[CW] Numbers Station

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

I have heard this in the past.  FEMA used to do this but never on
amateur frequencies, and FEMA identified once every half hour.

W1OJ who worked for FEMA told me that the numbers email lists were
going nuts about FEMA and what the  coded  messages meant, but in
reality W1OJ just hooked up a MFJ keyboard and used the  code group
function to send  these number strings - cipher letter groups.

73

DR


On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 8:51 AM, BURNS MARTIN JR <w4foa at comcast.net> wrote:
> Petr,
>
> Yes, I am quite sure it was NOT W1AW.  Apparently there is now something
> active around 7015. Of course I do not know if it was a "training" message
> or not.  I don't think W1AW sends coded groups?
>
> 73
>
> Tony W4FOA
>
>
> On November 3, 2017 at 8:10 AM Petr Ourednik <indians at xsmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> as I checked latest Enigma 2000 newsletter as same as the stations list
> v.1.3 there is nothing active around 7015...
>
> Are you sure it was not some training session from W1AW :)
>
> 73 - Petr, OK1RP
> --
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>
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017, at 12:42 PM, James Hull wrote:
>
> 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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