UPDATED: Best list of military HF frequencies for listening to the Ukrainian Conflict

 

COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES:

All frequencies are in MHz

Shortwave/HF

USAF GHFS 

4.724 MHz USB            EAMs and USAF long distance HF nets 

6.739 MHz UHB           EAMs and USAF long distance HF nets 

8.992 MHz USB           EAMs and USAF long distance HF nets 

11.175 MHz USB         EAMs and USAF long distance HF nets 

15.015 MHz USB         EAMs and USAF long distance HF nets 

RUSSIAN/ MILITARY NET HF frequencies

3.731 AM                     CREEPY LAUGHING CLOWN/RUSSIAN JAMMER BABA YAGA

3.218 LSB                     RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE "KARTOK-65"

3.850 LSB                     RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE 

3.828 LSB                     RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE

3.920 LSB                     POSSIBLE RUSSIAN MILITARY 

4.034 USB                    RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE 

4.179 USB                    RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE 

4.183 USB                    RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE 

4.600 USB                    RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE 

4.625 AM                     RUSSIAN NUMBERS STATION "THE BUZZER"

4.629                             RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE 

4.649.5 LSB                 RUSSIAN BOMBER CHATTER 

4.721 USB                   UKRAINE HAMS TAUNTING RUSSIANS (PRE CONFLICT)

4.1440                           CHECHAN PRAYER MUSIC AND VOICE COMMS 

5.125 USB                    RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE VERY ACTIVE 

5.827 USB                    RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE 

7.065 USB                    RUSSAIN HAMS TAUNTING UKRAINANS (PRE CONFLICT) 

7.O55 LSB                   UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIANS SPEAKING ENGLISH 

7.140 USB                    RUSSIAN ARMY "DAYS"

7.820 USB                    UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN MILITARY 

7.993 USB                    RUSSIAN STRATEGIC NET

8.090 USB                    RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE  

8.131.5 LSB                 BEAR NET PRIMARY

9.741 USB                    RUSSIAN MILITARY VOICE  

11.193  USB                 UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN NET

11.253 USB                  ROYAL AIR FORCE NET

11.272 USB                  UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN NET

5.240 USB                    RUSSIAN NAVY

5.808                            RUSSIAN NAVY/AIR FORCE 

6.685 USB                   RUSSIAN AIR FORCE TRANSPORT

8.815 USB                   UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN VOICE 

10.057 USB                  RUSSIAN ARMY "NIGHTS" 

12.905 MHZ                RUSSAN ARMY "NIGHTS"

12.041 USB                 RUSSIAN ARMY  "DAYS" 

12.720.5 USB              "DVOJCHATAKA" CALLING 

13.619 USB                  RUSSUAN ARMY "DAYS"

14.688 USB                 UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN NET

14.766 USB                 UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN HAMS 

10.360 USB                 RUSSIAN NAVY/ARMY BEAR NET 

11.362 USB                 RUSSIAN ARMY "PSYKOV NET"

13.927 USB                 UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN VOICE 

14.130 USB                 UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN VOICE

14.177  AM                 UKRAINIAN PIRATE STATION 

18.029 USB                "PUCK FUTIN" PIRATE BROADCAST  

PUBLISHED RUSSIAN MILITARY/NUMBERS  FREQUENCIES 

Western Military District
The Buzzer (4625 kHz)
D marker (5292 kHz)
T marker (4182 kHz)
The Air Horn (3510 kHz)
The Goose (4310/3243 kHz)
The Alarm (4770 kHz)
Katok-65 (4224/3218.5 kHz)
Southern Military District
The Pip (5448/3756 kHz)
The Squeaky Wheel (5473/3828 kHz)
Vega (5372 kHz)
Baron-78 (3850/4940 k

