Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!news.eunet.fi!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.primenet.com!stat!david Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.info Message-ID: <199410141548.AA07918@yfn.ysu.edu> From: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu (Richard Baker) Subject: Speedx World of Utilities Electronic Edition, Oct.94 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 11:48:00 -0400 Approved: rec-radio-info@stat.com Sender: news Lines: 766 Xref: news.cs.tut.fi rec.radio.shortwave:38219 rec.radio.scanner:14782 rec.radio.info:6545 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 11:48:00 -0400 Message-Id: <199410141548.AA07918@yfn.ysu.edu> From: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu (Richard Baker) Subject: Speedx World of Utilities Electronic Edition, Oct.94 ======================================================================= ===== SPEEDX's World of Utilities Electronic Edition ===== ===== Specializing in Utility Signals ===== ========== Vol. 4, No.11 October, 1994 ========== ====================================================================== Edited by Richard Baker ae411@yfn.ysu.edu *Please feel free to re-post this file to other boards, as long as the file remains unchanged. 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COPYRIGHT 1994, SPEEDX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ////////////////////////////// UTILITIES \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Ute Logs and Frequency Information Mike Wolfson, Editor 1842 Mifflin Ave Ashland, Ohio 44805 AERO 5550 OASIS 902: 0028 5/2 USB (wkg NY w/position rpt, SELCAL chk-BGBA) (Clar, NY) 5574 SINGAPORE 1: 0928 5/17 USB (wkg San Francisco w/position rpt, enroute to Hong Kong) (Clar, NY) 5598 LTU 441: 0051 5/2 USB (wkg Shanwick w/position rpt, SELCAL chk-HJFQ) (Clar, NY); AIR AFRIQUE 091: 0056 5/4 USB (wkg Santa Maria w/position rpt, SELCAL chk- FDBM) (Clar, NY) 5643 NEW ZEALAND 6981: 0943 5/15 USB (wkg Auckland w/position rpt, SELCAL chk BLHJ) (Clar, NY); QANTAS 49: 0945 5/17 USB (wkg Auckland, flt level request) (Clar, NY) 5649 SCANDINAVIAN 912: 0200 5/1 USB (wkg Gander w/position rpt) (Clar, NY); OLYMPIC 412: 0233 5/1 USB (wkg Gander, request SELCAL chk- CHDK) (Clar, NY) 5696 GRP PHILADELPHIA: USCG 0657 5/18 USB (wkg COMMSTA Boston-NMF w/radio chk) (Baker, Oh) 5718 N2S: USN 0315 5/21 USB (wkg V4F w/ref to ALLIGATOR LINK-11 freq, odd freq, Canadian Forces) (Baker, Oh) 6535 ETHIOPIAN 8921: 0037 5/4 USB (wkg Dakar w/position rpt) (Clar, NY); FIR: Dakar IFSS Senegal 0520 5/18 USB (wkg flt ?-790 w/change of flt level, flt ?-740 w/waypoint chk-in) (Baker, Oh) 6577 GUYANA 711: 2301 5/1 USB (wkg NY w/position rpt) (Clar, NY) 6586 SPRINGBOK 201: 2338 5/10 USB (wkg Accra w/position rpt, flt level request) (Clar, NY); JETSET 22: Air 2000 UK 2258 5/10 USB (wkg NY w/position rpt) (Clar, NY) 6993 AF 2: 1830 5/20 USB (wkg ANDY, pp to CROWN) (Baker, Oh) 8825 VIASA 708: 2226 5/1 USB (wkg NY w/position rpt, SELCAL chk-CKAD) (Clar, NY) 8846 AIR EUROPE 711: 0021 5/1 USB (wkg NY w/position rpt) (Clar, NY); AMTRAN 390: 2206 5/1 USB (wkg NY w/position rpt) (Clar, NY) 8861 SPEEDBIRD 244: 0044 5/2 USB (wkg Recife Brazil w/position rpt) (Clar, NY) 8894 SPEEDBIRD 57: 2356 5/2 USB (clg Algiers, no joy, wkg Niamey w/position rpt) (Clar, NY); SWISSAIR 265: 0039 5/18 USB (wkg Algiers w/position rpt, SELCAL chk AGCO) (Clar, NY) 11176 BLUE ZERO 1: 1422 5/23 USB (wkg ANDREWS w/flt ops, 6 POB were noted) (Johnson, Il); ASCENSION GHFS: 1905 5/30 353 (wkg various USAF planes w/tfc & pp) (D'Angelo, Pa) 11178 PAMA: HrMS Karel Doorman 1935 5/6 USB (clg PEMMA, no joy) (Navary, Va) Dutch warship -RD 11220 SIERRA 310: USAF 1605 5/12 USB (on CHANNEL BRAVO, msg re a press conference, dinner w/Russians, menu) (Lukas, NY) 11300 MAURITIUS 042: 0025 5/22 USB (wkg Cairo w/flt level rpt and position) (Clar, NY); EGYPT AIR 822: 0213 5/22 USB (wkg Khartoum w/position rpt) (Clar, NY) 11306 LIMA RADIO: Peru 0443 5/12 USB (wkg AMERICAN 999, 901) (Navary, Va) 13201 XPM: USAF Thule Greenland 1758 5/17 USB (SKYKING b/c) (Lukas, NY) 13217 XRAY 906: USAF 1921 5/17 USB (Base NIGHTWATCH wkg perimeter) (Lukas,NY) 13354 POLYNESIAN 315: 0036 5/6 USB (wkg Honolulu w/position rpt, SELCAL chk- CQJR) (Clar, NY); AIR CHINA 986: 0053 5/6 USB (wkg Honolulu) (Clar, NY) 15015 ADNF: NO ID 1545 5/15 USB (unk USA vessel wkg McDill GHFS w/pp to AAC2-Ft Eustis Va Harbormaster) (Navary, Va) CW 4015 NMH: USCG Systems Command Alexandria Va US 1906 5/21 (wkg KC8UR, clg CQ & QSX 3705 for Armed Forces Day) (Baker, Oh) 4192 SZJM: M/V Pacific Prosperity 0402 5/11 (AMVER msg) (Navary, Va) 6288 IGJ43: Augusta Naval Radio 0420 5/11 (marker) (Navary, Va) 6834.2 NBL: USN NAVSUBASE Groton Ct US 1543 5/21 (wkg W9SUM, K1VMI for Armed Forces Day) (Baker, Oh) 6970 NMN: USCG CAMSLANT Chesapeake Va US 1530 5/21 (wkg W8FEC, K4FRM, WQ5L for Armed Forces Day) (Baker, Oh); 6970; NMN: CAMSLANT Chesapeake 0240 5/22 (sending SECDEF msg for Armed Forces