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[ed]

i recall hearing what sounded like a russian fishing boat crew about 10 
years ago in philadelphia on a u.s. army corps of engineers freq (17x.xxx) 
as they apparently navigated the delaware river.

of course, "fishing boat" has long been used by the the russians as a cover 
for floating ELSUR and SIGINT platforms  ;-)

-ed


At 04:41 PM 2/12/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Could if be Russian fishing fleet.  Every winter we have a Russian
>factory ship take up residence in Narragansett Bay and Russian trawlers
>and local fisherman bring their catch to the ship for processing.  In the
>spring they pull up anchor and head to Providence and pack the deck of
>the ship with used American station wagons to take back to Russia.