E06
| Enigma ID | E06 |
| Name | English Man |
| Frequencies | |
| Status | Active |
| Voice | Male |
| Emission mode | USB + carrier |
| Location |
Moscow, Russia; Orenburg, Russia; Smolensk, Russia; Chita, Russia
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| Activity pages |
E06 is the English language mode of the Russian 6 operator.
Null format:
| 4 minutes | |||
| 376 376 376 | 00000 | ||
| 3-digit ID (thrice) |
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Traffic format, single message:
| 4 minutes | ||||||
| 460 | 597 597 | 123 123 | 33038 33038 ... 08047 08047 | 597 597 | 123 123 | 00000 |
| 3-digit ID | 3-digit group (twice) |
Group count (twice) |
5-digit paired groups | 3-digit group (twice) |
Group count (twice) |
Traffic format, two messages:
| 4 minutes | 1 minute | |||||||||||
| 509 | 612 612 | 47 47 | 90728 90728 ... 09145 09145 | 612 612 | 47 47 | 509 | 387 387 | 60 60 | 91780 91780 ... 97482 97482 | 387 387 | 60 60 | 00000 |
| 3-digit ID | 3-digit group (twice) |
Group count (twice) |
5-digit paired groups | 3-digit group (twice) |
Group count (twice) |
3-digit ID | 3-digit group (twice) |
Group count (twice) |
5-digit paired groups | 3-digit group (twice) |
Group count (twice) |
E06 schedules consist of 2 identical transmissions 1 hour apart. The latter transmission is 1-3 MHz lower or higher in frequency. In case traffic was sent, the two transmissions are usually also made the next day, at the same times and frequencies. In case of interference on the planned frequency, E06 may broadcast up to 20 kHz away instead.
Ten minutes before each transmission begins, a pre-transmission test is made. For Moscow-based operations, this consists of a long 1200 Hz tone, followed by the ID of the upcoming transmission spoken once. For Chita-based operations, this consists of "0123456789" spoken repeatedly.
E06a
E06a is a message format containing exactly 2 groups as follows:
- Group 1 is always "11111."
- Group 2 always begins with "000."
More often than not, there is a second, normal-looking message within the same transmission.
E06b
E06b is a message format containing an additional 5 figure group in the intro section, repeated for 4 minutes along with the ID. Null messages also exist, consisting of the described intro repeated for 4 minutes, and followed by a single "00000".
E06b first appeared on February 5, 1998 at 20:40 UTC on 3820 kHz. The transmission had the call "129 129 129 74326", and contained two messages. Note that before the second message, merely the ID was being repeated, without the 5-figure group.[1] Up to March 2023, E06b had been seen exclusively on test transmissions using the usual test IDs and frequencies. However, on March 21, 2023, a tentative sporadic network transmission took place using this format with the ID 695 and only a single message.
This format has also appeared using other Russian 6 voices, like S06, G06 and V23.
References
- ENIGMA Newsletter #15 (August 1998), p. 5