MFA Cairo 01/Dec/2009 EGYPT Transmission Modes: SITOR-A 100bd Erect 170Hz SITOR-A 100bd Erect 90Hz (Madrid Embassy only?) SITOR-B 100bd Erect 170Hz TWINPLEX ? 100bd (-300/-100/100/+600Hz) Codan 9001/3012 HF modem Logged Frequencies: 5027.7 5106.7 5432.8 5711.8 5766.8 5777.2 5781.7 6621.7 6856.7 6449.7 6742.7 6786.7 6900.7 7576.7 7616.7 7631.7 7721.7 7723.7 7731.7 7746.7 7786.7 7811.7 7823.7 7841.7 8000.7 80006.7 8016.7 8023.7 8101.7 8106.7 8151.7 8166.7 8186.7 8267.7 8272.7 8913.7 8916.7 8966.7 9011.7 9102.7 9111.7 9126.7 9141.7 9161.7 9186.7 9206.7 9211.7 9221.7 9226.7 9236.7 9241.7 9331.7 10018.7 10034.7 10036.7 10061.7 10094.7 10151.7 10161.7 10172.7 10334.7 10391.7 10401.7 10411.7 10461.7 10821.7 10941.7 10951.7 10006.7 11013.7 11026.7 11034.7 11045.7 11056.7 11181.7 11214.7 11216.7 11221.7 11241.7 11281 11283.7 11287.7 11291.7 11294.7 11416.7 11461.7 11467.7 11567.7 11571.7 12285.7 12456.7 13034.7 13226.7 13316.7 13318.6 13356.7 13369.7 13378.7 13386.7 13401.7 13431.7 13481.7 13506.7 13876.7 13889.7 14424.7 14451.7 14501.7 14506.7 14516.7 14549.7 14621.7 14645.7 14743.7 14751.7 14806.7 14867.7 14881.7 14889.7 14901.7 14909.7 14943.7 14945.7 14956.7 14966.7 14986.7 14990.7 15026.7 15036.7 15041.7 15043.7 15053.7 15701.7 15716.7 15746.7 15801.7 15926.7 15938.7 16003.7 16006.7 16013.7 16018.7 16021.7 16041.7 16056.7 16062.7 16071.7 16091.7 16113.7 16151.7 16162.7 16171.7 16231.7 16271.7 16316.7 16318.7 16322.7 16327.7 16345.6 16346.7 16370.7 16501.7 17131.7 17363.7 17476.7 17481.7 17961.7 18005.7 18016.7 18021.7 18036.7 18053.7 18101.7 18134.7 18156.7 18167.7 18176.7 18211.7 18216.7 18246.7 18251.7 18267.7 18316.7 18498.7 18631.7 18667.7 18721.7 18746.7 18751.7 18846.7 19051.7 19092.7 19231.7 19567.7 19801.7 19818.7 20036.7 20046.7 20056.7 20076.7 20101.7 20141.7 20151.7 20221.7 20304.7 20976.7 23016.7 Reported Frequencies: 5076.7 6711.7 6781.7 6871.7 7726.7 7728.7 7789.5 7823.7 7871.7 8106.7 9102.7 9124.7 9186.7 9216.7 9226.7 9313.7 9316.7 9331.7 10016.7 10031.7 10161.7 10172.7 10241.7 10391.7 10401.7 10411.7 10417.7 11023.7 11166.7 11241.7 11291.7 12219.7 12469.7 12546.7 13176.7 13318.7 13341.7 13347.7 13446.7 13506.7 14043.7 14046.7 14101.7 14334.7 14445.7 14451.7 14543.7 14551.7 14621.7 14645.7 14821.7 14867.7 14961.7 14966.7 14971.7 14986.7 15021.7 15047.7 15541.7 15801.7 15889.7 16009.7 16011.7 16013.7 16020.7 16141.7 16147.7 16156.7 16167.7 16171.7 16203.7 16327.7 16321.7 16327.7 16331.7 16501.7 17171.7 17236.7 17464.7 17476.7 17576.7 17961.7 18005.7 18033.7 18201.7 18216.7 18251.7 18668.7 18721.7 18751.7 19036.7 19041.7 19046.7 19286.7 19486.7 19818.7 20304.7 21011.7 21376.7 23006.7 25063.7 Country Profile: Capital is Cairo, with 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular muhafazah); Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Isma'iliyah, Al Jizah, Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah, Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid, Ash Sharqiyah, As Suways, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id, Dumyat, Janub Sina', Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina', and Suhaj. Forces include Army, Navy, Air Force, and Air Defense Command. Web Address: