[Spooks] Numbers c15MHz, 17:00Z, 10 Nov 2010 ???

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Are you familiar with the Global High Frequency System?  Although those 
transmissions are in English they can have a pronounced echo making them 
difficult to understand, particularly if you are tuned off frequency 
slightly.  I bring this system up as a possible solution for several 
reasons.

The GHFS system is often mistaken for a numbers station by listeners who 
have not heard it before.  It does, after all, send a numbers encoded 
message, but is not generally considered to be included in the description 
"numbers station".

The GHFS system has two active frequencies between 15000 and 15200 kHz 
(15016 and 15038 kHz).

The GHFS sends messages at scattered time throughout the day, however the 
two most likely times to hear a message from them is at the top of the hour 
and the bottom of the hour.

There are not any active and reported numbers stations in the 15000 - 15200 
kHz region.  Of course that does not mean much by itself, there are many 
numbers transmissions that go unreported.  But the majority of reported 
activity in that frequency range was from English language numbers station 
E22, and the last reported activity for that station was in 2006.  English 
numbers station E10 was reported in that range occasionally in 2000 and 
before.

I have two YouTube examples of messages that might be heard during a GHFS 
transmission, there are variations however.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euogMK-1ocg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF-DMhpJOAI

T!
Mohave Desert, California, USA

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From: "Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D." <nick.gessler at duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:53 PM
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Subject: [Spooks] Numbers c15MHz, 17:00Z, 10 Nov 2010 ???

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> I picked up the tail end of a broadcast at 17:30Z today, Wednesday, 10 
> November 2010.
> I heard about six numbers, in the cadence and tone of most numbers 
> broadcasts, but in a language I didn't understand.  The signal strength 
> was good, the voice husky, but it ended abruptly as I tried to adjust my 
> receiver.  The frequency was just above 15MHz, probably around 15.2MHz. 
> I'm used to hearing the Cuban lady, but this was not her.
>
> The time was 12:30 p.m. here at Duke University in North Carolina.  I was 
> attempting to find a spot on campus outside, with power, during the time 
> in which I teach, so my students could hear a message first hand.
>
> Did anyone happen to confirm or log this broadcast?
>
> Thanks, Nick
>
> Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
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