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About XHOP

Name:

XHOP
Callsigns: XHOP, And all other callsigns of monolyth stations (S28, S30, S32 etc...)
Signabroam ID: MO12

Frequencies

Months	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daytime	6883, 8114			4169, 5371, 5407, 5894, 6351		2158, 5294, 5435, 7675, 7690, 7707, 7817, 7827, 7931, 7957, 7977, 8109, 9289, 9914, 10561, 10987, 14552, 14842, 15805, 16222			5304, 5366, 6351, 6771, 7412, 7521, 7859, 7967, 7977, 8529, 10684, 11466, 12689, 12705, 13444, 14440		5760, 6881, 7679, 7969, 8109, 8528, 10377, 10553, 10933
Nighttime	?			4621 (unconfirmed)		4169, 4419, 4467, 5112, 5294, 5437, 6767, 6846, 7707, 9548, 9909, 10987, 12034			?		?

Status

Active

Mode

OOK (1A1), CW

Location

Russia

Known counterpart stations

LRA

Description

This station of the Russian military operates in morse and sends Monolith messages, primarily to the collective callsign XHOP. It is believed to be the most important station in the Russian military, often initiating Monolith traffic on most known networks both in voice and morse.

When transmitting Monolith messages, more than 10 frequencies are used at a time in most ranges of the high frequency spectrum. Sometimes a Monolith message for XHOP is repeated with the same contents on the REA4 channel (for the callsign A2CA). If the message gets repeated, there is a chance of it appearing on the Buzzer for the callsign NVTI (not always with the same contents), and many other voice and morse channels.

Most interestingly, the chain of messages initiated by a XHOP message spreads to the ground forces, air forces and navy channels of both the Western and Southern military districts of Russia.

The station seems to have a very strong connection to the network with the callsign 596E, with messages for XHOP being spotted on frequencies normally used by 596E for Monolith messages (10561 kHz for example).