Russian Navy ship in the Mediterranean (Callsign RKO81) continues to send Morse Code weather and sea state reports with position infomation.

From 26th December

8345 RMP DE RKO81 @0602
RKO81 461 20 26 1000 461 BT SML FOR RJD38 BT
26061 99357 70017 41698 10911 10150 40306 57001 70110 81/// 22212 .020. 2…. 3000/ 4//// 88000 80000 26117 BT AR RKO81 K
RKO81 OK QRU K

Lat and long from the last three figures of the second and third groups 99357 70017

35.7N 01.7W (Off Algerian coast)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&cp=12&gs_id=1q&xhr=t&q=35.7N+01.7W&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1240&bih=618&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

RFH77 is exceptionally busy and continues to set up secure High Frequency links

8345 RCV DE RFH77 QSA ? @0600
RCV DE RFH77 OK QYT 4 QWH 6308 / 10492 K @0608

Callsign RMP is Baltic Sea Fleet HQ
Callsign RCV is Black Sea Fleet HQ

Looks like the Russian aircraft carrier Kuznetsov and escorts have entered the Mediterranean? The Russian Navy has been very active using Morse Code networks during this deployment.

Morse Code message on 12464 Khz at 1254 GMT – 22 December

RIT DE RAL46 QSA IMI QTC K
RAL46 145 17 22 1630 145 BT FM RAL46 RAL65 FOR RJD74 RJH45

22121 99357 70040 41/98 03004 10180 40.62 51020 70200 22233 330// 40801 22012 BT AR RAL46

From the second and third group of the message.

35.7N 04.0W

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&biw=1240&bih=618&q=35.7N+04.0W&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=2646l2646l0l3791l1l1l0l0l0l0l80l80l1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Vessel RAL46 is also sending the message for another callsign RAL65. It appears to be travelling in close proximity. Callsign RAL46 and RAL65 could be the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and escort Admiral Chabanenko?

The callsign RIT is HQ Northern Fleet Severomorsk.

Morse Code message on 12464 Khz at 1214 GMT – 22 December. This places the vessel in the Mediterranean.

RMP DE RK081 QSA IMI QTC K
RKO81 303 20 22 1600 303 BT SML FOR RJD38 BT

22121 99357 70041 41798 12705 10180 40266 5.000 70200 81001 22233 0170. ..501 327// 4///// 88000 80000 22017 AR RK081

From the second and third groups of the message.

35.7N 04.1W

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&biw=1240&bih=618&q=35.7N+04.0W&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=2646l2646l0l3791l1l1l0l0l0l0l80l80l1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

The callsign that the vessel (RK081) is sending the message to is RMP. This is the Baltic Fleet HQ at Kaliningrad so it narrows down the likely candidates.

Very hard to tie down the callsign to a specific ship. It could be anyone of the Baltic Fleet vessels in the Task Group? RK081 is possibly the Tanker Lena entering the Mediterranean first to link up with the Black Sea Fleet Frigate Ladny?

Baltic Sea Fleet elements of the Task Force.

Tanker Lena
Frigate Yaroslav Mudry
Frigate Neustrashimy

http://navaltoday.com/2011/12/15/russia-bf-frigate-yaroslav-mudry-joins-carrier-group/

Previous position reports before entering the Mediterranean.

36.9N 06.9W (North West of Rota/Cadiz, Spain) on 22 December – Ship callsign RK081

36.7N 09.6W (South West of Portugal) on 21 December – Ship callsign RAL46

Morse Code weather report from callsign RK081 with coordinates.

Transmitted on 8345 Khz at 0030 GMT 22 December

RK081 BT 794 20 22 0400 794 BT SML

22001 99369 70069 41798 10305 10160 .027. .4000 70200 81/// 22223 00170 21/// 303// …… Signal fades out

From the second and third group the lat and long is

36.9N 06.9W (North West of Rota/Cadiz, Spain)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&cp=12&gs_id=3&xhr=t&q=36.9N+06.9W&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1240&bih=618&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

I noted callsign RAL46 sending the following Morse Code on 12464 Khz at 1234 GMT on 21 December.

RAL46 BT 715 19 21 1614 715 BT FM RAL46

21121 99367 70096 41498 80207 10160 40310 53010 70211 884// 22233 20801 302// 41002 21014 BT AR

From the message above the second and third groups contain the lat long. That puts the ship off the southwest of Portugal.

36.7N 09.6W

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=36.7N+09.6W&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=40915l43678l0l46502l1l1l0l0l0l0l142l142l0.1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1240&bih=618&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

It is reported in the media that the Black Sea Fleet Frigate Ladny is due to meet up with the Kuznetsov Task Group. The Ladny has just finished a visit to Toulon naval base, France.