http://www-ceg.ceg.uiuc.edu/~haggag/amb_haggag.html Notes on Operation: [SAT][SUN] Language: ATU-80 Arabic, English (rarely) One of the most enduring, prolific and familiar diplomatic operations with a seemingly unending pool of frequencies. Distinctive use of 0.7kHz offset, and MFA using constant carrier between bursts (see below). Dual frequency operations. MFA Cairo has multiple selcals, probably for each embassy or group of embassies. Occasional use of SITOR-B (mainly for call-up purposes) usually with tuning preamble "fmfmfmfmfmfm". Off-line encryption with 5LGs starts with group "SYNCB", with the first two groups repeated three times, ending with group "ENDSY" and an optional group count: SYNCB G1 G2 G1 G2 G1 G1 G3 G4 G5 [etc] ENDSY NNNN GROUPS MFA operators often give QSX over the air following a sustained selcalling of the remote embassy without success. This is done using both SITOR-A and SITOR-B as in this example: fmfmfmfmfmfmffmmfmffmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfm fmfmmfmfmf kds kp----jfr kcdo ula jp mfqkh kcdo ula jp mfqkh kcdo jg cfuw ods 52211 52211 52211 52211 52211 52211 ky kyt Here the embassy is being asked to send on a USB carrier frequency of 11225kHz (numbers reversed in ATU-80) ie actual centre frequency of 11226.7kHz. Message ends with HUXD. Transmission ends with YKS YKS (bye bye) Numerics eg date/time are written right to left. eg 0381 42/1/2991 is 1992 / 1 / 24 1830 or 24 Jan 1992 Times are local. Locations given in ATU-80 are usually simple to decipher through a character-by-character substitution of the alphabets. MFA signals usually maintain a constant mark or space between bursts. This transmission method allows the embassy to use AGC where the signal strength is weaker/fluctuating at the embassy location due to limited aerial configuration. Embassies are unlikely to have other than low power transmitters thus unable to utilise this high duty cycle mode. Early 2001 shows signs of a possible transition to Codan equipment, the system being in use on a number of links which also carry the usual SITOR traffic. Codan station IDs are the numeric translations of the old SITOR selcals. For example, Pretoria (KKXZ) is 33317 when using Codan. MFA Cairo uses 999xx series IDs. Reported Callsigns/Selcals for Parent MFA/Embassies: Selcal Location KKXO Abidjan, Ivory Coast TVXC Abidjan, Ivory Coast? TVVP Abu Dhabi, UAE KKVK Accra, Ghana KKVU Accra, Ghana KKVB Addis Ababa, Ethiopia TVVX Algiers, Algeria OOVX Ankara, Turkey Asmara, Eritrea TVVC Baghdad, Iraq Baku, Azerbaijan KKVE Bamako, Mali OOVQ Beijing, China Beirut, Lebanon QQTQ Belgrade, Serbia XBKX Berne, Switzerland XBVK Berne, Switzerland XBVM Bonn, Germany Brussels, Belgium Bucharest, Romania Buenos Aires, Argentina KKKE MFA Cairo SSBE MFA Cairo SSBT MFA Cairo SSBU MFA Cairo SSTA MFA Cairo SSTD MFA Cairo SSTI MFA Cairo SSTO MFA Cairo SSTR MFA Cairo SSTU MFA Cairo SSTZ MFA Cairo SSUO MFA Cairo QEMP MFA Cairo QEPC MFA Cairo QQUM MFA Cairo (from Havana) KKVD Conakry, Guinea KKVR Dakar, Senegal KKVI Dar es Salaam, Tanzania OOVK Djakarta, Indonesia KKXD Djibouti TVXV Doha, Qatar KKXU Harare, Zimbabwe IPTX Havana, Cuba OOVP Islamabad, Pakistan KKVZ Kampala, Uganda or Madrid, Spain OOVS Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia TVVQ Khartoum, Sudan KKBB Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo KKXB Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo TVVM Kuwait (Safat) TVVS Kuwait (Safat) KKVA Lagos, Nigeria XBVA London, UK XBVY London, UK KKXE Luanda, Angola XBVF Madrid, Spain TVXF Madrid, Spain TVXS Manama TVXP Mogadiscio, Somalia QQTP Moscow, Russia TVXY Muscat, Oman KKXT Nairobi, Kenya KKVO Ndjamena, Chad OOVC New Delhi, India XBVS Nicosia, Cyprus XBVQ Paris, France SSBB Prague, Czech Republic QQTX Prague, Czech Republic KKXZ Pretoria, South Africa OOVF Pyongyang, North Korea TVVK Rabat, Morocco TVQV Riyadh, Saudi Arabia XBVP Rome, Italy TVXX Sanaa, Yemen Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina Singapore Tripoli, Libya KKXR Tunis, Tunisia XBVC Vienna, Austria RCVB Washington, USA RCVT Washington, USA Dictionary: faj number jg from kds to yfasr telegram yks yks goodbye (bi bi) yphkg embassy ?kpjfh Asmara ?ywsg Beijing bkfqsr MFA Cairo cfkydp Tripoli dgmg London dkqlp Lagos dlkgmk Luanda fljk Rome gmqkjsgk N'djamena glkwzlc Nouakchott gsalpsk Nicosia gsflys Nairobi gslmdrs New Delhi hd kysy Tel Aviv hlgp Tunis jlpwl Moscow jmfsm Madrid jpac Muscat k?nsgk Athens kdakrfr Cairo kdbfclj Khartoum kdfskx Riyahd kdfykc Rabat kdiqef Algiers kdlmth Doha kdukhswgk Vatican kdwlsh Kuwait kdytfsg Bahrain kgaf?h Ankara kmsp kykyk Addis Ababa kpdkjkykm Islamabad kwfk Accra kysmqkg Abidjan lkzgcg Washington mjza Damascus mkf kdpdkj Dar Es Salaam mkwkf Dakar qkwfhk Djakarta qsylhs Djibouti rfkfs Harare rkukgk Havana ussgk Vienna wjykdk Kampala wlgkwfs Conakry wldkdjylf Kuala Lumpur wsgzkpk Kinshasa xgoke Sanaa yfg Berne yfkq Prague yfshlfsk Pretoria ykjkwl Bamako ylg Bonn ydqfkm Belgrade yslgq skgq Pyongyang yvmkm Baghdad Message Addressees/Recipients: "khargia" MFA Cairo "boustan" Embassy "kdktxke" MFA Statistics Dept "74" Egyptian Intelligence Sample Message Formats: ========================================================================== Example 1: Header in ATU80 ========================================================================== yfasr faj 44/25 0381 42/1/2991 jg yphkg dg-----mg kds bkfqsr kdakrfr jwkhy qjkor klflysr z. klflyk ofysr nakusr jodljkh yphkg // jlpwl . kdfskx . [Telegram number 44/52 1830 24/1/1992 From Embassy London To MFA Cairo ....etc........................................] ========================================================================== Example 2: Off line encrypted message ========================================================================== from boustan tripoli to khargia cairo d/t 24/12/95 44444 90090 32432 syncb ~wkdl xuaj~ ebsff qfvmv lhwka tfdfy sqffo pnwq~ eljya rgxvi feuqp bqyec rkpgv ulcgo dwgtq jlhic zfqjz bxsmh oiqso pwnmj hwudb avlwa aceon ~~sqv hinlg bewnm qcafi grrnl qdlym pxprv kdoor ybflj puwso dvywf rycrn udoqq srkok owejg vrcmi wqdzg wmpeh rgwmh hvoba mtriv qmash fildp rpypv lzwxb dxcuu zhdbb rbqgz vqibi svpus dgarf arzpw ujlga axmly sbnwi caqnc yqirr zjpxe avrgr hmsni ycje~ gocxz dlmrc fosjw hucph gqitr kyvua xxdrb cktit qqpma rdd~u bhbor oianx scgjl voipj ygxnr ufxhy ibil~ rfkkk addyu keigd