[CW] Numbers Station

[James Hull]

Martin:

This is quite interesting.  I had never heard of a “numbers station” before this morning’s e-mail and my reading the Wikipedia’s description of them.  Now I am quite curious.

Did you happen to catch the station’s call sign?  Was there any answer to the broadcast?  How strong was the received signal at your location?  Were the C.W. characters perfectly formed (indicating machine-made) or were they formed by a human operator?  If a human operator, do you think it was straight key, bug, or what?

As I said... a quite interesting issue.

Jim Hill
KK4EOU

Sent from my Arduino Uno



> On Nov 3, 2017, at 6:19 AM, BURNS MARTIN JR <w4foa at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Morning All.  I am and have been a very early morning riser...love to tune the bands while drinking coffee.  This morning I came across a "Numbers Station" on 7014.9.  Not too long ago, these number stations were pretty common but this is the first I've heard in a couple of years.  Sending 5 digit coded groups at about 15WPM on 7014.9.  Ended message with a PAUSE then AR at 1010Z.  Now silent for quite a while.
> 
> Anyone else noted this station?
> 
> 73
> 
> Tony W4FOA
> 
> Chickamauga, GA
> 
> 
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