[Spooks] Re: 5027Khz

[mslaten]

Hi Guys:
    Ralph Cameron wrote:

"5017Khz   M8    12192002   0010   CW   555, 5F grps repeated twice =
commenced sending dashes for ten mins from 2340-2350Z.  Started right on =
0010Z.  Now active."

    The correct freq is 5027Khz (this was probably just a typo) and the
correct Enigma designator should be M10 and not M8.  The sked time is
interesting.  This month M10 has two nightly skeds at 0210z and a repeat
sked at 0410z on 5027Khz.  If you hear this again, please get the whole
callup including the ID's that are being called and the group counts of
messages.  This helps in identifying which skeds belong to which net and/or
whether this is a repeat sked of another net.
    Keep on submitting the CW numbers catches.  Not that many enthusiasts
bother looking for the CW skeds.  There are tons of them out there, you just
have to look.  Also, look for M13 skeds in the evening here in the US.  Our
friends on the other side of the Atlantic have developed a good picture of
M13 habits and predictions of upcoming skeds for the hours of 1800-2300z.
But listening is not optimum for us here in the US.  When listening is not
optimum for them between 0000-1000z we can hear M13 with its' first skeds of
the new day.  We are just starting to build that picture up and are slowly
recovering skeds and freqs.  Unfortunately, it is a slow process because
there is not as much interest in the CW stations as the voice stations.
    M3, M8, M10, M12, M13, M14, M24, M31, M40, M77 and others can be heard
in the US.  Check the Spooks database, Ary's Numbers and Oddities database
and the Enigma Newsletter for the latest logs and information on these nets.
    There is some personal satisfaction when you begin to build up a picture
of a net and it's habits over a period of time.
    Hopefully, this will encourage some of you to begin looking for more CW
skeds.

73's
Mark