ENIGMA CONTROL LIST (making sense of the numbers scene) Copyright ENIGMA / ENIGMA 2000, 1998 - 2005 Issue 21 May 2005 INTRODUCTION The ENIGMA CONTROL LIST is Copyright and cannot be published in any form without prior permission from ENIGMA 2000, the custodians of this List. [Please note that the ENIGMA CONTROL LIST contains a proportion of 3rd party Intellectual Property, the owners transferring to ENIGMA 2000 all rights of control and Copyright until such time as they withdraw such controls]. In the event of permissions being granted to use the ENIGMA CONTROL LIST the document must be reproduced in full, unedited or changed in any way. This list supersedes all previous Control Lists. It is continually updated taking into account all known, and confirmed, information at the dates of revision. Stations if marked "DELETED" have been identified as other stations already included on the list. Existing stations never change position within the context of the list and deleted ENIGMA ID's are NOT reused. Many of the stations listed are no longer operational, although some have been known to return after long periods of inactivity, however the Control List serves as an important historical record of "numbers" activity and is the first, and only, (non-governmental?) organised classification of Number Stations, both voice and Morse, publicly available. Minor revisions are announced in the ENIGMA 2000 bi-monthly Newsletters and the Control List is meant to be read in conjunction with these. NUMBERING RATIONALE Voice stations are classified strictly according to the language used in their transmission. Eg :- Station NNN in German, French, English & Hungarian would have four distinct reference numbers. To eliminate confusion over unknown or obscure/ambiguous languages and dialects the total number of languages has been grouped under four headings :- E - English, G - German, S - Slavic, V - All other languages (As a group the Slavic languages are easy to identify, but to the untrained ear are not easy to identify specifically. Slavic words for numbers are closely linguistically related and a listing of those used by the currently operating Slavic stations can be found in the European Languages document on the ENIGMA 2000 group site ) Non-voice stations have the classifications :- M - Morse & RTTY X - Other modes Suffixes refer to variant forms of the SAME STATION, occasionally or regularly operating within the same period as the more usual format. Earlier formats, later superseded, of the same station, but operative over different periods are classed as separate stations. The term variant for our purposes applies only to format, not to schedule, or different voice, or musical ID's. The variants have many forms, some being minor and others radically different in preamble or message type. * Denotes station/format no longer active ^ Denotes station/format possibly inactive Omitted reference numbers have been deleted from the Control List CW Figures/Letters shown in Morse Station info are for illustration only, actual currently used may vary considerably, but they have been used in the past. KNOWN FAMILIES Direct equivalents (Morse & Voice) are separated by /. Other TX's operated by the same agency, but not direct equivalents, are separated by //. All equivalents use identical formats, and often, similar schedules and frequencies Family "Owner ?" Members I KGB/GRU/FSB IA- E6/E17?/E20?/G6/S6/V6/M14//S25 IB- E7/G7/G17?/G19?/S7/V7/M12//XP IC M18, M21, M42, MX, S13, S14, S28, X6 II CIA/NSA? E5/G5/V5//E14/E21/V14 III "STRICH" Family E11/G11/S11/S12/M3//G10/S26//M20 IV NNN Family E12/G12?V12/V18//M2 V Five Dashes E13/G13 VI BND/FRG G14//G15//G16/E16//M15 VII AIDA Family S1//S2//E1#/M17#//X1 VIII BVT/YT Family S8/M27//?M40/M53? IX CZECH Family IXA- G18?/S10/M10//M7 IXB- S5/M6A//S15//S16/M6 IXC- S18//S17/S19//M39? X MI6 E3/E3a (Formerly E4) XI SWEDISH RHAPSODY G2/M4//E23 XII ? E9/V8 XIII 3 NOTE ODDITY G4/M29 XIV M1 Family S21/M45//M1//M50//S27 XV EDNA SEDNITZER E18/G22/S4/M13 XVI ROMANIAN V1//M48//V17?//M63? XVII DDR G3//G8/M49 G1? M41? XVIII CUBAN V2/V2a/V2b/M8//V19?//V20? XIX FRENCH M51?