RUSSIAN AVIATION Voice Frequencies 5827 8131 5833 8090 11223 5617 8909 5803 8033 11320 5827 8131 Callsigns "Balans" (Moscow) "Katolik" (Saratov) "Dvojchatka" (Moscow-2) "Limit" (Saratov-2) "Nabor" (Moscow) "Shpora" (Saratov) "Balans" (Moscow-2) "Tezis" (Saratov-2) "Ochistka" (Moscow) "Medyanka" (Saratov) "Duga" (Saratov-2) "Stupen" (Moscow) "Tablica" (Saratov) "Kedr" (Saratov-2) "Balans" (Moscow) "Katolik" (Saratov) "Dvojchatka" (Moscow-2) "Limit" (Saratov-2) Morse Frequencies 8112 (Ground) 8990 (Air) 11318 (Ground) 5620 (Ground) 8029 (Ground) 8170 (Air) 6642 (Air) 8895 (Ground) 9128 (Air) 5835 (Ground) 8162 (Ground) 9027 (Air) 8112 (Ground) 8990 (Air) 11318 (Ground) Callsigns "IWV4" "NGA5" "MWTL" "TRL5" "KFE4" "TV6P" "4ASU" "QZ6Y" "IWV4" "NGA5"

UHF SATCOM 

248.750.400 NBFM         UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN SATCOM PIRATES 

255.260 NBFM                UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN SATCOM PIRATES 

263.625 NBFM                UNIDENTIFIED RUSSIAN SATCOM PIRATES 

267.475 NBFM                RUSSIAN STRELA/GONETS STORE AND DUMP SATCOM

HF BROADCAST

The BBC adds two shortwave broadcasts and NEXUS adds MW service:

SHORTWAVE: BBC is adding 2 shortwave broadcasts to Ukraine on 5875 kHz from 8/10 UTC and on 15735 kHz from 2/4 UTC.

MEDIUM WAVE: NEXUS- of Milan in Italy on 1323 kHz and proposes broadcasting for Eastern countries from 7/11 p.m. CET

