[Spooks] 5fg RTTY

[Mike Tibor]

Ahh--okay, thanks Ary that makes perfect sense.

I've got a QSL card on the way from them, so at the very least I can say 
that I got a QSL from a 5fg station!  Oh well, not as cool as I'd like, 
but I'll take what I can get.  :-)

Thanks and Merry Christmas,
Mike

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013, Ary Boender wrote:

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> Hi Mike, they send both clear text and coded messages. The clear messages
> are mostly forecasts while the coded messages are mostly observations.
> The coded messages are not secret but codes are shorter than the complete
> texts.
> See the example here
> http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather/Radio-Teletype-Weather-Broadcast
> s#appendix
> Hugh Stegman jotted the codes down but you can also buy books that has all
> the codes http://www.ominous-valve.com/wx_codes.txt
>
> Cheers
>
> Ary
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> Verzonden: woensdag 25 december 2013 9:40
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> Onderwerp: [Spooks] 5fg RTTY
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> Are the RTTY weather stations well known for sending short 5 figure groups?
> I've got a German weather station on 10100.8 now (about 0835z) that's
> sending short 5 figure group messages.
>
> It's doing 50/450 RTTY and I'm receiving it unusually clearly up here in AK.
> I've heard this station before sending weather info, but this is the first
> time I've seen them send anything that appeared encoded.
>
> Mike
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