//M83? # AIDA Family:- E1 & M17 may not be part of the family, only indication is frequency usage. # IX(A) Family M10e & S10d possibly not of this family, although using the same formats. O INDIVIDUALS Show no obvious sign of a "family" relationship. STATION LISTING BY LANGUAGE / MODE YL = female voice OM = male voice ENGLISH Family Ref.No. Comments/"nickname" Non-Voice Counterpart (other links in brackets) VII E01 YL ^ AM, "Ready Ready" "End" M17 O E02 OM * AM, Arabic Man (The Babbler ) X E03 YL USB, Lincolnshire Poacher X E03a YL USB, Cherry Ripe E04 DELETED, should be logged as E03a II E05 YL * USB, Counting Station (Cynthia). 3-2 gps, "end" Last heard 3 Oct 03 IA E06 OM AM, (English Man) Usually H+0 M14 Times/freqs vary, up to date charts given in Newsletters 3f call for 4mins preamble - 3f DK x 2, 2/3f GC x 2. Mssg 5F gps, Ends - DK x 2, GC x 2, 00000 (fast/slow zeros) ( back to original voice early 2001, distinctive pronunciation of 3 & 8) ( additional voice from Sept 03, no distinctive pronunciations ) E06a OM AM, 2 group commencing 11111 E06b OM AM, 3F ID with 5F group in call - 2 messages IB E07 OM AM, (English Man - ends 000-000 ) M12 XP H+0 or H=30, Null mssg format :- "nnn nnn nnn 000" R x 2mins Repeats 20 mins later Mssg format :- Call 3f ID x 3 Preamble 3/4f ID, 2/3f GC all x 2 Mssg 5f gps, repeats 20 & 40 mins later New voice early 2001. In Dec 2003 it was noted that the ID was no longer directly freq related and that no repeats were logged. Ongoing study (2004 - 2005 ) has now shown that some of the ID's are freq related and can be the 2nd, 3rd or 4th fig of a 4fig freq or the 3rd, 4th or 5th fig of a 5 fig freq, or again not related at all. XII E09 YL AM, Magnetic Fields, uses 2 different ID tunes, (V8) ( possibly schedule identifier.) O E10 YL AM, NATO Phonetic Alphabet (CIO,VLB, EZI etc) Null mssg format = xxx2 E10a YL AM, All variants to above eg :- SYN7, VLB524X118X0115Z7 III E11 YL AM/USB, M3 M20 Tue/ Thu /Fri, 08.00, 08.30, 10.30, 12.00, 13.00z Freqs vary regularly, up to date info given in Newsletters. YL speaks quickly. Null format :- " nnn Oblique 00" (nnn / 00) no intro, 5 min TX, ending "out" III E11a With mssg(s) III E11b Mssgs with 30's gps and doublet as first and last 2 gps (77777 77777) IV E12 YL ^ NNN M2 V E13 YL * Five Dashes II E14 YL * 4F "control" O E15 YL/OM AM/USB, uses a pre-NATO Phonetic Alphabet (very similar to the 1948 ARRL "Adam Baker Charlie" phonetics) ie NAS = Nancy Adam Susan. Appears not to TX on Fridays. Difficult copy in Northern Europe, heavily accented. YL voice returned Mar 05 after very long absence. ( Under ongoing intensive investigation with numerous variants already found, their significance is not, as yet, fully understood. Regular updates will be made in the E2k Newsletters) O E15a WITHDRAWN, will be part of the expanded E15 section at later date. VI E16 YL ^ USB, 2 Letter IA E17 YL AM, English Lady, ends "00000" M14? IA E17a YL AM, Dual message variant M14a IA E17y YL AM, "398" (ex Cuba) IA E17z YL AM, "674" (ex Ukraine ? ) XV E18 YL LSB, Edna Sednitzer M13 O E19 OM ^ Irish Man, notable accent. ?IA E20 YL/OM ^ 2 Message, dual voice version of E17 / E6, or both. All could be variants of same M14? II E21 YL * 4F counting, Eng accent E21a YL * " American accent O E22 OM Arabic Man, 2L/f (ie FD7, FD9) XI E23 YL AM/USB, ( Swedish Rhapsody), M4 Changed in 1998 to "without music intro" and using the E05 "Cynthia" type voice. Operates on a 3 weekly cycle starting 1st Mon of month. Updates / skeds published in E2k Newsletters. Format :- Intro of 0 - 9 as 5f stutter gps (00000 etc) all x 3, then into Mssg of 5F gps. Ends "end" O E24 OM * AM, "Allo! Allo!" O E25 OM AM/USB, Arabic music intro (sometimes), 3f-2f call, 4f mssg daily 12.40/13.40z, currently on 9450kHz. From late 2004 TX's have been heard between 11.00z - 15.00z From Apl 05 times noted varying +- 20min 3f-2f call R5 = null mssg, can end with short databurst. Poor reception in Northern Europe, BC QRM. Noted with musical endings to some TX's from April 04 (Further variants heard from late 2004, under intensive investigation and will be assigned further ID's in due time if required) O E25a OM AM/USB, As E25, but 3f 3f 2f 2f 2f 2f call ( re-appeared Feb 05 after a couple of years unlogged ) GERMAN ?XVII G01 OM * Tyrolean music (both sections) G01a OM * Irregular tunes, 1st section G01b OM * Phrase messages, 1st section, and irregular tunes. XI G02 YL * Swedish Rhapsody M4 Ceased 1997 G02a YL * Counting Variant XVII G03 YL * Gongs or Chimes intro Ceased May 1990 XIII G04 YL ^ AM, (3 Note oddity), starts at any 5 min. M29 Intro of 3 rising tones, "Achtung Achtung" 1St Thurs of Month, Ceased early 2005, may return II G05 YL * German Counting "Zwo" G05a YL * "Zwei" variant IA G06 YL (see E06 for call details) AM, German Lady, ends "00000" M14 IA G06a YL AM, Dual message variant IB G07 YL AM, German Lady, ( Nui Noichen ) Intro "Achtung". Uses "noiken" for 9 ends "000 000 ende". 