Day) (Navary, Va) 8352 SYRF: M/V Golden Trader 0254 5/17 (wkg HPP w/msg to Panama) (Navary, Va) 8374 ELLE3: M/V Van Trader 0505 5/4 (wkg KFS) (Navary, Va) 8402 C6JF3: M/V Chiquita Roma 0146 5/21 (wkg OBC3) (Navary, Va) 8459 YQI4: Constanta Radio Romania 0130 (wkg YQCM, YQHY, YQRC)(Navary, Va) 8470 XFL: Mazatlan Radio Mexico 1127 5/15 (marker) (Navary, Va) 8506 XSX: Chi Lung Radio Taiwan 1125 5/15 (marker) (Navary, Va) 8527 OBY2: Paita Radio Peru 0344 5/11 (wkg PPXN) (Navary, Va) 8577 HLO: Seoul Radio S Korea 1120 5/15 (marker) (Navary, Va) 8606 ZRQ: Cape Naval S Africa 0551 5/20 (sending PARIS loop, marker) (Navary, Va) 8682 EAD: Madrid Radio Spain 0206 5/12 (wkg ICVG) (Navary, Va) 12581.1 KFS: Palo Alto Radio Ca US 1437 4/28 (ID) (Lukas, NY) 12696.1 KFS: Palo Alto Radio Ca US 2043 5/10 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 12750 CWA: Cerrito Radio Uruguay 2300 (ID, call for tfc) (Babin, Ma) 12780 D3E51: Luanda Radio Angola 2032 5/10 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 12800.4 PCH51: Scheveningen Radio Netherlands 1848 5/12 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 12857.6 6WW: Dakar Naval Radio Senegal 1802 5/4 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 12861.3 4XO: Haifa Radio Israel 2011 5/10 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 12874.8 VCS: Halifax CG Radio Nova Scotia Canada 1508 5/5 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 12888.4 EAD44: Madrid Radio Spain 1605 5/4 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 12913.1 FFL6: St Lys Radio France 1540 5/4 (marker, CQ) (Lukas, NY) 13034 WCC: Chatham Radio Ma US 1445 5/4 (marker, CQ) (Lukas, NY) 16835 WNU: Slidell Radio La US 0100 4/28 (ID) (Lukas, NY) 16976 USCG NORFOLK: Va US 2315 (CQ, ID) (Babin, Ma.) 16984 RIO RADIO: Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2310 (call for tfc) (Babin, Ma) 17050.8 4XZ: Haifa Radio Israel 1930 4/29 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 17074 LGB: Rogaland Radio Norway 1840 5/21 (tfc list, CQ marker) (Baker, Oh) 17194.5 PPR: Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1920 (ID) (Hall, SA) 17215 JBD: Nagasaki Radio Japan 0916 (ID) (Hall, SA) 17232.8 9VG53E: Singapore Radio 0913 (M/17232.9 khz QSX 16Mhz CH13458 10) (Hall, SA) 22450.1 PPO: Olinda Radio Brazil 1910 5/29 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22460.9 FUJ: Noumea Naval New Caledonia 2254 5/8 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22476 NMO: USCG COMMSTA Honolulu Hi US 0345 5/10 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22485 VHC: Belconnen Australia 0231 5/10 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22518 WCC: Chatham Radio Ma US 2202 5/28 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22544 FUM: Papeete Naval Tahiti 2201 5/7 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22565 XSW: Taichung Radio Taiwan 0456 5/21 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22587.5 LPD91: General Pacheco Radio Argentina 2156 5/5 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 22592.5 A9M: Bahrain Radio Bahrain 0351 5/21 (Ward, Ca) 22610.5 CLA: Havana Radio Cuba 2138 5/28 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22646.5 JOS: Nagasaki Radio Japan 0220 5/10 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22669.5 JCS: Choshi Radio Japan 2311 5/8 (marker) (Ward, Ca) 22688.6 WLO: Mobile Radio Al US 2134 5/23 (marker) (Lukas, NY) 22690.5 JOU: Nagasaki Radio Japan 0214 5/10 (marker) (Ward, Ca) MARINE 518 USCG COMMSTA BOSTON: Ma US 5/12 SITOR B (wx b/c sked) (Babin, Ma) 2182 H9CK: M/V Freewinds 0547 5/31 USB (wkg Bermuda Harbor Radio re distressed M/V Elaine taking on water, QSY 4125) (Baker, Oh) 2670 NMR1: USCG San Juan Puerto Rico 0658 5/24 USB (wkg S/V Sandy Kay 2 re medico on bd, establish radio guard) (Baker, Oh) 4113 HPEN: C/S SS Britanis 0321 5/27 USB (wkg WOM w/R/T tfc) (Baker, Oh) 4125 H9CK: M/V Freewinds 0612 5/31 USB (wkg USCG San Juan re M/V Elaine taking on water, pumps and supplies passed to Elaine, Elaine enroute to San Juan) (Baker, Oh) 4134 NRCB: USS Bowen (FFT-1079) 0233 5/11 USB (wkg NMN w/2 xmitr tests) (Baker, Oh); NPCR: USCGC Dallas 0532 5/3 USB (wkg COMMSTA New Orleans) (Navary, Va) 6200 NOPQ: USS Thorn (DD-988) 1839 5/9 USB (wkg NMF-COMMSTA Boston, re secure RTTY freq) (Baker, Oh) 6224 SOUTHBOUND II: 0030 5/29 USB 444 (wkg various vessels in Caribbean w/wx) (D'Angelo, Pa) 6227 AADX: USAV Buena Vista 2221 5/16 USB (clg AAC2, no joy, QSY Channel 5) (Navary, Va) 6516 NDCH: USCGC Point Francis (WPB-82356) 1653 5/26 USB (w/CTU, cutter in "green", CTU in red or clear) (Baker, Oh); USCGC Grand Isle: 1344 5/28 USB (wkg CTU) (Navary, Va) *CTU is Commander Task Unit -RD 8198 6NBK: Vessel Je Won 55 0014 5/26 USB (w/R/T tfc via WOM) (Baker, Oh) 8207 IBBG: American Family Cruises (Costa) SS American Adventure 1430 5/5 USB (w/R/T tfc via WOM) (Baker, Oh) 8216 WOO: Oceangate Radio NJ 1413 5/10 USB (wkg Glorianna) (Lukas, NY) 8240 NRQW: USCGC Sweetgum (WLB-309) 0420 5/18 USB (clg NMG, no joy) (Baker, Oh); GXBH: HMS Beagle 2228 5/5 USB (clg Portishead Radio) (Navary, Va) 8297 ADNF: NO ID 2232 5/16 USB (unk USA vessel, clg USS Buena Vista-AADX) (Navary, Va) 8776 W3F: USN 0437 5/17 USB (wkg a/c net w/Y4W, V4S w/coded msg, coast channel 820) (Lukas, NY) USN HICOM -RD 12242 ICGA: M/V Aquitania 1718 5/6 USB (wkg NMN re medical problem, request that NMN pass msg to CIRM Rome) (Navary, Va); NYWL: USCGC Thetis 1933 5/20 USB (wkg CAMSLANT w/pp to Group Key WEST) (Navary, Va) 12500 FOUR ZULU: 1856 5/4 USB (wkg ONE YANKEE, middle of ship RTTY band) (Navary, Va) PHONE 4020 WAR: Ft Detrick Md US 1515 5/21 LSB (wkg N2BIN, AA3CT, W2LVN for Armed Forces Day, ID, listening on 3995.5 for QSOs) (Baker, Oh) 4035 AAR: Ft Bragg NC US 0139 5/22 LSB (wkg W4NJKI for Armed Forces Day) (Baker, Oh) 4038.5 NAV: USN MARS HQ Md US 0145 5/22 USB (wkg WA4JQS for Armed Forces Day, listening on 3965) (Baker, Oh) 6779 DRDX: German Navy Attack Submarine FGS U-30 0020 5/14 USB (wkg DHJ59- Wilhelmshaven in EE/GG/RTTY comms) (Baker, Oh); DRDV: German Submarine U-28 0341 5/13 USB (wkg DJH59) (Navary, Va); DRKD: Gluecksburg 0421 5/6 USB (wkg DHJ59) (Navary, Va) 6834.5 NBL: NAVSUBASE Groton Ct US 1630 5/21 LSB (clg CQ, announcing 7520, wkg WA8AHV for Armed Forces Day) (Baker, Oh) 7313.5 AFF2T: USAF MARS Training Net 1450 5/21 USB (Baker, Oh) 7345 NMH: USCG System Command Alexandria Va US 2054 5/21 USB (clg CQ, listening on 7252 LSB, wkg VE3HMV for Armed Forces Day) (Baker, Oh) 7391 NNN0CVG: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 2035 5/21 USB (wkg NNN0ZTI w/pp tfc) (Baker, Oh) 7535 MCM-11: USS Gladiator 1456 5/24 USB (unk call, wkg SESEF re xmitr tests, QSY 18200) (Baker, Oh); NZDN: USS Fairfax County 1424 5/13 USB (wkg Norfolk SESEF) (Navary, Va) 7741 NICB: USCGC Forward (WMEC-911) 2355 5/13 USB (wkg AIRWOLFE 73 for landing time) (Baker, Oh) 14441.5 NNN0CVV: USS Yellowstone (AD-41) 1903 5/1 USB (clg ASSMS) (Baker, Oh) 14478.5 NZJ: MCAS El Toro Ca US 1926 5/21 USB (wkg K4KBI, K8AQ, N3KLR for Armed Forces Day) (Baker, Oh) 15630 NO ID: 0004 5/15 AM (SS 5 numbers grps) (Bellovich, Fl) 16300 OMZ: MFA Prague Czech Republic 1605 USB (nx in Czech) (Hall, SA) RTTY/FAX 518 VFN: CCG Montreal Canada 0750 5/31 FEC (w/experimental FF NAVTEX info) (Baker, Oh) 3898.2 TNL: ASECNA Brazzaville Congo 0141 ARQ M2 96/408 (idling) (Hall, SA) 4023.6 3BZ: Plaisance Air Mauritania 0152 ARQ E3 48/864 (idling) (Hall, SA) 4487.6 TNL: ASECNA Brazzaville Congo 0210 ARQ M2 96/394 (wx codes) (Hall, SA) 4813.2 LZA8: Sofia Meteo Bulgaria 0342 50/497N (wx codes) (Hall, SA) 5160.2 5UA: ASECNA Niamey Nigeria 0227 ARQ M2 96/406 (wx codes) (Hall, SA) 5474 CSY: Santa Maria Air Azores 0455 5/31 50/750 (RY, ID) (Baker, Oh) 5847.9 TUH: ASECNA Abidjan 0405 50/427R (meteo codes) (Hall, SA) 6785 MKK: British Army London UK 1830 VFT 50/170 (RYs, ID) (Hall, SA) 6835.3 NO ID: 0153 5/22 50/400 (coded wx) (Baker, Oh) 6895.4 NO ID: 1840 ARQ E3 72 476 (scrambled FF tfc) (Hall, SA) 7464.6 5YE: Nairobi Meteo Kenya 1900 FAX (very good Indian Ocean chart) (Hall, SA) 7508 ZRO2: Pretoria Meteo South Africa 0434 FAX (vg chart on 7506.3 USB) (Hall, SA) 8165 5YD: Nairobi Air Kenya 0016 5/31 50/170 (RY, ID) (Baker, Oh) 8225.9 NO ID: 1710 86/999 (queer speed/shift, garbage on screen) (Hall, SA) 8366 WTEJ: NOAA Survey Ship McArthur 1440 5/11 SITOR A (wkg NMC w/AMVER tfc) (Blair, Ca) 8376 GBTT: Queen Elizabeth 2 0203 5/31 SITOR A (tlx tfc, off the coast of Normandy for D-Day events) (Baker, Oh) 8381 NQST: USNS Sealift Arctic 2145 5/6 SITOR A (obs msg) (Navary, Va) 8401.5 USYQ: PB Baltijskaya Slava 0019 5/31 50/170 (RY to UIW, no joy) (Baker, Oh) 8414 UJUF: TH Anna Ul'yanova 0420 5/3 50/170 (TG's) (Baker, Oh) 8465.7 JJC: Tokyo Radio Japan 1743 FAX 60/576 (JJ newspaper, very interesting) (Hall, SA) 8556.1 SAB44: Goteburg Radio Sweden 1753 SITOR A (tfc in Swedish for "Vikingland") (Hall, SA) 10133 NPL: DIRNAVMARCORMARS Reg 5 San Diego Ca US 0340 5/22 75/170 (msg from Sec of Defense) (Baker, Oh) 10496.2 MKK: British Army London UK 1820 VFT 50/170 (on several channels) (Hall, SA) 11139 CTV71 ?: Portuguese Navy ? 0450 5/18 75 baud (ID correct ?, 2 stns on same freq sending to each other, one stn ends with QAP NESTA, QAP=listen for me on...) (Navary, Va) 11326 ALB2: NO ID 0440 5/18 PACKET (attempting to contact ALB, BOM attempting to contact OLI, no idea who this is, any ideas ???) (Navary, Va) 12140 HWN: French Navy Paris France 1706 75/800R (RYs/SGs+ 1WERTYOUOP ??) (Hall, SA) 12474 C4BT: M/V Hunter 2140 5/20 SITOR A (tlx w/position rpt) (Baker, Oh) 12481.5 PGKQ: Vessel Northern Explorer 0318 5/18 SITOR A (Dutch tlx, SELCAL QYYV) (Baker, Oh) 12507 KNJA: SS Tampa Bay 1230 5/30 SITOR A (tlx tfc) (Navary, Va) 12559 YLBP: MK Z. Griva 2219 5/8 RTTY (RY to UDH Riga Radio, into TGs) (Baker, Oh) 12585 WLO: Mobile Radio Al US 2200 5/10 SITOR A 555 (nx) (Card, RI) 12780.5 5BJB: M/V Seaboni 1623 5/6 SITOR A (tlx to Athens in Greek) (Navary, Va) 13444.4 RFQP: French Forces Djibouti 1055 ARQ E3 100/377 (idling) (Hall, SA) 13864.5 NO ID: 1700 SITOR A (always idling, never sending) (Hall, SA) 14356 GFL24: Bracknell Meteo UK 2047 5/21 50/400 (coded wx) (Baker, Oh) 14359.1 SNN299: MFA Warsaw Poland 0700 72/261N (Polish/EE tfc to embassies, weird shift) (Hall, SA) 14383 GXQ: British Army London UK 2010 5/21 50 baud (test tape) (Navary, Va) 14642.1 MFA CAIRO: Egypt 0725 SITOR A (EE nx) (Hall, SA) 14960 RFTJ: French Forces Dakar Senegal 0920 ARQ E3 192/404 (idling) (Hall, SA) 15562.6 NO ID: 1646 PICCOLO (strong signal) (Hall, SA) 15950 RBI777: Moscow Meteo Russia 1636 FAX 90/576 (fair chart) (Hall, SA) 16092.8 ECHO: South Africa 1138 PACKET (ECHO chatting to Lima in Africaans) (Hall, SA) 16104.2 MFA OSLO: Norway 1147 TWINPLEX 100/? (M7000 can not decode) (Hall, SA) 16125 RFQP: French Forces Djibouti 1155 ARQ M2 200/393 (CdeV @+50, unlisted in Klingenfuss) (Hall, SA) 16187 5YE: Nairobi Meteo Kenya 1231 FAX (superb chart) (Hall, SA) 16261.9 RFTJD: French Forces Libreville Gabon 1610 ARQ E3 192/393 (5 ltr grps for RFFABCR, RFFIM) (Hall, SA) 16312.6 C37A: NO ID 1600 100/314 (listed in Klingenfuss, could not decode) (Hall, SA) 16689.5 YJZD3: Chemshion 0020 5/27 SITOR A (wkg KPH) (Blair, Ca) 16693.5 GBSA: M/V Author 1802 5/26 SITOR A (AMVER msg) (Navary, Va) 16697.5 UKVD: M/V Novokuibyshevsk 1910 5/22 SITOR A (AMVER msg) (Navary, Va) 16699.5 UBSR: Kapitan V. Izanov 0010 5/27 SITOR A (wkg HPP w/coded wx) (Blair, Ca) 16702 C6KK9: Franina 2324 5/23 SITOR A (w/tfc for NYC via WCC) (Blair, Ca) 16703.5 DZUV: M/V Handy Explorer 2136 5/20 SITOR A (tlx via Scheveningen Radio-PCH65) (Baker, Oh) 16705 PPJV: Frota Maraba 1255 5/16 SITOR A (tlx tfc) (Navary, Va) 16708.5 TCDI: M/T Esram 0006 5/20 SITOR A (tlx to Klagenfurt) (Navary, Va) 16710 3EAW7: M/V Pacific Rider 1954 5/22 SITOR A (tlx tfc) (Navary, Va) 16716 P3AC3: M/V Atlas 1455 5/8 SITOR A (tlx to Copenhagen) (Navary, Va) 16798.9 UYKK: Sovship STM Omalo 1502 50/170N (wkg VT7- where is it???) (Hall, SA) 16940.7 9MR: Malay Navy Johore Bahru 1205 72/846R (w/test tape) (Hall, SA) 17036.1 UXN: Arkhangelsk Russia 1213 50/170N (w/RR telegrams) (Hall, SA) 17445 5YE: Nairobi Kenya 2000 5/30 343 FAX (wx maps) (Card, RI) 17510 OXT: Meteo Copenhagen Denmark 1345 5/20 FAX (good ice conditions chart) (Navary, Va) 17521.5 HSW61: Bangkok Meteo Thailand 1243 50/351N (wx codes) (Hall, SA) 17946.7 NO ID: 1217 SITOR A (probably Egyptian diplo tfc/AA) (Hall, SA) 18030.6 RFFXI: French Forces Bangui Central African Republic 1217 ARQ E 72/406 (w/5 ltr grps for RFFXOC, RFFIK, RFFABCT) (Hall, SA) 18365.4 6WW: French Navy Dakar Senegal 1515 96/832 (crypto, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 18380.4 RFFXS: French Forces Versailles France 1510 ARQ E3 100/412 (idling, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 18385 LOR: NAVRAD Puerto Belgrano Argentina 1507 96/170N (ID, crypto, 5 ltr grps, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 18490.2 NO ID: 1102 ARQ S (S4 signal, a lot of XOCs) (Hall, SA) 18552.1 MFA BUCHAREST: Romania 1058 RUM FEC 164/375 (could not decode) (Hall, SA) 18621.5 LRO84: Buenos Aires Meteo 1445 FAX (fair chart, new freq) (Hall, SA) 18702.1 DPA SPEZIAL: Bonn Germany 1442 FEC A 96/398 (GG nx, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 18804.7 NO ID: 1435 75/482N (looked like Argentina Naval, 5 ltr grps, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 19106.6 MFA JAKARTA: Indonesia 1055 SITOR A (Indonesian tfc, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 19420.2 NO ID: 1305 ARQ S 96/486 (Xs and Os on the screen) (Hall, SA) 20091.8 MFA CAIRO: Egypt 0947 SITOR A (AA tfc, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 21065.3 NO ID: 1230 100/205 (sounded like SWED-ARQ L, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 21071.2 NO ID: 1235 SITOR A (synch pulses only, unlisted) (Hall, SA) 22379 VIP: Perth Radio Australia 0115 5/20 SITOR (ID) (Ward, Ca) 22382 NMC: USCG COMMSTA San Francisco Ca US 0315 5/21 SITOR (ID) (Ward, Ca) 22389 9VG: Singapore Radio 0509 5/21 SITOR (ID) (Ward, Ca) 22391 NO ID: 2243 5/8 SITOR (frequently heard no CW ID) (Ward, Ca) 22395 KPH: San Francisco Radio Ca US 2155 5/7 SITOR (ID) (Ward, Ca) 22396 NO ID: 2243 5/8 SITOR (frequently heard no CW ID) (Ward, Ca) 22404 UFC2: NO ID 0505 5/21 SITOR (ID) (Ward, Ca) 22420 XSQ: Guangzhou Radio China 0243 5/10 SITOR (ID) (Ward, Ca) That about wraps things up for this month. If anyone knows where the off switch for the sun is these days, would they please use it. Between solar conditions and the usual thunderstorm garbage, I'm being reduced to consider (gasp) TV. Maybe next month will be better (P-L-E-A-S-E !!!!). Stay cool. CUN 30. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ UTILITY NOTES //////////////////////////////// News and Information from the World of Utilities Richard "RD" Baker, Editor 1352 Cavalcade Dr. Austintown, Ohio 44515-3844 Internet: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu The most often asked question is how can a new person "break into" the utility listening hobby and understand anything at all? Well first, one has to understand that under the umbrella of "utilities" lay many different and unique sub-groups. You have your SSB or single side-band folks, who enjoy listening to several sub-groups within that area. We have maritime, international aero, government and military stations making up the lions share of listening. Now we divide say...military...into several more sub- groups such as your "serious" Air Force, or Navy listeners for example. Then some just like to tune around and see what they catch. We have the multi-mode folks who, through the use of various decoders, search the bands for the sounds of various transmission modes, which are cropping up in a very wide variety of modes. We can again sub-divide these folks into specialty areas. For example Russian maritime RTTY or FAX reception. Then we have the Numbers Stations folks, who enjoy the chase of finding and logging those strange numbers counters that turn up. Spies? Or Spy vs Spy? Non-directional beacon chasing also remains popular. There are more, and not to offend anyone, the point is we have a lot of angles to look at the "ute's". So to assist the new comer in "listening to the ute's" and perhaps provide information other "veterans" didn't have before, from time to time I will present one aspect of utility listening with complete background and information as a "Monitoring the ____" series. This month the series will start with Monitoring the U.S. Coast Guard. I know there are many Speedx members who are very proficient in one aspect of the ute's or another. I'd invite these folks to interest others into their part of the hobby by writing a small article. Speedx editors start with a legal sized page. One to three pages would be ideal. Perhaps by taking the cloak off some of these stations, methods and modes more people will enjoy "listening to the ute's"! Monitoring the U.S. Coast Guard Members The U.S. Coast Guard is the smallest overall in number of the five Armed Services of the United States (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, CG). The Coast Guard becomes a part of the Navy during times of war. As of August 1991, they had 36,906 active personal made up of: Officer Corps 5,522, Warrant Officers 1,501, Cadets 921, Enlisted 29,883, and Selected Reserve 12,135. The U.S. Coast Guard traces its start back to the Revenue Marine formed in 1790. Through a variety of mergers and name changes (including the U.S. Lighthouse Service) the service became known as the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. Organization Simply put, the command structure is made up of "Districts" located in the COMPACAREA or Pacific Command Area and COMLANTAREA or Atlantic Command Area. These Districts are made up of the next level in command, the "Group", as in Group Cape May or Southwest Harbor Group you may have seen logged. These Groups are made up of "Stations" (formerly Lifeboat Stations) of which there are some 150 along the shores of the U.S. So the Stations make up the Group and the Group answers to the District who answer to the Area Command. Boats and Cutters Boats include approximately 2000 (number fluctuates). All craft under 65 feet in length are in this classification. Craft include Motor Lifeboat; Motor Surf Boat; Utility Boat; Surf Rescue Boat; Port Security Boat; Ports and Waterways Boat; Aids to Navigation Boat; and a variety of smaller, non-standard boats. Sizes range from 63 feet in length down to 16 feet. A "Cutter" is basically any Coast Guard vessel 65 feet in length or more, having adequate accommodations for crew to live on board. All larger cutters over 180 feet in length are under Area Commands. Cutters under 180 feet are under District Commands. The largest except for the ocean going icebreakers, are the High Endurance Cutter (hull designation WHEC). There are 12 WHEC cutters, all are 378-Class or Hamilton-class cutters. The names of the cutters honor individuals. The next class down are Medium Endurance Cutters, or WMEC's. These are presently made up of several classes. The newest, the Bear or 270- class, are numbers WMEC-901 thru 913. Icebreakers (hull designation WAGB): 399 or Polar-class: Length: 399 feet, Crew: 138, Maximum Speed: 18 knots, Maximum Range: 28,000 miles. These are the USCGC Polar Sea and USCGC Polar Star which serve in the Arctic and Antarctic. These are two of the largest ocean-going icebreakers in the world. The 290-class is the USCGC Mackinaw, which serves exclusively on the Great Lakes. Icebreaking Tugs (WTGB): These are made up of the 140 Bay-class: Biscayne Bay, Bristol Bay, Katmai Bay, Mobile Bay, Morro Bay, Neah Bay, Penobscot Bay, Sturgeon Bay, and Thunder Bay. Surface Effect Ship, "Seabird" Class (Hull designation WSES) were all decommissioned in February of this year. The three cutters; Sea Hawk, Shear- water, and Petrel, were all deployed in the Florida Keys. Patrol Boat cutters are made up of several classes, the newest being the