cover the radio stations which are generally associated with
secret services. Actually, I'd like to cover all fascinating covert-
like communications, from numbers stations to terrorist comms and from
the buzzer to jammers. Here is a summary of what I have in mind:

- Voice numbers stations
- Morse numbers stations
- RTTY and other mysty stations
- Terrorist and other covert comms
- Spy articles
- Crypto stuff
- 'Memory Lane'; stations from the past
- Schedules
- Log summaries
- Articles about jamming and more.......

I found three experienced 'spooks-dxers' who agreed co-edit this
column with me. Guy Denman will handle the morse stations and Chris
Smolinski the voice stations, while Jascha Ruesseler takes on the
logs.

Numbers & Oddities will be posted as a separate newsletter for the
members of the Spooks mailing list. The 'newsletter edition' will be
slightly different from the WUN column, as we will include a log
section at the end.

Needless to say that we cannot do this without your help. We hope you
will enjoy the stuff in this column and don't forget to send us your
findings. Flood our mailboxes :-)    -Ary-

We start this first edition of N&O with a slightly edited 'Introduction
to spy numbers transmissions' by the late Havana Moon. He posted this
a couple of years ago to the SWL newsgroup.

INTRODUCTION TO SPY NUMBERS TRANSMISSIONS
"Spy Numbers Transmissions" are a shortwave oddity which have been
around for the last 30 years. They are commonly heard in English,
German, Spanish and the Slavic languages and take the form of four
and five digit groups of numbers which are preceded by a three digit
"identifier" and a "group count" which corresponds to the number of 
number groups transmitted in the crypt. They are generally broadcast
by a mechanical-sounding YL, although Morse code (CW) "cut number" 
transmissions are also frequently reported, as are phonetic alphabet
transmissions. Several distinctly different formats have been noted.

The "who" and "why" aspects of these transmissions are, for the most
part, unknown. Their mysterious nature has resulted in their common 
characterization as 'spy' transmissions. The spy theory has been 
enhanced over the years by the FCC's inconsistent position in response
to numerous inquiries by the Shortwave Listening community.

If you've never heard a numbers transmission, tune your radio to one
of the frequencies on the log-list. You'll almost certainly hear a
'classic' numbers transmission which will run from 15-30 minutes.

In regards the "where" - a number of sites have been identified in
recent years, notably in Warrenton and Remington, VA and Miami, FL. In
addition, with the aid of sophisticated RDF (radio direction finding)
equipment and the invaluable assistance of highly authoritative and
professional resources, several new transmission sites have been posi-
tively identified over the past years, including sites in Nicaragua,
Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba and Cozumel.

One particularly dangerous station has been interfering with air to
ground traffic on 6577 kHz, a frequency allocated to international
aeronautical communications in the busy Caribbean sector. On at least
one monitored transmission, the air traffic controller at ARINC moved
the pilot to an alternate frequency as the numbers transmission was 
totally blocking the frequency from effective use. An identified Cuban
site (Guineo) is believed to be a major transmitter site used by DGI
(Cuban Intelligence).

There has been some suggestion that the numbers are a form of
'one-time-pad' - a crude but unbreakable form of encryption (unless
you've got the key, that is) - if that's the case, it's very curious
to note that the same five-digit groups are often seen to repeat over
and over again in the very same crypt - and that the same transmis-
sions are seen to repeat from week to week, and from month to month -
so often, in fact, that tape breaks are sometimes noted. When spliced
back together, the sloppy handling sometimes results in truncated
5-digit groups - the end result being amixture of 4 and 5 digit groups
in the very same transmission!

These facts would tend to point one away from the one-time-pad concept
and support a couple of other theories - suggesting that the numbers 
are NOT a cipher, but rather a code unto themselves, and that much of
this traffic is 'dummy' in nature - broadcast simply to keep a frequency
open over a long period of time.

In addition, most five-digit Spanish numbers transmissions are very
badly over-modulated, resulting in numerous spurs up and down frequency.
When broadcast under such conditions, the numbers (6) seis and (7) siete
are almost indistinguishable, making it impossible to copy a crypt without
numerous errors. It is worth noting that the four-digit Spanish and English
transmissions do not reflect this same technical ineptitude.

<Havana Moon>
-------------

Besides WUN and the Spooks mailinglist, there is another group that
covers the numbers stations: ENIGMA, the European Numbers Information
Gathering and Monitoring Association. ENIGMA coded all numbers stations.
N&O and Spooks will use the same designators. We intend to publish 
extended profiles of these stations in due time. Here is the list:

ENIGMA DESIGNATORS (updated 2-4-1998 by Simon Mason)

 E1- "Ready Ready" YL/EE
 E2- Arabic Man 
 E3- "Lincolnshire Poacher" YL/EE MI6 
 E4- "Cherry Ripe" YL/EE MI6 
 E5- "Counting Station" YL/EE CIA
 E6- "Russian Man" OM/EE 00000 ex KGB 
 E7- "Russian Man" OM/EE 000 000 ex KGB
 E8- 
 E9- "Magnetic Fields" YL/EE 44D
 E10- MOSSAD Phonetic Alphabet Station YL
 E10a VLB2 etc. variant YL
 E11- "Oblique" YL/EE
 E12- "NNN" YL/EE
 E13- "5 Dashes" YL/EE 
 E14- "Count Control" YL/EE CIA 
 E15- "Mary Susan Adam" YL+OM
 E16- "2 Letter" YL/EE BND
 E17- "English Lady" 274 00000 YL/EE ex KGB 
 E18- "Fife Free" YL/EE
 E19- "Irish Man" OM/EE
 E20- 2 message format of E17 or E6 YL/EE
 E21- "4F Counting Station" YL/EE CIA 

