[MRCG] MRCG 2017 Activites Questions

[Tim]

Hi Peter - That was a fun radio/crypto exercise back in 2013.  Here is a
little write up I did on the exercise with some details:

http://www.n6cc.com/military-radio-collectors-group-2013

Not sure what this years' possibilities may be as I will be unable to
attend...
73, Tim
N6CC

On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:24 PM, Peter Noeth <petern0000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Apr 22, 2017, at 00:51, Peter Noeth <petern0000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   1) Is there going to be any Convertor M-209 exercises?  I didn't want
> to
> > bring my M-209 unless there was a need.
>
>
> >> On Apr 22, 2017, Mark J. Blair replied:
> >>I don't think that we have any planned at this time, but that can change
> if there's interest.
> >>I wasn't planning to bring mine without a specific reason, either. What
> sort of M-209
> >>operating exercise do you think might be fun? I'm not great at coming up
> with fun ideas,
> >>but if somebody else can provide the inspiration then I can probably help
> make it happen.
>
> The last time I was at MRCG there was a teletype transmission that was
> M-209 encoded, and a small demonstration of how to set up the unit and
> decode the message. Also techniques of recovering when the decoded message
> starts to get scrambled up due to a mistake in the decode process.
>
> Although this exercise was well advertised, since Mark has a website with
> proposed M-209 key lists and operating procedures, I wanted to check if
> there was to be any anticipated M-209 activity. The units are getting very
> expensive, and I did not want to risk getting mine stolen, so I didn't want
> to bring it if I wasn't sure I was going to use it.
>
> NOTE: I am currently receiving only the digest, and making correct e-mail
> reply etiquette is difficult using web Gmail.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Noeth (WB6NGK)
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