[Spooks] M8 family? - format question on bdcst. Today

[Mark Taylor]

8/7/04, 12093 CW, 1300 - 1337 UTC.

This was on a time and frequency listed in the July, 2004 Spooks Newsletter
for M8a.

I am not as familiar with morse stations as voice stations.  This sounded
like a M8a broadcast with the usual call up, 5 figure groups for the first
two messages, but the last message was unusual.  It seemed to be broken up
into three sections: initial 12 X 5f groups, 5 sets separated by the letter
"E", 25 X 5f groups, 3 X 5 f groups separated by "E"'s, then 25 X 5 f
groups.  Ended with "E E E E E 000".

I don't have a total count because I tuned away briefly during the first
set, but the second set was 50 x 5f groups.  If we presume the first set was
the usual 50, then the total count would have been 162.  3 sets of 50, 1 set
of 12.

It doesn't seem to conform to other ENIGMA morse stations when I looked
through the control list (#19).

Another goof by the Cubans?  An unusual format?   Maybe this is a common
format, and I'm just not aware of it.

Thanks for some feedback for those more familiar with this than I am.