 G01- Tyrolean Music Station YL+OM/GG
 G02- "Swedish Rhapsody" YL/GG
 G03- "The Gong Station" YL/GG Stasi
 G04- "3 Note Oddity" YL/GG
 G05- "Counting Station" YL/EE CIA
 G06- "German Lady" 00000 YL/GG
 G07- "German Lady" 000 000 YL/GG
 G08- "Four Note Rising Scale" YL/GG Stasi
 G09- "Saxaphone Piece" YL/GG 
 G10- "Bert Kaempfert" YL/GG 
 G11- "Strich" YL/GG
 G12- "NNN" YL/GG
 G13- "Five Dashes" YL/GG 
 G14- DFC37/DFD21 YL/GG BND
 G15- "Papa November" YL/GG BND 
 G16- "2 Letter Station" YL/GG BND 
 G17- German Lady on 5420 kHz YL/GG
 G18- 8 Note Rising and Falling 
 G19- "German Man" 00000 OM/GG ex KGB 
 G20- "Spruch" OM/GG
 G21- "Music and Morse"
 G22- "Edna Sednitser" YL/GG 
 G23- "2M8" Hitler's Birthday

 S01- "Aida"
 S02- "Drums and Trumpets" 
 S03- Czech Words OKNO OKNO
 S04- "Edna Sednitzer"
 S05- OLX null messages 
 S06- Russian Man 00000 OM/RR 
 S07- Russian Man 000 000 OM/RR
 S08- "YT" YL/RR
 S09- Polish Counting
 S10- Czech Lady five note intro
 S11- "Presta"
 S12- "Cherta"
 S13- Russian Counting UPT76 etc.
 S14- As S13 Shield 58 etc.
 S15- Rapid Dots YL/CZ 
 S16- OLX YL/CZ
 S17- Czech Lady "Control"
 S18- Czech Man 3F 5F
 S19- Czech Man Control
 S20- "Aifada"
 S21- Russian Lady 342 etc.
 S22-
 S23- "Barbara"
 S24-
 S25- Russian Man Control 
 S26- "Zyt Zyt"

 V01- Rumanian Skylark OM/RU
 V02- Spanish Lady 2 finals 3 finals
 V03- 
 V04- 
 V05- Spanishcounting 3/2f
 V06- Spanish Lady 00000
 V07- Spanish Man 000 000
 V08- Eastern Music Arabic 
 V09- Oriental Language 5738kHz
 V10- "Schlosst" 
 V12- "NNN" YL/FF
 V13- New Star Taiwan
 V14- "Count Control" YL/SS
 V15- North Korea R. Pyongyang
 V16- Chinese 11028kHz
 V17- Rumanian3F 000 
 V18- "NNN" Hungarian
 V19- WTR21 "Argentina"

 M01- "2-Tone"hand-keyed 
 M02- Ends AR Long Zero 
 M03- / Ends ==000
 M04 LOLO Long Zero
 M05- 6 Fig 000000 Long Zero
 M06- OLX
 M07- Formerly Rapid Dashes MCW ends 000 + TS
 M08- Cut Numbers, Ends AR AR AR SK SK SK 
 M09- 
 M10- Formerly Rapid Dashes CW 2 fig DK, End 000
 M11-
 M12- Ends 000 000(3 or 4 fig. DK) 
 M13- Ends 3 long dashes
 M14- Ends 00000 or 5 long dashes
 M15- DEA 47
 M16- 8BY
 M17- MCW ends VA
 M18- 4 fig pseudo time signal
 M19- MPL
 M20- V ends == 000 
 M21- ????? 14 fig pseudo time signal type. 
 M22- 4XZ
 M23- Odd/Even Many Variants (all long zero)
 M24- Ends 5 long dashes, see M14
 M25- KKN, KRH, KWS series
 M26- 98
 M27- BTV
 M28- HEP
 M29- VDE ends AR
 M30 
 M31- FDC, FDG etc series 
 M32- (Russian Military Net) 
 M33- P8K Long Zero 
 M34- 11 12345 2fig IDs, no ending 
 M39- 3 fig IDs + 4 elements of 5 fig.
 M40- CQ 3 fig
 M41- WZD
 M42- KUL etc network
 M43- 6XM8/C37A group
 M44- Continuous Letters
 M45- S21 Morse, ends 000 
 M46- 3 fig cumulative 
 M47- 1/2/3fig cumulative (JST) 
 M48- Ciocirlia Morse
 M49- G8A morse
 M50- Hand Keyed 5431kHz+ 4947kHz Many Variants
 M51- 100x 5L groups
 M52- 2fig:6fig

 MX SLHFMs                         MXC Clusters 
 MXF FSK Mode                      MXL Solitary long-term
 MXS Solitary short-term           MXP "P" with message
 MXV irregular V 

 X1 Bugle                          X6 six notes 
 XC Crackle                        XB Buzzer 
 XF Faders                         XE Echo
 XW Workshop                       XP Polytone
 XPL Polytone Low Pitch            XM Backward Music
 XX Pip                            XS Saw/Whine 

CUT NUMBERS
-----------
Some numbers stations use 'cut numbers' in CW transmissions. Six
variations have been noted so far.

