RUSSIAN MILITARY SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES

HF communications are still a crucial part of military communications. Here are some frequencies worth monitoring as tensions rise in Ukraine. (Data provided by Pyriom.)

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 kHz)

RUSSIAN AIR FORCE FREQUENCIES

All voice frequencies mentioned on this page are on the upper sideband. The aircraft callsigns are made of 5 digits. The primary/secondary designations reflect the usage by aircraft; the ground stations usually transmit on all frequencies simultaneously.

MILITARY TRANSPORT AVIATION

Frequencies (kHz)

6685

8847 (secondary)

11360

18030

Ground Station Callsigns

Davlenie: 708th Regiment, Taganrog

Kasta: 224th Detachment, Tver

Klarnetist: 196th Regiment, TverKorsar: Military Transport Aviation HQ, Moscow

Magnetron: 566th Regiment, SeshchaLad’ya: Heard in radio checks, location unconfirmed

Polis: 117th Regiment, OrenburgPolotno: Heard in radio checks, location unconfirmed

Proselok: 334th Regiment, Pskov

This network carries plain voice traffic between transport aircraft and the Military Transport Aviation units.

Voice Frequencies (USB)

5827, 5833, 5803, 5617, 5827, 8131, 8090, 8909, 8033, 8131, 11223, 11320

Call Signs

“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)

Credit to K0LWC