============================================================================ \\\\\ WORLDWIDE UTE NEWS //// \\\ An Electronic Club Dealing Exclusively in Utility Stations /// \\\\ Vol. 1, No.3 April, 1995 //// >>>> S P E C I A L E D I T I O N <<<< ============================================================================ Edited by Richard Baker WUN Electronic Edition Editor ae411@yfn.ysu.edu COPYRIGHT 1995 WUN This newsletter is from the first dedicated electronic utility club in the world; the Worldwide UTE News club. No part of this newsletter may be reprinted in any manner without prior written approval. However, this newsletter may be freely distributed and posted so long as the file(s) remain(s) intact and unchanged. To become a WUN member, send e-mail to the WUN listserver at majordomo@phoque.info.uqam.ca and in the BODY of the message type: subscribe wun That's all it takes. There are no dues. A paper copy of the WUN Club newsletter can be obtained via our WUN publisher, Tim Braun, at: 15915 Smithey Dr., Haymarket, Va. 22069, USA, for the costs of printing & mailing at a rate of US$1.50 per issue. ============================================================================ (=- DIGITAL REVIEW -=) (=- NUMBERS & ODDITIES -=) (=- Special Edition -=) Monitoring the 'Brotherhood' by Ary Boender Internet: ary@bitbike.iaf.nl Fidonet: 2:283/512.24 Copyright 1995 A.Boender ============================== Hello WUNners, in this extra edition of the WUN Newsletter, I'd like to introduce you to the 'Brotherhood', a Russian related diplo network that fits in both the 'Digital Review' and 'Numbers & Oddities' columns. Chapter 1: The story so far (1979 - 1995) Chapter 2: Examples of chatter, preambles and messages Chapter 3: List of link-id's and Callsigns Chapter 4: Frequency lists (=- a huge THANK YOU goes to my fellow Brotherhood-monitors -=) (-= Leif Dehio, Dave Batcho, Paul Scalzo and Don Schimmel -=) (-= and to those who sent logs, comments & suggestions -=) (=- Thanks for the input and your time guys -=) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chapter 1: The story so far <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< The first encounters in the USA with the 'Brotherhood' stations were in the late 70's when they still used high speed CW (ca 32 WPM). Most of the early CW stations (PSN, BPA, SPK, WNY, YBU) are still active today. 'ROL' however disappeared completely. In the mid 80's the RTTY transmissions started. The speed used was 50bd. Messages to YBU were the most common ones in those days. Also messages to PSN were monitored. The callup was slightly different from the system that is used nowadays: VVV PSN PSN PSN 2/245 VVV PSN PSN 2/245 NW NW NR 271 GR 135 + 5L or 5F groups Then sometime in the mid-1980's they changed to the 5 group preamble they use now. But the original link designator's were different then. Callsign / Link-id ------------------ YBU 07386 SPK 06446 PSN 03861 KAC 00172 JMS 00484 GMN 05418 BPA 06373 WNY 01428 KRN 00484 Traffic has always been the same group of cipher systems including the substitution group at the end. By the late 1980's they were being reported in most of the UTE publications. Don Schimmel reported them in one of the earliest issues of Monitoring Times as UNID and Bob Margolis reported them in Popular Communications. The NDO link has always been a strange one. Not much activity. Only one schedule a week (on Wednesdays) and even that is not granted. The WFO / MIG link is the only known 2-way link in the Americas. Although it still operates somewhat clandestinely - minimum amt of chatter, etc. The station sending WFO is definitely the Cuban end (by propagation and bearings). The other end has been pin pointed in the New York City area, probably the Russian UN delegacy. In the late 80's an European network of RTTY stations popped up, similar to a network that was active in the America's. Both networks are still very active today. The master station in Europe was 'RCF'. Several frequency guides listed RCF as Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Moscow. After the disintegration of the USSR, the 'RCF' callsign disappeared. The new master station is as powerful as RCF was and one thing is for sure: this station is located in or very near Moscow as well. The station was DFed various times and every time Moscow appeared to be the source of the signal. It is very likely that RCF is still alive and kicking, but doesn't use its old callsign anymore. Whether the master station or RCF really is / was MFA Moscow will probably remain a mystery. There are many other suggestions though varying from a shipping network to possible connections with TASS, KGB or GRU. I stick to the theory that this is a diplo network. Whenever something hot is happening, like the Chechenya actions, the stations of the Brotherhood are making overtime, even on Sundays, while there are normally no transmis- sions on Sundays. The only station that is often heard on Sundays is BFR, which may indicate that it is possibly located in an Islamic country. The master station transmits crypted messages (5-letter or 5-figure groups) to the other stations. There are fixed schedules for a couple of stations while others are