Xref: news.cs.tut.fi rec.radio.shortwave:28300 rec.radio.info:4335 Lines: 708 Subject: Speedx World of Utilities, March 1994 Reply-To: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave Approved: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.cc.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!news.tele.fi!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet Date: Tue, 8 Mar 1994 02:30:50 MST From: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu (Richard Baker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.info,yfn.swl.bb Message-ID: <199403080930.AA21387@yfn.ysu.edu> ================================================================= ===== SPEEDX's World of Utilities Electronic Edition ==== ===== Specializing in Utility Signals ==== ========== Vol. 3, No. 3 March, 1994 ========== ================================================================= Edited by Richard Baker Note: This Electronic Edition is from the December, 1993 SPEEDX member bulletin "Shortwave Radio Today", ISSN 0882-8091. SPEEDX utility coverage consists of two columns: 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 NOT about the world of utilities, and utility stations. Contributions in these area's can be sent to myself at: Richard Baker 1352 Cavalcade Dr. Austintown, Ohio, 44515-3844 Internet: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu *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 1994, SPEEDX. --------------------------------------------------------------------- UTILITIES Utility Logging's, Schedules, and Frequencies Edited by Mike Wolfson 1842 Mifflin Ave. Ashland, Ohio 44805 AERO 4666 HONOLULU RADIO: Hi US 1341 9/23 USB good (wkg PACIFIC 303, M908C, secondary freq 3467) (Thompson, Ca) 5520 NEW YORK RADIO: US 0550 10/9 USB (wkg UNITED 996, not a listed freq -anyone know anything about this freq-JN) (Navary, Va) 5637 KHARTOUM RADIO: 0203 10/10 USB 344 (wkg KLM 563, COLUMBIAN 1925) (Bottonelli, Italy); NAIROBI RADIO: Kenya 0208 10/10 USB 444 (wkg BONAIR 622, KHARTOUM) (Bottonelli, Italy); SEYCHELLES RADIO: 0212 10/10 USB 232 (wkg ??? 733, QRM from other ATC stns, u/id a/c clg MOGADISHU CONTROL 11300) (Bottonelli, Italy) 5643 HONOLULU RADIO: Hi US 1332 USB poor (wkg CONTINENTAL 16, secondary freq 3467) (Thompson, Ca) 5667 HONOLULU RADIO: Hi US 1325 9/23 USB good (wkg DELTA 74, AMERICAN 128) (Thompson, Ca) 5713 ARCHITECT: RAF 0302 10/18 USB (wx for RAF bases) (Braun, Va) 5719 LINK 11: USN Link 11 Data Systems 0126 10/20 USB (heard all over since start of Haiti ops) (Baker, Oh) 6577 AIR CANADA: 0345 10/21 USB (wkg NEW YORK w/request for current game 4 World Series score) (Braun, Va) 6683 AF-1: 0320 10/13 USB (pp w/ANDREWS/CROWN to USAF Ops Center re departure from Raleigh, request for digital contact) (Braun, Va) 6697 3UK: 0056 10/13 USB (pp thru 9ER to 3550 re msg) (Braun, Va) 6721 WHISKEY 2 JULIET: 0950 10/10 USB 444 (wkg 3AS) (Bottonelli, Italy) 8894 ALGIERS AERADIO: Algeria 0144 10/12 USB (wkg SPEEDBIRD 228) (Lukas, NY) 8984 CG 1716: 0310 10/18 USB (wkg Portsmouth w/pp to District 8 Ops, extensive tfc re SAR, debris found, flares spotted, multiple a/c involved, also heard on 5096) (Braun, Va) (GREAT CAT 10009 NO ID: 2312 10/9 USB 333 (talk in Chinese ?, went on for hours) (Bottonelli, Italy) 10027 PRAHA RADIO: Czechoslovakia 1208 9/25 USB 111 (wkg u/id a/c, wx, SELCAL chks) (Bottonelli, Italy) 10528 LONDON RADIO: UK 2332 10/9 USB 444 (wkg u/id a/c w/pp) (Bottonelli, Italy) 11052 AFA: Andrews AFB Md US 1647 10/12 USB (wkg REACH 972) (Lukas, NY) 11176 REACH 1886, 1485: 0330 10/7 USB (wkg HILDA EAST re refueling tracks over Saudi Arabia, CS of tanker- SHELL XX) (Braun, Va) 11270 MAGIC 77: 0252 10/18 USB (clg DHN66-NATO Gellsenkirchen, Germany, no joy, clg JULIET 4 PAPA, no joy) (Braun, Va) 11396 PERTH RADIO: Australia 1508 10/7 USB 322 (wkg SINGAPORE 223)(Flynn, Or) 13312 ROCKWELL FLIGHT TEST: 1434 10/16 USB (wkg 321FE) (Navary, Va) 15015 ALBROOK AFB: 1950 10/16 USB (wkg 90012 w/explosives cargo) (Bellovich, Fl) 15015 NO ID: 1938 10/12 USB (m w/phonetic msg) (Bellovich, Fl) 15035 CHR: Trenton Military Canada 1638 USB (wx) (Havrilko, Germany) (a warm welcome to the column Vincent-MW); CJX: St John's Military Canada 1640 USB (wx) (Havrilko, Germany) CW 3739 XSF2V: Linyungang