3/4f DK, single gps M12 XP ( Inactive for a long time, resurfaced 15Mar 2002 Inactive again 2005, may return ) G07a YL ^ AM, 774 type variant XVII G08 YL * 4 note, rising scale. Same voice as G7 Last noted scales "so-la-ti-do" & "do-me-so-do" Ceased Apl 1990 G08a YL * Single repeated 5F group + morse M49 G08b YL * Rapid dots intro O G09 YL * Saxaphone Piece III G10 YL * "Bert Kaempfert" M3 III G11 YL * AM/USB, Strich M3 IV G12 YL * NNN M2 V G13 YL * 5 Dashes G13a YL * 3/2 group variant VI G14 YL * DFC37/DFD21, rising and falling 20 note scale G14a YL * Non-phonetic variant VI G15 YL * Papa November G15a YL * PN read over musical notes VI G16 YL * USB, 2 Letter (WL, GK, AU) ?IB G17 YL * German Lady, only on 5420 kHz IX G18 YL * 8 note, rising and falling scale M10? M7? IA G19 OM ?? German Man, ends "000000", same voice as "live"G1 M12? XP? Possibly reactivated April 2003, under investigation, Unconfirmed / unreliable reports. O G20 YL * Spruch G20a YL * One 5F group O G21 YL * Music & Morse intro XV G22 YL LSB, Edna Sednitzer M13 O G23 ? * 2M8, Hitlers birthday, ( 20 Apl ) SLAVIC VII S01 YL * intro Aida (Grand March) ?M17 VII S02 YL * intro Drums and Trumpets march Ceased June 1996 S02a YL * with Bugle S02b YL * see X1 S02c YL * 3F nomer, then reversed S02d YL * 5F Nomer O S03 YL * Czech words XV S04 YL/OM LSB, (Edna Sednitzer) (reactivated Nov 99) M13 Poor TX, difficult to understand. Intro "Devarta Devit Devita" (in early 2005) Slow delivery, unidentified Slavic lang ends "000" (Nuar Nuar Nuar) Second Mon/Tue each month 22.45z (has also been heard 1st Mon/Tue, rare) 3373kHz November to February 3868kHz March to October IXB S05 * OLX (early format with null messages ) M6a S05a * Rapid dots, no c/s, formerly S15 M6a S05b * OLX, no null msg., formerly S16 M6 IA S06 OM/YL (see E06 for call details) AM, Russian Man, ends "00000" YL voice started Apl / May 2004, may change at any time S06a OM ^ AM, 55555-00000 "idler" format S06b OM AM, 2 group msg commencing 11111, stutter gp. Ends "00000" S06c OM AM, single 5f group, repeated, no call, no ending. S06d OM ^ AM, ID + 111 S06e OM AM, 2 message variant, ends "00000" M14a S06f OM AM, 3 group msg, ends "00000" IB S07 OM AM, Russian Man, 3f call, 3/4f DK ends "000 000" M12 XP S07a OM AM, Multiple 2 group S07b OM AM, Multiple single group message, using same ID S07c OM AM, 4f, non random VIII S08 f * YT (Serbo Croat?) M27 Ceased end 1996 O S09 * Polish Counting IXA S10 YL * AM, Czech Lady I (piano piece, later 5 notes) M10c S10a YL * AM, 555 "idler" format S10b YL * AM, 5 note intro (3 versions) M10c S10c YL * AM, 3F ID, with "idler" M39 distant relative ? S10d YL AM / USB, 3F ID (Bulgarian Betty) M10 (M7) Mon / Thur, 20.20z Changes freqs monthly, 2 // freqs, can have one in AM other USB 5F groups Ends "Pozor Pozor, nn nn, nn nn, Konec Konec" Predictions / updates are published in E2k Newsletters S10e OM AM, Slovak, 5Ff, GC x 3 in call. 4 weekly sked. M10e Ends "000" III S11 YL * AM, (Presta) M3 III S11a YL AM/USB, (Cherta) "971/00" ends "konyets" M3 First & third Wed of month at 21.00z Freqs 3823, 4016, 4465 or 5180kHz S12 DELETED IC S13 OM Russian Counting & announcements, UPT76 etc (only 2mins duration) IC S14 As above, very long duration. Shield58/South 96 etc (in Russian) IXB S15 * Rapid Dots ( an early OLX) see S5a M6a IXB S16 * OLX, see S5b M6 IXC S17 YL AM, Czech Lady "control" single 5F message S17a YL * AM, no circuit No, positioning index or GC S17b YL * AM, 01 GC S17c YL USB, Daily 12.50z, Freqs change through year, has // freqs Updated skeds are published in E2k Newsletters Call always 313 313 313 05 Preamble always 42 42 05 05 Podor Podor, single 5f gps x 10 (middle fig always 0) Podor Podor, rpt of preamble Ends Konec Konec IXC S18 OM /YL Czech Man/Lady, 3F-5F M39 Reactivated with YL voice 2004 after very long absence. Format :- 3Ff ID, 5Ff gp, all x 5 ( xxx xxx xxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx ) x 5 ends Konec Konec no known freqs or times, pot luck. IXC S19 OM ^ Czech Man "control" 000 S19a OM ^ 888-018 (S17c type) O S20 YL * Aifada XIV S21 YL ^ AM, Russian Lady, 3f call, ends 000 M45 IA S25 OM AM , Russian Man "control?" 