The most popular is the one where only the zero is a cut number: 'T'.
                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T

M8 and perhaps also other stations use the following variation:
                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
                      A N D U W R I G M T

The QWERTY variation: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
                      Q W E R T Y U I O P

The 4FG station uses a system that has at least 3 variations. The
first one is being used by the 4FG station. The others have been noted
in military and maritime communications:
                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
                      A U 3 4 5 6 7 D N T
                      A U V 4 E 6 B D N T
                      A U V 4 5 6 B D N T

MORSE STATIONS by Guy Denman
----------------------------
Ary has asked me to write some information for those of you interested
in Numbers stations. As my main interest is in Morse stations I intend
to cover some of these to start with. Particularly as there are many 
more morse families than voice. A very busy time is 2000, where you
can have 4 on at the same time. Whatever your morse speed there is one
that you would be able to copy out of the many. They vary in speed
from 5 WPM to 40 WPM.I intend to use the ENIGMA classification for
these.

M1 A Network is hand sent using short zero,and the messages have a
usual group count of 40 groups.Although just recently the group counts
have been varying between 32 and 48. The last group is now always the
date the message was compiled and the group count minus one. For
example a message of 40 groups compiled on the 10th of the month, the
last group would be 10039.

This also applies to the M1 B network.

Type of transmission is MCW using low modulation of 2 audio tones.
Sent at about 17 WPM although this can vary depending on the operator 

Reference   Call  Preamble           Message     Ending
M1        197 R4  381 381 40 40 = =  40x5F   = = 381 381 40 40 000

The IDs for this group remain the same for the following months.
197 November December January February
463 March April September October
025 May June July August


Transmission times are
Sunday 0700   Tuesday 1800 2000   Thursday 1800 2000   Saturday 1500

Frequencies
197    5464           5320 4490            5320 4490            5810
463    6508           5474 5017            5474 5017            6261
025    6780           5280 4905            5280 4905            6434

Variants of M1
M1A End of Month transmissions, the last Thursday and Saturday of each
Month. But not always. The February end of Month were just the normal 
transmission.It has happened before when one month was missed, but they
returned the next month. Hopefully this will be at the end of March.
These transmissions are an entirely different format to the normal M1
but they can vary each time. One characteristic is the long pauses
between various parts of the message. As the last part of the format
is a repeat of some of the groups in the message sent, I assume the
pauses are for replies to be sent. There is not always a message sent
so the transmission can be considerably shorter than the example listed. 

463 463 463 88528 88528 Repeated 5 times
Pause 60 seconds
463 463 333 89909 89909 Repeated 2 times
Pause 60 Seconds
111 Pause 10 Seconds
111 223 43 =
Message of 43 single 5 figure groups, the last group is not always the
date and group count as in M1A
= 223 43
Pause 35 Seconds
111 48738 65465 Repeat of groups 17 and 32
Pause 15 Seconds
111 000

M1 B Network.
These are sent to individual IDs and the frequencies are changed at 
intervals so cannot be listed. I can supply some current frequencies
if required. These messages are repeated and can be the same for four
weeks or more. Parallel freqs are used, group counts vary between the 
low twenties and as high as seventy five. Some present skeds are:

Day         Time    Freq   ID
---------   -----   ----   ---
Sunday      1640    4771    ?
Monday      1818    4950   103
Monday      2110    5335   136
Wednesday   1610    5235   325 
Wednesday   1818    4950   103
Thursday    2132    4905   302
Friday      2202    4761   271
Saturday    0810    4959   594
Saturday    1610    5240   325

Some of these repeat the same message to a different ID The one on 
Thursday at 2132 and Friday at 2202 are the same message. It is also
strange how some of them start at odd times 

M1C A common format of these is listed. Several other formats exist.
If a message is sent it is nearly always 10 groups:

385 385 385 84297 84297  Repeated 8 times
30 Second pause
385 385 385 86652 86652  Repeated 8 times
Can be any number of these, usually machine sent, ending is hand sent.
385 385 385 000

These can be on at any time and do not use the normal M1 frequencies
so are very difficult to find.

MEMORY LANE: THE SKYLARK by Simon Mason
---------------------------------------
This was probably the strangest of the European numbers stations, not
the least because of the distinctive interval signal used. The tune
itself lasts for 2 minutes, 42 seconds and is played on a violin and
pan pipes. It was composed by Ciocorliar and is titled "The Skylark".
By coincidence, one evening at 2301 was listening to the BBC's
domestic Radio Four. After the program ended the studio announcer said
that the next program was going to be all about traditional Rumanian
folk music.
Not my cup of tea, I thought, so I headed across the room to switch
off the receiver. Before I got to the off switch a piece of music
stopped me in my tracks. It was the same tune as used by the Romanian
number station. After the song ended, the announcer identified the
music and went on to say that it was a very popular melody of Romania
and was instantly known to natives of that country. Not surprising
perhaps then, that this tune should be chosen for such a clandestine
activity.

The next encounter with the station came in a newsletter issued by the
DX Club of Radio Budapest. A member from Britain, a Mr. Palmer, had
written to the club asking if any of its members could identify a
strange Gypsy tune that could be heard on certain frequencies. A few
months later a club member from the Soviet Union, a Mr. Skarzhinsky,
gave this explanation: Very unusual station. You have heard a
transmission in Romanian which can often be heard in the band up to 10
MHz, on "outside band" frequencies very clearly and distinctly. It
broadcasts a Skylark melody which is followed by groups of figures in
Romanian. The transmission ends with the word terminat, terminat.
There are several similar transmissions, however these usually are not
interesting to DXers due to the closed nature of their activities."