reported less frequently. During the time that RCF was still in place they didn't need to have fixed schedules, as the traffic list system was being used. Now that this system is no longer in use, each link has one or two fixed skeds on an assigned frequency pair. This system is probably much safer, as the sender knows that the recipient received the message correctly. The auto-broadcasts to a.o. KUL, VKX, RAU and RKD are probably just circular's or routine traffic sent to the specific networks (transmitted blind and therefore repeated throughout the day on a larger number of frequencies). It appears that almost all the callsigns that were on RCF's traffic list are still there. So far we have found the following fixed two-way schedules for Europe: - - 08:25-08:30 ??? to DKR - 08:35 ??? to RJA - 08:45 WQL to VNB and vice versa - 09:10 ??? to UXW - 09:25 ??? to JUA - 10:05-10:10 ??? to CAZ - 11:15 KKK to KUA - 13:20 ??? to DKR - 14:30 RGA to BFR and vice versa - 14:50 ??? to RPO - 16:35 ??? to UDZ 21 - 16:50 ??? to JUA The callups and messages can be divided into two groups: the most common for the America's and Europe goes as follows: ''4646464646464646 KUL KUL KUL KUL 1/226''. Note that 46's are transmitted instead of RY's, then the callsign of the recipient and the number of messages / number of 5-letter or 5-figure groups in this message. The other one is yet only noted in Europe. The transmissions start with a selcal of 6-tones (the system is called Mazielka), followed by the callsign of the recipient sent in CW, then into RTTY where the preamble is hand keyed while the other system has an automated preamble. The Mazielka callup is fairly new, it has been reported since mid 1994. The Mazielka is a selcal system that is used by the master station to wake up a station outside the normal fixed sked. It is only used to catch the operators attention, not to start the equipment remotely (just like the selcal used in aircraft). The fact that they switch to CW after the Mazielka is a sure sign that the operator has to prepare the equipment before they can start the transmission. The use of non-error correcting RTTY systems makes it practically impossible to establish a link automatically. The Mazielka has never been heard during the normal schedule times, so probably the Mazielka is used when there are very urgent messages that cannot wait 'till the regular schedule time. It seems that there are specific channels for rush traffic as well. I think that a couple of the callsigns are not in use by only one station, but that KUL, VKX, RAU and RKD are in fact the callsigns of networks. This could mean that the automated transmissions to KUL etc include messages for all stations in such a network. This does not necessarily mean that there is only one callsign for every station in a network. As far as we know every station has a callsign of its own. However, the master station seems to use more than one callsign. VNB, KKK and RGA, which are believed to be trans- mitting from the same location are most probably callsigns of the master station. It seems that the master receives a different callsign on each specific two-way link. What did we find so far ? ------------------------- We have found several clues about the preambles and QSL system. Let's take a closer look at the preambles. Each message starts with a preamble con- sisting of 5 groups, followed by the message itself. A typical preamble looks like this: 11177 00142 23687 05012 01109. 1st group: probably a message identifier, stating what kinda message it is, maybe also a priority code. 11144, 11166, 11177 and 11199 are the combinations heard so far. The most common are 11177 and 11199. The latter is being used for QSL purposes. 2nd group: the link-identifier, each link has its own id, except for stations who have a two-way link, in that case both stations have the same link-id. 3rd group: the crypto-factor. 4th group: the first two digits are the date and the last three are the message number. 5th group: the first four digits represent the number of groups in the message + 1. The extra group is most likely the crypto-factor (3rd group of the preamble). The last digit is either a '1' or a '9'. After the messages have been sent, the operators sometimes have a little chat. In the America's the conversations are in often poor English while on the European side often cyrillic is used and also German words are used. As I mentioned earlier, there are also QSL messages. The original messages can be transmitted on other frequencies and even on other days then the day the QSL messages gets out. The first group of the preamble is always 11199. The messages always seem to start with 55555 followed by 77011, while the last groups represent the QSLed messages. A typical QSL preamble and message looks like this: 11199 00142 00000 18010 00069 55555 77011 00089 00090 00091 Five different cipher systems have been noted: 1) The 3rd group of the preamble is 00000 and the message consists of 5L groups. 2) The 3rd group of the preamble consists of random digits and the message consists of 5L groups. 3) The 3rd group of the preamble consists of random digits and the message consists of 5F groups and the last group is NOT 11111. 