[Spooks] Cuban Catches

[KCØKBH]

Although, would the second harmonic even be understandable, seeing as
the v2/m8 family has such low quality audio?


On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:17:57 -0500, mslaten <mslaten at prodigy.net> wrote:
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> Hi Group:
> 
>     I noticed that quite a few logs reported are without callsigns, message
> preambles or any other comments included in the logs.  Just the time, freq
> and somewhat incorrect identification.  Example on the ID would be M8.
> There is no Cuban target at this time using the old M8 format.  That was
> last used in 1996.  Current formats are M8a and M8c.  By the way, M8c has
> not been heard in a few weeks, M8a seems to be the format of choice for the
> present.
>     The V2, V2a and V2c formats are also not being ID'd correctly.  V2 is
> sometimes being used for a V2a broadcast.
>     Having the callsigns included in your logs would greatly help in
> continuity of monitoring.  Seeing how the messages change from day to day,
> and which net is broadcasting on what freqs each day.  Also, by matching
> callsigns up with a target the next hour, lets you known that this is the
> repeat sked.  This is called traffic analysis.  Sometimes, by charting out
> the targets daily, you can predict when and where they may be found in the
> future.  Also, you can find out which time and freq the second broadcast is.
> For the V2a and M8a targets, they broadcast two hours in a row.  The second
> hour is just a repeat of the first hour.
>     The V2 and V2c targets are different than the V2a and M8a targets.
> Message format and callsign formats are different.  V2c pauses after every
> 10th group in the message.  V2 does not pause and it also sents a message
> number and group count after the intial callup.
>     KD7JYK, what day, time and freq did you find the V2a which was under the
> CODAR?
>     SEISM, do you have any more information on the V2a you found on 13436m?
> Some of the V2a's have been known to have a 2nd harmonic freq in the higher
> bands.  If that is the case, the 1st harmonic would be located at 6718m.
> You might check that out next time and see if you hear him on both freqs.
>     Thanks for the logs you send in, and keep sending them.  Any more
> information per log will be appreciated.
>     If anyone has any questions about the Cuban numbers or any morse-related
> numbers stations, feel free to ask.  I will try to answer your questions.
> Especially morse questions.
>     Take care all, happy monitoring!
> 
> 73's
> Mark
> 
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