Air Force
Notes:
- 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
- 6685
- 8847 (Secondary)
- 11360
- 18030
Ground station callsigns
- Davlenie: 708th Regiment, Taganrog
- Kasta: 224th Detachment, Tver
- Klarnetist: 196th Regiment, Tver
- Korsar: Military Transport Aviation HQ, Moscow
- Magnetron: 566th Regiment, Seshcha
- Lad'ya: Heard in radio checks, location unconfirmed
- Polis: 117th Regiment, Orenburg
- Polotno: 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.
Long-Range Aviation
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
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| Voice | Frequencies | 5827 8131 11200 |
5614 8221 11329 |
5617 |
5803 8033 11320 |
5827 8131 11200 |
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| Callsigns | "Balans" (Moscow) "Katolik" (Saratov) "Dvojchatka" (Moscow-2) "Limit" (Saratov-2) |
"Otvaga" (Moscow) |
"Ochistka" (Moscow) |
"Stupen" (Moscow) |
"Balans" (Moscow) |
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| Morse | Frequencies | 8112 (Ground) 8990 (Air) 11318 (Ground) |
8204 (Ground) 8893 (Air) |
6642 (Air) 8895 (Ground) 9128 (Air) |
5835 (Ground) 8162 (Ground) 9027 (Air) |
8112 (Ground) 8990 (Air) 11318 (Ground) |
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| Callsigns | "IWV4" "NGA5" |
"1ZXF" "A1AO" |
"KFE4" "TV6P" |
"4ASU" "QZ6Y" |
"IWV4" "NGA5" |
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This network is associated with the Tu-95 strategic bombers and the Il-78 tankers supporting them. It is also known as the Bear net, after the NATO reporting name for the Tu-95, Bear.
The frequencies and the callsigns used depend on the season. The activity takes place mainly on the 8 MHz channels. During activity on this network, a single letter ("W" for Europe, or "G" for the Pacific) is repeatedly transmitted on one of the Morse ground frequencies around H+00, H+20, and H+40 for 2 minutes each.
Training operations are conducted away from the main frequencies. Voice communications take place within the 5.6 MHz range, with a single ground station present using a distinct callsign. Otherwise, the procedures used are exactly the same. The voiced callsigns for the ground stations when conducting training are named above as Moscow-2 and Saratov-2.
REA4
REA4 is a Morse code station of the Long-Range Aviation that broadcasts airfield weather reports and "Monolith" messages.