40 min TX Returned to air Sept 04 with much shorter TX's and still under investigation S25a OM * AM, 11111 22222 format, very long TX S25b OM * AM, with message/s, very long TX S25c OM * AM, "615" single group, 14720 kHz III S26 YL * "Zyt ! Zyt! (Hush ! Hush! ) Polish ? M3 XIV S27 YL ^ Czech Lady II M1c S27a YL ^ with message/s IC S28 OM Buzzer /UZB76, 4625kHz (Formerly XB) IXC S29 YL DELETED see S18 S30 OM "The Pip" with messages 3757/5448kHz was XT O S31 YL AM, Czech, 1122 & 2136 kHz 24hr, H+10 & +40 made by a BC station S32 YL Formerly XSW, voice noted Mar 05. Short Russian phrases, ie "For 544: 384 388 290" TX last about 1 min. Current freqs :-3829, 5474, 6991kHz purpose unclear. OTHER LANGUAGES XVI V01 OM * intro "Ciocirlia " (The Skylark, tune) Romanian M48 V01a OM * with additional tune XVIII V02 YL AM, Spanish Lady, "Attencion" 1/2/3 finals M8 Call 3f2f for 3 mins, single gps V02a YL AM, 3 mssg, 150/150/150 GC, single gps M8a V02b YL ^ AM, 5f 5f 4f header version of V2a V02c YL AM, 3f2f call for 3 mins, gc x 6, 3 sec pause every 10th gp. Note, V2 stations may use USB - rare. II V05 YL ^ AM, Spanish Counting, 3/2F M68 II V05a * AM, Spanish Counting, 4f IA V06 YL ^ AM, Spanish Lady, ends "00000" M14 IA V06a YL ^ AM,"362" IB V07 OM/YL (see E07 for call details) AM, Spanish Man, ends "000 000" M12 XP (fem voice started early 2001) XII V08 YL AM, Eastern Music or J.M Jarre, Arabic, E9 6647 & 11292 kHz, 18.00/19.00z First Sat of Month O V09 YL ^ AM, (Chinese I), (5738, 6280, 7584, 8036 kHz) O V10 OM * Spanish "Stop Schlosst" V10a OM ^ 2 group idler IV V12 YL * NNN - French M2 O V13 YL AM, Star Star Radio, Taiwan, in live Mandarin In Europe best 14.00/15.00z 8300, 9725, (11430, 13750, 15388) ? II V14 YL * 4F "control , Spanish formerly M72 O V15 OM/YL AM, North Korean, via Radio Pyongyang O V16 YL ^ Chinese, 11028 kHz, 5min TX ?XVI, ?IB V17 OM * 3F + 000, Romanian ?M12 IV V18 YL * NNN, Hungarian M2 O V19 OM * WTR21. Intro (Don't Cry for me Argentina tune) Span. (related V20?) O V20 OM/YL? ^ Bored Man/Lazy Man, Spanish (related V19?) Slow uneven delivery O V21 OM/YL? The Babbler, Spanish Quick delivery, O V22 YL Chinese II, 8375kHz, Mon-Fri ,13.00/13.30/14.00/14.30z 4f gps. Only the QRU (null mssg) format heard in Europe. Heard in Japan, misc times, on 8375/10200/10520/16520kHz with the announcement [All listening stations in the country x 3, This is Beijing x 2]. Repeated 5 mins. Ending "Thanks" IA V23 YL ^ French (related S6 E17z ?) V24 YL AM. S.Korean, 3+2f or 2+2f possibly related V8 Ends "Thats all,thanks" as it uses similar 12.00-17.00z, H+00 or H+30 numbering 4500, 4600, 5500, 5715, 6215, 6715kHz rare peculiarities V25 YL Chinese, 3f +3f ID, in 8 - 23mHz range TX around East Format "316x3 this is 728x3" R5, No,GC, Asian 4F gps R2, ends "goodbye"" Midnight V26 YL Strange Chinese / English. Poss Mil Callsigns XSA or XSE23 (Eks-Es-Ee Lian San) Preamble unid,. TX is LSB, unid sked, 3f gps Heard at 06.30z & 15.33/15.53z Freqs heard 5922, 6446, 8619, 8621, 9101, 13030, 16665kHz Format :- nr 030 15 35 0927 0600 Where 030=mssg nr/recipient, 15=gc, 35=unid (stays constant) 0927=date, 0600=appears to be time of origination, but can be later ?? than TX time !! All figs in synth Chinese however inter mssg announcements and callsign letters are in "broken" English, ie "em-es-eeg ai-gee-en, while the numbers are in Chinese !!! V27 YL Another strange Chinese/English station, similar to V26 Callsign 3SG (San-Es-Gee) TX is LSB, unid sked, 3f gps. Freqs heard 4650, 6460kHz MORSE STATIONS ( including known format examples, see header notes) Common abbreviations used for reporting :- ( full abbreviation list available on our group site) R4=repeated for 4 mins 5f=5 figure single groups 5F=5 figure paired groups 5Ff=5 figure triple groups Short =short zero (sent as "t") Long = long zero (- - - - -) nnn x 3= repeated 3 times // = parallel freq Hand = hand sent Cut = numbers sent in abbreviated form (numerous systems used), example :- T 0, A 1, N 2, D 3, U 4, W 5, R 6, I 7, G 8, M 9. Family Ref No Comments Voice Counterpart (Other links in Brackets) XIV M01 "Two Tone" MCW, hand, ends "000",short. 