[MRCG] MRCG CAMP SLO 2013 COMMUNICATIONS PLAN

[Mark J. Blair]

On Apr 24, 2013, at 15:09 , boatanchor at martasystems.com wrote:
> Operations: Receive an M-209 encoded message from Maritime Station KSM .
> Camp SLO
> 
>                    field stations copy message, deliver to MRCG HQ for
> decoding. M-209 Cipher
> 
>                    Clerk to verify reception and accuracy of received
> message; decode same.


For those of you who know the secret code, and would like to play along on either a real M-209 machine (if you are lucky enough to have access to one) or a computer-based simulator, we'll be using the same M-209 key that we used at the previous annual meet.

Here is the key:

  http://www.nf6x.net/2013/03/a-collection-of-m-209-key-tables/m-209-key-table-fm/

If you would like to learn more about M-209 cipher machines, here's the first chapter of a series I'm writing on practical use of the M-209:

  http://www.nf6x.net/2013/03/practical-use-of-the-m-209-cipher-machine-chapter-1/

The series isn't complete yet, but I've covered the basic stuff already in the five completed chapters.

If you would like to play M-209 at home or in the field but don't have access to a real M-209, there's an excellent free one that runs under Windows:

  http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/m209sim.htm

If you want a REAL M-209, they do show up on eBay every now and then. I've usually seen them sell in the $1,500-$2,500 range over the past several years.

-- 
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/