MFA Tokyo 04/Feb/99 JAPAN Transmission modes: SITOR-A 100bd Erect 170Hz SITOR-B 100bd Erect 170Hz Logged Frequencies: 13379.7 14675.7 Reported frequencies: 7337.7 9280.7 10738.2 10898.0 13368.2 14513.7 15717.0 15717.7 18037.0 18265.7 Country Profile: Japan measures 377,835 km2 including Ogasawara-gunto (Bonin Islands), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okinotori-shima, Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands), and Kazan-retto (Volcano Islands). The capital of the empire is Tokyo. Japan is divided into 47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gumma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi and Yamanashi. Japan's defense forces include: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Navy), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force) and Maritime Safety Agency (Coast Guard). Web Address: http://infomofa.nttls.co.jp/infomofa/index.html Notes on operation: Copied traffic is usually a test (for satellite communications?). Known to use off-line encryption with 5 letter groups. Operator chat a mix of Japanese and English. ET(KV)RY always appears in their test msgs. No idea what it means. Reported Callsigns/Selcals for Parent MFA/Embassies: Call Selcal Location ABGM Abidjan, Ivory Coast Accra, Ghana ADGM BYPQ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia AMGM BYVY Amman, Jordan BDGM Baghdad, Iraq Bahrain PKGM Beijing, China? BRGM Berne, Switzerland EPVP Bucharest, Romania CAGM UQVP Cairo, Egypt Calcutta, India CRGM Caracas, Venezuela OYVM Colombo, Sri Lanka GMCK BCVC Conakry, Guinea BKVX Dakar, Senegal DMGM Damascus, Syria OKVX Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Dhaka, Bangladesh DHGM Doha, Qatar? IQQV Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Havana, Cuba IXXF Port au Prince, Haiti IBGM Islamabad, Pakistan ITGM Ankara (Isuturkei), Turkey Kingston, Jamaica GMKT UQVM Khartoum, Sudan GMKI BQKK Kinshasa, Dem Republic Congo OYVK Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia KWGM UQVX Kuwait La Paz, Bolivia LAGM BQQQ Lagos, Nigeria GMLV Libreville, Gabon Managua, Nicaragua Mexico City, Mexico MRGM Monrovia, Liberia MCGM Muscat, Oman NAGM BYPX Nairobi, Kenya Panama City, Panama Penang, Malaysia QIGM Quito, Ecuador Rabat, Morocco RDGM Riyadh, Saudi Arabia GMTH UQVQ Teheran, Iran HGGM The Hague, Netherlands TRGM Tripoli, Libya WIGM Vienna, Austria Vientiane, Laos WSGM Washington, USA? GMBG Cambodia BFVF UNID, Africa BCVM UNID, Africa Dictionary: Chu-nichi-taishi Japanese Ambassador Daijin Minister gaimen exterior, abroad gaimu-daijin Minister of Foreign Affiairs gaimu-sho MFA taish-kan-in embassy staff taishi Ambassador taishi-kan embassy taishikendesu embassy ryobi consulate? Sample Message Formats: ========================================================================== Example 1: Embassy opchat between Gahna and Lagos ========================================================================== bqqq b~qq~qqq bqqq bqqq bqqq bqqq bqqq bqqq bqqq bqqq bqqq bqqq bqqq taishi ghana de ghana ~~~~t~~daima~~~~kiki sb~uu~ri kanryb~~ ni tuki test cyuu desu donataka orare masuka )kotiraha gabon taisikandesu seijouni jusin siteorimasu +? ou~ gozaimasu~~~ mata nochihod~~~ ~~~~~st caj~~~~~ll sur~u~f~dks~~e~~ cal~~~surukamo shirenai node ~~~sonotok~~ha yoros~~~~ku~~z~~n~egai~~~~b~~~s~~ ~i~masu+? ita +? tks bibi [This is a test transmission. Is someone there? This is the Japanese Embassy in Gabon. Is the reception there clear? There maybe another transmission later on. Goodbye.] ========================================================================== Example 2: Test message from Dhaka ========================================================================== KIMASU TESTING EMBASSY OF JAPAN IN BANGLADSH (DC) M MN MNN MNNN RYs x 3 lines ET(KV)RY x 2 lines THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG'S BACK x 2 lines 1234567890-'()+/:=?,. x 2 lines IJOO HOW PLS+? ========================================================================== Example 3: Test from Cambodia ========================================================================== C- GMBG9764 GMPP1557 GAIMU 0376 23 1533 URGENT YYYYY TAI KANBOJIA FFAAA HHHHH Q01NAE XA 5 letter groups XZ- DAIJIN ========================================================================== Example 4: Test from Teheran to Cairo ========================================================================== UQVQ UQVQ UQVQ UQVQ UQVQ (= Teheran) SOREDEWA OO YORI TEST MSG SEND TESTING DE EMBASSY OF JAPAN, CAIRO (EJIPUTO) M MN RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY ET(KV)RY 1234567890-()+/:=?.690-)+/:=?,. 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