[Spooks] Re: Spooks Digest, Vol 28, Issue 15

Jim Murdock jimmurdock at uwclub.net
Sat May 13 15:22:49 EDT 2006 

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>   1. Re: Need help identifying something weird (bernieS)
>   2. Re: Need help identifying something weird (Gil woodside)
>   3. Re: Need help identifying something weird (E.J. Caylor)
>   4. Re: Need help identifying something weird (s.ulrich)
>   5. Re: Need help identifying something weird (Zack Widup)
>   6. Re: Need help identifying something weird (Zack Widup)
>   7. Re: Need help identifying something weird (Jeff Wilson)
>   8. Re: Need help identifying something weird (Zack Widup)
>   9. RE: Need help identifying something weird (Douglas Snow)
>  10. Re: Need help identifying something weird (J. Random Entity)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:25:40 -0400
> From: bernieS <bernies at netaxs.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20060512132501.03d2ec50 at pop3.netaxs.com>
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> good idea, kurt...
>
> -bernieS
>
>
> At 02:46 PM 5/11/06 -0700, you wrote:
>>Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from
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>>Someone should ask the guys at 2600.
>>
>>Kurt
>
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:25:54 -0400
> From: "Gil woodside" <Wa1lad at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: "Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations" <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <000601c675e9$206e3100$58460e44 at S0031716010>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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> According to an Internet search of that area code its New York City. 
> Famous
> landmarks included in that area are:
>     Radio City
>     Rockefeller Plaza
>     World Trade Center
>     Various NY State Agencies
>
> Interesting......very interesting.......
>
> Gil
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed" <bernies at netaxs.com>
> To: "Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations" <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
>
>
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>> according to recent press reports, NSA has been doing traffic analysis on
>> calls to this telephone number...and on all the telephone numbers of
>> people on this list...and on all other americans' telephone traffic!
>>
>> talk about spooky...
>>
>> -ed
>>
>>
>> At 12:23 PM 5/12/06 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from
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>>>Thanks for the MP3, Jeff.
>>>
>>>I called this morning and listened to it. It does sound a bit
>>>weird...the recording isn't of a good quality to start with.
>>>
>>>I definitely tried to place the music and i'm stumped. It sounds
>>>pretty much like a looped segment from a 50's or 60's musical.
>>>
>>>It is mystifying, to say the least. I wonder what motivation is behind
>>>this.
>>>
>>>Maybe just someone fooling around and having a blast about it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 5/12/06, Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org> wrote:
>>>>Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from
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>>>>How about "Landline"?  I was thinking about "Poor Man's Numbers Station"
>>>>but the phone calls aren't cheap.  I used a calling card at the rate of 
>>>>3
>>>>cents a minute, but if I'd used my regular phone or dialed from overseas
>>>>it would've been a lot more.
>>>>
>>>>I couldn't quite place the music, either.  It's there in the cobwebs
>>>>though ...
>>>>
>>>>Zack
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 12 May 2006, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > We need a nickname for this. Any suggestions? I can't quite place the
>>>> music.
>>>> >
>>>>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:44:54 -0400
> From: "E.J. Caylor" <caylorman at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: "Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations" <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:
> <479c9b70605121044h2bbbcd2aof889a87abadc034e at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> I've been doing some searching on the central office that number is
> allocated to.  The only address I've been able to get out of it is 32
> Old Slip in Queens.  Mapquest shows it near the southern tip of
> Manhattan Island.  Another has it as comming from a different central
> office, this one on W. 10th.  There is a company, RNK, Inc.,(RNK
> Telecom) that has the 212-796-0 number, but there is no other info for
> them.  Perhaps a test number?
>
> E.J. Caylor
>
> -- 
> E.J. Caylor, KC9HIY
> Ft. Wayne, IN
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:03:21 -0700
> From: "s.ulrich" <scott8933 at socal.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <4464CDE9.5050002 at socal.rr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Actually the first thing I thought of (other than Twelve Monkeys) was
> some kind of smaller "operation" without the resources that
> governments/spys might have, for example drug runners.
>
> Doing it via phone means you can set up the whole thing by remote - you
> don't need to put up antennas and transmitters and such, so both the
> sending and recieving party could be anywhere in the world. It would be
> less secure in the long run as records could be traced, but if whatever
> you're doing is short-term, this wouldn't matter. Its not too hard to
> set up a phone number with fake or stolen information, and the rest
> could have been set up from a coffee shop/internet cafe anywhere...
>
> Or the whole thing is just a prank.
>
>
>
> E.J. Caylor wrote:
>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from
>> this list
>>
>> I've been doing some searching on the central office that number is
>> allocated to.  The only address I've been able to get out of it is 32
>> Old Slip in Queens.  Mapquest shows it near the southern tip of
>> Manhattan Island.  Another has it as comming from a different central
>> office, this one on W. 10th.  There is a company, RNK, Inc.,(RNK
>> Telecom) that has the 212-796-0 number, but there is no other info for
>> them.  Perhaps a test number?
>>
>> E.J. Caylor
>>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:04:29 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:
> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0605121304000.3068-100000 at bluestem.prairienet.org>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
>
> That could be.  Area code 212 is New York City.
>
> Zack
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2006, Utility World (Hugh Stegman) wrote:
>
>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from 
>> this list
>>
>> >  Maybe just someone fooling around and having a blast about it.