194 R4, 381 381 40 40 = =, mssg 40 x 5F, ending 381 381 40 40 000 This station has an annual "per months" sked structure and the designators are amended to :- (from July 2004) M01/1 Skeds ID197 Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec M01/2 Skeds ID463 Mar, Apl, Sept, Oct M01/3 Skeds ID025 May, June, July, Aug M01a Formerly end of month variants, day/time/freq varies. Now changed to random skeds, (2005). 197 197 197 58003 58003 repeated several times, no message M01b as M1 ,with message, repeated over several weeks, // freqs, hand sent M1c other variants, inc short 000 ending by hand. S27 usually only 10 groups. M01d 5730/1kHz, M1c variant, auto sent. 1st heard Sept 99 IV M02 * Ends AR, long zero E12, G12, V12, V18 III M03 Usually ICW with a few in MCW at about 17 wpm except call 503 which is at a slow 5 wpm. Each mssg is sent firstly with double 5 fig gps then "call x 6" and mssg repeated with single 5 fig gps. Null format E11, G1, G10, S11, 044/00 R5, null message, ending = = 000 S12, S26 Mssg format 044/54 (R5), 54 x 5F, ending = = 000 III M03a ^ with "triplet" element, 111 or 333 552/111(or 333)/00, R5, null message, ending = = 000 Last heard May 2000 III M03b Mssgs in 50's gps, annual, or year on year, repeats and sent on same Time/freq III M03c Mssgs in 30's with doublets as first and last 2 gps ( 77777 77777 ) Sometimes repeats the same mssg in the same week but not at any other time III M03d Mssgs over 60 gps, some with short period repeats III M03e Mssgs of (so far) 71 gps with letter R between each gp and RR every 10gps XI M04 ^ "LO LO"x3 /75977 75977, always100x5f gps, long G2 (E23) Repeats mssg, ending "AR SK AR SK" Last heard Sept 2000 O M05 * 6F, 000000, long zero IXB M06 * OLX S16 M06a * rapid dots tuning signal S5, S15 IXA M07 ^ MCW, Tone sequence start & end of TX S10, M10 ( formerly rapid dashes ), 17wpm. 749 749 749 85 85 35 35 = =, 35x 5F, ending = = 85 85 35 35 000 XVIII M08 * ICW, cut numbers, (ANDUWRIGMT) V2 "UAAMD MDUUA UAIAU" R3. "UAAMD x 5 + = = = 150 x 5f" Ending AR AR AR SK SK SK Format ceased 1996. M08a ICW, 3 messages, each 150 groups V2a Sends AR AR AR MDUUA after 1st mssg Sends AR AR AR UAIAU after 2nd mssg Ends AR AR AR BT BT BT M08b ^ "de xxx" callup M08c ICW, cut numbers, as M08a but ending OE K First noted early 2004, believed defective TX tape, has periods of absence before restarting. IXA M10 CW , ICW, MCW. 2F DK, ends "000" 17-25 wpm S10d Mon/Wed 21.00z. Sat/Sun/Mon/Wed 16.30z Sun 18.00/19.20z, Tue 15.00z, Thu 19.00, Fri 17.20z 555 x 3, 571 x 3 46, (R5). 571 x 3, 75 75 46 46 = = 46 x 5F ending = = 75 75 46 46 000 . Czech? M10a ^ Triplet "000" M10b ^ additional groups, ends triplet "000" M10c 5F headers S10 M10d ^ GC sent 3 times, hand keyed M11 Formerly M10e Call always 111. Tue/Wed 07.00z 7891kHz ?? S10e 5f ID, only 2 used, mssg's only 5 to 7 gps, Slovak? Mon - Fri, 09.00z, 5019kHz, rolling 4wk sked. Misses days out TX's becoming erratic IB M12 5f, 3 or 4F DK, ends "000 000" E7, G7, S7, V7, XP. Erratic timing. Daily, 2 repeats per sked, based on Hr + 20, +40 mins, H+25, +45 Or h+30, +50 dependent on message length and send speed. Changes through the year, varies for different days & skeds Currently using 07.00, 07.20, 15.40, 17.00, 17.20, 18.30, 18.50, 19.00, 19.10 19.40, 20.00, 20.20, 20.30, 21.40, 22.00, 22.20, 22.40, 22.50z, up to +- 2 mins of nominal. 749 749 749 000, R5 null mssg 749 749 749 1, R2. 1573 143 1573 143 143 x 5f pause 000 000 749 749 749 2, R2 2 mssgs Would appear to reuse freqs on an annual basis (Format can be confused with M13a) M12a 3Ff DK, 2 mssgs, ends 000 000 M13's Note that all the M13 family change time with GMT/BST So will be +- 1hr as the clock changes. E2k can supply comprehensive frequency / prediction lists, on request only. XV M13 (Freqs change monthly for all M13 family, but used year on year.) ICW, 3f ID,5f, c 9wpm between 00.01 - 05.00z E18, G22,S4 Repeats following evening 261, R5, =(BT) 189 22 =(BT) 22 x 5f. ending ID x 12 = 189 22 = 000 (short) M13a Special schedule, "ID x 3, 000" R5 (R4 on the repeat) 2nd/4th Mon/Tue of month 21.00z [ if an 03.00z TX is made the ID will be different ] nnn nnn nnn 000, R5 (nnn changes monthly) (Format can be confused with M12, check endings) M13b Long message variant, up to 70 gps. Changes ID monthly 2nd/4th Sat/Sun 21.00/22.00z (summer/winter) Will use a type "a" call when mssg is between 19 - 23 gps. Can send 2 mssgs in a month. M13c Special 2 x month schedule, sent in MCW, slowly. 