PY1VHF Monitoring

Search & Rescue Flight 447 (Air France 447)

2009-06-02T08:10:00.008-03:00

The following vessels are taking part in the SAR op:

Frigate F42 "Constituição"
Patrol Ship P40 "Grajaú"
Corvette V19 "Caboclo"

Also, REOMARINHA (Navy) is active on 12207 kHz USB.

The FAB (Brazilian Air Force) is also present:

2 X C-130 Hercules (FAB2474 and 2475)
1 P-95 Bandeirulha (FAB7100)
1 SC-95B Bandeirante (FAB6545)
1 SC-105 Amazonas (FAB2810)
1 H-60L Black Hawk (FAB8906)

The following freqs have been very busy (ALE/USB):

7929 kHz USB
8834 kHz USB
9010 kHz USB
13260 kHz USB

Japanese fishing net on 4191 kHz

2009-03-07T10:50:00.012-03:00

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Every now and then I stumble upon this Japanese net, in CW, always on 4191 kHz (zero beat frequency). The c/s are usually the same, JQMY, JHQY, JHWF, JINZ, JIQA etc. There is little traffic, and it is full of japanese characters, I presume. I am still to take the time and patience to translate all CW special characters into "kana" codes, and then into English or Portuguese.
The log-in session can be found here: Audio_Clip (mp3). Shortly I will be uploading a traffic session audio clip.

Example of the traffic:

TTNM6 ON IFIFSN DE JQMY (--.--) 9T -.-.. K5IF4/2I N
DE JEIEES III (--.--) 7TBIF 1(...-.)
DE JHWF QT5 T(-.-..)D2 (...-.)
DE JISZ G(---.) M6 5BIF 1(...-.)
DE JHIY 87 TT(--.--)9 (-.-..) C2S
DE JIQE (--.--)7 5(----) BIF 2S
R BCMK PAL ?
NKS ?
KKG
V MS (--.-.)

1 kHz below another station transmitted the following:

NR33 (.-.-..)38 NR 1(-..---)A(.-.-.) V(-.--.) BT A(-.-.-) ... WNN...

In parenthesis: maybe prosign/special characters, maybe kana sign.

Chilean 5LG

2009-03-06T10:56:00.008-03:00

Last night I was surfing the 5 MHz segment, when I heard a station sending 5 letter groups, in Spanish, USB, at 5155 kHz. I thought it was a Number Station, but this time there was another station acknowledging the transmissions.

The station PN (Papa November) was reading out the groups, and San Pedro Radio-CBS (Chilean Coastal Station) was confirming reception, or asking for repeats. This went on for about 30 minutes, with ocasional log-ins by Magellanes Radio-CBM (also Chilean Coastal Station).

Log

05155 CBS: Chilean Coastal Station in qso w/ "Papa Bravo", who was reading out 5LG. 0155 USB/Voice (06mar2009) (PY1VHF)

Brazilian Navy Comms

2009-03-01T11:35:00.021-03:00

Brazilian Navy Comms

http://py1vhf.blogspot.com

Brazilian Navy - IDs, c/s, selcals, QRGs. This list is always under
work, and was prepared by Anderson - PY1VHF, with invaluable
help from Kristian, in Germany.

Notes:

1- This list is not complete. If you have any info not displayed
here, please drop me an e-mail.

2- It’s Brazilian Navy's common practice to transmit only the 5
last characters as c/s, for instance PWF33 instead of the full c/s
GWPWF33. Sometimes only the last 2 characters are used, i. e.,
"DW" instead of PWDW. The reasoning for this practice is that
only recently have the characters "GW" been added to the c/s.

3- Although almost all sations have designated c/s / ID, it does
not mean they are capable of operating on the various
transmission modes, like RTTY, Packet, Link-11 etc.

Reported Frequencies:

4285 4302.4 4304.6 5378 6275 6298.5 6299 6412 6510 6785
8310 8357 8624 8630 9255.2 10914.5 11010 11481 11486
11498 12370 12431 12437 12566.7 12589 12725 13101 13485
14780 15932 16408 16607 16837.5 16954 17010 18872.5
19709 20064 22168 22843 kHz

Modes: Pactor/Pactor-FEC, RTTY, Packet-Radio/X.25 (used
mainly for live position reports and chat), G-Tor, Sitor-B (FEC),
Link-11, J3E.