Radio? China 1343 10/9 (CQ) (Flynn, Or) 6336.8 CBV: Playa Ancha Radio Chile 0306 10/30 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 6382.2 EAD2: Madrid Radio Spain 0341 10/30 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 6386.5 ZSJ: COMCEN Cape Silvermine South Africa 0351 10/30 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 6389 CTP: Oeiras Naval Portugal 0730 10/24 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 7627 KWS78: MFA Athens Greece 0503 9/25 (ID) (Lukas, NY) 8148 OVG8: Frederikshaven Radio Denmark 2247 10/16 (ID) (Lukas, NY) 8357 WVHS: 0025 9/2 (wkg NMN) (Fitzgerald, RI) (welcome to the column-MW) 8448 A9M: Bahrain Radio 0324 10/16 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 8470 XFL: Mazatlan Radio Mexico 0403 10/16 (marker) Ward, Ca) 8515 5AT: Tripoli Radio Libya 0008 10/25 (marker, ID) (Clar, NY) 8538 6WW: Dakar Naval Senegal 0438 10/16 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 8550 NO ID: 0901 9/25 544 (FF wx-PLEASE HELP W/ID) (Bottonelli, Italy) 8670 IAR: Rome Radio Italy 0019 10/25 (marker, ID) (Clar, NY) 8682 EAD2/3: Madrid Spain 2111 9/24 (ID) (Bottonelli, Italy) 8704 SVB4/5: Athens Greece 0215 9/19 (marker) (Fitzgerald, RI) 10045 4XZ: 2327 10/9 545 (wkg ??? 932, 5 ltr grps, marker) (Bottonelli, Italy) 12585 PCH55: Scheveningen Radio Netherlands 1841 10/28 (ID) (Lukas, NY) 12662 BOUFARIK RADIO: Algeria 0049 9/1 (marker) (Fitzgerald, RI) 12664.5 FUM: Papeete Radio Tahiti 0205 10/12 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 12690 UJY: 2115 9/27 555 (ID) (Bottonelli, Italy) 12699 HPP: Panama Intelmar Radio 0214 10/12 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 12797 VDK2: Murmansk Radio Russia 0047 9/1 (marker) (Fitzgerald, RI) 12891 UFN: Novorossiysk Radio Russia 0113 10/13 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 12907 VHP: Canberra Radio Australia 1155 10/15 (marker, ID) (Clar, NY) 12966.8 A7D: Doha Radio Qatar 1206 10/28 (ID) (Clar, NY) 13042 PJC: Curacao Radio Netherlands Antilles 1200 10/15 (QSX marker) (Clar, NY) 13062 CLA: Havana Radio Cuba 1715 10/10 (marker) (Fitzgerald, RI) 16728 SWGA: 1534 9/6 (clg SVB) (Fitzgerald, RI) 16933.2 JOS: Nagasaki Japan 0127 9/20 (marker) (Fitzgerald, RI) 16998.5 JDE: Choshi Radio Japan 0120 9/20 (marker) (Fitzgerald, RI) 17043.2 JCU: Choshi Radio Japan 0125 9/20 (marker) (Fitzgerald, RI) 17180 HWN: Houilles Naval Paris France 1520 9/6 (marker) (Fitzgerald, RI) 20225 NMN: COMMSTA Portsmouth Va US 2050 10/18 (ID) (Lukas, NY) 20946 8BY: 1550 10/21 (ID) (Lukas, NY) 22473.6 LGG/GW: Rogaland Radio Norway 1240 (ID, QSX, etc.) (Hall, SA) 22476 DAM: Norddeich Radio Denmark 1234 (VVV, ID, etc) (Hall, SA) 22592.2 A9M: Bahrain Radio Bahrain 1423 10/3 (ID) (Clar, NY) 22595.9 SVB6/7: Athens Radio Greece 1230 (ID QSX, etc) (Hall, SA) 22630.4 IAR: Rome Radio Italy 1223 (VVV, ID, etc) (Hall, SA) 22636.5 LYL: Klaipeda Radio Lithuania 1221 (ID, QSX, etc) (Hall, SA) 22694.2 XSG: Shanghai Radio China 0229 10/21 (marker) (Ward, Ca) MARINE 2103.5 CCGS ANN HARVEY: Canada 0605 10/3 USB (wkg ST Lawrence CG Radio) (Navary, Va) 2137 CGBS: CSS Parizeau 0635 10/14 USB (wkg another CSS vessel w/chat, what's "CSS"-RB) (Baker, Oh) 2182 USCG STN GEORGETOWN SC: US 0004 10/27 USB (clg S/V ELYSIUM, no joy) (Navary, Va); 2206 SS GYPSUM KING: 0547 10/19 USB (2206/2582 wx rpt to Yarmouth CG Radio) (Navary, Va) 2514 VON: St John's CG Radio Canada 0713 10/8 USB (2118/2514, wkg u/id CCGS re vessel being towed in) (Baker, Oh) 2598 VCP: St Lawrence CG Radio Canada 0538 10/3 USB (gale warning) (Navary, Va) 2670 GLD: Land's End Radio UK 0633 10/3 USB (nav warnings) (Navary, Va) 2749 VCO: Sydney CG Radio Canada 0535 10/3 USB (gale warning) (Navary, Va) 4071 ELGH6: M/S Regal Princess 0327 10/13 USB (wkg WOM) (Navary, Va) 4160.5 FOXTROT TANGO: 0440 10/31 USB (wkg various naval vessels (stn?), "FT" net control ?, Haiti operations, stns head include: OSCAR, ROMEO, KILO, MIKE, PAPA, FOXTROT, VICTOR) (Navary, Va), 6501 NOJ: COMMSTA Kodiak Ak US 0408 10/6 USB (wkg USCGC WOODRUSH (WLB-407)) (Baker, Oh) 6510 WAH: St Thomas Radio Virgin Islands (0200 10/12 (wx for PR & Virgin Islands) (Baker, Oh) 8204 NHT Oh) 8219 ELFK6: JUBILEE 0245 10/15 USB (R/T tfc via KMI) (Navary, Va) 8240 J8PE: 2236 10/12 USB (wkg NMN w/wx