Despite what the Soviet contributor said, the majority of these broad-
casts do not contain any traffic in 5 figure groups or otherwise. The
usual format was that the tune was played twice, which lasts until six
minutes past the hour. A male voice in Romanian then says "terminat"
three times and the tune is repeated twice again, followed by
'terminat, terminat" again. If traffic is being sent then a taped,
real male voice reads but the five figure text in Romanian. These are
"unu, doi, trei, patru, cinci, sase, sapte, opt, noua, zero." These
sound like: "oonu, doy, trey, patru, sinch, sassay, shaptay, noah,
zero." The numbers come after the two Skylark tunes and end again with
'terminat, terminat" repeated three times. It is certain that "live"
announcers are used, as different male voices have been noted.

*************************************************
Numbers + Oddities Logs column #01, April 1998
Jascha Ruesseler
Ruessele@pc0401.psychologie.uni-marburg.de
*************************************************
Hi all and welcome to the first N&O logs column. The log format will
be slightly different from the one used in the WUN-newsletters log
section:

FREQ C/S STATION (Enigma code) TIME (+date) MODE (baud) REMARKS
(INITIALS)

Example:
10426 unkn LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1540 (13-4-98 day/month/year) USB
      ongoing msg.(JR)

If you don't know a callsign just ignore this entry.
The logs used in this column have been posted to the Spooks and/or
WUN mailing lists. If you want to remain anonymous you can send your 
loggings directly to me (adr. see above) and I include them without 
revealing your identity. Alternatively, you can send your loggings to 
Ary. It would help a lot if you would keep to this format whenever 
posting logs to WUN or Spooks. The logs in this column will be sorted 
by frequency and all modes are included in the same section. I also 
added a section of *xtra-logs* including posts which did not contain 
enough data to make a complete logging.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3150 PCD MOSSAD (E10) 2031 (31-3-98) EE/YL PCD (JD)
 3417 ART MOSSAD (E10) 2035 (31-3-98) AMEE/YL ART (JD)
 3640 CIO MOSSAD (E10) 2036 (31-3-98) AM EE/YL CIO2 (JD)
 3824 SWEDISH RHAPSODY (G2) 2236 (4-4-98) GG/YL 5 fig groups (JD)
 3840 YHF MOSSAD (E10) 2030 (31-3-98) AM EE/YL YHF Group 3 text then 5
      letter groups (JD)
 4016 M8 0407 (9-4-98) (possibly - had 5LG CW) in progress - NEW this 
      time/freq (PFR)
 4027 M8 (Cut-numbers Morse station) 0300 (13-3-98) CW a lot fainter 
      than on 6768 (PFR) M8 0300 (10-4-98) CW same as 0200z/5116 (PFR)
 4028 SPANISH LADY (V2) 1041 (30-3-98) USB in progress, s3. (SD)
 4030 (S10) ?? 0630 (8-4-98) AM IDs 109 and 541 (GD)
 4036 CUBA?/SPOOK THE LETTER MAN, 1100 (7-4-98) a new one, open
      carrier to 1100 into SP M (all caps spelled phonetically):
      "comienzo T2DO JULIR TANGO VICTOR INDIA LIMA YANKI VICTOR HOTEL
      LIMA TICO LIMA FOXTROX TICO XRCY OSCAR BRAVO 2DON final final". 
      Typos are his. In other words, he was spelling out phonetics
      with phonetics, and used "segundo" for two, tango for T (not
      tico).  Brief pause, "Repito, comienzo....." and did the whole 
      thing over again. Done around 1105Z.  Good.  Yachts showed up on
      freq at 1111, LOPEZ wkg THOMASINA. (ANUS)
 4106 CUBA/SPOOK THE BORED MAN 1325 (29-3-98) USB SP M then SP W
      longcounts, "hola hola" stuff, weak //6868 which was very
      strong.  Also a carrier on freq cutting in and out randomly,
      possibly related.  Normally would have begun tfc at 1400 now
      that Cuba was on summer time, but couldn't check. (ANUS)
 4120 REVERBERATOR, 1209 (3-4-98) USB ss9//9. //4450 (SD)
 4165 KPA MOSSAD (E10) 2205 (21-3-98) AM KPA 2 broadcast // 2953 khz
     (AB)
 4270 MOSSAD (E10) 2036 (31-3-98) AM EE/YL 5 letter groups (JD)
 4420 BMS XM, 1435 (6-4-98) s2. (SD)
 4450 REVERBERATOR, 1209 (3-4-98) USB ss9//9. //4120(SD)
 4478 M8 0300 (14-3-98) UUMAN WIMRD NNDMN (PFR)
 4479 V2 0412 (13-3-98) in progress (PFR) Atencion (V2) 0300 (15-4-98)
      AM YL/SS rptg "Atencion 55001 12553 24803". At 0303, into 5FG.
     (JM4)
 4485 CZECH LADY CONTROL (S17) CZ/YL 1355 (5-4-98) 555 313 313 313 05
      // 5027 (JD)
 4507.5 ANDUWRIGMT/M8 0300 (12-4-98) CW 5F/L/G (JM4)
 4665 MIW MOSSAD (E10) 1816 (21-3-98) AM MIW 2 broadcast (AB)
 4880 ULX MOSSAD (E10) 2200 (21-3-98) AM ULX 2 broadcast (AB) MOSSAD
      (E10) 2036 (31-3-98) AM EE/YL 5 letter groups (JD)
 5027 CZECH LADY CONTROL (S17) CZ/YL 1355 (5-4-98) 555 313 313 313 05
      // 4485 (JD)
 5082 UNID 0036 (3-4-98) maybe any 'SPOOKS' channel marker ? cont. 6
      tone music mirrow (AR2)
 5116 M8 0200 (10-4-98) CW GIDMN DUADN GGIUD (PFR)
 5135 CUBA/SPOOK THE BORED MAN 1350 (29-3-98) USB salsa mx at t/in,
      1352 into bits of classical mx alternating w/ SP M repeating
      "seal X375"  and longcounts. Not initially //6868/4106, but
      couldn't check after 1400. Gone by 1425. Xlnt sig. (ANUS)
 5222 Unid 2058 (2-4-98)CW Should be the CW daughter of FAPSI's 'The 
      Russian/English' Man calling marker: 571 571 571 at 2104z after:
      = = 3T4 3T4 69 69 (key, groups?) into 2x5 FGS, short Zeros at
      2113z end with: = = 3T4 3T4 69 69 TTTTT (AR2)
 5262 REVERBERATOR, 1225 (3-4-98) s5. (SD)
 5287 M13 2130 (21-3-98) CW Id 411 + 5FG. Ends with 000 (3 long
      dashes) (AB) 
 5352 UNID 1745 (2-4-98) CW 5 FGS with short Zeros (T=0)end:  =151 3T
      (key, groups ?) into duplex confirmation-traffic: =73373 =24983
      333 111=53T45 =35281 111=TTT   and signed off (AR2) -
      tentatively a military stn from eastern europe - jr