Ships:

Note: “***” means “unknown”

Sitor Id / ALE ID / Type / Navy code / Name

NAESPO GWPWSP Aircraft Carrier A-12 SÃO PAULO
(Click for bigger picture)

SBTUPI GWPWTU Submarine S-30 TUPI

SBTIRA GWPWTI Submarine S-32 TIMBIRA

SBTPJO GWPWTP Submarine S-33 TAPAJÓS

SBTMOI GWPWTA Submarine S-31 TAMOIO

NVECBR *** Tall Ship / Schoolship U-20 CISNE BRANCO
(Click for bigger picture)

NEBRSL GWPWBL Training Frigate U-27 BRASIL
Picture( click for bigger image):

Source: http://www.wikimedia.org/

CVFRON GWCFN2 Corvette V-33 FRONTIN

FINDEP GWPWIN Frigate F-44 INDEPENDÊNCIA
Picture:
Source: http://www.naval.com.br/

CVJULI GWPWJN Corvette V-32 JÚLIO DE NORONHA

CVJACE GWPWJN Corvette V-31 JACEGUAI

NDCCMM GWPWMM Tank Landing Ship G-28 MATTOSO MAIA

CVINHA GWPWFZ Corvette V-30 INHAÚMA

CVIPMN GWPWAD Corvette V-15 IMPERIAL MARINHEIRO

CVCBCL GWPWCE Corvette V-19 CABOCLO

CVJULI GWPWJN Corvette V-32 JÚLIO DE NORONHA

FBOSIS GWPWBO Frigate F-48 BOSÍSIO

FCONST GWPWCO Frigate F-42 CONSTITUIÇÃO

FDEFEN GWPWDE Frigate F-41 DEFENSORA

FGREEN GWPWGH Frigate F-46 GREENHALGH

Interesting note: This frigate took part in the Falklands/Malvinas war. At the time, she belonged to England and was originally named HMS Broadsword:

"During the Falklands conflict HMS Broadsword & HMS Coventry were attacked by the Argentinean airforce. The Broadsword was lucky, having a bomb go through the flight deck which did not explode, the Coventry was not so lucky needing Broadsword to rescue 170 of her crew. Broadsword successfully shot down four enemy aircraft during the Falklands conflict." Source: www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/F46%20Greenhalgh.htm

FLIBER GWPWLI Frigate F-43 LIBERAL
Picture (click for bigger image):

Source: www.saorbats.com.ar

FUNIAO GWPWUN Frigate F-45 UNIÃO

FTEROI GWPWNI Frigate F-40 NITERÓI

FRADEM GWPWRM Frigate F-49 RADEMAKER

NPACUI GWPWBR Patrol Ship P-60 BRACUÍ

NPAORE GWPWGD Patrol Ship P-45 GUAPORÉ

NPCPAM GWPWPE Patrol Ship P-12 PAMPEIRO

NPCPOT GWPWPO Patrol Ship P-15 POTI

NPAPTI GWPWPR Patrol Ship P-13 PARATI

NPFAMP GWPWMP River Patrol Ship P-32 AMAPÁ

NPFPTX GWPWPT River Patrol Ship P-20 PEDRO TEIXEIRA

NPFRTV GWPWRT River Patrol Boat P-21 RAPOSO TAVARES

NVABRL GWPWAB Minesweeper M-19 ABROLHOS

NVTUBA GWPWAU Minesweeper M-18 ARAÇATUBA

NVALBD GWPWAA Minesweeper M-20 ALBARDÃO

NVATLA GWPWIA Minesweeper M-17 ATALAIA

NVARAT GWPWAT Minesweeper M-15 ARATU

NVANHA GWPWIM Minesweeper M-16 ANHATOMIRIM

NPCAJA GWPWRA Patrol Ship P-11 PIRAJÁ

NPAGBR GWPWGN Patrol Ship P-48 GUANABARA

NPAIBA GWPWGI Patrol Ship P-41 GUAÍBA

NHOTAU GWPWNE Oceanographic and Supply Ship H-36 TAURUS

NHIARG GWPWAR Oceanographic and Supply Ship H-44 ARY RONGEL
Picture:
Source: http://360graus.terra.com.br