rpt) (Navary, Va) 8294 WPE: Jacksonville Radio Fl US 2332 10/6 USB (wkg several tugs, asked if going through the hole in the wall) (Navary, Va) 12242 LRQT: 1710 10/22 USB (wkg WOM off Haiti, ragchew w/WOM, heard shots fired by CG last night-scary) (Navary, Va) 12296 M/V Hamilton K: 2050 10/1 USB (wkg WOM w/R/T tfc) (Navary, Va) 13104 WOO: Ocean Gate Radio US 1550 USB (business, wx discussed) (Havrilko, Germany) 16363 REPULSE BAY: 1523 10/10 USB (wkg Portishead Radio w/R/T tfc) (Navary, Va) PHONE 2749 VCS: Halifax CG Nova Scotia Canada 2225 10/26 USB (wx) (Lukas, NY) 4466 EMPIRE 826: NY CAP Net 2301 10/18 USB (w/ EMPIRE 826 as NCS, chk in by other EMPIRE units) (Baker, Oh) 4560 VESSEL MORESBY: 0030 10/6 USB (wkg HALIFAX w/priority msg) (Braun, Va) 5246 KING 1: 0018 10/6 USB (wkg CAPE RADIO w/rx chk, wkg Cape Osburn) (Braun, Va) 6813 AAM3PR: US Army MARS Net 0030 10/5 LSB (w/AAM3PR as NCS) (Baker, Oh) 7535 NOZK: USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) 1458 10/14 USB (w/HF xmitr tests to NORFOLK SESEF) (Baker, Oh) 7548.5 V9P: 2302 10/31 fair/poor (ID w/number-letter groups) (Hardester, NC) 7685.5 NNN0XHD: USN MARS 2133 10/3 USB (w/msg fills for Region 4 tfc net, RTT daily before 2100 170/75) (Baker, Oh) 8103 FOXTROT CHARLIE: 1128 10/4 USB (man w/foreign accent clg MBR09, no joy) (Braun, Va) 10780 KING 1: 0015 10/6 USB (wkg CAPE RADIO w/rx chk, main freq-5246) (Braun, Va); FISHER: Cape Radio Fl US 1443 10/18 USB (wkg W3V re status of Columbia, tactical c/s used on non-classified mission) (Baker, Oh) 10855 R MOSCOW: Russia 1955 USB (R Moscow feeder) (Hall, SA) 11022 FOX WHISKEY: USN 0058 10/27 USB (wkg FRUIT JUICE 715 for vessel contact rpts, USN Haiti ops freq) (Baker, Oh) 12258 RRC: 0124 9/1 USB (wkg CRZ, EE) (Fitzgerald, RI) 14295 WA2NAN: Goddard Space Flight Center 1450 10/16 USB (rebroadcast of audio from shuttle) (Bellovich, Va) 14385 NNN0CPS: USS John A. Moore (FFG-19) 00019/18 USB fair (thru NNN0BTO w/pp) (Thompson, Ca) 14441.5 NNN0CRK: USS Ponce (LPD-15) 0032 9/8 USB fair (also NNN0CPS USS John A. Moore (FFG-19), clg any MARS stn) (Thompson, Ca), NNN0CUY: 0050 9/8 USB fair (wkg NNN0WNE w/pp) (Thompson, Ca); NNN0CLB: 1925 9/19 USB fair (clg any MARS stn, wkg NNN0GPM, NNN0WNQ, QSY 10258, 16298.5) (Thompson, Ca); NNN0NGW: USS George Washington (CVN-73) 2306 9/8 USB poor (tfc) (Thompson, Ca); NNN0CMC: USS Audrey Fitch 0015 9/20 USB good (wkg NNN0NVW-WHIDBEY IS WA MARS Stn, QSY 13826, 14441.5, 14383.5, 14441.5, request for help from shore stn) (Thompson, Ca); NNN0CYJ: USS Stark 2310 9/23 USB good/poor (wkg shore stn NNN0UTO, QSY 13826, return to 14441.5) (Thompson, Ca); NNN0CAB: USS McKee (AS-41) 2335 9/19 USB fair (wkg NNN0CAC (USS Mobile Bay (CG-53), QSY 14470, NNN0CPL USS Kiswa, NNN0WNQ Ventura Ca, NNN0UTO, NNN0CYU USS Vigilant, QSY 14470) (Thompson, Ca) 14470 NNN0CUY: 0051 9/8 USB fair (wkg NNN0WNE w/rdo chk) (Thompson, Ca) 14670 CHU: Canada 1332 AM (time signal, RTT 14835 NNN0NWH: Special Event Stn Bellows AFB Hi US 0320 9/18 USB poor (ID, wkg NNN0FNN) (Thompson, Ca) 15000 WWV: Ft Collins Co US 1458 AM (time signal, miss old voice) (Havrilko, Germany) RTT 4017 USA MARS: 0150 10/19 170/45 (US Army MARS tfc) (Baker, Oh) 4023 USA MARS: 0140 10/19 SIT 4176.5 VES ADEZHDA BUKHOVA: 0212 10/20 SIT 5864 AOK: USN Rota Spain 0031 10/14 FAX (chart) (Baker, Oh) 6267.5 C6HX6: C/S Regent Sun 0257 10/13 SIT 6315 WNU: Slidell Radio La US 0655 10/24 SIT 6323 WLO: Mobile Radio Al US 0302 10/30 SIT 6825 AT4TGA: US Army MARS 2209 10/3 PACKET (w/AT4TFC) (Baker, Oh) 6826 AR4USC: US Army MARS 1839 10/5 PACKET (HF mailbox, Ft Bragg, NC) (Baker, Oh) 6918.5 ECA7: Madrid Meteo Spain 0049 10/14 FAX (winds/temp chart) (Baker, Oh) 8388 NMHT: USNS Sealift Mediterranean 0135 10/15 SIT NMN) (Navary, Va) 8420 FFT 8421 9AR: Rijeka Radio Croatia 0245 10/15 SIT (Ward, Ca) 8427 PPQ: Sepetiba Brazil 0301 10/16 SIT 9241.5 LRO64: DYN Buenos Aires Argentina 2334 10/13 FAX poor (sports FAX) (Baker, Oh) 10521.6 NO ID: 0558 ARQ E3 373/192 (idling) (Hall, SA) 10527.1 NO ID: 0555 ???? 978/86 (tfc not noted) (Hall, SA) 10536.2 CFH: CANFORCE Halifax Canada 0552 803/75 (wx codes) (Hall, SA) 10551.3 GFL23: Bracknell Meteo UK 0548 395R/50 (SYNOP codes) (Hall, SA) 10605.2 NO ID: 0545 ???? 