4) The 3rd group of the preamble is 00000 and the message consists of 5F groups and the last group is 11111. 5) The 3rd group of the preamble is 00000 and the message consists of 5F groups and the last group is NOT 11111. The Brotherhood uses various RTTY modes, the most common is Baudot 75bd. Sometimes 50 or 100bd is used. They also use a Russian version of Piccolo, better know as Crowd36 or CIS Piccolo, Other, yet unknown, exotic modes are used as well. Then there is of course the Mazielka and CW is used as well, mostly for chatting and callups. Who are the partners in this Brotherhood ? Well, it's all guesses of course. No-one steps forward and says 'he you guys, it's me you're looking for' :-) According to DF-research, the European master station must be located in the Moscow region, while the WFO / MIG link is a link between Cuba and the New York area, probably the Russian UN legation. Station GMN could be located in Mexico City. In 'Soviet Signals Intelligence' by professor Desmond Ball, he listed Soviet Sigint Posts located in the Western Hemisphere. The sigint posts are in Mexico City, Washington 2x, New York City, San Francisco, Managua, San Jose, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Ottawa, Chicago and Lima. So far, 13 transmission schedules have been noted for the Brotherhood in the America's. There are 12 listed sigint posts and 13 schedules, so if there is a connection between the schedules and the sigint posts, then there must be at least one more sigint post. The European scene is a bit different; we have not yet determined where the out-stations are located. Most probably outside Russia and in the eastern part of the country. Then there are the QSF messages: 1/1, 2/1, 3/1, 7/1, 8/1, 9/1 QSF3 The official meaning of the QSF-code is ''I have effected rescue and am proceeding to base''. We can safely assume that the Brotherhood-QSF's have nothing to do with the official meaning of the code. Intensive monitoring of the stations revealed that QSF2 means a normal schedule, QSF4 means no schedule and QSF3 is yet unknown but could mean that an alternative schedule will be used. On the days that QSF1 had been indicated a QRU was sent. There is a very significant feature to the 5-letter traffic. The last group of every message is a simple substitution which indicates the date the message was composed and the group count which is always 3 less than the group count shown in the preamble. The substitution is: O I U Z T R E W A P 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 For example: 11177 00148 57477 26811 00609 QKANG XOBJZ ..................... VEVXX UEORW The last group translates to 26057 -- 26th of the month, 57 groups. ETFNJX TKAGAS ------------- On the American network the sequence 'ETFNJX TKAGAS' is frequently heard. It is always transmitted in sloppy FSK Morse for a couple of minutes and then the transmission stops or continues in RTTY. Because the sloppy way in which this message is keyed, it most probably should read 'E/NJX TKAGAS' but also E/NJX QAG AS is possible. The station simply comes up without any callsign and begins broadcasting ETNJX TKAGAS over and over for a period of ca 10 minutes. On most occasions, approximately 30 minutes later, one of the regular stations comes up and sends normal traffic but out of the fixed schedule for that station. The 'ET' messages have never been observed on the regular daily scheduled frequencies. They are transmitted on the same frequencies as the QWK messages that are also on the air for the last 15 years. The QWK messages are sent several times a year on one of the regular schedules along with the regular traffic. For example, on Dec. 3, 1994, the following was at the beginning of BPA's regular schedule: QWK QDG FM 5/12 TO NEXT QWK FM 00.00 TO 13.00 QSW 10698/7684/13532 FM 13.00 TO 24.00 QSW 16224/13532/19612 Also on Dec. 3, 1995 the following was sent at the end of SPK's regular traffic: QWK QDG FM 5/12 TO NEXT QWK FM 00.00 TO 12.00 QSW 10183/7418/13227 FM 12.00 TO 24.00 QSW 19808/16144/13227 ET messages have been heard on every one of the daytime frequencies listed in the messages above. And these messages on these frequencies are almost always copied on a Saturday or a Sunday, but occasionally during the week as recently as March 22, 1995. The QWK message then seems to say "During the times indicated I will use the following as _standby_ or _alert_ frequencies." Until February 1995, there were no reports of such a string on the European network. Recently a sequence, very much like the American one, was heard and it was keyed in the same sloppy way. The sequence was slightly different from the American one. This one reads 'E/NJX TKAZAS'. The string was recorded and played back for -I guess- a million times by several monitors and fed into a couple of decoders. Although it was a tough one to write down, we are 100% certain that the string is correctly decoded. Bloopers -------- A couple of years ago, right at the moment that the WFO callup should find place, a numbers tape came up. After a moment it was terminated and replaced by the WFO callup tape. On another occasion the WNY callup tape was replaced by a PSN tape. After a few repetitions of the '464646 PSN PSN' lines, the correct WNY callup tape was transmitted. This proves the theory that also the American network has a master station. CW powerhouses -------------- Although it is just an uneducated guess, I believe that the CW powerhouses that can be heard on numerous frequencies, belong to the same organization as the RTTY network. These stations transmit 5L or 5F groups and often use odd Q-codes. In several occasions a CW station transmitted at the same time as a RTTY station and was only a couple of kHz away. The signals were equal in strength and they faded at exactly the same moment. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chapter 2: Chatter, preambles and messages <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< A typical preamble for a message on link 60069, followed by the message which consists of 52 5-letter groups. As you can see the 5th group of the preamble states that there are 53 groups in this message. That is because the last group of the preamble is actually the first group of the message. 11177 60069 00000 03118 00531 cwzky fypxz pldyn nwpmd wvihe rfrgy embqy jecdc xirws omfrg ucxxs aeosi pxdfx jtrru ofrva ltlrt vbyzj khgyn dglts rzykr bqhwy csffq iekmd jwytt ziydz bvzxm fjrkh lyrgv bbqcg tbctn gdhte ydpfc bzvns xoyvd dpnuv kbosy mzuvt dpyim krmmx fvpdb iwoyd dphyt sooct zftsu ggmcm dmjcg bclqx jpytn zfwfg shouq ppnnj ozoro qru ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Another example of a message on link 60069, this time 5-figure groups were transmitted. Note the '11111' group at the end. 11177 60069 00000 22209 01301 72747 28417 50560 87313 85526 80632 52837 50418 16664 76399 58123 43603 78923 58766 15986 49421 34805 14025 78515 74440 10019 97789 56541 79041 11698 86832 14191 66922 89474 81657 03900 16223 95063 13477 97728 66255 27427 67767 02743 82849 62606 51086 23986 16123 01422 90158 89227 62126 17243 66305 59757 46873 80493 88263 19018 04742 82333 33503 09448 02138 89435 56354 28856 81866 33796 86485 95644 22140 76885 88093 97982 90453 89866 09536 50411 01278 85726 65630 60100 73744 54969 37039 63648 58444 09316 69664 02392 17253 17128 70258 49641 99702 69467 93542 62986 62633 80508 93330 99101 00020 76346 45897 67603 10154 85533 93742 80072 21270 51988 56724 43127 29860 05485 71573 97484 90177 47836 03396 22210 41105 30544 31327 24852 37874 23453 24504 52880 52852 11111 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The master station in Moscow sends out messages to KUL, VKX and several others at a fixed daily schedule. Note the '46' test slip instead of 'RY'. 'KUL' is the callsign of the recipient, there are 3 messages with a total of 535 5-letter groups. (messages shortened) 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 kul kul kul 3/535 kul kul kul 3/535 kul kul kul 3/535 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 kul kul kul 3/535 kul kul kul 3/535 kul kul kul 3/535 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 kul kul kul 3/535 kul kul kul 3/535 kul kul kul 3/535 11177 00142 33972 29181 01479 pofre xhtwl ewpxu garrv peife dfhfb sdstt bewph jxqzn uhlwo lukhy mavla bgwmu vvhmo tzptw ssxrx ibsho joznd grdlo nmxyf qspsi exvhm hacfj kqzfc nyldc szdqv tvwpv cnotp ozapg orijf 11177 00142 17790 29182 01459 uodkh mtauy ssfnc czanv caecr scyiv yccpi kqqhi qvvub qursm uozjz arrir zutzn zubfy xjzpg ozydy mxgdk cgsec cerbk jvmzc qbozz bgssz yjjky guglv avrae yfypo avjux sxfis nihoi zsgmb 11177 00142 04039 29183 02439 enqkz kjoan ryvhn vuacc tvzuz fclci zfmsg pmjkw lgqpv aabag wqrml mdwux ptenu dwiya xsezx zeppr fomsx poclz paftk ytmyz yydix ujdbb xqpkj flujk hbqov temvj ngfhz wynly onbmh iqdjt qru qru sk sk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RAU gets also messages from Moscow on the daily basis. 4646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464 rau rau rau 1/50 rau rau rau 1/50 rau rau rau 1/50 4646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464 rau rau rau 1/50 rau rau rau 1/50 rau rau rau 1/50 4646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464 rau rau rau 1/50 rau rau rau 1/50 rau rau rau 1/50 11177 00070 00000 02012 00509 95511 17087 98320 83286 97066 36253 72549 37069 35360 10784 48040 33879 71438 38539 02451 07605 78635 83245 55568 59601 55663 91143 62376 59010 04870 71347 93615 52923 73086 69033 61524 28127 89014 24432 41604 85779 98200 90728 49032 53639 90008 91002 44796 05048 91058 98563 32569 45745 10160 qru qru sk sk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The station that started my interest in this network was RCF. I captured its signal for the first time in the early eighties. Several frequency lists listed this station as MFA Moscow. RCF often transmitted callup lists that are similar to the traffic lists that many of you may know from coastal stations. Note the significant difference between the callups in the above listed examples and the RCF broadcasts below. RCF started their messages with DE RCF, while the master station now only uses the callsign of the recipient, not their own callsign ! 