NHISIR GWPWQO Research Ship H-21 SÍRIUS

NPANGA GWPWBA Patrol Ship P-63 BABITONGA

NPATAI GWPWGT Patrol Ship P-51 GRAVATAÍ

NPAUBA GWPWUR Patrol Ship P-50 GUARATUBA

NPAUJA GWPWGP Patrol Ship P-49 GUARUJÁ

NPAUNA PWGWGB Patrol Ship P-42 GRAÚNA

NPAUPA GWPWGE Patrol Ship P-46 GURUPÁ

NPAUPI GWPWGF Patrol Ship P-47 GURUPI

NPAGOI GWPWGO Patrol Ship P-43 GOIANA

NPAJAU GWPWGJ Patrol Ship P-40 GRAJAÚ

NPABOC GWPWNA Patrol Ship P-62 BOCAINA

NPACUI GWPWBR Patrol Ship P-60 BRACUÍ

NDDRIO GWPWRJ Dock Landing Ship G-31 RIO DE JANEIRO

NDDCEA GWPWFZ Dock Landing Ship G-30 CEARÁ

NTGMTA GWPWGM Tanker G-23 GASTÃO MOTTA

NTPOTE GWPWGY Tanker G-17 POTENGI

NTRAPR GWPWIK Troopship G-21 ARY PARREIRAS

RGIBEL GWPWGL Salvage and Rescue Tug R-25 ALMIRANTE GUILLOBEL

Note: You may find this ship named "Alte" Guillobel. "Alte" is short
for "Almirante", "Admiral, in English". The same occurs with R-24
Alte Guillem and other ships.

RGILEM GWPWGU Salvage and Rescue Tug R-24 ALMIRANTE GUILHEM

Shore stations:

ESCSUP Upper School of War, Rio de Janeiro

BTLCMC1 1st Marine Corps Battalion, Rio de Janeiro

BTLCMC2 2nd Marine Corps Battalion

ERMBEL GWPWB33 Navy Radio Station Belém, Pará State (Fourth Naval District)

ERMNAT GWPWN33 Navy Radio Station Natal, Rio Grande do Norte State (Third Naval District)

*** GWPWR44 Navy Radio Station Recife, Pernambuco State

ERMRGD *** Navy Radio Station Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul State

ERMRIO GWPWZ33 Navy Radio Station Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro State (First Naval District)

ERMSAL Navy Radio Station Salvador, Bahia State (Second Naval District)

FLTMGS Mato Grosso do Sul State River Fleet

FLTAMZ Amazonas State River Fleet (It comprehends the following ships):

NPFRRM River Patrol Ship P-30 Roraima,

NPFRON River Patrol Ship P-31 Rondônia,

NPFAMP River Patrol Ship P-32 Amapá,

NPFPTX River Patrol Ship P-20 Pedro Teixeira,

NPFRTV River Patrol Ship P-21 Raposo Tavares,

NASHMN Hospital Ship U-16 Doutor Montenegro,

NASHOC Hospital Ship U-18 Oswaldo Cruz,

NASHCC Hospital Ship U-19 Carlos Chagas.

CALEAO Navy Training Center ALMIRANTE MARQUES DE LEÃO

CFINGA River Authority, Tabatinga River, Amazonas State

CPLUIZ Port Authority, Sao Luiz, Maranhão State

CPNAUS Port Authority, Manaus, Amazonas State

CPNATL Port Authority, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte State

ESNVNG Naval Station, Rio Negro, Manaus, Amazonas State

GRFSAL Grupamento de Fuzileiros Navais de Salvador (Brazilian Marines)

GRFBEL Grupamento de Fuzileiros Navais de Belém (Brazilian Marines)

GRFBRA Grupamento de Fuzileiros Navais de Brasília (Brazilian Marines)

GRFLAD Grupamento de Fuzileiros Navais de Ladário (Brazilian Marines)

GRFMAN Grupamento de Fuzileiros Navais de Manaus (Brazilian Marines)

GRFNAT Grupamento de Fuzileiros Navais de Natal (Brazilian Marines)

GRFRGD Grupamento de Fuzileiros Navais de Rio Grande (Brazilian Marines)

GRFRIO Grupamento de Fuzileiros Navais de Rio de Janeiro (Brazilian Marines)

Version 1.06.03.09

An up-to-date PDF can be found in the "Links" section, at http://py1vhf.blogspot.com

Brazilian Army, Rio Grande do Sul State

2009-02-27T12:21:00.004-03:00

Packet Radio communications have been logged recently by me on 9122 and 9182 kHz.
Other QRGs logged in the past: 8402, 18247, 16334 kHz. Most traffic is encrypted.
Shifts used: 200/300, bauds: 200/300
Main units use Harris transceivers, and 1KW output. Other units use Motorola MICOM-2 and
125 Watts.