Island-class (Hull designation WPB-1301 to 1377). Patrol Craft, Large are made up of the Point-class (also WPB's) which will soon start to decommission. All of this class names start with the word "Point", as in the USCGC Point Arena. Buoy Tenders, Seagoing (WLB) are made up of several classes. Training Cutter (WIX): USCGC Eagle is 295 feet long with a maximum speed of 11/16 knots under full sail. Training complement is 12 Officers, 38 crew, and 150 cadets (average). Eagle is a three masted sailing Barque with some 21,350 square feet of sail. Homeport is at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Ct. It is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in U.S. maritime services and one of five such Training Barques in world. "Sister- ships" include the MIRLEA in Romania, SAGRES II in Portugal, the FGS GORCH FOCK (A-60) in Germany, and the TOVARICH in Russia. WFCI's are the "Cigarette" boat like Fast Coastal Interceptors, based in the Fl. Keys. All are used in the drug interdiction roll, and all use tactical call signs. These cutters are believed to be to be assigned to JTF4 (Joint Task Force 4), a multi-agency drug interdiction task force. Here is the complete breakdown of the classifications: WHEC - Heavy Endurance Cutter; WMEC - Medium Endurance Cutter; WAGB - Icebreakers; WAGO - Oceanographic Cutter; WPB - Patrol Boat Cutters; WFCI - Fast Coastal Intercepter; WIX - Training Cutter; WLB - Offshore Buoy Tender; WLI - Inshore Buoy Tender; WLIC - Inland Construction Tender; WLM - Coastal Buoy Tender; WLR - River Buoy Tender; WSES - Surface Effects Ship; WTGB, WYTM, and WYTL - Tugs. U.S. Coast Guard Aircraft The HH-60J Jayhawk is the newest addition to the aviation fleet. The United States Coast Guard plans to add over 30 medium range recovery HH-60J helicopters to its fleet to replace the HH-3F Sikorsky Pelican. The H-60 is similar lo the HH-3F in many ways, and the assigned mission will be the same. However, the H-60 will have numerous upgrades including a state of the art electronics package. The H-60 is lighter, faster and the engines have more power. The H-60 will not be able to perform water landings, which the H-3 is capable of. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City was the first operational unit with the Jayhawk. HH-60J Air Stations: Alabama: ATC Mobile; Alaska: CGAS Kodiak & CGAS Sitka; California; CGAS San Francisco; Florida: CGAS Clear-water, Mass.; CGAS Cape Cod; North Carolina: CGAS Elizabeth City; Michigan: CGAS Traverse City. Long a mainstay, the Sikorsky HH-3F "Pelican" is close to, if not completely phased out of service. In 1969, Sikorsky delivered the first HH-3F to Air Station New Orleans. The basic design was put in service in 1959 with a civilian designation of S-61. A few modifications were made to this design to tailor the aircraft to the specific needs of the Coast Guard. It is from this design that the U.S. Coast Guard ordered forty airframes. Another well used helicopter is the Aerospatiale HH-65A "Dolphin". The United Slates Coast Guard has 96 short range HH-65A helicopters in its fleet. The twin-engine Dolphins operate up to 150 miles off shore and will fly comfortably at 150 knots for three hours. Though normally stationed ashore, the Dolphins can be carried on board medium and high endurance Coast Guard Cutters. The primary fixed wing asset used is the HU-25A "Guardian". Forty-one HU-25A, medium range surveillance fan jets replaced the HU-16E Albatross and the C-131A Samaritan prop driven aircraft, in the Coast Guard aviation fleet. The Guardian's modern technology and design enhances it's performance as the services first multi-mission jet. Where to Listen Ok, now you need to know where to listen. 90% of your comms are on the following freqs: 2182 International Distress. 2670 Coast Guard cutters, SAR's and non-CG ships. 3123 Air to Ground with CommSta's 3253 1st District/Group Woods Hole. 4426/4134 4 Megs SCN or Systems Cooridination Net (Shore/Cutter). 5320 Group Common. 5692 AirSta's, Air-Ground 5696 Air to Ground with CommSta's 6501/6200 6 Megs SCN (Shore/Cutter). 6516 Cutters, aircraft, CommSta's/Groups. 50/50 secure. 8764/8240 8 Megs SCN (Shore/Cutter). 8984 Air to Ground with CommSta's 11201 Air to Ground with CommSta's 13089/12242 13 Megs SCN (Shore/Cutter). Notice that the SCN frequency pairs are regular maritime duplex channels. These are also "public" frequencies where non-Coast Guard ships can contact the USCG also. All of these frequencies are Upper Side Band (USB). Mostly what you will hear on the majority of these frequencies are the "CommSta's" or Communications Stations. There are "senior" stations on each coast. On the east coast we have CAMSLANT Chesapeake (CAMSLANT = Communications Master Station Atlantic), c/o NAVSECGRUACT Northwest, Chesapeake, VA 23322-2598 with the call sign NMN. On the west coast its CAMSPAC San Francisco (CAMSPAC = Communications Area Master Station Pacific), 1700 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, P.O. Box 