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V08

Enigma ID V08
Name Eastern Music station
Frequencies 6645, 11290
Status Inactive
Voice Female, prerecorded
Emission mode AM
Location Unknown (North Africa)
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The language was arabic. First heard in early 1995.[1]

 

Schedule, transmission times shifted an hour later for winter. Note that the schedules were erratic and could start at other times:[3]

  • 1st friday of the month, at 8:20 UTC on 11290 (+/- 5khz)
  • 1st saturday of the month, at 18:40 UTC on 6645 khz (+/- 5khz)

 

V08, like E09, had also very erratic transmissions, with late start, no transmissions at all, or even mixing with other broadcast stations from the Middle East.[2]

The transmissions were prerecorded and played from a tape. Transmissions were played at double speed or at half speed on several transmissions.

The agency behind V08 is unknown. Following the dissapearence of its sister station E09, V08 started using Magnetic Fields as intro in some transmissions, which led to some confusion in the monitoring community. 

References:

  • [1]ENIGMA Newsletter no.8 (read a scanned version here).
  • [2]ENIGMA Newsletter no.9 (October 1995) (read a scanned version here).
  • [3]ENIGMA Newsletter no.11 (March 1996) (read a scanned version here).