Although Brazilian Armed Forces moved most of its comms to sattelite, and there is a plan of
integrating all Forces into only one big net, there is still some good stuff to be monitored on HF:
The Navy is using USB/ALE and Pactor/Sitor-B, Air Force is still being heard on some occasions
on USB/ALE, the Army still have a few links using HF Packet.

Army's Packet Radio ID's:

AM-1: Amazonas State
BA-1: Bahia State
BR-1: Brasília (Federal District)
CE-1: Ceará State
MG-1: Minas Gerais State
MS-1: Mato Grosso do Sul State
PA-1: Pará State
PE-1: Pernambuco State
PR-1: Paraná State
RJ-1: Rio de Janeiro State
RS-1: Rio Grande do Sul State
SP-1: São Paulo State

QGEX: Army Headquarters, Brasília
RRSRCE (Remote Radio Station in Recife, Pernambuco State)

I am researching the different Army's sub-units'IDs, and so far found out
all Rio Grande do Sul State's stations:

Brazilian Army, Rio Grande do Sul State

Packet Radio/AX.25:

RS-1 :

1° CTA CMS / 3ª RM (1º Centro de Telemática de Área), Comando Militar Sul, 3ª Região Militar

(First Area Telematic* Center, Southern Military Command, Third Military Region)

Location: Porto Alegre

* "http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/tech_engineering/2907-telematica.html#8845"

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RS-8 :

Comando 8ª BDA INF MTZ (Comando da 8ª Brigada de Infantaria Motorizada)

8th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment Command

Location: Pelotas

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RS-9:

3° B E CMB (3° Batalhão de Engenharia de Combate)

3rd Combat Engineer Battalion

Location: Cachoeira do Sul

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RS-10:

Comando 3ª Div (Comando da 3ª Divisão de Infantaria)

HQ Company 3rd Army Division

Location: Santa Maria

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RS-11:

2° RCMEC (2° Regimento de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

2nd Mechanized Cavalry Regiment

Location: São Borja

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RS-12:

Comando AD/3 (Comando da Artilharia Divisionária da 3ª Divisão)

HQ Battery 3rd Division Artillery

Location: Cruz Alta

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RS-13:

19° RCMEC (19° Regimento de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

19th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment

Location: Santa Rosa

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RS-14:

27° GAC (27° Grupo de Artilharia de Campanha)

27th Field Artillery Group

Location: Ijuí

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RS-15:

1° RCMEC (1° Regimento de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

1st Mechanized Cavalry Regiment

Location: Itaqui

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RS-16:

6° BCOM (Batalhão de Comunicações)

6th Signals Battalion

Location: Bento Gonçalves

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RS-17:

3ª BDA CMEC (3ª Brigada de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

HQ Squadron 3rd Mechanized Cavalry Brigade

Location: Bagé

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RS-19:

7° RCMEC (7° Regimento de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

7th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment

Location: Santana do Livramento

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RS-22:

3ª CIA ECMBMEC (3ª Companhia de Engenharia de Combate Mecanizada)

3rd Mechanized Combat Engineer Company

Location: Dom Pedrito

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RS-23:

3° G AAAe (3° Grupo de Artilharia Antiaérea)

3rd Air Defence Artillery Battery

Location: Caxias do Sul

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RS-24:

9° RCB (9° Regimento de Cavalaria Blindado)

9th Armored Cavalry Regiment

Location: São Gabriel

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RS-25:

5° RCMEC (5° Regimento de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

5th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment

Location: Quaraí

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RS-26:

AGGC (Arsenal de Guerra General Câmara)

Army's Arsenal

Location: General Câmara

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RS-27:

6° GAC (6° Grupo de Artilharia de Campanha)

6th Field Artillery Group

Location: Rio Grande

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RS-28:

19° BI MTZ (19° Batalhão de Infantaria Motorizada)