560, Pt. Reyes, CA 94956-0560, call sign NMC. Other CommSta's include: Communications Station Boston, P.O. Box 608 Marshfield, MA 02050-0005, CALL: NMF; Communications Station New Orleans, P.O. Box 520, Belle Chasse, LA 70037-0520, CALL: NMG; Communications Station Honolulu, Wahiawa, HI 96786-3050, CALL: NMO; Communications Station Kodiak Box 17, Kodiak, AK 99619-5000, CALL: NOJ. Miami (NMA) was recently closed, and Guam (NRV) has ceased scheduled broadcasts. Plans are under way to eventually run all comms from CAMSLANT and CAMSPAC via remote antenna sites. Terms The table below contains some of the more common USCG terms used on the air. AIRSTA Air Station AMVER Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System CAMSLANT Communications Master Station Atlantic (Portsmo CAMSPAC USCG Communications Area Master Station Pacific CASREP Casualty Report CHARLIE Copy, as in Affimitive, also "Charlie, Charlie" COAST GUARD ZERO ONE Aircraft with Commandant of USCG on Board COMMSTA Communications Station (USN, USCG) as in Comm-S EIGHT MEGS Refers to SCN frequency pair 8764/8240, OR 8984 ELT Emergency Locating Transmitter ELT PATROL Enforcement of Trades and Treaties Patrol EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon FOUR MEGS SCN Refers to SCN frequency pair 4426/4134 FOXTROT MIKE "FM" Frequency (Most often in VHF Marine Band) FRTT Fleet Radio Teletype HFDL High Frequency Data Link HOIST As in doing a hoist, lifting someone from water HOME PLATE Home Base HOTEL FOXTROT (FOX) "HF" High Frequency/Shortwave, Sometimes Hotel IN THE BLIND Sending Message Without Hearing Response LANDLINE Standard Telephone LIMA CHARLIE Loud and Clear MARS Military Affiliated Radio System MEDICO Medical Emergency on Board Ship NAS Naval Air Station PFD Personal Floatation Device PIW Persons in Water POB Persons On Board RADIO GUARD Maintain a Listening Watch for Safety RCC Rescue Coordination Center RDF Radio Direction Finding RTB Return to Base SAR CASE Search & Rescue Mission SARSAT Search & Rescue Satellite SCN Systems Coordination Net SEVENTEEN MEGS SCN Refers to USCG SCN frequency pair 17314/16432 Khz SITREP Situation Report SIX MEGS SCN Refers to USCG SCN frequency pair 6501/6200 Khz SOB Souls on Board, Older Term for PIB SOS Save Our Ship, Mayday UNIFORM HOTEL Frequency band, as in: "UHF" or AM military aero WILCO Military Term for Will Comply WINDOW FREQUENCY Frequency of Actual RF Carrier "That's a charlie, charlie" would mean "that's a copy" or yes, I understand. The letter "C" being the first letter in "Copy". The phonetics make it more likely the message will be received. Another typical message may go like "CommSta Boston, this is Coast Guard Rescue 2113, we were airborne at minute 35 from home plate AirSta Cape Cod with five POB. We are enroute to an EPIRB activation at (lat/lon) and request you take our radio guard". So, 2113 is in comms with Communications Station Boston (NMF) and is telling them they took off from Air Station Cape Cod at 35 minutes after the hour with five persons on board the 2113. They are going out to check an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon that has been detected as activated and they are requesting Boston maintain a listening watch for their safety. Boston will confirm the data, and state "standard flight op's" and assign a primary and secondary frequency for the 2113 to use. Standard Flight Operations call for the aircraft to check in each 30 minutes with their position as long as they are airborne. Coast Guard aircraft tasked on a SAR will ID as "Rescue" and their four number aircraft ID. Those not on a SAR type case will simply ID as "Coast Guard" and the four number ID. Aircraft ID numbers are as follows: 1430-1497 HH-3F "Pelican" 1500-1720 HC-130 "Hercules" 2101-2168 HU-25-A "Guardian" 6001-6071 HH-60J "Jayhawk" 6501-6599 HH-65A "Dolphin" A conversation I had recently with a former "Coastie" who flew HC- 130's led to one term change. That was "home plate", which I had always taken to be "home base". Not so says the former flying Coastie, merely the point of departure. I hope this quick tour helped shed some light on these comms for you. The U.S. Coast Guard also happen to be very good QSL'ers and offer excellent public relations with SWL's and amateur radio operators. Much of this information is courtesy of the USCG. Some of the best listening I have heard has been on the U.S. Coast Guard HF frequencies. I hope you'll give them a listen. And, I hope you like this new feature! While on the subject, Art Blair out in San Francisco checks in with some U.S. Coast Guard HF information from a 1994 Special Notice to Mariners: Carrier frequencies are Khz, mode is USB, times are UTC SHIP SHORE SAN FRANCISCO HONOLULU KODIAK NMC NMO NOJ 4134.0 4426.0 0000-2400 0600-1800 On Request 6200.0 6501.0 0000-2400 0000-2400 0000-2400 8240.0 8764.0 0000-2400 0000-2400 On Request 12242.0 13089.0 0000-2400 0000-2400 On Request 16432.0 17314.0 On Request On request On Request High Sea's Weather: