Russian Navy

[SecretShortwave]

21438 khz Black Sea Fleet HQ at Sevastopol Ukraine callsign RCV, heard everyday here for the last five weeks, on at approx 08:30utc sometimes transmitting for a couple of hours, sending NAV warnings in hand sent CW about 20wpm great practice for anyone studying morse, and most days a solid 599 signal.
callsigns heard

RIR-96 Azov- Ropucha Class Amphibious Landing Ship
RHV-42 Yamal- Ropucha Class Amphibious Landing Ship
RCIV Sarotov- Alligator Class Amphibious Landing Ship
RHI-99 Alexander Shabalin- Ropucha Class Amphibious Landing Ship
RMJA KIL-158 - Kashtan Class Buoy Tender
RIP-90 collective call for turkish waters
RGX-94 collective call for french waters
RKZ collective call for mediterrean waters
RBE-86 collective call for ionian sea
thanks to Tony Roper at http://planesandstuff.wordpress.com/rus ... callsigns/ for help with id's/tie-ups with some of these vessels.

seasons greetings all 73

[kins]

Nice I like that kind of stuff I'll give it a listen tomorrow

[SecretShortwave]

Poor propagation now on 21mhz on a morninig, Sevastopol also simul/cast these reports on 19201 khz which is a much better signal here on a morning, just a heads up for anyone who is intrested in russian navy signals

RIP90 RIP90 RIP90 DE RCV RCV QTC 215 11T 15 1235
= NAWIP 032 35 KARTY 32206 93241 GRECIA STRELXBY PO 31 DEK
SWETLOE WREMÄ RAJONE ANDROS CENTROM 37/53 S 025/16 M OTM ¹TOT NR 31 1615 DEK
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TRANSLATION
RIP90 DE SEVASTOPOL I HAVE MESSAGE 215 110 15 JAN 1235 (UKRAINE TIME)
MESSAGE NAV WARNING 032 35 MAP/CHART NUMBER 32206 9321 GREECE SHOOTING ON 31 DECEMBER LIGHT PERIOD AREA ANDROS CENTRE 37/53S 025/16M (CORDS)
ELEVATIN TO 31 DECEMBER 1615 END OF MESSAGE

[SecretShortwave]

noticed there is a few people reading this small thread i guess there is some intrest in russian navy signals, here is how to keep tabs on the russian navy fleet in case anyone wants to copy these messages.Here is a report from a couple of days ago the message is from RHO62 Admiral Vladimirskiy a Expeditionary oceanographic vessel to RIT Northern Fleet Headquarters at Severomorsk.

RIT de RHO62 164 19 9 1503 164 = sml RJD38 RJH74 = 09121 99499 70009 42598 82417 10120 40242 57018 87531 22243 00116 20506 319// 40808 88000 09015 = + rho62 k

TRANSLATION

RIT de RHO62 164 19 9 1503 164
procedural signals: 164 = addresse person/dept/desk, 19 = group count
9 = day of month, 1503 = local time of message preparation, 164 = addresse.


sml for RJD38 RJH74
sml = priority code here it is samoljot (aircraft)which is normal
RJD38 RJH74 = message is of intrest to these callsigns in this case both calls are Russian Hydrographic land based stations.

09121= day (9 jan) at 12 hours UTC

99499 70009 42598 82417 10120 40242 57018 87531 22243 00116 20506 319// 40808 88000 09015 = + rho62 k

here is the good bit lol the above message is formatted in the WMO Buoy Meteorogical data or FM-13 code, these messages do contain position reports has well has sea state and weather conditions. FM-13 messages are sent by ships of the hydrographic service of the Russian Federation Navy has well as by auxillary ships escorting a task force and all messages are directed to certain callsigns has above
(RJD38 RJH74).Im only concerned with the position report of the boat so lets strip all other info out of the message.

99499 70009 and heading and speed 22243.
the boats position in lat/lon is 49.9N Lattitude 0.09W Lattitude (English Channel)
heading south at 11 to 15 knots

NOTES: IN THE LAT/LON SECTION YOU ALWAYS HAVE TWO NINES
IN THE HEADING AND SPEED SECTION YOU ALWAYS HAVE THREE TWOS
12464KHZ DAYTIME PRIMARY
8345KHZ NIGHT TIME PRIMARY
MANY MANY FREQS USED BUT THESE ARE A GOOD STARTING POINT.
THESE REPORTS SENT EVERY 6 HOURS STARTING AT MIDNIGHT BUT BEAR IN MIND THEY MAY BE OPERATING MOSCOW TIME OR UKRAINE TIME OR EVEN FAR EAST .

[TopolMSS27]

Glad to see my callsign list was useful

I've actually just written an article for The Spectrum Monitor on how to listen to the Russian Navy, the first of what will probably be a three parter. It covers what has been said previously here with a little bit more too

[SecretShortwave]

Glad to see my callsign list was useful

Thanks for posting Tony, a wealth of information on your site https://planesandstuff.wordpress.com/ info like this can take months to put together so it's nice for a newcomer to be able to jump in and get results from the start due to people sharing info like this. I find this sort of thing really intresting, plenty of signals to play with at the moment a few unlisted one's cropping up. I will keep a eye out for the mag im sure it will be very intresting reading may be you could consider doing one for the so called Bear nets if there is enough info out there to warrant a article.

73's John

EDIT just checked your blog the Bear net article has been done

[TopolMSS27]

It was the easier one to write John, so I did it first

Still plenty of others in the pipeline

[yagiman]

Can they still be heard