>>
>> It's such a great idea for a conceptual art project that I wish I'd 
>> thought
>> of it.  That 212 number wouldn't happen to go to Soho would it?  :-)
>>
>> -hugh
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:08:31 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:
> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0605121305001.3068-100000 at bluestem.prairienet.org>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
>
> I called it using a generic calling card.  When I call someone with caller
> ID, my call usually comes up "Georgia call".  Maybe they have ways of
> tracing it that is beyond the system.
>
> That said, if they're monitoring this list they know I called it.  :-)
>
> Has anyone tried to decode it yet?  Where's my Little Orphan Annie decoder
> ring?
>
> 73, Zack
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2006, Ed wrote:
>
>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from 
>> this list
>>
>> according to recent press reports, NSA has been doing traffic analysis on
>> calls to this telephone number...and on all the telephone numbers of 
>> people
>> on this list...and on all other americans' telephone traffic!
>>
>> talk about spooky...
>>
>> -ed
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:12:20 -0700
> From: "Jeff Wilson" <jeff.wilson at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: "Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations" <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:
> <8a740dbc0605121112j334e5162td057f7a8d15f276c at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> If it is a real clandestine message, it's probably a one-time cipher
> pad, just like the ones the real spynumbers stations use.
>
> I'm going to do some more searches. Our best data comes from the
> craigslist ad, sparse as it is.
>
> On 5/12/06, Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org> wrote:
>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from 
>> this list
>>
>>
>> I called it using a generic calling card.  When I call someone with 
>> caller
>> ID, my call usually comes up "Georgia call".  Maybe they have ways of
>> tracing it that is beyond the system.
>>
>> That said, if they're monitoring this list they know I called it.  :-)
>>
>> Has anyone tried to decode it yet?  Where's my Little Orphan Annie 
>> decoder
>> ring?
>>
>> 73, Zack
>>
>> On Fri, 12 May 2006, Ed wrote:
>>
>> > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe 
>> > from this list
>> >
>> > according to recent press reports, NSA has been doing traffic analysis 
>> > on
>> > calls to this telephone number...and on all the telephone numbers of 
>> > people
>> > on this list...and on all other americans' telephone traffic!
>> >
>> > talk about spooky...
>> >
>> > -ed
>> >
>>
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>
> -- 
> -------------------------
> Jeff Wilson
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:23:02 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:
> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0605121318230.3068-100000 at bluestem.prairienet.org>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2006, s.ulrich wrote:
>
>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from 
>> this list
>>
>> Actually the first thing I thought of (other than Twelve Monkeys) was
>> some kind of smaller "operation" without the resources that
>> governments/spys might have, for example drug runners.
>>
>> Doing it via phone means you can set up the whole thing by remote - you
>> don't need to put up antennas and transmitters and such, so both the
>> sending and recieving party could be anywhere in the world. It would be
>> less secure in the long run as records could be traced, but if whatever
>> you're doing is short-term, this wouldn't matter. Its not too hard to
>> set up a phone number with fake or stolen information, and the rest
>> could have been set up from a coffee shop/internet cafe anywhere...
>>
>> Or the whole thing is just a prank.
>>
>
> Why broadcast it to the world if it's something serious (or even
> semi-serious)? Putting it on a message board is bound to get a lot of
> attention!
>
> I suspect either a prank or someone is trying to observe something about
> people or groups.
>
> Maybe when it's decoded it is going to say "Al Fansome check tire
> pressure".  :-)
>
> 73, Zack
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:23:32 -0500
> From: "Douglas Snow" <douglas at dsnow.homeip.net>
> Subject: RE: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: "Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations" <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:
> <EE59D2B58B37D542A60486B90F38660C19A5 at ds-server.dshome.local>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
>
> RNK Inc could be RNK Telephone, a wholesale VoIP concern...
>
> http://www.rnktel.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spooks-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:spooks-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of E.J. Caylor
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 12:45
> To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
>
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>
> I've been doing some searching on the central office that number is
> allocated to.  The only address I've been able to get out of it is 32
> Old Slip in Queens.  Mapquest shows it near the southern tip of
> Manhattan Island.  Another has it as comming from a different central
> office, this one on W. 10th.  There is a company, RNK, Inc.,(RNK
> Telecom) that has the 212-796-0 number, but there is no other info for
> them.  Perhaps a test number?
>
> E.J. Caylor
>
> --
> E.J. Caylor, KC9HIY
> Ft. Wayne, IN
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> Numbers Stations
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:42:56 -0700
> From: "J. Random Entity" <jrandomentity at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Need help identifying something weird
> To: "Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations" <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID:
> <3497c5c10605121142g35eb13d0ne163fa0f322414fc at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
>> Why broadcast it to the world if it's something serious (or even
>> semi-serious)? Putting it on a message board is bound to get a lot of
>> attention!
>
> True...  But by the same token, people scan shortwave looking for
> stuff like this.  Six of one, half-dozen of the other :)
>
> Another idea we were kicking around was that with Internet access
> being as ubiquitous as it is, a person being observed by a third party
> using a laptop or going into an internet cafe wouldn't be as unusual
> as a SW receiver.  Also, there's the possibilty that the person the
> message is intended for isn't necessarily in the US - so if you don't
> have access to or the ability to operate a transmitter, the message
> can still be picked up (and reception conditions would be less of a
> concern).
>
>> I suspect either a prank or someone is trying to observe something about
>> people or groups.
>>
>> Maybe when it's decoded it is going to say "Al Fansome check tire
>> pressure".  :-)
>
> I don't get the reference - is it related to
> http://www.spynumbers.com/WBNY.html ?  Definitely a possibility, I
> guess.
>
> John.
>
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