San Francisco, NMC 0430, 1030, 1630 & 2230 UTC Honolulu, NMO 0545, 1145, 1745 & 2345 UTC Kodiak, NOJ 0203 & 1645 UTC Schedule of Marine Information including Broadcast Notice to Mariners and Weather: San Francisco, NMC 0203 & 1403 UTC on 2670.0 USB Monterey, NMC6 0333 & 1533 UTC on 2670.0 USB Humboldt Bay, NMC11 0303 & 1503 UTC on 2670.0 USB Long Beach, NMQ 0503, 1303, & 2103 UTC on 2670.0 USB High Seas Weather Facsimile Broadcast Schedule and Frequencies San Francisco, NMO: 0145, 0300 & 0500 UTC on 4344.1, 12728.1, & 17149.3 1500, 1715, 2015 & 2330 on 8680.1, 12728.1, 17149.3 & 22527.0 MILITARY U.S. Navy ~ The U.S. Navy George Washington J.T.G. deployed May 20. The group, centered around the Nimitz-class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), making her first deployment. The George Washington and the Iwo Jima-class Amphibious Assault Ship USS Guam (LPH-9) will relieve the Saratoga JTG. Upon return, the Forrestal-class USS Saratoga (CV 60) will stand-down for decommissioning in August. ~ Jamaica recently agreed to let a U.S. vessel anchor in Kingston harbor, where it will be used for processing of Haitians found at sea. Under the plan, Haitians found at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard will be brought to the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) anchored in Kingston harbor. There, 300 personnel, some of INS, and UNHCR personnel will interview them to decide if they are eligible for asylum. The Comfort left Norfolk, VA, earlier in June for Guantanamo Bay. This may be a rare change to log the USNS Comfort by either her international call sign NCOM or her Mars Station, NNN0CCF. ~ The U.S. Navy Cyclone-class Coastal Patrol Boat USS Scirocco (PC-6) was commissioned recently. Scirocco was the first Navy ship commissioned at the Washington Navy Yard in almost 120 years. MARITIME ~ Tom Roach (CA) reports that recently Vladivostok Radio, UKA, on 8575 kHz, apparently changed their call sign to UFZ. Tom further reports "it is still in Vladivostok and works a small (probably single company) number of Russian fishing vessels". Also, from the SWL Sig on Youngstown Freenet, I have news of another probable change for Arkhangelsk Radio. Derek Cooper in the UK reports hearing the call UCE for the last several months now on frequencies where he used to hear UXN. Can anyone confirm this is a callsign change for Arkhangelsk Radio? Lastly, for the past seven to eight weeks, I have seen Russian and one Lithuanian ship sending RY markers in RTTY to "UIW". As I use a M-1000 decoder I can't determine for a fact if this is UIW or UIV as the M-1000 has no cyrillic capability. In non-cyrillic decoders, "W's" can also be "V's". Either way, its a new one. Following these RY markers, the telegrams or messages have been addressed to Murmansk, Kaliningrad and Riga Radio's, so no help there on the ship end yet. ~ For those of you who like odd things, Dutch Customs Service officers inspecting the Russian factory trawler BMRT Labrador (UHUS) after it docked today in Ijmuiden, the Netherlands, found a body in the ship's freezers. The master of the ship said the body was that of a sailor who committed suicide at sea April 27. The captain ordered the body placed in deep-freeze until the ship returned to Russia. However, the captain didn't inform the officers of the body until it was found. A Dutch public prosecutor has confiscated the body and ordered an autopsy. The Labrador is heard quite often here in NE Ohio and I've logged her a number of times. Now...how many times have we all forgotten little things when we're busy....? Geez...DE RD ===================================================================== Note: This is the Oct. 'Electronic Edition' and is from the July 1994 SPEEDX member bulletin "Shortwave Radio Today", ISSN 0882-8091. SPEEDX utility coverage now consists of three columns: UTILITIES: Edited by Mike Wolfson. Logging's, frequencies, and schedule information. Contributions in these area's can be sent to Mike. UTILITY NOTES: Edited by Richard "RD" Baker. News and information about the world of utilities, and utility stations. Contributions in these area's can be sent to myself. UTILITY VERIFICATIONS: Edited by Tim Braun. "UTE" only QSL's and Verifications. QSL info. I hope to add Tim's column to the electronic edition soon. SPEEDX members had this information over 2 months ago! If you would like to recieve this information as quickly as our members do, SPEEDX publishes a monthly DX bulletin of around 43 pages, Shortwave Radio Today (ISSN 0882-8091). Some of the other 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 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. (73540.3025@compuserve.com) SHORTWAVE TO GO!: News and information on shortwave broadcast stations. Edited by Richard E. Hankison WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SWBC logging's column edited by Don Thornton EUROPE: SWBC logging's column edited by Tim J. 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