CIS Modes
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Welcome to the CIS Modes article. This table will list the various digital modes used by the Russians (a.k.a Commonwealth of Independent States) and their member states. While software like Rivet and Sorcerer will decode some of these modes, the traffic is usually heavily encrypted. Deciphering the meaning of this traffic and stations is very much an ongoing process.
This list is very far from complete - Antonio I5-56578's blog and Priyom are two sites that you should visit if you're interested in this phase of DXing. Both of these sites, along with the links for Rivet and Sorcerer, can be found in our HF Appendix
The CIS Mode Waterfalls page has all of these waterfalls (in thumbnail form) for easy reference
Active CIS modes
| Mode Name | Synonym | Notes | Waterfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-12 | AT3004D | AT3004D Waterfall | |
| FIRE | |||
| MS-5 | |||
| Russian 12 Tone Modem | |||
| MFSK (various) | includes 4,6,8 tone, 40,60, 16X5 and 200-various 2023 | ||
| OFDM (various) | last seen Mar 2023 | ||
| Rus 1200 baud Datalink (AKKORD) | |||
| FSK200 | AQUARIUS | Hoka's name for 200/1000 ACF 288 | FSK200 Waterfalls |
| T600 | BEE | See here for frequencies | BEE Waterfall |
| CIS 36-50 | |||
| Russian 50bd Secure | |||
| Serdolik | CROWD-36 | More often seen in 2023 | Serdolik Waterfall |
| XPA | CIS MFSK20 | XPA Waterfall | |
| XPA2 | NUM13 | XPA2 Waterfall | |
| CIS MFSK16 | |||
| XPB |
Sporadic CIS modes
Who knows if these will ever return? Included in this list are ones that were rarely noted active, or have since vanished. Possibly this is due to testing a modem or a new path between stations - we may never know. 'Last seen' refers to the last time this mode appeared in the UDXF logs.
| Mode Name | Synonym | Notes | Waterfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akula (Shark) | Seen in 2022-used by Russian Navy | ||
| CIS-11 | TORG 11 | last seen Feb 2019 | CIS11 Waterfall |
| CIS-14 | AMOR | last seen Oct 2020 | CIS14 Waterfall |
| AMOR96 | |||
| PARITY-14 | |||
| CIS-45 | via Antonio I5-56578 Digital Blog-last seen Mar 2019 | ||
| CIS-60 | Seen in Dec 2021 | ||
| CIS-75 | Seen in June 2020 | ||
| CIS 100 | last seen Feb 2019 | ||
| CIS-112 | via Antonio I5-56578 Digital Blog-last seen Feb 2019 | ||
| CIS-500 | 1 log in UDXF Mar 2019 | ||
| CIS-3000 | Frost | Selcall for MFSK-68/OFDM last seen Dec 2019 | CIS3000 Waterfall |
| CIS-FSK-1000 | last seen Mar 2019 | ||
| FSK 40, 40.5 | noted Feb 2021 | ||
| Mazielka (X06) | one log Oct/Nov 2020 | Mazielka Waterfalls | |
| Moroz | Seen in Apr 2021 | ||
| Perelivt | Reported Apr 2022 | ||
| RUS-ARQ | via Antonio I5-56578 Digital Blog-last seen Feb 2019 | ||
| Russian 50bd/500 FSK | last seen Nov 2022 | RusIntel 50Baud Waterfall | |
| CIS-36 |
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