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Russian Long-Range Aviation on 8162 kHz CW: the autumn ground frequency
The ground Morse frequency of the autumn set of the Russian Long-Range Aviation net, as given by an older source. If the W marker is there, it comes for two minutes around :00, :20 and :40 while a sortie is in the air.
What you hear
If the frequency is still in use, the same as on the winter frequencies: the letter W in slow Morse for about two minutes around :00, :20 and :40 during a sortie, nothing otherwise. The marker and the winter frequencies: the main article.
Who transmits and why
8162 kHz is listed as the ground Morse frequency of the autumn set, paired with the voice frequencies 5803, 8033 and 11320 kHz. The listing is from an older source and less well confirmed: the net may have moved. Treat it as a place to check, not a certainty. Listening is not forbidden: anything sent here is sent openly, the program only receives, and that is legal in most countries, limits usually on retransmission or use. Check your own country's rules; no guarantee here.
When and where to listen
Try it in September and October, a minute before :00, :20 or :40 UTC, from a receiver in Finland, the Baltic states or Poland; evenings are best. If weeks of checking give nothing while the voice frequencies are active, the autumn set's Morse side has probably moved; the winter frequencies 8112 and 11318 kHz have the recent reports.
In ShackDeck
Station catalogue → Military → Russian Long-Range Aviation 8162 CW (ground, autumn). The program picks a public receiver with 8162 kHz, sets CW with a narrow filter and plays whatever is there; its CW decoder prints the letters. Nothing of your own is needed.