GONETS BANDPLAN

FREQ                       MODE

245.157	Gonets D1-1 1996-009A 23787	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at another frequency in the 240-260 MHz band
262.913	Gonets D1-1 1996-009A 23787	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 49s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - Used 264.750 MHz in the past - Identified by Ivan Artner 2005 Oct/Nov
263.086	Gonets D1-1 1996-009A 23787	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Has been reported on other frequencies in the past - entry updated 2009 Mar 8. Message Signal at 261.035 MHz.
264.750	Gonets D1-1 1996-009A 23787	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Extended transmitter activity when over eastern Europe - No longer active - See 262.913 MHz
245.157	Gonets D1-2 1996-009B 23788	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at another frequency in the 240-260 MHz band
264.900	Gonets D1-2 1996-009B 23788	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted at one minute intervals and then silence - Extended transmitter activity when over eastern Europe - Trigger at 33s after the minute (2002 July) - No longer active - see 265.0625 MHz
265.059	Gonets D1-2 1996-009B 23788	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Has been reported on other frequencies in the past - entry updated 2009 Mar 8. Message Signal at 261.035 MHz.
265.063	Gonets D1-2 1996-009B 23788	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 11s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - Used 264.750 MHz in the past - Identified by Ivan Artner 2005 Oct/Nov
264.600	Gonets D1-3 1996-009C 23789	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 27s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - No longer active? - see 265.1375 MHz
265.137	Gonets D1-3 1996-009C 23789	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Has been reported on other frequencies in the past - entry updated 2009 Mar 13. May now be silent, no Message Signal detected 2009 Sept.
265.138	Gonets D1-3 1996-009C 23789	FM - mutiple sideband, 0.5s trigger signal every minute plus occasional data bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 25s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - Used 264.600 MHz in the past - Identified by Ivan Artner 2005 Oct/Nov - inactive at 2009 Mar 8
245.157	Gonets D1-4 1997-006D 24728	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at another frequency in the 240-260 MHz band
263.090	Gonets D1-4 1997-006D 24728	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 5s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - Identified by Ivan Artner 2005 Oct/Nov
264.750	Gonets D1-4 1997-006D 24728	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Has been reported on other frequencies in the past - entry updated 2009 Mar 8. Message Signal at 261.035 MHz.
245.157	Gonets D1-5 1997-006E 24729	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at another frequency in the 240-260 MHz band
264.400	Gonets D1-5 1997-006E 24729	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 39s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - Identified by Ivan Artner 2005 Oct/Nov
264.400	Gonets D1-5 1997-006E 24729	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Has been reported on other frequencies in the past - entry updated 2009 Mar 8. Message Signal at 261.035 MHz.
245.157	Gonets D1-6 1997 24730	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at another frequency in the 240-260 MHz band
262.910	Gonets D1-6 1997 24730	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Has been reported on other frequencies in the past - entry updated 2009 Mar 8. Message Signal at 261.035 MHz.
264.900	Gonets D1-6 1997 24730	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 58s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - Discovered by Paul Marsh and Ivan Artner 2005 Oct/Nov
245.157	Cosmos 2386 2001-058C 27057	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at another frequency in the 240-260 MHz band
262.910	Cosmos 2386 2001-058C 27057	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: This is a Gonets-D1 even though listed elsewhere as Strela-3. There was a NORAD name mix-up with Gonets D1-8. Has been reported on other frequencies in the past - entry updated 2009 Mar 8.
245.157	Gonets D1-7 2001-058D 27058	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at another frequency in the 240-260 MHz band
262.910	Gonets D1-7 2001-058D 27058	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Has been reported on other frequencies in the past - entry updated 2009 Mar 8.
262.913	Gonets D1-7 2001-058D 27058	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 42s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - Identified by Ivan Artner 2005 Oct/Nov
244.512	Gonets D1-8 2001-058E 27059	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at 261.035 MHz. This is a Stela-3 even though listed elsewhere as Gonets-D1. There was a NORAD name mix-up with Cosmos 2386.
261.035	Gonets D1-8 2001-058E 27059	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Message Signal at 244.512 MHz. This is a Strela-3 even though listed elsewhere as Gonets-D1. There was a NORAD name mix-up with Cosmos 2386.
245.157	Gonets D1-9 2001 27060	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at another frequency in the 240-260 MHz band
262.910	Gonets D1-9 2001 27060	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Frequency is changed occasionally - entry updated 2009 Mar 8. Message Signal at 261.035 MHz.
264.788	Gonets D1-9 2001 27060	AM data sidebands (2.7, 5.4 and 8.1 kHz) transmitted in sub-second bursts	Store and Forward communications: Trigger pulse transmitted 9s after each minute with activity increasing over eastern Europe - Identified by Ivan Artner 2005 Oct/Nov
244.999	Gonets M-2 2010-043A 37152	Data transmission as messages are forwarded	Store and Forward communications: Message Signal at 388.688 MHz.
388.688	Gonets M-2 2010-043A 37152	Message Signal every 60s, silent when receiving data message from ground	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at 244.999 MHz.
388.688	Gonets M-3 2012-041B 38734	Message Signal every 60s or 120s depending on the operating mode, silent when receiving data message from ground.	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are transmitted at 244.999 MHz.
388.688	Gonets M-4 2012-041D 38736	Message Signal every 60s or 120s depending on the operating mode, silent when receiving data message from ground.	Store and Forward communications: Stored messages are

The Soviet Union's 'Tsikada' navigation satellites, later 'Nadezhda' also operated here also but have now been switched off.

Another former Soviet system currently operated by Russia also transmits here. The 'Parus' transmissions are Tsikada-like in content but they hide another purpose. They may have included a navigation function originally but they carry a second, clandestine, payload for communications. The 'navigation' transmissions are probably more about allowing the user to calculate where to point the transmitting aerial rather than working out their location on the Earth's surface.

RUSSIAN COSMOS SERIES:

FREQ                       MODE 

49.910	Cosmos 2341 1997-017A 24772	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Transmission contains an almanac for all active satellites in the constellation - coherent transmission at 399.920 MHz
149.910	Cosmos 2398 2003-023A 27818	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Transmission contains an almanac for all active satellites in the constellation - coherent transmission at 399.760 MHz
149.940	Cosmos 2378 2001-023A 26818	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Transmission contains an almanac for all active satellites in the constellation - coherent transmission at 399.840 MHz
149.940	Cosmos 2454 2009-039A 35635	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Transmission contains an almanac for all active satellites in the constellation - coherent transmission at 399.840 MHz
149.940	Cosmos 2463 2010-017A 36519	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Transmission contains an almanac for all active satellites in the constellation - coherent transmission at 399.840 plus duplicated transmissions at other frequencies around 150 and 400 MHz . The transmitter is faulty.
149.970	Cosmos 2336 1996-071A 24677	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Transmission contains an almanac for all active satellites in the constellation - coherent transmission at 399.840 MHz
149.970	Cosmos 2389 2002-026A 27436	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Transmission contains an almanac for all active satellites in the constellation - coherent transmission at 399.920 MHz
149.979	Oscar 29 1987-080B 18362	Modulated CW carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Maintenance frequency - Coherent transmission at 399.944 MHz (has been heard to transmit tones similar to the other OSCAR satellite but 2003 December 28 - this frequency was occupied by a modulated 'buzzing' signal - No longer transmitting as of 2008 Feb 1
149.979	Oscar 31 1988-074B 19420	FM telemetry (tones) +/- 2.4 kHz from carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Maintenance frequency - Coherent transmission at 399.944 MHz - Occasionally changes between this frequency and the operational one - Sometime between 2007 Dec 21 and 2008 Feb 7, the normal transmissions at both frequencies were replaced with a highly unstable CW carrier (wandering frequency + variations in strength)
149.988	Oscar 27 1987-080A 18361	FM telemetry (tones) +/- 2.4 kHz from carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Operational frequency - Coherent transmission at 399.968 MHz - Occasionally changes between this frequency and the maintenance one) - No longer transmitting as of 2008 Jan 1
149.988	Oscar 23 1988-033A 19070	FM telemetry (tones) +/- 2.4 kHz from carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Operational frequency - Coherent transmission at 399.968 MHz - Occasionally changes between this frequency and the maintenance one)
149.988	Oscar 32 1988-033B 19071	FM telemetry (tones) +/- 2.4 kHz from carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Operational frequency - Coherent transmission at 399.968 MHz - Occasionally changes between this frequency and the maintenance one)
149.988	Oscar 25 1988-074A 19419	FM telemetry (tones) +/- 2.4 kHz from carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Operational frequency - Coherent transmission at 399.968 MHz - Occasionally changes between this frequency and the maintenance one)
150.000	Nadezhda	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Navigation - plus Search and Rescue monitoring: Several satellites - the system is no longer operational, has been silent since 2003 November 26 - Coherent transmission at 400.000 MHz
150.000	Tsikada	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Navigation - plus Search and Rescue monitoring: Several satellites - the system is no longer operational, has been silent since 2003 November 26 - Coherent transmission at 400.000 MHz
150.012	Unknown	'Wandering' CW	Unidentified satellite: Satellite in GEO, possibly graveyard orbit, also transmits 400.032 MHz
150.012	Geosat 1985-021A 15595	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Oceanography - wave height measurement: Detected being switched on and off over Europe, not continuously active. Sometime around 2007, transmissions ceased to be detected but Geosat was subsequently determined to be transmitting continuously while in sunlight. Coherent transmission at 400.032 MHz
150.012	RADCAL 1993-041A 22698	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Radar calibration: Radar Calibration satellite - Coherent transmission at 400.032 MHz, operation is intermittent
150.012	GFO 1998-007A 25157	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Oceanography - wave height measurement: Geosat Follow On satellite - Coherent transmission at 400.032 MHz and also transmitted at 2207.5 MHz. Ceased to transmit 2008 November.
150.012	ARGOS 1999-008A 25634	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	USAF space experiments: Coherent transmission at 400.032 MHz - Ceased to transmit 2003
150.012	USA 147 1999-067A 25991	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Military meteorological satellite: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - Also transmits at 2207.535 MHz, 2237.5 MHz and 2252.5 MHz, and 400.032 MHz - Post-launch testing revealed interference with other equipment from the 150/400 MHz transmitters so they remained inactive (apart from further testing) until 2006 Aug 14
150.012	Picosat 9 2001-043B 26930	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	USAF Space Test Program (STEP): Coherent transmission at 400.032 MHz - Ceased to transmit late-2004
150.012	Formosat 3A 2006-011A 29047	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 400.032 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
150.012	Formosat 3B 2006-011B 29048	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 400.032 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
150.012	Formosat 3C 2006-011C 29049	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 400.032MHz and 1066.752 MHz
150.012	Formosat 3D 2006-011D 29050	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 400.032 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
150.012	Formosat 3E 2006-011E 29051	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 400.032 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
150.012	Formosat 3F 2006 29052	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 400.032 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
150.030	Cosmos 2361 1998-076A 25590	FM time and position information - sidebands at 3 kHz, 5 kHz and 7 kHz	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Coherent transmission at 400.080 MHz
150.300	Cosmos 2373 2000-058A 26552	AM telemetry - wide bandwidth	Photographic mapping: Coherent transmission at 400.800 MHz - Cameras and film recovered after mission running between 2000 September 29 and 2000 November 14 - no longer in orbit