1st/3rd Wed/Thu 21.00/ 22.00z (variable) M13d First noted March 2002. Single 5f gps. Usually stays on 5876kHz winter, 6715kHz summer. Only 02.30z. Preamble "nnn(R5), BT, Mssg No, GC, BT". Long mssg call "303 x 12 BT 264 86 BT". Ending BT ttt (cut ). Short mssg call "767 x 12 BT 265 20 BT" .. .. .. Other calls & freqs used at times Possibly a 3rd freq. M13e Has different ID each month with 3 daily TX's at 06.00 / 16.00 / 18.00z IA M14 MCW. 5F<3F,ends "00000" long or short E6, G6,V6,E17? 560, R4. 245 245 161 161 = = 161 x 5F = = ending 245 245 161 161 00000 M14a dual message variant, Fri 19.00z S6e Repeats ID for 2min after 1st mssg M14b Rare, added 2nd msg hand keyed M14c Rare,dual msg, consecutive ID's VI M15 * DEA47/EC3Y M16 WITHDRAWN (8BY,French Mil) VII M17 * 5f, sent in MCW, ends "VA" E1, (S1?) IC M18 4f , continuous O M19 * MPL III M20 * WITHDRAWN V's, ends "= = 000" ( this is an M03, tuning sig ) IC M21 Continuous, occ 14f msg, 7941 / 5369kHz. Eg :- " = 99 1116nn8nnnnn" Russian Air Defence, plotting station. Uses full time stamp Many variants, time stamp in minutes only. O M22 4XZ, Israeli Navy ?? O M23 ICW, 5f call (can be 2 or 3f or letter I for 45secs or random letters) 00000 R3 to 20 = 30 = 33 x5f = IMI IMI =" can end AR or AR AR or no ending has long periods of no activity separate structure list available, on request. MANY VARIANTS IA M24 ICW / MCW. Ends "5 long dashes" (high speed versionM14) M24a 2nd addressee, hand keyed (high speed, as M14a) O M25 * KKN, KRH, KWS series. ^ (KKN heard very rarely) O M26 * "98" continuous version of M34 erratic VIII M27 * BTV, 5f >BT O M28 ^ HEP XIII M29 VDE, 5f, ends AR, 12wpm "VVV x 2, de VDE x 3" R5 "VVV x 2, de VDE x 3 = = 73 73 37 37 8 8 1900 37x5f ending AR M29a no preamble or GC G4 M29b extended preamble G4 M30 DELETED M31 DELETED (FDC etc, French Mil) O M32 * FAPSI Russ. Mil. nets 4 char. c/s XIX M33 * P8K, long zero replaced by M51 O M34 ^ 11 12345 (2F ID, no ending) long zero. M26 erratic, 15 wpm. 5f. M35-38 DELETED IXC ? M39 Inactive / unlogged for a long time, returned May 03 S18 ? No known skeds, a real "pot luck" station Format :- 3Ff ID, 5Ff gps all x 5 ( xxx xxx xxx yyyyy yyyyy yyyyy ) x 5 Pause, period of dashes then Same ID, different 5f gp. No ending, uses short zero There may be a further pause of 10 - 15 mins then another TX of same format with a different ID Possibly part of M10 group. M40 ^ 20WPM, short zeros, poss N.Korean "VVV CQ 747.135" R5. "CQ 135 CQ135 CQ135 HR HR 18 18 = = 18x5f AR AR RPT RPT repeats above line, ending AR AR VA VA. Last heard Oct 03 XVII M41 * WDZ IC M42 FAPSI networks O M43 * 6XM8/C37A networks O M44 ^ Rare, Continuous "Roman" letters M44a Rare, Continuous "Cyrillic" letters (reactivated June 2004) XIV M45 5F, hand keyed, H+02 ends "000" S21 Similar format to M1 but much slower (9/12 wpm) "074 x 4mins, XXX XXX XX XX = = 5f gps sent twice ending XXX XXX XX XX 000" where XXX=DK, XX=GC. O M46 ^ 3F cumulative O M47 ^ 1/2/3 F cumulative (JST) XVI M48 * Ciocirlia morse? V1 XVII M49 * AAAAA, G8a morse G8a XIV M50 ^ Hand keyed, sloppy, 5431/4641/5372kHz (related M1, S21) INCONSISTENT FORMAT always 50 groups (training net ??) XIV M50a ^ Hand keyed, sloppy, 5372kH, 19.30z 20 group variant, started mid 2001. XIX M51 100 x 5 let groups, ends B*T Call unknown, header is mssg serial No/first let. of month/date/time (1hr ahead of utc) " = NR J 9 10:42:37 = 100 x 5let complex schedule, has ended "579 x 60" ?? O M52 * 2f 6f, long zero unpredictable, Special Forces ? heard last 12 Feb 01 O M53 DELETED, See M40 O M54 ^ V98T, only null message format known O M55 Rare,3F x 5, ends "000 000" long zero only null message known Tue/Thu, 9254Khz, 22.00z,erratic hand, long zero, 10min TX Example "529 x n 000, (r3), last gp 529 x n 000 000" From 2004 being heard Tue & Fri, 13.00z, 12150kHz O M56 f : 5Ff, long zero related M52 ? unpredictable, Special Forces ? No known freqs/times, A pot-luck ? station Note: M57 to M61 & M66 NOW ALL WITHDRAWN O M62 Repeating 4 digit (nnn n) Slovak Mil. Mainly 3-4 meg. O M63 A2A net, O M64 * = 3f 3f = 11111 5F > AR O M65 * 5f, ends = = QRU QRU SK SK O M67 ^ Cut numbers, 4f gps, ends "000", Turkish ? no reports within Europe? M67a ^ 3f 2f 7777 variant II M68 ^ Cut numbers E5 O M69 ^ 5f, ends AR O M70 ^ */year, cumulative O M71 ^ K88 II M72 ^ 4 fig, long zero E14, V14 O M73 ^ Cut, 3 long tones > 5F O M74 ^ (3f 4f 4f 4f 4f 4f) O M75 ^ (3FF DK/GC DK/GC ) x 10 O M76 4 cha. c/s (bogus) x 3, same x 2, long zero. complex msg structures. 