Showing posts with label International Monitoring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Monitoring. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Interesting Intercept in ITU IM #313

Here on the Btown Monitoring Post I have written several times about the HF XSS ALE net. And in my previous post to this blog I mentioned that the new International Monitor #313 is now available from the ITU website. I just started reviewing this doc this morning and found an intercept on page 2 that immediately caught my eye.

G BALDOCK 3161.00 19 02 0733 0733 XSS 2K80E J7D 248 B MIL-188-141 ALE

Based on day/night propagation patterns(a 0733 local time intercept in England), the intercept above adds more credability that the mysterious XSS ALE net is a UK based network. Based on monitoring it is widely believed that ALE address "XSS" is the netcos for this HF net and if so then this is most likely a British HF net (some estimates say British Ministry of Defense).

More as it becomes available.

New ITU International Monitoring File Posted

The latest quarterly ITU International Monitoring file (#313) has been posted to the ITU website. International Monitoring #313 covers the period 1-1-07 to 3-31-07 (updated on 3-13-2007) and has 152 pages of HF intercepts conducted by monitoring post worldwide. Station information in this file includes broadcast, clandestine, pirate, numbers stations, military and utility station intercepts from around the world. ITU IM #313 is "free," in pdf format, and can be download at http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/monitoring/files/pdffiles/313.pdf