150.300	Cosmos 2415 2005-034A 28841	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Photographic reconnaissance: Coherent transmission at 400.800 MHz - Cameras and film recovered after mission mission running between 2005 September 2 and 2005 October 14 - transmissions heard over the USA - no longer in orbit
399.760	Cosmos 2341 1997-017A 24772	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Coherent transmission at 149.910 MHz
399.760	Cosmos 2398 2003-023A 27818	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Coherent transmission at 149.910 MHz
399.840	Cosmos 2378 2001-023A 26818	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Coherent transmission at 149.940 MHz
399.840	Cosmos 2389 2002-026A 27436	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Coherent transmission at 149.940 MHz
399.840	Cosmos 2454 2009-039A 35635	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Coherent transmission at 149.940 MHz
399.840	Cosmos 2463 2010-017A 36519	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Coherent transmission at 149.940 MHz plus plus duplicated transmissions at other frequencies around 150 and 400 MHz due. The transmitter is faulty.
399.920	Cosmos 2336 1996-071A 24677	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Coherent transmission at 149.970 MHz
399.944	Oscar 29 1987-080B 18362	Modulated CW carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Maintenance frequency - Coherent transmission at 149.979 MHz (known to change between this frequency and the operational one) - No longer transmitting as of 2008 Jan 1
399.944	Oscar 31 1988-074B 19420	Modulated CW carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Maintenance frequency - Coherent transmission at 149.979 MHz (known to change between this frequency and the operational one) - Sometime between 2007 Dec 21 and 2008 Feb 7, the normal transmissions at both frequencies were replaced with a highly unstable CW carrier (wandering frequency + variations in strength)
399.968	Oscar 27 1987-080A 18361	Modulated CW carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Operational frequency - Coherent transmission at 149.988 MHz (known to change between this frequency and the maintenance one) - No longer transmitting as of 2008 Feb 1
399.968	Oscar 23 1988-033A 19070	Modulated CW carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Operational frequency - Coherent transmission at 149.988 MHz (known to change between this frequency and the maintenance one)
399.968	Oscar 32 1988-033B 19071	Modulated CW carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Operational frequency - Coherent transmission at 149.988 MHz (known to change between this frequency and the maintenance one)
399.968	Oscar 25 1988-074A 19419	Modulated CW carrier	Ionospheric modelling for US military (NIMS): Operational frequency - Coherent transmission at 149.988 MHz (known to change between this frequency and the maintenance one)
400.000	Nadezhda	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Navigation - plus Search and Rescue monitoring: Coherent transmission at 150.000 MHz - no longer active (see 150 MHz note)
400.000	Tsikada	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Navigation - plus Search and Rescue monitoring: Coherent transmission at 150.000 MHz - no longer active (see 150 MHz note)
400.032	Unknown	'Wandering' CW	Unidentified satellite: Satellite in GEO, possibly graveyard orbit, also transmits 150.012 MHz
400.032	Geosat 1985-021A 15595	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Oceanography - wave height measurement: Detected being switched on and off over Europe, not continuously active. Sometime around 2007, transmissions ceased to be detected but Geosat was subsequently determined to be transmitting continuously while in sunlight. Coherent transmission at 150.012 MHz
400.032	RADCAL 1993-041A 22698	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Radar calibration: Radar Calibration satellite - Coherent transmission at 150.012 MHz, operation is intermittent
400.032	GFO 1998-007A 25157	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Oceanography - wave height measurement: Geosat Follow On - Coherent transmission at 150.012 MHz and also transmittedat 2207.5 MHz. Ceased to transmit 2008 November.
400.032	ARGOS 1999-008A 25634	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	USAF space experiments: Coherent transmission at 150.012 MHz - Ceased to transmit 2003
400.032	USA 147 1999-067A 25991	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Military meteorological satellite: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - also transmits at 2207.535 MHz, 2237.5 MHz, and 150.012 MHz - Post-launch testing revealed interference with other equipment from the 150/400 MHz transmitters so they remained inactive (apart from further testing) until 2006 Aug 14 .
400.032	Picosat 9 2001-043B 26930	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	USAF Space Test Program (STEP): Detected being switched on and off over Europe, not continuously active - Coherent transmission at 150.012 MHz - Ceased to transmit late-2004
400.032	Formosat 3A 2006-011A 29047	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 150.012 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
400.032	Formosat 3B 2006-011B 29048	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 150.012 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
400.032	Formosat 3C 2006-011C 29049	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 150.012 MHz and 1066.752 MHz, during 2007 December, Formosat 3C appeared to be about 5 kHz lower than the nominal frequency - the other frequencies may be shifted pro-rata
400.032	Formosat 3D 2006-011D 29050	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 150.012 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
400.032	Formosat 3E 2006-011E 29051	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 150.012 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
400.032	Formosat 3F 2006 29052	CW	Atmospheric studies: Switched on when observation required, European observations usually 08:00-17:00 UTC Mon-Fri, also transmits 150.012 MHz and 1066.752 MHz
400.080	Cosmos 2361 1998-076A 25590	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Positional signal transmissions and store/forward comms: Non operational but still transmitting 2000 December 13 - Coherent transmission at 150.030 MHz
400.800	Cosmos 2373 2000-058A 26552	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Photographic mapping: Coherent transmission at 150.300 MHz - Cameras and film recovered after mission running between 2000 September 29 and 2000 November 14 - no longer active
400.800	Cosmos 2415 2005-034A 28841	CW - Doppler tracking beacon	Photographic reconnaissance: Coherent transmission at 150.300 MHz - Cameras and film recovered after mission running between 2005 September 2 and 2005 October 14? - no longer active

