[Spooks] V02(a/n) Observations

[will griffin]

Thanks so much for such a fast reply. Any stations you know of around 10 to
11z?

Will



On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Ender Wiggin <ender.capitalg at gmail.com>wrote:

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> 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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