 5417 SPANISH LADY (V2) 0720Z (26-3-98) USB in progress, s2. (SD)
      SPANISH LADY (V2) 0735 (30-3-98) USB in progress, s1. (SD)
 5423 E7 ? 2040 (31-3-98) mode? EE/OM   5 fig groups x2. Message ended
      with 289 289 000 000. (JD)
 5435 ART MOSSAD (E10) 1900 (5-4-98) AM ART 2 (AB)
 5608 CUBA/SPOOK BABBLER 1323 (31-3-98) USB SP W tfc, first time hrd
      on this freq in a couple of weeks.  5637UC on also, but quiet.
      (ANUS)
 5709 VDE M29 1902 (5-4-98) CW VVV DE VDE + 5FG (AB)
 5736 UNID 2040 (2-4-98)Could be also the CW sister of FAPSI's
      'Russian/English Man' 2x5 FGS, with short Zeros end with: =465
      465 36 36 T T T and signed off (key, groups ?, end)Looks like
      the logging on 5222 kHz, but this one used only T T T and not
      TTTTT as a close down signThe Enigma M12 CW uses as close down
      TTT  TTTand 1x5 FGS (AR2)
 5746 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2135 (2-4-98) USB EE/YL 5fg //6959,
      9251 (JD)
 5758 M8 0313 (10-4-98) CW in progress - NEW this time/freq (PFR)
 5759.5 ANDUWRIGMT cut-numbers/M8 0200 (15-4-98) CW (odd choice of
      freq) 5F/L/G (JM4)
 6768 M8 0300 (13-3-98) CW GDWTN AIITD UMUGN (PFR) V2 0412 (13-3-98)
      in progress (PFR)  V2 (Spanish Atencion station) 0300 (13-3-98)
      81919 63602 50201 (PFR) SPANISH LADY (V2)0300 (10-4-98)  59243
      38792 49273 - possibly same as 0200z/6983 (PFR)
 6797 SPANISH LADY (V2) 0505 (19-3-98) started late - 09661 20833
      60352 - faint (PFR)
 6802 V5 (Spanish Counting Station) 0300 (14-3-98) 826, Grupo 47
      //8418 (PFR)
 6825 M8 0412 (13-3-98)CW in progress - NEW this time/freq (PFR)
 6826 Atencion (V2) 0300 (15-4-98) AM YL/SS 5FG in progress. (JM4)
 6840 MOSSAD (E10) 1605 (5-4-98) AM EE/YL 5 letter groups (JD)
 6854 M8 0356 (9-4-98) CW "header" AAMTN DDNAA DGUUN, same on at 0400
      (PFR)
 6855 V2 started late at 0303z and already into groups (PFR) M8 0527 
      (14-3-98) CW in progress (PFR)
 6866 M8 0311 (14-3-98) CW in progress - NEW this time/freq (PFR)
 6868 CUBA BORED MAN tx test (starring Ruperta the Alligator Girl) 
      2010-2129* (3-4-98) tune in to USB+carrier relaying hardwire
      voice circuit, SP M repeating "QUINTO NEGATIVO, 3617, ESCRIBO
      FINAL" several times. Also short counts by SP W.  At 2014 3617
      clg ESCRIBO. 50 clg 3617 at 2017. ESCRIBO and 3617 seemed to be
      on same tx, while 50 seemed to be on different SSB tx while
      carrier remained on the whole time (this is typical, actually,
      for this kind of Cuban operation). Little else to 2029, when tx
      jumped to 6870.7. 2033 pulled plug, then back on 6868.2 in CW w/
      V's, SOS a couple of times, then back to open carrier on 6870.8.
      Some keyed morse buzzing sound  then. 2100 suddenly switched to
      RTTY 50/500R centered on 6868.1, handkeyed RYRY, then into
      repeating RYRY tape. 2110 RYs halted and some opchat: "DIME COMO
      TU ME COPIAS ADT" 2x then "ADT DIME QUIEN POR ESA ADT DIME SI ES
      GISELL LA BOBA ADT" and "NO ES RUPERTA LA CAIMANA AR" then back
      into RY stuff.  2118 idles, which then "spun down" to a stop, so
      using a mechanical terminal evidently.
      2121 back into RYRY tape again to 2125 more poorly typed opchat:
      "DFALAMO Y MISLE Y DYS SONV COMPANEROS" then pulled plug 2129.
      Xlnt signal. No return links noted on lower HF anywhere. ADT has
      been mentioned previously, is apparently a hardwire TTY ckt, and
      presumably has something to do with DAAFAR air defense. (ANUS)
      THE LAZY SPANISH MAN (V20)1400 (12-4-98) USB OM/EE (live) rptg
      "R290" w/1-10 count. At :17, YL took over with what sounded like
      1-20 count. Weak, and not heard on 4106 or 5135 from here. (JM4)
 6959 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2100 (30-3-98) EE/YL id 11994 // 9251,
      11545(JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2135 (2-4-98) USB EE/YL 5fg
      // 5746, 9251 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2231 (4-4-98) USB
      EE/YL 5 fig groups //  9251, 11545 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER
      (E3) 1601 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 84176 // 9251, 11545 (JD)
 6983 SPANISH LADY (V2)0200 (10-4-98) missed header but first group
      was 59243 (PFR)
 7337 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2020 (31-3-98) USB EE/YL 5 fig groups
      (JD)
      LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2105 (31-3-98) USB EE/YL id 93551//
      9251 (JD)
 7457 COUNTING STN (E5) 1330 (4-4-98) 3/2 fg (CT)
 7482 SPANISH LADY (V2) 0356 (9-4-98) "header" Atencion 47291 26103
      78322, same on at 0400 ** both (i.e. this and 6854 -jr) went off
      by 0357z - did not get a chance to check 6785 (PFR)
 7484 Cherry Ripe (E4) 1300 (15-4-98)USB YL/EE rptg "33842" w/tune. At
      1310, into 5FGx2. // 11570, 13866 (JM4)
 7555 V2 0300 (12-4-98) AM YL/SS 5FG in progress (JM4)
 7583 M8 0700 (5-4-98) CW id UWRMN AMRMA NRTRA (cut nmbrs anduwrigmt)
      + 5FG (AB)     
 7581 M8 0500 (19-3-98) CW WTUTA AMWGA UATUN (PFR)
 7540 MOSSAD (E10) 1430 (6-4-98) USB id JSR, s1 (weak w/ QRM). (SD)
 7547 THE COUNTING STATION (E5) 1300 (3-4-98) USB id 619 count 215, 
      ss3//1. //10529 (SD)
 7583 Atencion (V2) 0200 (15-4-98) AM (new frequency) YL/SS 5FG in
      progress. (JM4)
 7726 CUBAN NUMBERS STN 0507 AM w/YL/SS 5FGs (DW2) 7726 RUSSIAN MAN
      (S7)0507Z (26-3-98) AM in progress, s2. (SD) 0500 (31-3-98) AM
      RUSSIAN MAN (S7) id 792, s3. (SD)
 7740 GOLF KILO 2100 (5-4-98) CW Id 856 + 5FG (AB)
 7918 MOSSAD (E10) 0433(28-3-98) USB id YHF grp 26, s1. (SD) MOSSAD