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Russia seizes control of Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Russian forces have seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, said on Thursday according to Reuters.

Driving the news: "It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe after a totally pointless attack by the Russians," Mykhailo Podoliak, the adviser, said.
"This is one of the most serious threats in Europe today," Podolyak said, per Reuters.

State of play: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier Thursday that Russian forces were attempting to capture the nuclear power plant.
"Our defenders are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 will not be repeated ... This is a declaration of war against the whole of Europe," Zelensky wrote in a tweet.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in a tweet also warned that a Russian attack on Ukraine "may cause another ecological disaster."
"In 1986, the world saw the biggest technological disaster in Chernobyl ... If Russia continues the war, Chernobyl can happen again in 2022," the ministry wrote.

The big picture: The Chernobyl power plant was the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident when a nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, sending radioactive contamination across Europe, AP notes.
The plant is 80 miles north of Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.

Thought bubble from Axios' Andrew Freedman: The reports of fighting at Chernobyl are concerning since the lands surrounding the power plant have high levels of radiation, and are known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
In addition, munitions — gunfire, artillery shells, missiles, hitting the facility itself could release radioactivity and threaten citizens of nearby EU countries. However, Russian soldiers are likely aware of the dangers, and their aim may be to secure the area in order to move troops more directly to Kyiv.

NOTE: It could be theorized that this unusual move of seizing Chernobyl is more about seizing the DUGA radar site just a few miles from the plant. The OTH radar (transmitting during the bulk of the 80s until the fall of the Soviet Union was thought to be able to track stealth aircraft and low flying cruise missiles. It was shut down shortly after the Chernobyl accident.

BREAKING - Putin: ANNOUNCES "special military operation" in Ukraine.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday, claiming it’s intended to protect civilians.