845/50 (no tfc noted) (Hall, SA) 10798.5 RFLI: French Forces Fort de France Mauritania 2000 ARQ E3 425/96 (idling) (Hall, SA) 10805.4 NOT 10873.9 RFVI: French Forces Le Port Reunion 0520 ARQ E3 425/100 (idling) (Hall, SA) 10892.1 GXQ: British Army London UK 0517 VFT (Hall, SA) 10966.2 NO ID: 1940 ARQ E 409/72 (not Hamburg Meteo as listed) (Hall, SA) 11093 DDH9: Hamburg Meteo Germany 1928 393R/50 (wx codes) (Hall, SA) 11334.7 NO ID: Togo Boustane Lome 1824 SIT grps- a record) (Hall, SA) 11415.3 RFFVAY: Sarajevo Bosnia 1810 ARQ M2 372/200 (wkg RFFP w/FF wx rpt for airport) (Hall, SA) 11443.7 NO ID: 1835 SIT ltr grps) (Hall, SA) 11453.4 IMB3: Rome Meteo Italy 1923 838N/50 (SYNOP codes) (Hall, SA) 11476 HMF52: KCNA Pyongyang N Korea 2351 10/18 FAX 288/60 excellent (wirepix, marching mx between pix, approximate sked 2330-0030) (Baker, Oh) 11480 AFP: Argentina 2311 10/15 FAX (press pix) (Navary, Va) 12140.4 HWN: French Navy Paris Houilles France 1730 809R/75 (RYs, IDs) (Hall, SA) 12186.2 JANA: Libya 1733 406R/50 (EE nx, anti US propaganda) (Hall, SA) 12212.8 YZ07: TANJUNG Belgrade Yugoslavia 1741 415N/50 (FF nx) (Hall, SA) 12591.5 UFL: Vladivostok Radio Russia 0138 10/12 SIT 13366.7 5YD: Nairobi Meteo Kenya 1743 241N/50 (RYs, IDs) (Hall, SA) 13372.7 5YD: Nairobi Meteo Kenya 1745 207N/50 (RYs, IDs) (Hall, SA) 13444.3 RFQP: French Forces Djibouti 1750 ARQ E3 386/100 (idling) (Hall, SA) 13512.4 MKD: RAF Akrotiri Cyprus 1758 VFT channels) (Hall, SA) 16274.7 GXQ: British Army London UK 1855 VFT channels) (Hall, SA) 16421.8 RFT 16608.1 SPH61: Gydnia Radio Poland 0650 SIT 16796 UST 16803.1 ENBE: SOVSHIP TR Proliv Sannikova 1535 170N/50 (wkg Sevastopol) (Hall, SA) 16806.6 NMC: USCG San Francisco Ca US 1525 SIT wx) (Hall, SA) 16814.5 UPB: Providenia Bukhta Radio Russia 2338 10/16 SIT 16816.1 ZSC: Capetown Radio South Africa 0700 SIT (Hall, SA) 16829.1 UBN: Mariupol Ukraine 1245 SIT 17590.5 JEDDAH MET ERA unit) (Hall, SA) 18231.7 ZAIREAN BANK CIRCUIT: Zaire 0857 165R/45 (normally uses SIT SA) 20169.2 OMZ: MFA Prague Czechoslovakia 1127 398N/96 (w/Czech nx, listed at 75 baud) ( Hall, SA) 20462.5 NO ID: 1110 ARQ M2 331/96 (PTT Lumumbashi w/tlx tfc for Brussels) (Hall, SA) 20584 SALCOST ROME: Italy 1125 SIT (Hall, SA) 20590.2 HBD20: MFA Berne Switzerland 1743 SIT several embassies) (Hall, SA) 20670 NO ID: Rome Italy 1133 SIT SA) 20692.2 LOL: Argentina 1730 393N/72 ("LOL to NBA", NAVRAD Circuit Buenos Aires/Balboa) (Hall, SA) 21095 W1AW: ARRL Newington Ma US 1514 170N/45 (propagation data) (Hall, SA) 21859.1 DFZG: MFA Belgrade Yugoslavia 1455 389N/72 (EE nx) (Hall, SA) 22346.6 SOVSHIP BAT 22355.1 YLEY: SOVSHIP RTMS 7514 0951 170N/50 (wkg Riga w/fish catch rpt) (Hall, SA) 22356.1 UFYW: SOVSHIP Roujany 1002 170N/50 (RYs, IDs) (Hall, SA) 22357 UUXS: SOVSHIP T Volkhov 1006 170N/50 (wkg Moscow-UAT) (Hall, SA) 22357.1 VFEK: SOVSHIP TH Mikhail Vladimirskiy 0944 170N/50 (wkg Vladivostok- WLD) (Hall, SA) 22359.6 LYGF: SOVSHIP BAT (Hall, SA) 22363.5 LYFI: SOVSHIP Marshal Novikov 1055 170N/50 (wkg K'Grad) (Hall, SA) 22367 SOVTRAWLER AB: 0032 1545 170N/50 (w/fish rpt to Archangel) (Hall, SA) 22377 GKE7: Zwindrecht 1130 SIT (Hall, SA) 22387.6 SVA: Athens Radio Greece 1022 SIT 22688.1 WLO: Mobile Radio Alabama US 1836 SIT (Hall, SA) 23331.5 KVM70: Honolulu Meteo Hi US 1923 10/4 FAX fair (ocean surface temp chart) (Baker, Oh) Via Rick Baker and Jason Berri, I got the following hot information about KCNA from North Korea. Captured tonight (3Nov 93) on 11476 from Cupertino California by Richard Crisp: ATT THE TIMETABLE AND FREQUENCIES OF OUR RTT CHANGED AS FOLLOWS FROM 0400 GMT DIRECTION LANGUAGE TIME NUMBER OF FREQUENCIES FREQUENCIES ASIA ENGLISH 0400-0600 HMF 32/46 14568/14580 1000-1100 HMF 46/86 10580/8152 1500-1730 HMF 46/85 10580/8020 FRENCH 1145-1430 HMF 45/86 10524/8152 PHOTO 2330-0000 HMF 36/52 13580/11476 0030-0100 HMF 36/52 13580/11476 EUROPE ENGLISH 0400-0530 HMF 26/55 15633/11476 1000-1200 HMF 26/55 15633/11430 1500-1730 HMF 35/84 13780/9395 RUSSIAN 0600-0830 HMF 26/35 15633/13780 1230-1430 HMF 26/55 15633/11430 FRENCH 2130-0000 HMF 55/84 11430/9395 AMERICA ENGLISH 0400-0730 HMF 36/52 13580/11476 2130-2300 HMF 36/52 13580/11476 AFRICA ENGLISH 0800-1030 HMF 57/49 14452/11536 1800-2100 HMF 52/85 11476/8020 FRENCH 1145-1430 MMF 57/49 14452/11536 1800-2100 HMF 49/84 11536/9395 KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY NOV. 4,1993 0411931402 NNNN _ ZCZC QRX SK QRX SK A letter from Geoff Halligey arrived with more information about the traffic on 19800 LSB. He reports that from "operator chat" the identifier seems to be SPEEDBIRD EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT, presumably an offshoot of British Airways based in DOHA. Callsigns are MARY 2 and MARY 3. The ground station is A7A211, condensed to ALPHA 211. Geoff also reports that the BRACKNELL FAX stations GFA and GFE have been combined into GFE. The schedule is 2618.5 1800-0600; 4610 24 hrs.; 8040 24 hrs.; 14436 24 hrs.; and 18261 0600-1800. Thanks for the updates Geoff. We should remember that time signal stations are utility stations. While at the MONITORING TIMES convention in Atlanta I was reminded of this fact by Myke Weiskopf of THE TICK-TOCK TIMES. He gave me a copy of their newsletter and it seems to be a chock full of information about time signal stations. More information can be obtained by writing: 1119 Parkwood Ave. Rockford, Il. 61107. Speaking of the MT convention, I enjoyed myself. There were a large number of UTE listeners and they all had a lot to say about the topic. Larry Van Horn gave a number of interesting and informative discussions on the subject. I was also asked to sit in on a impromptu panel discussion about utilities and utility stations. On the subject of get togethers, don't forget about WinterFest the weekend of 11-13 March, 1994 in Kulpsville, Pa. Until next month, 73. UTILITY NOT News and Information from the World of Utilities Richard "RD" Baker, Editor 1352 Cavalcade Dr. Austintown, Ohio 44515-3844 Internet: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu We're back to close out another year. A lot of us will be traveling during the holiday's visiting friends family and loved ones. But there will be one large group of folks who will be away from home, perhaps not at their own choosing. These are your members of the military services of our countries. To maintain morale, many countries provide or permit the means for these members to "call home". Phone calls are sometimes placed over maritime radiotelephone frequencies, such as the Royal Navy does through Portishead Radio. Canada has its CFARS system which works with volunteer amateur radio operators. The last report from David Ross, who closely follows CFARS nets, indicated that CFARS stations were being added to larger fleet and Canadian Coast Guard ships. Canadian Forces U.N. deployments are also well represented with CFARS stations. Here in the U.S., we have the MARS (Military Affiliated Radio System) program. The U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy, each have their own MARS systems and nets. The one I'm most familiar with is NAVMARCORMARS, or Navy, Marine Corps MARS, which also includes the Coast Guard and NOAA ships. I have followed the SSB side of NAVMARCORMARS for a number of years. Now, with the addition of the M-1000 I have been able to look into the MDS, or MARS Data System side, which includes other transmission modes. These modes include RTT Sitor-B (FEC), Packet, CW, and the new Pactor mode (which the M-1000 does not handle). What I have found is an elaborate system of HF "mailboxes", message switches, and routing or traffic nets. These nets can be found active almost 24 hours a day passing Marsagrams to and from various ships and units. Here are some of the frequencies, use, and modes I have found so far: 2656.0 SSB/CW/RTTY traffic Net; 4009.5 Traffic Net, Region 1 in SSB/RTTY/FEC; 5765.0 Amtor Net; 5797.0 Amtor Net, NNN0MCP/NNN0MAL link; 5797.5 Traffic Net, Region 1; 5861.3 NNN0HCS/NMVE Packet (Window), NNN0ICP/NMRP Packet same as HCS, NNN0RWW/CMRS Packet, same as HCS (Duel Packet); 5862.3 Region 4, Packet to Amtor & Amtor to Packet Link, NNN0XHD/NMRN secondary; 5863.5 Region 4 Packet/Amtor; 7370.5 Amtor NNN0MCP HF Mailbox; 7375.0 Region 5 traffic net; 7500.0 Region 5-Discrete Single Channel mode, NNN0MPN HF Mailbox?; 7682.5 NNN0RWW/NMRS Packet/ Amtor, Region 4; 7683.3 NNN0XHD/NMRN Primary Amtor/Pactor; 7684.3 Packet/Amtor (Window), NNN0THZ/NMRT Packet; 7685.0 Amtor; 7685.5 RTTY/USB at 75/179 Region 4 2100 EST APLINK; 7686.5 Amtor NNN0XHD HF Mailbox; 7900.0 Amtor; 7992.0 