     (E10) 0435 (1-4-98) USB in progress, s1. (SD)
 7926 RUSSIAN MAN (S7) 0520Z (26-3-98) AM id 792, s2. (SD) RUSSIAN MAN
      (S7) 0520(31-3-98) AM id 792, s3. (SD)
 7993 M13 2100 (22-3-98) CW Id 158 + 5FG (AB)Numbers station M13 2100
      (24-3-98) CW Id 158 + 5FG (AB)  
 8014 // 9274 THE COUNTING STN (E5) 1500 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL 805 805
      805 1234567890 count 215 (JD)
 8054 M8 0325 (10-4-98) CW in progress - NEW this time/freq (PFR)
 8108 UNID FAPSI 0016 (3-4-98) RTTY 75/500 5FG ends w/11111. To CW
      0017 (RM)
 8135 UNID (RUSSIA?) SPOOK 0245 (3-4-98) unid mode repeating 6 tones
      to 0250 into unid data format, poss 75 baud but couldn't get a
      clear autobaud or lock on it despite strong signal, 500 shift,
      idles sound like RTTY. Later noted high speed CW op chat
      followed by 2400-ish baud stuff around channel also, 0500Zish.
      (ANUS)
 8231 M53 2000 (5-4-98) CW VVV CQ 747.077 + 5FG (AB)
 8300 NEW STAR BCS (V13) 1500 (14-3-98) barely audible & obscured //
      11430 (PFR)
 8320 Cherry Ripe (E4) 1200 (6-4-98) USB ongoing msg (CT)
 8418 V5 (Spanish Counting Station) 0300 (14-3-98) 826, Grupo 47 // 
      6802 (PFR)
 8464 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1601 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 60681 //
      10426, 11545 (JD)
 8909 SPANISH LADY (V2) 0600 (31-3-98) USB ids 971 02, 584 03, s6
      (NEW FREQ) (SD)
 8975 SPANISH LADY USB (V2) 1012Z (26-3-98) in progress, s3 (NEW TIME/
      DAY). (SD)
 9130 MOSSAD (E10) 1622 (5-4-98) AM EE/YL 5 letter groups (JD)
 9226 RUSSIAN MAN (S7) 0540Z (26-3-98) AM id 792, s5 w/ loud humming. 
      (SD) RUSSIAN MAN (S7) 0540 (31-3-98) AM id 792, s5. (SD)
 9237 RUSSIAN MAN (S6) 1407 (3-4-98) USB id 967 key 405 grp 22, s3
      (ends: 00000). (SD)
 9238 SPANISH LADY (V2) 0606 (1-4-98) USB in progress, s2. (SD)
 9251 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2100 (30-3-98) EE/YL id 11994 // 6959,
      11545(JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2105 (31-3-98) USB EE/YL id
      93551 // 7337 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2135 (2-4-98) USB
      EE/YL 5fg // 5746, 6959 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2231
      (4-4-98) USB EE/YL 5 fig groups // 6959, 11545 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE
      POACHER (E3) 1601 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 84176 // 6959, 11545
      (JD) 
 9263 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 1105 (6-4-98) USB id 07667, // 13866, 14469
      (SD)
 9274 // 8014 THE COUNTING STN (E5) 1500 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL 805 805
      805 1234567890 count 215 (JD)
 9725 TAIWAN NEW STAR (V13) 2203 (30-3-98) CH mx intro into CH W 4FG 
      tfc, poor through BCB splatter. Weak carriers on 8300 and 11430,
      no audio there. (ANUS)
10426 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1403 (13-4-98) USB IS, ID 72816 (JR) 
      LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1601 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 60681 //
      8464, 11545 (JD) 
10529 COUNTING STN (E5) 1330 (4-4-98) 3/2 fg (CT) THE COUNTING STATION
      (E5) 1300 (3-4-98) USB id 619 count 215, ss3//1. //7547 (SD)
10715 SPANISH LADY (V2) 0304 (10-4-98)  started - (Atencion left off
      first time) 97081 31481 34351 then into groups at 0306z Anyone
      still doubt that V2 and M8 come from the same location? (PFR)
11270 RUSSIAN MAN CONTROL (S25) 0820 (1-4-98) AM RR/OM   615 615 615
      81433 (JD) RUSSIAN MAN CONTROL (S25) 0830 (2-4-98) AM RR/OM
      615 615 615 09648 (JD) RUSSIAN MAN CONTROL (S25) 0837 (3-4-98)
      AM RR/OM   615 615 615 80770(JD)
11430 NEW STAR BCS (V13) 1500 (14-3-98) barely audible & obscured // 
      8300 (PFR)
11545 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2100 (30-3-98) EE/YL id 11994 // 6959,
      9251(JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 2231 (4-4-98) USB EE/YL 5 fig
      groups // 6959, 9251 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1401
      (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 64316 // 14487, 15682 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE
      POACHER (E3) 1601 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 60681 // 8464, 10426
      (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1705 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 68034
      // 12603, 13375(JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1601 (5-4-98) USB
      EE/YL id 84176 // 6959, 9251 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1500
      (14-3-98) USB id 20129 //12603 barely audible behind  "bleep-
      beacons" in Phx and 13375 tune audible, numbers very faint. On
      13375 also at 1638, vy weak. (PFR) LINOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1400
      (11-4-98) USB id 68034 // 12603, 13375 (JM4) 11570 CHERRY RIPE
      (E4) 1200 (6-4-98) USB ID 43784 (CT) Cherry Ripe (E4) 1300
      (15-4-98)USB YL/EE rptg "33842" w/tune. At 1310, into 5FGx2.
      // 7484,  13866 (JM4)
12056 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 1200 (6-4-98) USB ongoing msg, with fluttery
      jammer (CT)
12159 2253 - 2306 (14-4) usb s7dB calling 236 then went to 3ng / 2ng
      finished with  0000, this is the 1st time I have caught them
      here on this freq in 3 years ,the old freq 12156.0 and it was
      in the am, i also noticed that this OL sounded like a Russian
      speaker?? I base this on I listen to a lot of radio Russia sw
      broadcasts and some of the numbers sounded exactly the same, of