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 cq cq cq de rcf cq cq cq de rcf for udz21 caz rpo fru bla rkg rkm bxl uro nr 05 for acd trp rcx81 wnk nr 06 qoo nr 05 gr 189 nr 06 gr 219 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 cq cq cq de rcf cq cq cq de rcf for jua rxx fqx udz21 caz rpo fru bla rkg rkm bxl uro nr 05 for acd trp rcx81 wnk nr 06 qoo nr 05 gr 189 nr 06 gr 219 ryryryryryryryryryryryryryryry cq cq cq de rcf cq cq cq de rcf for jua rxx fqx udz21 caz rpo fru bla rcx81 fjn rkg rkm bxl uro bnv ewz42 nr 36 37 all gr 1176 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 cq cq cq de rcf cq cq cq de rcf for jua rxx fqx udz21 caz rpo fru bla rcx81 fjn rkg rkm bxl uro bnv ewz42 nr 36 37 all gr 1176 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 4646464646464#4646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 cq cq cq de rcf cq cq cq de rcf for all nr 69 for glk owr dpl obx ptf dkr wkl kua rss wql lsg nr 08/70 for qru qoo nr 08/70 gr 292 nr 69 gr 1122 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 cq cq cq de rcf cq cq cq de rcf for all nr 69 for glk owr dpl~bx ptf dkr wkl kua rss wql lsg nr 08/70 for qru qoo nr 08/70 gr 292 nr 69 gr 1122 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadcasts to VKX can be heard very easily both in Europe and also in the USA. 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 11177 00166 72959 31124 04769 wekhe eykuw ntiut pesko hfkbc tehsv lxfvh cczzk znxjp qmweh ealxe tmdfn qackt tgbhp nsguf sfbay arbdr whqad hkpuq zivrl vipne gwgio fgcfn aajzc wzjum tcoho brbrs xdpbd pgdts utifg qru qru sk sk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A difference between the European and American networks is the lack of chatter on the American side. Here in Europe we have occasional chatter between the operators. In the America's this seldom happens. The words 'TIKAS' and 'SEE' are often used, mostly when the operators have a 'technical' chat. 'TIKAS' probably comes from Ticai or Tikat which means 'to tick' in various Slavic languages. So TIKAS probably means 'ticker' or 'telex operator / telex / telegram / telex machine' or whatever. The use of SEE in "OM AS SEE A UR PER?" indicates this translation as well (see below for KUA traffic). In this case it would be used as "OM wait, look at your perforator" vnr 05 gr 314 nr 05 gr 314 tikas for ptf kua -after qky qrz zkuuuuuukkkkkkaeex tikas for ptf kua -after qky qrz qru sk qru sk -> TIKAS in this sense, probably refers to telegram traffic on hand -> for 'PTF' and 'KUA'. This was heard on the link 10163 on 16.008 kHz at 09:20 UTC 24/08/94 h qju k ok see ok asm 11177 10163 05870~,2.?kb660kk 004(9 cfm 64646464 vvv om 4to ne nrawits qb ? asm qsa bd 063 rpt wqxkvk ok not 23 bd ? mnqsp ? ur op 1 ? ok see hr all cfm pse qsp tikas pbl ili qrz op 1 ryryryryryryryryry om pse sa qsp ? gr ? gr ? pbl gr 1 2 3 4 5 ? pse nryvr mni wrk vy qrl ok asm ee see pse qsp tikas hr all cfm see agn 05870 pse k asm hw gmagvl qsp vy pse qsp ur k op 1 qrl ? ok vy om 4to ne tak ? ur new op ? om pse qsl my qtc tak ok ? op 1 all qsp after ili pse qrz after ok ? hr a wrk op 1 hr all cfm ok ? cfm tks qsl 1 k The following was heard on the KUA link. Note the last paragraph in which the operator asks if he may use a Russian register to continue. The RTTY message was sent in 'normal' shift while it is easier for the operator to chat in 3rd shift Cyrillic, or what he calls 'Ruskih registrow'. first CW: ''qsy 14622 qsy 14622 kua kua qsy 14622 ga'' then into RTTY 75bd RYRYRYRRYRQRYGYRYRYRYKRRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY RYRYRYRRYRQRYGYRYRYRYKRRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY OM HR SA AS SEE A UR PER? NOT FB PSE AGN ES SEE POV SANX POV NAU4isx lenty prawilxno delatx MA&ina ih ne bereit GA GA RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYR 11177 30022 45013 20882 00549 KDRUG ALMIV LPTAT EACKS YBVPF LSCXG AFJII XDAHJ RQMXY JJXFV HAJME EJKMA XMXLE ADMSE DSYHQ ZVAIZ ORANL PEBPI EHPGZ LTYFU OSBBX DBWRM EKOOB NOZVX UPPPW ZVXHC OAETV DQJBR ABQFD TCILT QSL 4 QRU CFM T K S GB SK FXRYRYRYYYRYRYRYRYYRYRYRYRYYRYRYYRYRYRYYRYRYRRYRRYR QSP QSP QSP TX QSP X ZLD ZLD 11177 30022 48526 20886 03859 MIPYE KVMGG AOCHW RDJLJ FCMOO UORGV CFKYE PVSLM YMOMY CYBUU ZYTNE RTPRB QMBUA GKAUP GEMLK HPCVN ZPQYS ODTWT OXUTC UWFWC SINUB RYXCV RDJWC VUNLX CMCMW VHUUK ZFHAJ NYZJO GBIST PXQMA QRU QSL 4 ALL FM OM PSE DAWWAJ MEDU TXT ES PL PBL OKOLO 15 RUSKIH REGISTROW OK ? TQVELO RABOTATX INA 4E OV?? TKS GB SK SK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Here again a message from the master station to VKX. Note the test schedule at the end. 464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 vkx vkx vkx 1/476 11177 00166 72959 31124 04769 5-letter-groups fm 12.05 test qrg 12124 fm 12.05 test qrg 12124 qru qru sk sk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Q-codes are frequently used. This is an unusual long chatter including a transmission schedule. OM QRU PSE QBN QBNVVVVVVOM PSE QOZ RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYYRYRYRYRYRYRCSYRYRYRYRYRY OK OK OK OM HR QRZ WM FM QSA QTR ? 