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LRA Air Force

Service Air Force
Signabroam ID MO01
Notes
  • All voice frequencies mentioned on this page are on the upper sideband.
  • The aircraft callsigns are made of 5 digits.
  • Primary/secondary designations reflect usage by aircraft; ground stations usually transmit on all frequencies simultaneously.
Informations

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

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 callsigns used depend on the season. 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.

Voice frequencies

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Voice Frequencies 5827, 8131, 11200 5833, 8090, 11223 5617, 8909, 11370 5803, 8033, 11320 5827, 8131, 11200
Callsigns Balans (Moscow)
Katolik (Saratov)
Dvojchatka (Moscow-2)
Limit (Saratov-2)
Nabor (Moscow)
Shpora (Saratov)
Balans (Moscow-2)
Tezis (Saratov-2)
Ochistka (Moscow)
Medyanka (Saratov)
Duga (Saratov-2)
Tusklyj (Ukrainka)
Konspekt (Ukrainka)
Stupen (Moscow)
Tablica (Saratov)
Kedr (Saratov-2)
Balans (Moscow)
Katolik (Saratov)
Dvojchatka (Moscow-2)
Limit (Saratov-2)
Morse Frequencies 8112 (Ground)
8990 (Air)
11318 (Ground)
5620 (Ground)
8029 (Ground)
8128 (Air)
6642 (Air)
8895 (Ground)
9128 (Air)
5835 (Ground)
8162 (Ground)
9027 (Air)
8112 (Ground)
8990 (Air)
11318 (Ground)
Callsigns IWV4, NGA5 MWTL, TRL5 KFE4, TV6P 4ASU, QZ6Y IWV4, NGA5

This network is associated with the Tu-95 strategic bombers and the Il-78 tankers supporting them.

REA4 is a Morse code station of the Long-Range Aviation that broadcasts airfield weather reports and "Monolith" messages.

Additional LRA Stations

Long Range Aviation Freqs in USB

  • 3555.0
  • 4040.0 Russian Pacific Fleet
  • 4150.0
  • 4642.0
  • 4672.0 Vologda Control
  • 5420.0
  • 5568.0
  • 5596.0 Vorkuta, Amderma, Il'men, Arkhangelsk, Pechora, Syvkar (Syktyvkar) & NaryanMar
  • 5617.0 Long Range Aviation
  • 5628.0 Long Range Aviation
  • 5635.0 Long Range Aviation
  • 5700.0 Military Transport Aviation (VTA) (Apr 2018)
  • 5803.0
  • 5827.0
  • 5830.0
  • 5833.0 Long Range Aviation
  • 5851.0 Russian Naval Air
  • 5932.0
  • 6490.0
  • 6685.0 Military Transport Aviation (VTA)(secondary)
  • 6689.0 Long Range Aviation (Pacific area)
  • 6749.0 Military Transport Aviation (VTA)
  • 6757.0 Ukrainian Air Force
  • 7741.0
  • 8033.0 Long Range Aviation (Sep-Oct)
  • 8090.0 Long Range Aviation (Oct-Apr)
  • 8131.0 Long Range Aviation (Nov-Feb)
  • 8136.0
  • 8192.0 Russian Pacific Fleet
  • 8221.0 AF Long Range Aviation
  • 8237.0 Russian Mediterranean Flotilla
  • 8252.0 Poss Russian AF
  • 8294.0 Russian Pacific Fleet
  • 8297.0 Russian Pacific Fleet
  • 8439.0 Russian Pacific Fleet
  • 8441.0
  • 8549.0
  • 8847.0 Military Transport Aviation (Dec 2013)
  • 8884.0 Long Range Aviation (Pacific area)
  • 8909.0 Long Range Aviation (May-Sep)
  • 8950.0# Murmansk Control
  • 8974.0
  • 10984.0 Russian Black Sea Fleet
  • 11190.0 Ukrainian Air Force
  • 11193.0# Moscow Radio
  • 11198.0# Khabarovsk Radio
  • 11200.0 Long Range Aviation-winter freq #170
  • 11223.0 Long Range Aviation reserve
  • 11226.0
  • 11354.0 Russian Naval Aviation
  • 11350.0
  • 11360.0 Military Transport Aviation -primary
  • 11362.0 Military Transport Aviation
  • 11370.0 Long Range Aviation TU-95s
  • 11380.0
  • 11390.0# Murmansk Control
  • 15024.0# Moscow Radio
  • 18030.0 Military Transport Aviation

#Russian military aircraft will occasionally use Moscow Radio & Murmansk Radio



Long Range Aviation Freqs in CW

  • Period 1: (Spring) 1 March until 5 May 8029 and 5620 CW. Air 8170 CW. Voice 8090 USB
  • Period 2: (Summer) 6 May until 31 August 8895 CW. AirCW ? Voice 8909 USB
  • Period 3: (Autumn) 1 September until 31 October 8162, 5835and 5312. CW. Air CW 9027. Voice 8033 USB
  • Period 4: (Winter) 1 November until 28/29 February 8112 CW.Air CW ? Voice 8131 USB