gqtqq nccme rebmx oktlo ogxph fijjq ydmiv zbvxs fuyaj zsfgd zhgpq jshdi uewau jlqcx miepo jwdxw byddx bfctm ufxkh cqnsz jzbgk hvank bqrgp bwwgz xxjft lsrpi jckfb tgcpf vsfkp gxkrg haoht jsvqn tdsan vrryd acrfu dfsbk qhlwj yovsj eorvt lsity inhyi aydxt zcwts sapsu ygtjl wkcqw lscmd ftidx wiyul tzlzu qetab lqeuf fbjqo gpeps rymip grwzp qcysa caknu tveuh wfrvm wamwk buqdg jbmkm qfqvx uprbi cubgv hootb rwjtq dwdmj cqqsx kmerk qkqnp zextn ypvkt fmeoq zaulm vjbdi valyi iqvik dllpo kptlr crkma ttjfo estbb tmzcd grwav ffhoh makhn dmoud tmxqq tedzg tgxmm jhdvr ohhwd emnqt gpfln kyqzi bfpol rxdkn lntdl edknv ujxmk wtdvg nijyv miesq xax~n kbhfg gnfyl vwzzk krklj qclya gkkjp w~vmb lsztu joluu jdvfg lmbyh ogyel xnpds xbxac knopq czqnl rnvll bgkqh mmsgb gophg bcfse spcji uakyf xdirm pkqel bnmsv khyws mwoie ehxfj xjojx wrkim axuma opdoc ~sfyf btnws rhpuf vocqj wsdti isrwq ktwsz mcnnu vpmgk pmkpo rbxcl catbc fiygo pcctl wmovj mdtmv jvtwd farjp ghigj jpeqw wqfkn zggtj wjiji vjija jsrlu ikcdr vfwii uimli qcxej xkcha mkpvm aaljh ncpvp dikpo klzhl qfkus qllef fdxep akglf ysgdp yihhl opkyn psdpy czegq bftfo rekti wgblv gnspx rxqmm vvmpt iyweb oicsn evjfh ckolp ukedo cpeoj cibgf enwmp dywat fyrts ehptg hzavw uxszo eogma mviic smxvt fklii tokup wuxem qntfj ofdfz qilql lhtzq dlwgj surrq lfpso ixenp rxysv tqsxw yzvly hksou kgess hixxu mrjvs maovx ugcxc ljsiw eh~ev fionz xpxrk fzbfb dviaq vlmyj qiegc bmfid httmq alezh dqdpu kqcou utimz cwmhu xkyzd wepcy ivcld wcckl jabhi rqlbe uusus olizv fziml grwrd cddcn jmjra acmka buxtl g~tdt wdkdx lpksm edvsn dbwkh dnhda evrll dtxft lwkec rdgcu kbtco aysrj uvvge rcdjx ijrog ixkhf malcm yapav vdxtg pkgkm mysnw mbmbu bicku lugfl glq~~ rqlhe dhkwf njgyi rhras ucbwy qxzsl rfoaf juhyi glatd yffn~ lvqls boeuu mvnda rdylt nywfg gjjmf xidge ecudx wsvxo cwxub bjyaj zajbd pxluj qignv jpojo pugju tznhm jidcj ikudt mfubv npyyf hxmxy etaen gimga vvalf emisf xqltd uzsgd oqhfc qyowy bncwd uemfa kxwly oh~rh vuthw uount pnazw lhuje uksfn irqem rslyg ojjew sbrxs wxuxm fjsfp tnsgi gujkm cfeky gwtqa odpjr nubyj erhmn uihmt jdpmg kygud annqw cxznq cwmwg kntro kwrdl xxjsv lnyri fvdbm pceg~ qrxcp yijfc kekck kxqcl pmdtj fnvnm ugqlg keqmv gwcax ypifb ejgag lfirx eljnd syqmf iefqn rcklm kvheq aigdb urgld lhebq akgea qcrix qayhu jqpwl wfuyg udyrc cxewm hdlvg npreu okqks btlwq odeex jilqo acsbg tjwet ortkp ruomi wvtrx ivdfk clidu hanqs endsy 0480 groups ambassador ahmad whdan ++++++ ========================================================================== Example 3: Short ATU-80 messages from Embassy Sanaa "xgoke" ========================================================================== fmfmfmfm quifm yfasr xtusr faj 61/32 0041 81/4/6991 ==== ============== jg yphkg :- xgo--ke kds bkfqsr kdakr-fr ====================== jwhy kdpsm kdlis------f jwhy kdpsm kdpusf / okmd kdxucs lwsd kld kdlikfr jwhy kdpsm kdpusf / ymf rjkj jpkom kdlis-------f jwhy kdpsm kdpusf / ulkm zfsu gkey jpkom kdlis--f ii kdjzfa kdofys .. kdjodljkh .. kdxtkur .. kdkjg .. z zfa kufsask pukfhgk us wd jg @@ kpjfk @@ qsylhs @@ ))726(( ======== =/ kyfih xtsur kdnlfr gyk kdkohmke kdkfhfs ods qsylhs kdhs kfpdh alr jg 006 qgms kds kdtmlm hmojrj kdmykykh lkzkfh kds kdiskfr kdhs akj yrk