4646QQSA NOT NOT QSA NOT OK OK OK OK HR ALL OK PSE AS M OM OM HR SEE QUW ONLI QSW 14622 M OM HR SEE UR WRK QK GP11YWW QSA 0 OM ALL OK WILL QSPALL OK WILL QSP PSE AS 3 ALL OK OK AS SEE S WILL QSP ES SA ALL QRG QUW PSE AS SEE WL 464646464646464646464646464646464646 04-06 QRG 13466 11134 80043 15683 06-14 QRG 18587 18617 17488 21860 14 -18 QRG 16337 12188 11028 17488 18-04 QRG 8815 7376 6884 11068 OM OM PSE LNT ONLI QSY HR UR QRG SA FM KY 1 OK ? AS M OM OM AFTER PSE LNT ONLI QSY OK ? HR SA UR QRG FM KY 1 AS M M OM OM PSE TEST QRZ QSU OM OM HR SEE PSE SEE HR WRK QAZNOT NOT OM OM PSE TEST QSR OM OM PEREWERN I LNT NA TT WYZOWOM IDET ZADOM NAPERED OM OM BK BK BK BK BK BK BK OM OM ALL FB FB FB OM OM PSE TESR QRZ QSR QRG 14929 OM PSE TES QSR QRG 14929 OK ? HR SEE SEE OM OM PSE QSP NOMER KORRESPOND UR WRK NR 21 21 21 646464646464 6464OK OK OK OM OM HR TEST QSR WRK BD OM OM PSE QSP NR KORRESR OM OM HR WRK NR 21 SINH SINHRON NR 21 OM OM QRZ QUW WRK FB O OK OK OM OM HR WILL QTC PSE AS SE OM OM PSE QOZ HR WILL SA OP 1 OM OM 4I TO U TEBQ NE RABOTAET W QSU 646464646464646464OM OM PSE QBN QBN 646464646464646464646464646464646 4646IM OM PSE QBN QSA NOT QSA NOOT PSE QBN HMFB FB FB FB OM OM SEE HR WILLQRZ OK OK OM OM HR WILL QRZ QSU OM UR WILL QRZ QUW LNT OK ? OM OM HR QTC NOT QRQ WILL QSO F CFM CFM OM QTC NOT QRQ OM OM QTC W QSO OK QSL ? QSL ? F CFM CFM TKS GB SK SK PSK URR ALL FB GB GB SK SK PKS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The QSF codes: The 'RAU' transmission at 14:10 UTC contained the following (msg was repeated on 12180 khz, shortly thereafter): 46464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464 rau rau rau qsf rau rau rau qsf rau rau rau qsf 12/12 wrk qsf 4 12/12 wrk qsf 4 qru qru sk sk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'KUL' broadcast on 10584 consisted of the following. Interesting is the fact that the 'KUL' transmission on 10584 had one more message than the previous transmission on 12193 kHz. Looks like they got one more message in, during their transmission. 646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646 kul kul kul 2/845 kul kul kul 2/845 kul kul kul 2/845 12/12 wrk qsf 4 12/12 wrk qsf 4 11177 00142 00000 09749 07201 all qtc 3/1013 all qtc 3/1013 12/12 wrk qsf 4 12/12 wrk qsf 4 qru qru sk sk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- YBU sent this right after his callup and before any other traffic was sent: QWK QDG FM 1/11 TO NEXT QWK: FM 00.00 TO 04.00 QSY 11212/10135/ 8147 QSW 10243/ 8108/ 5837 FM 04.00 TO 11.00 QSY 8225/ 7610/ 6308 QSW 6845/ 5877/ 5258 FM 11.00 TO 14.00 QSY 6645/12530/17325 QSW 5797/11406/16308 FM 14.00 TO 21.00 QSY 16830/18290/19580 QSW 15682/17490/18839 FM 21.00 TO 24.00 QSY 18876/14814/11180 QSW 17490/13627/10294 Then he sent "AGN AGN" and repeated it. Later that same day, station WNY (on high-speed CW - 34 WPM) sent this: VVV VVV WNY WNY WNY NW NW QWK QDG FM 1/11 TO NEXT QWK FM 0000 TO 0300 QSW 8144/6881/5745 FM 0300 TO 1200 QSW 8144/6881/9246 FM 1200 TO 2400 QSW 10131/15559/8158 RPT AGN RPT AGN ((repeats entire msg)) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Traffic sent to `JMS' contained this before the regular traffic: Febuary 03, 1995 22.30 UTC 16842.5 kHz ILC QDG FM 4/2 TO QWK FM 00.00 TO 13.00 QWS 10713/8118/13541 FM 13.00 TO 24.00 QWS 18053/16491/13541 QWK QDG FM 4/2 TO NEXT QWK FM 00.00 TO 13.00 QSW 10713/8118/13541 FM 13.00 TO 24.00 QSW 18053/16491/13541 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To show you the similarity in traffic on both the European and the North American sides, I quote a piece of a transmission from Moscow to -I guess- DKR: GXWHQ UJBAZ FZLCV WNEGK JZAHF MWZIJ WNEZO QQKLN WKTUS YUSJZ HIOUK JBUPV SKLBI JVTCW KPZJW UTUUT OM PSE SEE TIKAS HR RPT AGN 04.00-06.00 QRG 1 18565/16058/15683/13466/12158/11028/10328/8487/8178/7537 QRG 2 14578/11536/11134/8043/7867/7376/6888/5414/5858/5021 06.00-14.00 QRG 1 23170/22825/21860/18587/20071/18234/15683/14578/16337/12158 QRG 2 18234/18573/18617/17488/18364/13466/11028/10218/8877/7833 14.00-18.00 QRG 1 12131/15733/17488/16337/18617/16184/18308/14486/16058/11614 QRG 2 7814/10315/12188/11028/12188/11536/12131/8203/8843/5478 18.00-04.00 QRG 1 10512/10218/11068/8815/10707/8826/8487/7608/7885/5858 QRG 2 6885/6888/7376/6884/6885/6888/5836/5015/5771/4526 OK ? WRK FM 01 11 80 KWK QUW TO NEXT QWK ALL OK? PSE ALL QSP TIKAS NIL PSE QSL CFM K ----------------------------------------------------------------------- QSL messages which always bear a 11199 as the first group in the preamble, and begin with 55555. Recently a startling message was sent by YBU. It seems to be the first un-enciphered code ever seen on the Brotherhood. Here is the entire message: 11199 00148 00000 20269 01759 55555 77011 99641 99749 99736 99719 99726 99667 99635 99749 99736 99710 99750 99736 99751 99762 99640 99607 99749 99736 99748 99749 99736 44326 99736 99612 99721 99736 99705 99736 99678 99736 99688 99744 99641 99744 99641 99635 99696 99696 99641 99655 44326 99736 99607 99704 99737 99688 99744 99641 99744 99750 99750 99696 99641 99768 99655 44326 99736 99704 99664 99751 99688 99744 99641 99744 99750 99750 99696 99750 99635 99655 44326 99607 99751 99698 99737 99639 99744 99750 99721 99688 99721 99641 99750 99744 99750 99641 99636 99744 99736 99711 99649 99736 99635 99696 99736 99656 99736 99635 99641 99736 99749 99750 99749 99736 99719 99756 99740 99736 99687 99736 99612 99721 99736 99705 99736 99678 99749 99677 99736 99612 99736 99649 99635 99696 99736 99683 99696 99696 99639 99696 99750 99681 99736 99656 99736 99765 99635 99639 99765 99721 99681 99655 99736 99612 99736 99649 99635 99641 99683 99750 99768 99639 99750 99636 99681 99749 99765 99749 99736 99724 99742 99736 99725 99640 99647 99751 99676 99775 99747 99601 99747 99749 Analysis shows that starting at the third group, this message uses a trinomial (3-digit) code. When sent as 5F groups, the first two digits of each 5F group are null's. All of the code groups begin with either a 6 or a 7 except for the one group (repeated three times in the message) which uses 44 as the null's. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you think of this chatter by NDO's operator: "SULTAN BORN DOTHER (3500/54)" good example of bad English; I assume the 3500/54 is the weight and length in metric of the new born daughter. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chapter 3: Link-id's and Callsigns <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Brotherhood link-id's and callsigns. The '*' marks stations that also appeared on the RCF traffic lists. Link Callsign Remarks RCF ====== ========== =========================== === RAD ACD * BLA * BNV * BXL * DPL * EWZ 42 * FJN * FQX * FRU * GLK * LSG * OBX * OWR * PTF * RCX 81 * RKG * RKM * RSS * RXX * TRP * URO * WKL * OTD * SCJ * CMU * DMA * RQO * RZJ * RMM * EWZ 40 * UDZ 27 * UXG * KDN * ROL 00030 BFR (2 way contact with RGA) 00030 RGA (2 way contact with BFR) 00052 NQX 00070 RAU 00098 VTX 00099 RSZ 00116 BPA 00117 HZW 00119 GMN 00125 MIG (2 way contact with WFO) 00125 WFO (2 way contact with MIG) 00126 PSN 00127 JMS 00128 KAC 00135 BAR 00139 WNY 00142 KUL 00148 YBU 00149 DZR 00156 NDO 00162 00166 VKX 00168 SPK 00177 00178 KRN 00208 RKD 10042 10075 10163 20054 UDZ 21 (2 way contact with ???) * 20054 (2 way contact with UDZ 21) 30022 KUA (2 way contact with KKK) * 30022 KKK (2 way contact with KUA) 30044 30088 40034 UXW (2 way contact with ???) 40034 (2 way contact with UXW) 50002 CAZ (2 way contact with ???) * 50022 (2 way contact with CAZ) 50035 JUA (2 way contact with ???) * 50035 (2 way contact with JUA) 50079 60003 60047 60069 70060 DKR (2 way contact with ???) * 70060 (2 way contact with DKR) 80031 80038 RPO (2 way contact with ???) * 80038 (2 way contact with RPO) 80061 VNB (2 way contact with WQL) 80061 WQL (2 way contact with VNB) * 90051 RJA (2 way contact with ???) 90051 (2 way contact with RJA) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chapter 4: Frequency lists <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Brotherhood frequencies, Europe Last update: 29-3-1995 * indicates inactive channel FREQUENCY Link-ID TIME RTTY MODE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4873,00 <00142> 18,50 F1B-75 to 'KUL' /after 6798 transm. 4880,00 <00142> 18,52 F1B-75 to 'KUL'* 6798,00 <00142> 19,15 F1B-75 to 'KUL' 7525,00 <00149> 16,25 F1B-100 '???' to 'DZR' 7692,00 16,35 F1B-75 8084,00 <00030> 14,47 F1B-75 'BFR' to 'RGA' QSX 10767 8165,00 <00142> 7,27 F1B-75 to 'KUL' 10125,00 13,50 F1B-75 10183,00 <00166> 10,36 F1B-75 to 'VKX'* 10202,00 9,25 F1B-75 10218,00 <50035> 15,57 F1B-75 '???' to 'JUA' ??? 10244,00 14,45 F1B-100 10260,00 <50035> 16,50 F1B-75 '???' to 'JUA' 10410,00 <00142> 7,15 F1B-75 to 'KUL' 10426,00 15,06 F1B-75 10453,00 <70060> 15,12 F1B-75 '???' to 'DKR' 10482,00 <90051> 18,18 F1B-75 to or from 'RJA' 10485,00 <80061> 8,45 F1B-75 'WQL' to 'VNB' QSX 13425 10584,00 <00142> 14,19 F1B-75 to 'KUL'/after 12193 transm. 10586,00 <00142> 14,25 F1B-75 to 'KUL' 10672,00 <00149> 16,25 F1B-100 '???' to 'DZR' 10735,00 <90051> 15,30 F1B-75 '???' to 'RJA' 10744,00 <00052> 9,15 F1B-75 to or from 'NQX' 10760,00 <10075> 15,05 F1B-75 10762,00 <00030> 14,48 F1B-200 'RGA' to 'BFR' 10767,00 <00030> 15,00 F1B-75 'RGA' to 'BFR' QSX 12239 10915,00 <80038> 15,05 F1B-75 to or from 'RPO' 11132,00 <00166> 12,00 F1B-75 to 'VKX'* 11412,00 <60069> 16,09 F1B-75 11413,00 <60069> 15,36 F1B-75 11421,00 <00149> 15,27 F1B-100 '???' to 'DZR' 11433,00 <30022> 15,50 F1B-75 'KKK' to 'KUA' 11434,00 <10042> 18,25 F1B-75 11436,00 <00149> 15,40 F1B-100 '???' to 'DZR' 11440,00 <30022> 11,31 F1B-75 'KUA' to 'KKK' 11468,00 <00149> 14,26 F1B-100 '???' to 'DZR' 11477,00 14,40 F1B-75 11487,00 <30044> 14,38 F1B-75 11507,00 <80038> 15,05 F1B-75 to or from 'RPO' 11541,00 <50035> 17,13 F1B-75 'JUA' to '???' QSX 10260 kHz . backup channel only ! QSY from unknown freq. 12124,00 <00166> 12,05 F1B-75 to 'VKX'* 12130,00 <00098> 15,55 F1B-75 '???' to 'VTX' 12132,00 <00149> 9,20 F1B-100 '???' to 'DZR' 12134,00 <00098> 15,35 F1B-75 '???' to 'VTX' 12137,00 <00162> 10,10 F1B-75 12144,00 <20054> 16,37 CW 'UDZ 21' to '???' QSX 14854 . backup channel only ! QSY from unknown freq. 12146,00 <10042> 11,43 F1B-75 12151,00 15,15 F1B-75 12152,00 17,17 F1B-75 12152,00 <70060> 9,45 F1B-75 '???' to 'DKR' 12157,00 9,18 F1B-75 '???' to 'RAD' . +UNID RTTY-mode F1B-200 PSEUDO#-bitstream 12174,00 <00052> 13,30 F1B-75 '???' to 'NQX' 12180,00 <00166> 15,12 F1B-75 to 'VKX' after 14852 transm. 12180,00 <00070> 14,28 F1B-75 to 'RAU' after 14980 transm. 12193,00 <00142> 14,15 F1B-75 to 'KUL' 12194,00 <00052> 9,43 F1B-75 to or from 'NQX' 12197,00 <00142> 14,12 F1B-75 to 'KUL' 12223,00 <20054> 17,30 F1B-75 to 'UDZ 21' ??? 