Black Sea Fleet (BSF) frigate Ladny heading for the Mediterranean Sea has called at French Navy’s main naval base Toulon before joining Russian Navy carrier group comprising ships of Northern and Baltic fleets. ….

The Russian warship will replenish water and fuel supplies in Toulon and on Dec 17 lay a course for the rendezvous point of Russian Navy carrier group in the western part of the Mediterranean.

From

http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13886

The Ladny has already visited Malta earlier in the month.

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1453625

The following links contain the frequencies and info for those with High Frequency receivers.

http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl072/nsnl72mil.html

http://www.astrosol.ch/networksofthecisforces/navymorsenetworks/index.html

http://www.astrosol.ch/networksofthecisforces/navymorsenetworks/5379039b980dad902/index.html

The Carrier Task Force that will meet up with the Frigate Ladny should comprise of

Admiral Kuznetsov,
Admiral Chabanenko

The Baltic Fleet Frigate Yaroslav Mudry joined the Task Force off Scotland along with the tanker/oiler Lena.

SAR Nikolay Chiker
Fleet oilers Sergei Osipov, Vyazma, Kama

The Baltic Fleet Frigate Neustrashimy is also part of the Task Force

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/30454/?SID=f28b08ee3a3def6bd2cfac74ce363178

Iran to exhibit US and Israeli spy drones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/15/iran-exhibit-american-spy-drones

Country reportedly planning to put the machines on display and invite journalists and foreign ambassadors to view them

Iran says it will put on display a series of foreign spy drones that it claims to have obtained, including four Israeli and three US unmanned aircraft, according to a state-run newspaper.

Iran’s English-language newspaper, the Tehran Times, quoted “an informed source” as saying that the exhibition will be held “in the near future”, and that foreign ambassadors based in Tehran and local journalists would be invited.

“The latest domestically manufactured electronic warfare equipment will also be put on show at the exhibition,” the newspaper said. “The foreign unmanned aircraft that Iran has are four Israeli and three US drones….

The Kuznetsov along with escort and support vessels is currently off the coast of the UK (Scotland)

HMS York with the RFS Kuznetsov.

From

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16129689

Aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov on Dec 12 anchored in the Moray Firth gulf northeastward Great Britain.

The Northern Fleet (NF) carrier group has passed the Northeast Atlantic in adverse weather conditions caused by cyclones. Nonetheless, stormy seas did not prevent NF mariners from performing numerous training activities underway including antiaircraft missile firings, antisubmarine and air defense drills.

Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov has left about 1,500 nautical miles astern since departure from NF main base Severomorsk. In the Moray Firth the ships will make their first anchorage. In the next day they will replenish fuel and fresh water from supply vessels and wait out unfavorable weather conditions caused by active cyclone activity. …

From

http://rusnavy.com/news/newsofday/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13837

Light blasted image (enhanced) of inlet showing there is indeed an engine contained within.

Photo enhancement by Steve Douglass

Hmmm, Steve Douglass.

I would take anything ‘created or claimed’ by Steve Douglass with an extreme pinch of salt.

He likes to dabble in conspiracy. His batteries on his video camera mysteriously ran out as he was filming a ‘TR-3’ in the US. He was very active during Operation Allied Force in 1999 on the the Jeff Rense conspiracy website with his claims of all the downed manned NATO aircraft over Yugoslavia.

Just my opinion, but any photo investigation or analysis requires to come from a more reputable source.

CBS news video:
Iran does have our drone

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57339834/u.s-official-iran-does-have-our-drone/

footage of RQ-170 brought down by Iranian army (in engelish)

ABC are quoting other ‘US officials’

Early Thursday, U.S. officials said, and ABC News reported, that the craft displayed did not appear to be the highly sensitive RQ-170 Sentinel and might be a model, in part because U.S. imagery indicated the Sentinel had not landed intact. Later, however, officials said it was possible that the Iranians had reconstructed the drone for display on television, but that the evidence was “inconclusive.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-rq-170-sentinel-stealth-drone-shown-iran/story?id=15115781#.TuHsh2M1Snl

Wow. Seems to be completely intact, how did they manage that.

Is it real though? The RQ-170 that came down in Iran could be in many bits. Some observers are going for a mock-up to claim an intact capture.

This was the Iranian initial claim.

A senior Iranian military official says Iran’s Army has downed a remote-controlled reconnaissance drone operated by the US military in the eastern part of the country.

The informed source said on Sunday that Iran Army’s electronic warfare unit successfully targeted the American-built RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft after it crossed into Iranian airspace over the border with neighboring Afghanistan.

He added that the US reconnaissance drone has been seized with minimum damage.

There is a huge propaganda war going on out there and Iran has recently put on parade mock-ups of S-300s.