Packet; 7992.5 Packet/Amtor, NNN0YMN/NMDV Primary Region 4 MDS, NNN0RMC/NMRO Secondary Region 4 MDS; 7993.5 Packet, Region 5, NMVD; 7995.5 Amtor NNN0MCP APLINK, Region 2; 7996.0 Amtor NNN0MCP Primary; 9052.0 Amtor, NNN0MCP Secondary; 11070.0 Amtor, Region 4/NNN0BYR HF Mailbox; 12127.5 Packet; 14759.0 Packet; 14760.0 Packet, NMDV Region 2; 14761.5 Amtor Region 4; 14762.5 Amtor, NNN0BYR HF Mailbox/R-5 tfc rep; 14762.5 Amtor NNN0GKE HF Mailbox; 14763.0 Amtor; 14763.5 Amtor, NN0BYR APLINK; 14934.5 Amtor; 14935.5 Amtor, Region 4, NNN0EYD HF Mailbox; 14936.5 Amtor NNN0NIK HF Mailbox; 14937.5 Amtor, NNN0NIK HF Mailbox; 16173.0 Amtor; 16173.5 Amtor; 16174.5 Amtor, Region 4; 16175.5 Amtor, N0ASE switch; 18890.0 Amtor; 19918.57 Amtor, Region 4; 20470.0 Mars Amtor. Some of these may be "assigned" as opposed to "window" frequencies. I have also noted Army and Air Force MARS in various modes on other frequencies. These are all volunteers who donate their time and equipment for these commendable duties, and my hats off to them! Any updated net or mode info appreciated for any of the MARS programs. Also, while on the subject of Navy Mars, Peggy Thompson (Ca) sent me some callsign's she has heard on the west coast that are listed as ships which are decommissioned: NNN0COB, NNN0COO, NNN0CSD, NNN0CTO, and NNN0CUY. She also did a little SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) and learned that shore station NNN0OCF is located in Minneapolis- St.Paul. I can add my list of "heard" unknowns as NNN0CAA, CBZ, CCL, CLX, CRO, CRU, CSM, CWK, and shore station NNN0NSB. Anyone help us out on these? Chuck Yarbrough checked in with his reviews of the new Klingenfuss books, the first of which we have this month. Review: Air and Meteo Code Manual By Chuck Yarbrough Many of the radioteletype signals one encounters on shortwave seem to be either encrypted or otherwise undecipherable. However, for those with the proper knowledge, experience, and resources, one can still make sense of them. One such signal type is meteorological reports. Meteorological (or meteo for short) RTT around the clock from various locations around the world linking airports, pilots, and other authorities into the World Meteorological Organization Global Tele-communication System. On this net you will find various types of data presented. However, all of it will be coded so that automated computers can receive and translate the information. As RTT dedicated translation computer (or the associated software), so we have to do the 'translating' ourselves. For many years there were no accurate publications which provided the codes so that we could interpret the intercepts we were getting. Joerg Klingenfuss changed this with his Air and Meteo Code Manual. The 13th edition of this venerable work has recently been released by Klingenfuss Publications. As usual, the book describes the Global Telecommunication System and the various types of messages you will receive on HF: AIREP, BAT WINTEMs, along with other code forms as well. One additional benefit of the Air and Meteo Code Manual is that it also describes the ICAO Aeronautical Fixed Tele- communication Network as well. Once again, this net links primarily airports and pilots, primarily in the developing world. This book will allow you to translate the various air traffic service messages and even tell what kind of aircraft you are listening to! Not only that, but it also has all the station index numbers for all the major airports in the world! Lets say you received an intercept with the number 72651--Klingenfuss would tell you that you were listening to Foss Field at Sioux Falls, South Dakota! This book is VERY detailed. Of course, if you may not be able to get the number, but you tune into a WMO net station and get a four letter code the head of a bunch of numbers. You may have intercepted a RTT four letter code EGGR at the head of a bunch of letters and numbers. Well, Klingenfuss would tell you that you are reading a message from London/Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom. Not only that, but you would be able to use the same method to tell the weather forecasts for other airports in the same message! Now you wouldn't have to worry about what weather Aunt Janie will encounter