      course anyone may be able to do this, I wonder if this was
      coming from Cuba??? (CT)
12221 THE COUNTING STATION (E5) 1200 (29-3-98) USB) id 216 count 215,
      = ss3//3. (SD)
12603 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1403 (13-4-98) USB IS, ID 72816 (JR)
      LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1705 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 68034 // 
      11545, 13375(JD)
13371 CUBA Atencion Spook 2000 (6-4-98) SP W old style callup "365
      03", good. (ANUS)
13375 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1705 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 68034 //
      11545, 12603(JD)
13426 Unid. 1605 (3-4-98) CW Appeared to be resending of some 5FG's 
      (T=0) to clarify 5FG's that may've been sent on another freq.
      (RM)
13533 MOSSAD (E10) 0602 (31-3-98) USB id EZI1, s1. (SD)
13750 NEW STAR (V13), 1103 (27-3-98) AM s1. (SD)
13866 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 1200 (6-4-98) USB ongoing msg. Vy faint. Freq
      also used at 1300 same day (CT) 1105 (6-4-98) USB CHERRY RIPE
      (E4) id 07667, // 9263, 14469 (SD) Cherry Ripe (E4) 1300
      (15-4-98)USB YL/EE rptg "33842" w/tune. At 1310, into 5FGx2. //
      7484, 11570 (JM4)
13905 COUNTING STN (E5) 1200 (29-3-98) AM ID 216 (AB)
13906 THE COUNTING STATION (E5) 1200 (29-3-98) USB id 216 count 215,
      = ss3//3. (SD)
14469 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 1105 (6-4-98) USB id 07667, // 9263, 13866 (SD)
14487 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1703 USB Preamble: 64316 (RM)
      LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1403 (13-4-98) USB IS, ID 72816 (
14487 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1000 (30-3-98) USB EE/YL id 99388 //
      16084 // 15682(JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1000 (31-3-98) USB
       EE/YL id 11994 // 15682, 16084 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3)
      1229 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL 5 fig groups // 16084 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE
      POACHER (E3) 1303 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 18604 // 16084 (JD)
      LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1401 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 64316 //
      11545, 15682 (JD) Lincolnshire Poacher (E3) 1400 (15-4-98) USB
      YL/EE rptg "43__8". Very weak. // 15682, 16084 (JM4)
14890 RUSSIAN MAN CONTROL (S25) 0800 (2-4-98) AM RR/OM  615 615 615 
      01568 (JD) RUSSIAN MAN CONTROL (S25) 0812 (3-4-98) AM RR/OM 615
      615 615 85510 (JD)
14935 SPOOK "Boris Badanov" 1413 (4-4-98) EG M 5FGs 2x, poor through
      co-channel BCB spur probably from HCJB. (ANUS) 
15624 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 0100 (7-4-98) USB id 44303, // 19884, 21866
      (SD)
      CHERRY RIPE (E4) 1003 (3-4-98) USB EE/YL id 62977 // 17499 (JD)
15682 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1000 (30-3-98) USB EE/YL id 99388 //
      14487, 16084 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1000 (31-3-98) USB
      EE/YL id 11994 // 14487, 16084 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3)
      1401 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 64316 //11545, 14487 (JD)
      LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1300 (12-4-98) USB YL/EE rptg "18604"
      w/tune. At 1510,
      into 5FGx2. // 16084 (JM4) Lincolnshire Poacher (E3) 1400
      (15-4-98) USB YL/EE rptg "43__8". Very weak. // 14487, 16084
      (JM4)
16084 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1000 (30-3-98) USB EE/YL id 99388 //
      14487, 15682 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1000 (31-3-98) USB
      EE/YL id 11994 // 14487, 15682 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3)
      1229 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL 5 fig groups // 14487 (JD) LINCOLNSHIRE
      POACHER (E3) 1303 (5-4-98) USB EE/YL id 18604 // 16084 (JD) 
      LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER (E3) 1300 (12-4-98) USB YL/EE rptg "18604" 
      w/tune. At 1510, into 5FGx2. // 15682 (JM4) Lincolnshire Poacher
      (E3) 1400 (15-4-98) USB YL/EE rptg "43__8". Very weak. // 14487,
      15682 (JM4)
17499 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 2300 (31-3-98) USB id 85161, (SD) CHERRY RIPE
      (E4) 1003 (3-4-98) USB EE/YL id 62977 // 15624 (JD)
19884 0018 (7-4-98) USB CHERRY RIPE (E4)//15624, 22108 in progress.
      (SD) CHERRY RIPE (E4) 0100 (7-4-98) USB id 44303, // 15624,
      21866 (SD)
20474 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 2300 (31-3-98) USB id 85161, (SD)
21866 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 0100 (7-4-98) USB id 44303, // 15624, 19884(SD)
22108 CHERRY RIPE (E40018 (7-4-98) USB)//15624, 19884 in progress.(SD)
23461 CHERRY RIPE (E4) 2300 (31-3-98) USB id 85161, (SD)
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------xtra-logs:------
**********************
And finally some logs without enough data to make a real log out of it
(e.g. missing freq): 
Whilst listening to Radio Pyongyang the other evening at 2020 UTC (you
sad man), I heard a previously unreported MOSSAD station, with a broadcast
that lasted only 3 minutes. HOTEL NOVEMBER CHARLIE-HOTEL was repeated by 
the usual YL. Last night (2 APR 98) AT 1900 UTC it was noted again with 
HOTEL NOVEMBER CHARLIE-ZULU, again with a transmission lasting only 3 
minutes. It would seem to be like ZWL and OEM i.e. very elusive. Freq 
was 6575. (SM) R. Pyongyang is on 6576 khz -jr