19th Motorized Infantry Battalion

São Leopoldo

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RS-31:

4° RCC (4° Regimento de Carros de Combate)

4th Armored Regiment

Location: Rosário do Sul

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RS-32:

7° B INF BLD (7° Batalhão de Infantaria Blindada)

7th Armored Infantry Battalion

Location: Santa Cruz do Sul

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RS-33:

Comando 1ª BDA C MEC (1ª Brigada de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

HQ Squadron 1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade

Location: Santiago

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RS-34:

12° BECMB (12° Batalhão de Engenharia de Combate)

12th Armored Combat Engineer Battalion

Location: Alegrete

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RS-35:

12° RCMec (12° Regimento de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

12th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment

Location: Jaguarão

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RS-36:

Comando 2ª BDA CMEC (2ª Brigada de Cavalaria Mecanizada)

HQ Squadron 2nd Mechanized Cavalry Brigade

Location: Uruguaiana

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RS-37: 4° RCB (4° Regimento de Cavalaria Blindado)

4th Armored Cavalry Regiment

Location: São Luiz Gonzaga

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RS-38:

1° B COM ( 1° Batalhão de Comunicações)

1st Signals Battalion

Location: Santo Ângelo

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This list was researched, compiled and formatted by PY1VHF (http://py1vhf.blogspot.com)

Numbers station

2009-02-25T13:33:00.002-03:00

The German film Der Westen Leuchtet shows an agent receiving a number station (G-16) transmission via a Sony ICF-7800 radio, and proceeding to decode the message using his one-time pad:

Last night

2009-02-25T12:37:00.003-03:00

0771.7 PNA: Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Coast Guard) 0017 Sitor-B w/ wx and bureaucratic bulletins (25feb2009) (PY1VHF)

07967 JX5Q: Russian Mil net 0203 CW Tactical C/S called: 3GDX, CKQV,
NWMU, BGFS, BEVT, G2MT (25feb2009) (PY1VHF)

08040 GYA: Northwood, UK 0218 Fax w/ Weather. Nice sigs (25feb2009)
(PY1VHF)

08467.5 JJC: Tokyo Radio 0026 Fax w/ (pbbly) news in Japanese
(25feb2009) (PY1VHF)

09182 BUR: Chilean Navy 0030 USB/ALE clg TAC (25feb2009) (PY1VHF)

10428 UNID: Pips, 2 tones (app. 1600Hz / 2440Hz). S/ off at 0105 (25feb2009) (PY1VHF)

My dream buy...

2009-02-23T12:09:00.002-03:00

ALLISS antenna system. It costs only about US$ 15,000,000...

Photo copyright: unknown author

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALLISS

LOG

2009-02-23T11:03:00.008-03:00

All times UTC

9198.0 BVG: Chilean Navy 0040 USB/ALE clg CAS (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

9198.0 BUR: Chilean Navy 0048 USB/ALE clg CA2 (Main Naval Base, Talcahuano) (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

7770.0 PNA: Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Coast Guard) 0053 Sitor-B w/ NAWS. This is the receiving frequency. Transmission freq. is 7771.7 kHz (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

4520.0 PNA: Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Coast Guard) 0102
Sitor-B / Voice (J3E). (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

6834 GYA: RN Northwood, UK. 0112 Fax/F1C. Weather prognosis. (23feb2009)(PY1VHF)

8957 Shannon: Volmet, UK. 0121 J3E YL in EE (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

5450 RAF: Volmet, UK. 0131 J3E YL in EE (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

4610 GYA: RN Northwood, UK. 0133 Fax/F1C. Schedule. (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

6361 UNID: Russian Mil 0140 CW w/ 5FG (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

9228 UNID: VVV series, several times. Hand sent, electronic key. 0143 (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

6358.5 PBB: Dutch Navy, Ymuiden. 0157 RTTY 75/850 w/ CARBS (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

6314 NMF: Boston, USA. 0159 Sitor-B w/ "Offshore Waters Forecast" (23feb2009) (PY1VHF)

Fiat Lux!

2009-02-22T11:21:00.000-03:00

Começando este blog, finalmente...

Algumas escutas de ontem à noite, 21 de fevereiro de 2009:

7771.7 kHz Prefectura Naval Argentina * Sitor-B * 2300z * w/ weather in SS