when she lands on her tour to Britain! As with most of the Klingenfuss publications, the Air and Meteo Code Manual is quite detailed in the amount of information presented. It is also of the highest quality. In fact, you will not find another publication which even attempts to cover this subject. I enthusiastically recommend this book to all RTT SPEEDX readers in particular. I find it indispensable in my daily monitoring of those seemingly indecipherable signals coming out of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The Air and Meteo Code Manual is not a frequency list like Klingenfuss' other books. It is the defacto standard reference on this subject today, however. It may be obtained for 50 German Marks directly from Klingenfuss Publications, Hagenloher Strasse 14, D-72070 Tubingen, Germany. It can also be purchased from Universal Radio, 6830 Americana Parkway, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 for US$29.95. Chuck's still in the "thick" of things as you can see! Next month we'll present his review of Guide to Facsimile Stations, 13th Edition. Aerial Development of New England has added some new items to their line-up for UTE's that need aircraft information. New and just released: FAA Aircraft & Callsign Directory: Its a official U.S. registry of both domestic and international airline callsign's. Includes alphabetical listing of callsign's, company names, bases of operation and three-letter abbreviation code. An aircraft type designator section contains official four-letter/number codes for both military and civilian aircraft operating in the U.S. Extracted from FAA document 7340.1, it costs US$9.90 FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary: Make sense of aeronautical communications with the "official language" of Air Traffic Control. Arranged in alphabetical order with explanations and cross- references for common and not-so-common terms and phrases. Also included is the FAA's list of abbreviations and contractions...vital for data decoding. Cost US$14.90 FAA/ICAO Location Identifiers: In the aero world, locations and nav beacons are coded with a three or four letter identifier...who are they? Right here! An FAA section references U.S. civilian and military facilities. the International Civil Aero Organization (ICAO) section contains codes for major airports and control agencies worldwide. Extracted from FAA document 7350.6 and ICAO 7910. Cost US$14.90 FAA Named Waypoint's Directory: This FAA directory is a complete catalog of all US domestic named waypoint's. Arranged alphabetically and lists locations in easy Latitude and Longitude format. Extract of FAA document 7350.6.p. Cost US$9.90. Although I have not yet seen these new books, Aerial Development has a good reputation for having the "real thing", and prompt service. To find out more, write or call: Aerial Development of New England, PO Box 661, Bangor, ME., 04402-0661 (phone 207-945-3961). Just the "FAX" ma'am... For the last month I have been receiving wirephotos from KCNA Pyongyang on their RTT The 11476 is "picture perfect" (hi!) here in NE Ohio. I have since found out these are part of KCNA's new schedule. Photos are transmitted 2330-0000 and 0030-0100 UTC. Also AOK, the U.S. Navy at Rota, Spain, has been sending 120/576 charts on 5864.0 Khz., with severe interference from a RTT station. They apparently moved here to escape a broadcast station that was near their former frequency. Its been good after 2200 UTC until the RTT Jason Berri forwarded a posting from Fidonet made by Reid Kelly and Marius Rensen. According to this post, on Sept.1, 1993, the two Bracknell radio-facsimile broadcasts known as GFA and GFE, were merged into one broadcast. It is expected that for awhile the broadcast would be made over existing frequencies for both, but that some time in the future a new group of frequencies will be chosen for the merged broadcast to be known as GFA. The new program will include all the aviation charts from GFE and the charts for shipping from GFA. The upper-air analyses and forecasts from GFA will no longer be transmitted. MILITARY U.S. NAVY In my list of commissioned Cyclone-class coastal patrol ships last month I missed the USS Monsoon (PC 4) and USS Typhoon (PC 5). You can add these to your