Some FAPSI RTTY-logs from Bob Roehrig:
Fri Apr 10:
2000Z  16218 kHz HZW with 1/62 msg
2007Z  13526 kHz HZW rpt of above
2050Z  18401 kHz KAC with 5/770 msgs
2106Z  14373 kHz KAC rpt of above
2200Z  20140 kHz YBU with only 46's - no tfc
2230Z  14843 kHz JMS with 2/224 msgs (missed 13621 xmsn afterwards)
2300Z  12196 kHz WFO with 3 msgs
2300Z  10841 kHz MIG QSL's or asks for rpts to WFO on CW.
Sat Apr 11:
1735Z  16448 kHz KRN with 2/301 msgs
1745Z  14467 kHz KRN rpt of above
2000Z  16218 kHz HZW with 1/62 msg (same as yesterday)
2007Z  13526 kHz HZW rpt of above
2050Z  18401 kHz KAC with 4/619 msgs
2104Z  14373 kHz KAC rpt of above
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Contributors:
AB:   Ary Boender, Spijkenisse, the Netherlands 
ANUS: Anonymous Eastern USA
AR2:  Alf Rosenstock, Europe
BR:   Bob Roehrig, Aurora, IL
CT:   Clarence Thompson, TX
DW2:  David C. Wright, San Angelo, TX
GD2:  Guy Denman, England
JD:   Jonathan Drakes, Lincolnshire, England
JM4:  John Maky, Parks, Arkansas, USA
JR:   Jascha Ruesseler, Germany
PFR:  Paul F. Reah, Phoenix, AZ
RM:   Bob Margolis, Forrest Lake, IL
SD:   Simon Deneen,Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
SM:   Simon Mason, Kingston upon Hull, England
??:   logs from a msg. Fwd. By Chris Smolinski        

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