12239,00 <00030> 15,05 F1B-75 'BFR' to 'RGA' QSX 10767 12332,00 <10042> 14,36 F1B-75 13016,00 <00125> 14,17 F1B-75 'MIG' to 'WFO' 13393,00 <60003> 15,56 F1B-75 QSX 14412 = altern. freq./QRM 13400,00 <00030> 13,20 F1B-75 'RGA' to 'BFR' QSX 12239 13420,00 <00030> 13,15 6-tone/CW 'RGA' to 'BFR'/ . RTTY on 13400 kHz QSX 12239 kHz 13420,00 12,41 F1B-75 13425,00 <80061> 8,53 F1B-75 'VNB' to 'WQL' QSX 10485 13506,00 <40034> 9,10 F1B-75 '???' to 'UXW' 13507,00 <40034> 9,20 F1B-75 '???' to 'UXW' 13520,00 11,00 F1B-75 14427,00 <40034> 09,27 F1B-75 to or from 'UXW' 14577,00 <80038> 14,59 F1B-75 '???' to 'RPO' 14587,00 <80038> 14,50 F1B-75 '???' to 'RPO' 14605,00 <00166> 15,01 F1B-75 to 'VKX'* 14608,00 <00166> 15,00 F1B-75 to 'VKX'* 14622,00 <00166> 12,18 F1B-75 to 'VKX'* 14622,00 <30022> 10,56 F1B-75 'KUA' to 'KKK' QSX 16054 14625,00 <00099> 14,28 F1B-100 to or from 'RSZ' 14630,00 11,48 F1B-75 probably 'KUA' 14632,00 <30022> 12,30 F1B-75 'KUA' to 'KKK' QSX 16054 14640,00 <00142> 15.30 F1B-75 to 'KUL' 14736,00 <00125> 14,18 F1B-75 'MIG' to 'WFO' 14820,00 14,20 F1B-75 14830,00 <00030> 15,22 F1B-75 'BFR' to 'RGA' 14832,00 16,05 F1B-75 14834,00 <00208> 16:10 F1B-75 to 'RKD' 14842,00 13,44 6-tone 14852,00 <00166> 11,00 F1B-75 to 'VKX' 14854,00 <20054> 16,35 F1B-75 '???' to 'UDZ 21' 14863,00 11,53 6-tone + CROWD 36 (14865 kHz) 14870,00 14,33 F1B-100 14894,00 13,44 F1B-75 14947,00 <30088> 10,07 F1B-75 14950,00 14,30 F1B-75 14950,00 14.34 6-tone 14971,00 <00070> 14,10 F1B-75 to 'RAU' 14973,00 <00070> 14,12 F1B-75 to 'RAU' 14974,00 <00070> 14,12 F1B-75 to 'RAU' 14977,00 <00070> 14,12 F1B-75 to 'RAU' 14980,00 <00070> 14,10 F1B-75 to 'RAU' 14985,00 <00070> 14,10 F1B-75 to 'RAU' 15678,00 12,44 F1B-75 to 'NQX'???? 15678,00 <00052> 11,50 F1B-75 '???' to 'NQX' 15696,00 14,50 F1B-75 'RGA' to 'BFR' ???? 15696,00 <00030> 11,50 F1B-75 'RGA' to 'BFR' 15702,00 <00030> 10,48 F1B-75 'RGA' to 'BFR' 15707,00 <60047> 13,00 F1B-75 15708,00 <00030> 15,30 F1B-75 'RGA' to 'BFR' 15710,00 <30022> 14,58 F1B-75 'KKK' to 'KUA' 15722,00 <00030> 11,05 F1B-75 'RGA' to 'BFR' 15734,00 <10042> 13.05 F1B-75 15826,00 9,30 F1B-75 to 'UXW' ???? 15826,00 <40034> 9,45 F1B-75 to 'UXW' 15836,00 12,53 CW '???' to 'RAD' request QSY 11672/13434 16008,00 <10163> 9,20 F1B-75 16018,00 <10163> 12,33 F1B-75 16032,00 <30088> 9,55 F1B-75 16054,00 <30022> 10,10 F1B-75 'KKK' to 'KUA' 16064,00 <30022> 10,53 F1B-75 'KKK' to 'KUA' 16081,00 <00166> 9,33 F1B-75 to 'VKX'* 16108,00 7,54 F1B-75 16153,00 <70060> 8,30 F1B-75 '???' to 'DKR'/also 13:20 16154,00 <70060> 8,45 F1B-75 '???' to 'DKR' 16155,00 10,05 F1B-75 '???' to 'DKR' ??? 16214,00 9,54 6-tone '???' to 'FQX' 16225,00 16,35 F1B-100 16232,00 <60003> 8,39 F1B-75 16242,00 <00099> 17,00 F1B-100 to or from 'RSZ' 16244,00 <90051> 8,33 F1B-75 '???' to 'RJA' 16252,00 <00149> 11,47 F1B-200 to or from 'DZR' 16273,00 <00098> 8,15 F1B-75 to or from 'NXQ' 16277,00 <60069> 11,15 F1B-75 16285,00 <00177> 8,45 F1B-75 16285,00 <00099> 8,40 F1B-75 to or from 'RSZ' 16324,00 <30022> 11,40 F1B-75 'KKK' to 'KUA' 16332,00 <10042> 8,55 F1B-75 16342,00 <10042> 11,28 F1B-75 16344,00 <30022> 11,40 F1B-75 'KKK' to 'KUA' 17533,00 <30088> 10,15 F1B-75 18092,00 <60003> 8,42 F1B-75 18225,00 <00166> 11,00 F1B-75 to 'VKX'* 18250,00 <50035> 9,25 F1B-75 '???' to 'JUA' 18332,00 <10042> 9,14 F1B-75 18420,00 <50079> 11,30 F1B-75 18424,00 <10042> 14,05 F1B-75 18440,00 11,40 F1B-75 18585,00 <50002> 10,10 F1B-75 '???' to 'CAZ' 18610,00 <80038> 10,35 F1B-75 to or from 'RPO' 18752,00 <60069> 7,31 F1B-75 18835,00 <00030> 14,35 F1B-75 'RGA' to 'BFR' 20042,00 <60003> 8,50 F1B-75 20340,00 <10042> 11,10 F1B-75 20690,00 <80038> 11,47 F1B-75 to or from 'RPO' Brotherhood frequencies, America's Last update: 26-3-1995 Messages are sent on the primary frequency and repeated right afterward on the secondary frequency. Frequencies Primary / secondary Link-id U.T.C. Mode Remarks ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19957 00126 22.35 F1B-75 to PSN 13382.1 00125 21.15 F1B-75 to MIG 13382.1 00125 14.15 F1B-75 to MIG 14727 10424 00116 15.15 F1B-75 to BPA 14736 00125 14.15 F1B-75 to WFO 14736 00125 21.15 F1B-75 to WFO 16224 13532 00116 16.00 F1B-75 to BPA sometimes on Wed, . Sat. & Sun 16228 18805 00148 14.00 F1B-75 to YBU 16283 14236 00128 20.45 F1B-75 to KAC 16327 14376 00128 14.50 F1B-75 to KAC 16327 14376 00128 20.45 F1B-75 to KAC occasionally, esp. . Sat & Sun 16448 00135 13.00 F1B-50 to BAR 16448 00178 17.30 F1B-75 to KRN 16843 13627 00127 22.30 F1B-75 to JMS 17450 00156 16.50 F1B-50 to NDO 18081 16491 00127 16.20 F1B-75 to JMS occasionally. esp. . Wed & Thur 18081 16491 00127 22.30 F1B-75 to JMS occasionally 18828 00117 20.00 F1B-50 to HZW 19618 16138 00148 16.10 F1B-75 to YBU occasionally, . esp. Wed 19618 16138 00148 19.35 F1B-75 to YBU occasionally 19808 00168 13.45 F1B-50 to SPK occasionally 19808 16144 00168 16.00 F1B-50 to SPK sometimes on . Sat. & Sun. 19957 00126 22.40 F1B-75 to PSN 20140 17480 00148 22.00 F1B-75 to YBU 20588 16448 00139 19.00 F1B-75 to WNY 20733 18128 00119 16.45 F1B-75 to GMN 20823 18128 00135 21.00 F1B-50 to BAR 21867 18846 00168 16.00 F1B-50 to SPK %%%%%%% Worldwide Utility News, THE Utility Club of the 90's %%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% wun@phoque.info.uqam.ca %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%