Pirate radio station Radio 210 Golden Oldies from the Netherlands on 5840 kHz AM.
There was some fading but apart from that quite good reception.
Received in Poland on 10.10.2026, 18:40 UTC.
Russian Radio Lenta (1557 kHz AM) on the plague outbreak. Could someone translate?
Part 1 of 3: After a death from plague in Shelekhov, mask regimen was introduced at Irkutsk aluminum plant. Quarantine in Irkutsk hospitals. People buy antibiotics and masks.
Part 2 of 3: 28-year-old laboratory worker of Irkutsk anti-plague institute died of plague. Epidemiologist says that the story about the worker contracting plague after breaking a test tube does not seem probable.
Russian military activity on shortwave - a dialog on two frequencies. Commanding station (Tokar 32) calls subordinate (Var 28) on 5135 kHz USB and sends a radiogram. Subordinate station replies on 4825 kHz USB (1/3).
After receiving the radiogram, the recipient asks the sender to repeat the 10th group of letters. The sender complies and the recipient reads back the whole radiogram (2/3).
Polish number station S11a "Cherta" sent a ciphered message on 6433 kHz USB. It contained 33 groups of 5 numbers. The structure of the messages is the same as in transmissions of E11 "Oblique" station but the messages are in Russian. Received in Poland on 06.09.2026, 08:35 UTC.
"Dmitry" is back. Long radiogram was sent on 5760 kHz USB. The operator makes an error and skips one letter (Iwan) in one group. He mentions the error (says "отставить") and corrects it after repeating one previous (correct) group. Received in Poland on 03.09.2026, 16:31 UTC.
Russian military active on 5760 kHz USB. The recipient asks the sender to repeat the header of the radiogram which contains sender's callsign and a group of 6 numbers. Then she asks to repeat the address which is a group of 3 numbers. Received in Poland on 03.09.2026, 16:17 UTC.
Polish Number Station E11 “Oblique” sent a ciphered message on 5409 kHz USB. The message contained 39 groups of 5 numbers. During the transmission, each group is said twice, then the message is repeated with each group said once. Received in Poland on 30.08.2026, 20:05 UTC.
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After yesterday's silence, Russian military was again active on shortwave. Interestingly, there are differences in the structures of messages containing radiograms of the same structure which suggests differences in importance of the recipient stations or the radiograms.
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Other times, the starting phrase contains the callsign of the recipient repeated 3x, the callsign of the sender repeated 2x and the information that there will be a radiogram. This phrase is said three times. Then the radiogram follows (5135 kHz USB; 28.08.2026; 17:52 UTC):
Apart from long radiograms, Russian comms also include short messages which are transmitted fairly often. They consist of 2 groups of 3 letters where the 1st letter in each group is always З (Z; "Zinaida").
Here's an example from today (5135 kHz USB; 26.08.2026; 18:58 UTC).
Russian military activity on shortwave continues this evening. Although this activity seems higher than usual it doesn't necessarily mean that Russians are up to something. This could be an exercise. Here's one complete radiogram from today (5135 kHz USB; 26.08.2026; 19:08 UTC).
Russian military active on shortwave this evening. A couple of long radiograms were sent on 5135 kHz USB. "Dmitry" repeated 5 times in the beginning of the letter part of the radiogram indicates a message of high priority.
Received in Poland on 25.08.2026; 17:45 UTC.
