V06 is the Spanish version numbers station of the Russian 6 operator. Though it’s regular operations went inactive in 2000, the station was observed on numerous special occasions.
- On September 8th, 2012, V06 sent a test transmission on 9300 kHz at 07:05 UTC.
- On February 6th, 2014, a full V06 transmission was made.
- In May of 2016, V06’s voice was used during a training session along with V23 which is another inactive station.
- V06 transmitted again on January 29th, 2020 using a known test ID 975.
- V06 was last observed sending a null message on March 24th, 2020.
Message Recording
Station Structure
| 409 | 174 174 | 82 82 | 58034 58034 70062 70062 … |
174 174 | 82 82 | 00000 |
| 3-digit ID | 3-digit 2nd ID (2x) |
Group count (2x) |
5-digit paired groups |
3-digit 2nd ID (2x) |
Group count (2x) |
|
| Repeated for up to 4 minutes |
Null Format
| 718 718 718 | 00000 |
| 3-digit ID (3x) | |
| Repeats for 4 minutes | |
Numbers Station Summary
Nickname: Spanish Lady “00000”
Activity: Inactive
Emission mode: AM or USB
Voice Summary: Automated woman’s voice in Spanish
Believed Country of Origin: Russia
Family Relatives: E06, E17, E20, G06, S06, M14, M24, S25
Station Family: Family 1 Subfamily A “KGB/FSB/GRU”
Sources
Priyom V06 Profile
Numbers & Oddities Edition #180 (September 2012), Page 33
ENIGMA Newsletter Issue #81 (March 2014), Page 25
