[Spooks] V02(a/n) Observations

[Ender Wiggin]

I would say to use V2a. It's what I usually tune in to nightly. 0700z
(0300 EDT [GMT - 4]) on 5.883 khz

Usually starts with 3 5fig groups, with Atencion after each repeat.
Hard to miss :)

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:37 PM, will griffin <kj4psu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello! My name is Will and I'm pretty new to shortwave and extremely new to
> numbers stations. I have been a ham radio operator for about 6 months now
> and have started dabbing in all things radio. I have become completely
> enthralled with the subject of numbers stations. I know that the spynumbers
> website has a list of frequencies but I find the website hard to understand.
> If I wanted to just turn the radio on and quickly tune and find a RX of my
> first numbers station, what would be my best shot. I am located in Savannah,
> Ga. Thanks for your help and remember that I'm new to number stations!
>
> Thanks,
> Will
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:12 AM, KC2TTK <kc2ttk at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I don't know if I'm the first to recognize this or merely the first
>> to mention it, but I've made some observations about V02n (V02a
>> really, but with "9"s in the message) that doesn't seem to have been
>> mentioned before.
>>
>> I've noticed that if the 0700Z (5883 KHz) transmission is V02a, then
>> the 0800Z transmission (5898 KHz) will have different messages albeit
>> the same call-up.  If, on the other hand, Doña Atención says "nueve"
>> in a message at 0700Z, then the subsequent 0800Z transmission will
>> have the same message.
>>
>> But it wasn't until I stopped to review my transcriptions that I
>> realized that the V02n message format has two curious properties:
>> First, there will always be a "nueve" within the first ten digits;
>> second, that the first ten digits in a V02n message will be the same
>> as the last ten digits.
>>
>> These observations seem to explain the significance of "9", but falls
>> short of being a theory.  I would appreciate it if anyone has any
>> V02a/n transcriptions (aside from the ones I've submitted) to help
>> confirm or refute this hypothesis.
>>
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