lists also. MARITIME Art Blair sent an interesting magazine to me that may interest all you maritime listeners. Its called Pacific Maritime and is geared towards vessel and terminal operators along the west coast. Several interesting articles that I found. Subscription rates are US$25.00 per year for those not affiliated with the maritime industry. Their address is R.H. Philips Co., 1818 Westlake Ave. North, Suite 430, Seattle, Washington, 98109-2707. Art also sent a note that according to the October 1993 Pacific Maritime magazine, a number of Exxon vessels are being renamed. Exxon shipping has been reorganized as SeaRiver Maritime Inc., so the name "Exxon" is being replaced by the abbreviation "S/R" for SeaRiver, on all Exxon tankers and tugs. More cruising... Hellenic Cruises former Constellation is now the Regency Cruises Regent Spirit. Originally named Morning Star, the ship should have entered service by now after completing renovations. Regency will also add the Regent Jewel, which is the former Sun Fiesta, formally the Pacific Star. Both ships will work the European market. The Regent Sky is still scheduled to debut around June 1994. Meanwhile, we still have a Pacific Star, in Starlite Cruises, she is the former Tropic Star. Starlite's Tropic Star II remains out of service. Last month I passed on info about the new Costa division American Family Cruises. The American Adventure is to depart Miami on December 18. The Sea-Quest cruise ship Frontier Spirit is to be renamed Bremen and will be used in a German market. Epilogue Just as I was getting ready to send this issue to press, Mike Fanderys sent a printout of frequencies/sked's for satellite RS 10/11 (Radio Sputnik). These were passed to Mike by a ham friend Dennis Minnick, KA8TQR. Dennis uses this satellite for relay from VHF. Dennis will QSL any report to him if he's on working CW. There is a CW beacon at 29.357 Khz. If anyone wants copies of the sked, which is good to January, 1994, drop me a line and I'll mail it out post haste. And as its the Christmas season, don't worry about a SASE. This months tip of the hat goes to all who sent in information to be shared with the Speedx family this year. I look forward to the next year and the exciting changes that take place in the utility world. I would like to wish all and theirs a happy holiday season. See you all next year! SPEEDX members had this information over two months ago! SPEEDX publishes a monthly DX bulletin of around 43 pages, Shortwave Radio Today (ISSN 0882-8091). Some of the column's include: THE DXperience: Focusing on notes,news,and views of what's happening in the exciting world of Shortwave radio. Edited by Dan Brame Trash & Treasure: Information on on catalogs, freebies, promotions, and SWL related items. Edited by Donald F. Weber WHAT'S ON: A program listing, and some freqs for SW Radio edited by Daniel Sampson. WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SWBC logging's column edited by Don Thornton EUROPE: SWBC logging's column edited by Bob Colyard THE COMMONWEALTH: SWBC logging's column edited by Bruce Robinson AFRICA: SWBC logging's column edited by Paul Wakefield ASIA/OCEANIA: SWBC logging's column edited by William Westenhaver QSL REPORT: a QSL reporting column edited by Michael Fanderys UTILITIES: Utlilty DX loggings, frequency lists and schedules, edited by Mike Wolfson UTILITY NOT edited by Rick Baker SPEEDX AWARDS: A wide variety of awards are available for members DX'ing accomplishments, Harold Woering, Awards Chairman ....and more! If you would like to learn more about the SPEEDX radio club, (the Society to Preserve the Engrossing Enjoyment of DX'ing), a non-profit volunteer hobby organization founded in 1971, please write to Bob Thunberg Business Manager, SPEEDX, P.O. Box 196, DuBois, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 15801-0196. Club dues are as follows: USA and Mexico $23.00 Canada (AO Airmail) 25.00 Central/South America, Caribbean (airmail) 29.00 Europe (AO Airmail) 33.00 Africa/CIS/Asia/Oceania (AO Airmail) 37.00 Outside North America (Surface Mail) 23.00 All prices are in US funds. Tell Bob you heard about us from the Electronic Edition! -- Rick Baker (ae411@yfn.ysu.edu) Recorded live and direct from downtown Austintown, Ohio