lisf kdbkfqsr kdkfshfs us koaky kdtkmn kds qsylhs lkqhjkor ykdfesp tpg qldsm lhpdsjr fpkdr jg kdfesp kdkfhfs =/ lkxkuh kdxtsur kg kdalkh kdkfshfsr wnuh hpddr k us kdkfkxs kdqsylhsr us kdkpkyso kdjkxsr us jgcar fkp mjsfr =/ sq~f kdsr kds jkgadhr lpked kodkj bkfqsr og hamj kdalkh kdkfshfsr pyor wsdljhfkh mkbd kdkfkxs kdqsylhsr ..kdpus----f o--kmd xyt-----s ===== fmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfm fmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmfm fmfmfmfmfm ==== =/ kyfih xtsur kdnlfr gyk kdkohmke kdkfhfs ods qsylhs kdhs kfpdh alr jg 006 qgms kds kdtmlm hmojrj kdmykykh lkzkfh kds kdiskfr kdhs akj yrk lisf kdbkfqsr kdkfshfs us koaky kdtkmn kds qsylhs lkqhjkor ykdfesp tpg qldsm lhpdsjr fpkdr jg kdfesp kdkfhfs =/ lkxkuh kdxtsur kg kdalkh kdkfshfsr wnuh hpddr k us kdkfkxs kdqsylhsr us kdkpkyso kdjkxsr us jgcar fkp mjsfr =/ sqmf kdhglsr kds jkgadhr lpked kodkj bkfqsr og hamj kdalkh kdkfshfsr pyor wsdljhfkh mkbd kdkfkxs kdqsylhsr ..kdpus----f o--kmd xyt-----s ===== fmfmfmfmfmfmfmfm fmfmfmfmfmfmfm fmfmfmfm [Embassy asks MFA to QSY to 11220kHz] h~kj kbs jjwg ~ezgfuwj ods 02211 02211 02211 02211 ky ky ========================================================================== Example 4: Alternative-style off-line encrypted traffic ========================================================================== from wafd omam new york to khargia cairo ----- 00-02-11 14.47.31 serl no. 2 2 2 aaaaa yutcc ~~~~~ bycbd onecg ebctt gcwkt hlaep xasej dzykl jhreb tjusj lfttf btgef wlttd vnkob nkxnd zuazr jkksz jeopf zjji nzwn~ sotqc wuvwl xzjgk kesby iwqvd rrzzz ywnxu mlinu rsejj xfntm fbsqt nqwft dp~kh ylahw hfges otwpx uiror xojat lwfvw uujbl fdsul wbnov qjtlo svcii upjts rtibo afvvx ypenb vcoin aczzx qbrmh caffg tanke yohfj qfiyn uhqng qvxby bgfpj zzlag dvaws mghbw ckqct upudh cmmoh kqehj uqkpx tuhcr miuev ayt~x iapsj lruaf lnpjw guczo psjrr oxtyx lldns uo~ym tgxvu dtxyk ymros juzgw skmpd skcsn zeroq ghiud vcxnu rofya vjusx denyr mkyqi yamhx rzyjh oolzw mknwt zalfq hskjb poxii ldujf rulbz bcsgq wi~u~~~tn~q fauep wxkoh exenm fsjnv yetbd yd ~cefv ycqpi goipb slukw odnrb elrhb gbezx uttjjt~~ skylp nuudd nwuyh on~fv leibd yhoju tvdgy mwi~l e~ el obwns fudqk ocsgo wtpbx jfccn hlpav ikpfo ~qdal ftexz wlpng hiqaf a~minmic jnrbv ibwnh nnlnc sd~~q utogr eftlt ou~ou ouwpc uejvf rhfbx rwpef dwmju fwaca rzbqv zuytx tacgat~~~~~~v~~~@~~2~~$~~pj qhmni dmina frhdr lijqs yy~bu mxuve qgqpx dfhh~hhl tirgr rugyv evdxv vmaww sunsh twkdq clmjz uxaww gqhsa ubju~ orlqx bceqi ynfpc unvro sdwbi pgvrw mkmms uheyr kzjev otaif zvgjv kn~~b hhdjy ymjrz ygmsu qftjk aflix emweg dvhky janvq gvjqp zqhhz dofef rwqqe dwgmy zazmp lipxs uclrs rzaoz dzvbz vcojv leqqx kaalb sakap jpmio amb. ahmed aboulgheit ==== sent by / tarek at 1500 11-2-2000 rcvd by /kmo ========================================================================== Example 5: Hexadecimal off-line encrypted traffic ========================================================================== from : 71 to : sanaa time & date: 14:07, wednesday, december 02, 2009 number of groups: 124 urgent ===== 001aa 89612 0069e 51c6d e4091 35103 de4d5 18445 85500 7832e 14010 10057 ad60c d7be1 47f9b c9e51 c6de4 09135 10391 35103