[Boatanchors] Five Letter Group CW Station

Wed Feb 25 11:47:05 EST 2009

 I have my receiver setting on 10.13880 a lot of time listening for WSPR and WSJT signals.  There is a station that comes on sending the following sequence:

HI HI HI   Message follows  and then proceeds with numbers and characters for about a minute.  I've not copied any of it other than in my head (that didn't last long as there is no retention there) so i don't know if it's repetitive or not.  Will have to put it on paper to see what's going on.  It might just be someone doing some code practice for themselves, maybe practicing for when their license appears, or just doing it for fun or maybe it actually has a purpose, i don't know.  If you can't hear it audibly get the program ARGO and use it for a good weak signal presentation on the screen.  

The term "message follows" is one that USAF uses as a preface to their coded voice messages you hear on some of the HF frequencies.  

Larry
W0OGH

  -------------- Original message from John Flood <kb1fqg at yahoo.com>: --------------

> Hi Kids,
> The link below goes to a good brief article on these stations.  I remember as a kid in the early 70's spending hours transcribing these transmissions convinced that I would be able to decode them if I listened long enough!  Hey!, what does a 10 year old kid know of "one time use pads"?  When sponning the dial, even 
> today, I cant resist stopping for a momentwhen I hear one.
> The author Havana Moon. was a regular colum editor in Popcom or Monitoring Times (can't remember what one) about these types of mystery transmissions.  The WIKI Ling has loads of info as well as well as links to recordings.  Welcome children 
> to the dark side of radio,and I don't mean solidstate.
> 
> http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/SW-numbers.html
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station
> 
> John Flood KB1FQG (playing radio long before the call indicates)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Bill Stewart 
> > To: Greg Mijal 
> > Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; Sandy 
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:45:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Five Letter Group CW Station
> > 
> > Hi Greg, 
> > Yep, have heard her a few times also. 
> > Hope to see ya at the Kinston fest coming up. Do you know the date?
> > 73, Bill K4JYS
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Greg Mijal" 
> > To: "Sandy" , "Bill Stewart" , 
> > boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:50:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Five Letter Group CW Station
> > 
> > There was a female spanish speaking number station just below the 40m band 
> > last night. S9 too.
> > Look around 6.8 to 7 mhz.
> > 73's
> > Greg
> > WA7LYO
> > Kinston NC
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Sandy" 
> > To: "Bill Stewart" ; 
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Five Letter Group CW Station
> > 
> > 
> > > There is a station that does the same thing just below the 49 meter SWBC
> > > band.  They can be very strong here too in SE Louisiana.  Usually a 
> > > contious
> > > carrier modulated by about an 800 HZ. tone.
> > >
> > > 8125 is in the old marine band.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Sandy W5TVW
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Bill Stewart" 
> > > To: 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:52 PM
> > > Subject: [Boatanchors] Five Letter Group CW Station
> > >
> > >
> > >>I was just (+/- 2:30pm est) tuning around with the HQ-140X, looking for
> > >>CHU, when I ran across a very strong station sending five letter code
> > >>groups on MCW at maybe 20wpm around 8125 kc. The signal strength was
> > >>against the pin with no QSB, well maybe a few db. They stayed against the
> > >>pin for maybe ten minutes then sent a few ARs and SK and stopped
> > >>sending....carrier still up 15 mins later with no modulation. I suppose
> > >>this is one of the 'spy' stations I've seen bits and pieces about over the
> > >>years plus I've heard them before. My question is does anyone have any 
> > >>idea
> > >>where the station might be. I'm in the midst of Ft. Bragg, Seymour Johnson
> > >>and Marine bases along the coast of NC..plus who knows what else. It was
> > >>just so strong and steady it got me to wondering. They may not be close to
> > >>me, but the propagation path was really good .. ..Bill K4JYS
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