25 wpm. Uses accented letters. "c/s c/s QTC 96 23 = 23 x5f ending AR 0 (x ?) on 3280kHz, April - Oct . 3819kHz Nov - Mar. In early 2004 the null mssg format was changed to "=229XX" after the preamble O M77 P7X, around 11445kHz, 20.00/21.00/21.30z (QRA P7X GR 06 BT) Only heard in USA O M78 ^ unpredictable, variable format, 8140kHz M79 ^ 5120 kHz, under investigation O M80 ^ "847 847 847 97333 97333" Possibly M1a, with different call. O M81 ^ Sent at 40 characters pm (5-10wpm), 4f groups, long zero currently only heard in Russia, Chinese TX? O M82 "BML" North Korean Army ? Sample format "vvv jvg jvg jvg de bml bml qsa qtc 587" R2 Or "abv qtc nr xxx xx xx xxxx xxxx xxx xxx = " Known to send "r" as separator each 10 gps Not normally heard in Europe/USA O M83/a/b/c 4 dig. c/s, long zero, 20 f/l msg. Poss. Slovak Mil Net, under investigation. M83 "xxxx xxxx xxxx vvvvvvvvvv vvvvvvvvvvv vvvvvvvvvv" M83a "xxxx de xxxx QTC 2 20 02 0907" 2= serial No, 20=gp cnt (20 or 50),02=date,0907=time (utc + 1) c/s's can be mix of letters/figures, often changed, 5f or 5l M83b " xxxx xxxx xxxx de xxxx xxxx xxxx " M83c " NNNN or LLLL or mixed, sent continuously" A detailed write up by AB added to the Detailed Morse Profiles List Oct 2003 XVIII M86 DELETED now M8a M87 MCW, cut, hand. Presumed Chinese Mil. Mainly heard in Russia, has been heard in Northern Europe Format:- 3f ID (rptd up to x25) 000 (short) or 333, 5f gps, ending = = 000 or = 000 000 Null format:- nnn nnn nnn 000 000 (x7) ttt Note that formats are inconsistent. Oct 2003 additional format noted :- nnn x 3 333 x 3 all R7 A detailed write up of M87 by IB added to the Detailed Morse Profiles List, Oct 2003 M88 DELETED, identified as a M03 "null mssg" format M89 Chinese Mil,. 4f. Auto No fixed skeds/freqs. Mainly between 3 - 10 meg Best known group is the L9CC family including L9CC, CP17, LA5S, NH8T, MW3D, 2SLC, BFR7, 4XML etc Sample formats :- V CP17 CP17 CP17 DE L9CC LNCC V MW3D MW3D MW3D DE 2SLC 2SLC A detailed write up by AB added to the Detailed Morse Profiles list, Oct 2003 M90 Czech Mil, MCW & hand. Very busy Control stations CH8N, S8BD, U4NP. Operates 24/7 Format:- 28 21 25 0720 = 178 TR2F = mssg = CH8N K Where 28 = mssg nr, 21 = gc (always 20), 25 = day, 0720 = UTC +1 (W +2), 178 TR2F = addressee. A detailed write up by AB/FN added to the Detailed Morse Profiles List Oct 2003 M91 Czech Mil, MCW & hand. Very busy C/s changes daily. Operates 24/7 no skeds. Used 2362//2852kHz for past 3 years. Mssgs 5Lgs/5Fgs or mixed. Sometimes only 2362kHz. Format:- 64 20 09 2123 696 c/s Where 64 = mssg nr, 20 = gc (always 20) 09 = day, 2123=UTC +1, 696 = ABCD = addressee A detailed write up by AB/FN added to the Detailed Morse Profiles List Oct 2003 M92 Czech Mil,(Network 25), possibly associated with M90 5F or 5L. Time CET varying. Works to a 10 day freq/QRA cycle. 1 to 10 mssgs of 20 or 50 gps, preamble & calls by hand (poor/errors), msgs are Auto, encrypt. Sample format:- W6QZ de KVF2 QTC 1 50 12 0805 = 743 W6QZ = 5LG = KVF2 + Known freqs include 4900//5330, 4800, 6920//5340, 5200, 5270//5920kHz A detailed write up by AB added to the Detailed Morse Profiles list, Oct 2003 Ed note :-There are a further 15 - 20 Chinese stations being studied and may be added to the list at a later date. M93 First logged Apl 2004, Auto at 15wpm, long zero. At 21.00z Tue/Thu/Fri (sometimes) on 14377kHz Format:- V's for 45 seconds (has been heard for 2 mins), call M6 sent 4 times, Then single 5fig gps, ending / / + This station logged only over a period of 3 weeks on this freq but E2k informed that it regularly changes freqs, no logs received since May 04 IC MX SLHFB's MXI SLHFB clusters MXII FSK mode TX MXIII solitary, long term MXIV solitary, short term MXP with