In a televised address, Putin said the action comes in response to threats coming from Ukraine. He added that Russia doesn’t have a goal to occupy Ukraine. Putin said the responsibility for bloodshed lies with the Ukrainian “regime.”

Zelenskyy said he asked to arrange a call with Putin late Wednesday, but the Kremlin did not respond.

In an apparent reference to Putin’s move to authorize the deployment of the Russian military to “maintain peace” in eastern Ukraine, Zelensky warned that “this step could mark the start of a big war on the European continent.”

“Any provocation, any spark could trigger a blaze that will destroy everything,” he said.

He challenged the Russian propaganda claims, saying that “you are told that this blaze will bring freedom to the people of Ukraine, but the Ukrainian people are free.”

The United Nations Security Council quickly scheduled an emergency meeting Wednesday night at Ukraine’s request. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the separatists’ request “a further escalation of the security situation.”

Anxiety about an imminent Russian offensive against its neighbor soared after Putin recognized the separatist regions’ independence on Monday, endorsed the deployment of troops to the rebel territories and received parliamentary approval to use military force outside the country. The West responded with sanctions.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the rebel chiefs wrote to Putin on Wednesday, pleading with him to intervene after Ukrainian shelling caused civilian deaths and crippled vital infrastructure.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the separatists’ request for Russian help was an example of the sort of “false-flag” operation that the U.S. and its allies have expected Moscow to use as a pretense for war.

“So we’ll continue to call out what we see as false-flag operations or efforts to spread misinformation about what the actual status is on the ground,” she said.

Earlier in the day, Ukrainian lawmakers approved a decree that imposes a nationwide state of emergency for 30 days starting Thursday. The measure allows authorities to declare curfews and other restrictions on movement, block rallies and ban political parties and organizations “in the interests of national security and public order.”

The action reflected increasing concern among Ukrainian authorities after weeks of trying to project calm. The Foreign Ministry advised against travel to Russia and recommended that any Ukrainians who are there leave immediately.

“For a long time, we refrained from declaring a state of emergency ... but today the situation has become more complicated,” Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council head Oleksiy Danilov told parliament, emphasizing that Moscow’s efforts to destabilize Ukraine represented the main threat.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the Russian force of more than 150,000 troops arrayed along Ukraine’s borders is in an advanced state of readiness. “They are ready to go right now,” Kirby said.

The latest images released by the Maxar satellite image company showed Russian troops and military equipment deployed within 10 miles of the Ukrainian border and less than 50 miles from Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv.

Early Thursday, airspace over all of Ukraine was shut down to civilian air traffic, according to a notice to airmen. A commercial flight tracking website showed that an Israeli El Al Boeing 787 flying from Tel Aviv to Toronto turned abruptly out of Ukrainian airspace before detouring over Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland. The only other aircraft tracked over Ukraine was a U.S. RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned surveillance plane, which began flying westward early Thursday after Russia put in place flight restrictions over Ukrainian territory.

Another wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks hit Ukraine’s parliament and other government and banking websites on Wednesday, and cybersecurity researchers said unidentified attackers had also infected hundreds of computers with destructive malware.

Officials have long said they expect cyberattacks to precede and accompany any Russian military incursion, and analysts said the incidents hew to a nearly two-decade-old Russian playbook of wedding cyber operations with real-world aggression.

In other developments, Russia evacuated its embassy in Kyiv; Ukraine recalled its ambassador to Russia and considered breaking all diplomatic ties with Moscow and dozens of nations further squeezed Russian oligarchs and banks out of international markets.

President Joe Biden allowed sanctions to move forward against the company that built the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and against the company’s CEO.

“As I have made clear, we will not hesitate to take further steps if Russia continues to escalate,” Biden said in a statement.

Germany said Tuesday that it was indefinitely suspending the project, after Biden charged that Putin had launched “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine” by sending troops into the separatist regions. The pipeline is complete but has not yet begun operating.

Putin said Tuesday that he had not yet sent any Russian troops into the rebel regions, contrary to Western claims, and Donetsk rebel leader Denis Pushilin insisted Wednesday there were no Russian troops in the region, even though a local council member claimed the previous day they had moved in.

