russia

Here are some Russian’s using US military satellites for communication, similar to their Brazilian counterparts 😉

Here is a very rough summary of the comms: The stations discuss their equipment and activities for satcom radio communication. One operator mentions using a 15-watt power with a double cross antenna on their apartment’s windowsill (possibly in Khabarovsk). They talked about Youth Day celebrations and fishing. They also talk about FLT-8, currently positioned above Australia, and communication the day prior with someone over in Kazakhstan. They mention using an SDR to locate transponders and mention some other satellites such as UFO-4, FLT-5, and UFO-11. The conversation also touched on the challenge of communication with distant regions like Moscow and St. Petersburg due to limited elevation angles.

266.850: Russian telephone traffic from the Pacific Region. I understand this may be the Altai mobile telephone system still used in some rural parts of Russia. You can hear similar activity on 266.950 as well.

Had some Russian language comms on the 258.550 Pacific Ocean downlink.

Russian telephones coming across the Pacific bird on 266.950.