message, probably Russ. Naval MXV irregular "V" NOISE STATIONS ( or unidentified mode) Family Ref No Comments Counterpart VII X1 ^ Bugle, no other TX S2 IC X6 6 tones, repeating. (Mazielka) Russ selcall system for FAPSI stations, many variants. X21 21 note melody, 2 variants XB Buzzer/UZB76, now classified S28, 4625kHz S28 XBS ^ Buzz-saw, being heard 5.1-5.8mHz and 7019 in 08/2001 XC Crackle XD Fast ICW dots, 24hr, 3595kHz XE ^ Echo XF Faders XFR Croaking Frog, 7380kHz 08.00z+- and 7992, 11173, 13975, 18864kHz at various times, all USB XJT The Jet, appears to use blocks of 10 freqs from 2 - 9 mHz. XM Backward music/whales/feedback Polytones The Polytone stations are currently undergoing intensive audio analysis and these are subject to continuing revision as we find that different recordings of the same TX give differing analysis results. [Slight RX'er miss-tunes and/or different analysis progs etc]? See discussion in Newsletter 10, May 2001 and articles in Newsletter 16, May 2003 & Newsletter 23, July 2004 for further info. The Polytone transmissions are of Russian origin and are associated with the more conventional Voice & Morse stations. The particular family relationships are identified from the decoded polytone message structures and transmission schedule similarities. XP Standard Tones (Hz +-3Hz) M78? [XP used as the nominal value for measurement of other Polytone systems] 303, 319, 335, 351, 367, 383, 399, 415, 431, 447, 463, 479, 495, 511 Hz. Datum tone 303Hz Tone/value relationships:_ 303=space, 319=end, 495=start, 511=repeat, 335=0, 351=1, 367=2, 383=3, 399=4, 415=5, 431=6, 447=7, 463=8, 479=9. XPA 2 Added by Paul 5/23/06 Center: 1126 Baudrate: 15.66Bd Tone spacing: 15.66Hz 01 SPACE 02 unknown/unused 03 START OF MESSAGE 04 END OF MESSAGE 05 unknown/unused 06 REPETITION TONE 07 0 08 1 09 2 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 15 8 16 9 XPA Major Article published in E2K Newsletter 23, July 2004, giving detailed analysis and comment. Probability of this signal being involved with an "auto receive" system, hence XPA, and consists of 25 tones. First noted on 3rd Dec 2003, by 8th Dec analysis had started. Tones (Hz +-3Hz) 471, 515, 520, 592, 633, 654, 672, 708, 711, 755, 796, 839, 881, 922, 963, 988, 1000, 1010, 1020, 1045, 1060, 1086, 1110, 1126, 1145. Tone/value relationships (so far identified) :- Where L = low, H = high, St = Start 471=StL, 515=unid, 520=unid, 592=space, 633=EndL, 654=unid, 672=0, 708=unid, 711=1, 755=2, 796=3, 839=4, 881=5, 922=6, 963=7, 988=unid, 1000=8, 1010=unid, 1020=unid, 1045=9, 1060=unid, 1086=unid, 1110=rpt, 1126=EndH, 1145=StH XPH High Tones (Hz +-3Hz) 814, 844, 879,914, 954, 992, 1038, M12 1089, 1143, 1202, 1234, 1271, 1304 Hz. family Datum tone 1304Hz Tone/value relationships :- 1304=space, 1271=separator, 992=repeat, 1234=0, 814=1, 844=2, 879=3, 914=4, 954=4, 1038=6, 1089=7, 1143=8, 1202=9. XPL Low Tones (Hz +-3Hz) It would appear that the low tones are the product of M12 mixing 2 non harmonically related tones, analysis family not yet completed but tone pairs identified (Hz +-3Hz), tone product in parenthesis:- 150/235[80], 165/255[90], 180/245[65], 205/260[55], 215/290[75] Hz Tone/value relationships :- Still under analysis. XPM Mid Tones (Hz +-3Hz) 450, 488, 531, 568, 611, 649*, 692, 730, 773*, 811*, 854*, 891, 934, 972, 1015, 1058*, 1096*, 1177* *used on longer duration tones only Tone/value relationships :- Still under analysis. XQ Plaintive "mew" XS Saw/whine XSW Now S32 Squeaky Wheel. 3829//6991, 5474kHz, 24hrs YL has occasionally been heard. XSL Slot machine, widely heard in US, believed Japanese PSK. XT Tick/pip, 24hr, Superseded by S30 XTB 1 tone, 2 buzzes. 11116kHz, early morning daily. XT2 Pip, 22.00z + varying freqs, usually low (early 02, Issue 9 for details) XW ^ Workshop XWP Wop Wop (wideband sig) [Ocean surface radar system] Heard from 5600 - 9400kHz, lasts 20mins then changes freq.. See Issues 9 & 26 for more details. XX DELETED XXX DELETED Published by "Enigma 2000" (c) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/enigma2000 Associated documents Nomenclature and Abbreviations Current active stations "Hitch-hikers Guide" Short Form, Morse Stations Profile List Detailed, Morse Stations Profile List European Languages Listing ( includes Arabic used by E25 & V08 ) 2