Already, the threat of war has shredded Ukraine’s economy and raised the specter of massive casualties, energy shortages across Europe and global economic chaos.

European Union sanctions against Russia took effect, targeting several companies along with 351 Russian lawmakers who voted for a motion urging Putin to recognize the rebel regions and 27 senior government officials, business executives and top military officers.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has shrugged off the sanctions, saying that “Russia has proven that, with all the costs of the sanctions, it is able to minimize the damage.”

In Ukraine’s east, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and six more wounded after rebel shelling, the Ukrainian military said Wednesday. Separatist officials reported several explosions on their territory overnight and three civilian deaths.

Facing a barrage of criticism at the 193-member United Nations General Assembly, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, warned Ukraine that Russia will monitor a cease-fire in the east and emphasized that “no one intends to go softly, softly with any violators.”

“A new military adventure” by Kyiv “might cost the whole of Ukraine very dearly,” he warned ominously.

After weeks of rising tensions, Putin’s steps this week dramatically raised the stakes. He recognized the independence of the separatist regions, a move he said extends even to the large parts of the territories now held by Ukrainian forces, and had parliament grant him authority to use military force outside the country.

Putin laid out three conditions that he said could end the standoff, urging Kyiv to renounce its bid to join NATO, to partially demilitarize and to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Ukraine long has rejected such demands.

The Associated Press

Sources say Russia will invade Ukraine tonight!

The US has issued a warning to Ukraine that new intelligence suggests Russia is about to launch a major assault as its forces take up positions inside rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine, according to reports from CNN and Newsweek.

Ukrainian officials were told Tuesday morning local Kyiv time that it's highly likely Russia will begin an invasion in the next 4 hours, according to the Newsweek report. A top US official also told Newsweek that "reporting from aircraft observers indicates Russia violated Ukrainian airspace earlier today, flying possible reconnaissance aircraft for a short period over Ukraine."

CNN reported that this intelligence highlighted the risk to the country's second-largest city of Kharkiv, in the northeast region near the Russian border, information they attributed to a senior Ukrainian official and a Western official familiar with the intelligence.


Ukrainian officials said they have not independently verified the intelligence and said that the United States has issued several similar warnings in recent months before assaults that never happened.

NATO allies were given a similar warning, but a top NATO military official told CNN that "no one knows for sure" what Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to do. On Monday, Putin ordered Russian troops into areas of eastern Ukraine, ostensibly to defend separatists there who have been fighting

On Tuesday, the Ukrainian foreign minister said there are no plans to evacuate the city of Kharkiv, which US officials have warned is at particular risk in an assault.
Ukraine is expected to announce a 30-day state of emergency on Wednesday, according to the country's top security official.
Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said the state of emergency "can include restrictions on movement of transportation, additional inspections of transportation. This can include inspections of individuals' documents," the Financial Times reported.

On Wednesday, a senior defense official also disclosed that the US believes Putin has amassed nearly 100 percent of the forces they believe he would need to invade Ukraine, and that Russia may use its reserves and national guard, suggesting it was prepared to occupy territories gained.

BREAKING: Just hours ago Russia issued a NOTAMs closing the Eastern Ukraine to all civil  aircraft:

 

Putin says he will recognize Russian backed breakaway republics in Ukraine

 

Kyiv, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he will recognize the independence of two Russian-backed breakaway republics in the east of Ukraine. The Biden administration warned last week that the move would violate international law and Ukraine's sovereignty, and would "necessitate a swift and firm response" from America and its allies.

The Russian leader's decision effectively signals that Moscow is no longer interested in negotiating with the West to find a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine crisis based on cease-fire deals hammered out eight years ago, which have been consistently pointed to by both sides as the only viable framework for an agreement.

Putin announced during an extraordinary public meeting of his security council in Moscow earlier on Monday that he would decide whether to formally recognize the independence of the self-declared "People's Republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.

When the Russian parliament voted to send Putin the same request five days ago, potentially recognizing Luhansk and Donetsk as independent, it was seen as a way for the Russian leader to increase pressure on Kyiv without taking direct military action, but the West made it clear at that stage that it would be considered another serious provocation.