[Spooks] HM01 Emergency(?) Transmission 01/17/2014

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Why do you suspect an "emergency" transmission?  Since it was on schedule 
and with the "regular" format I am failing to see anything unique about the 
transmission.

Why do you say "may be a live transmission"?  While I do not really follow 
HM01 all that closely I did happen to catch several minutes of the 0500 and 
0600 transmissions.  Both were S9 or better here.  I heard nothing in the 
voice or data that would indicate to me it was any different from normal, if 
there had been I would have certainly grabbed a recording and uploaded it. 
It was the same voice, with the same cadence, and same timing, as normal. 
If this was a "live" transmission they got the same YL to do it who recorded 
their original number sound files so many years ago.

Re the "one-time" V02a earlier this year, I have seen the logging of it, and 
heard about it from several people...does anyone have a recording, or even a 
transcription, of the transmission?  Since V02a seems to be retired I would 
suspect there might be (just maybe) a misinterpretation of the signal 
without more detail than just "V02a transmitted".  Note that I am not saying 
anyone is lying or anything, or even wrong, I am only looking for more 
detail.  Lacking a recording or transcription there is a possibility that 
there was an error in reporting, it would not be the first time.  A couple 
of possibilities that come to mind (that either a recording or transcription 
would clear up):  Several times I have heard HM01 stuck in the voice loop 
and repeating number group after number group, sounding like V02a and even 
miss-identified as V02a on chats and forums, but if someone is actually 
transcribing the number groups it soon becomes clear that it is not V02a. 
There has been a suggestion in the past that the same machine generates both 
M08a CW and the V02a / HM01 voice.  There is some indication that M08a is 
still active, although at a greatly reduced level.  Could this "one-time" 
event have been an incorrect selection from the operator, an intended M08a 
that ended up being sent I the V02a voice?

T!
Mojave Desert, California, USA

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From: "shawn fahrer" <ssfahrer at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 6:21 PM
To: <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Spooks] HM01 Emergency(?) Transmission 01/17/2014

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> This may be a live transmission from “The Cuban Lady”, so let’s put on our 
> thinking caps about this one. After two days of inactivity (numbers not 
> changing from 01/15 through 01/16), our “favorite” numbers station pulled 
> out something somewhat unexpected: an entirely new bunch of numbers (and, 
> presumably, data files as well) earlier today – January 17, 2014. As 
> (barely) heard on 5855 kHz @ 05 UT, but confirmed (with much clearer 
> signals) on both 11435 kHz @ 06 UT and 9330 kHz @ 07 UT, those new numbers 
> are:
>
> 81817 // 14855 // 81785 // 82461 // 65525 // 61073
>
> It’s time to pull out those “one-time pads” (which may have been the 
> purpose of the ‘one-time’ V02 transmission earlier this year which put out 
> a whole bunch of numbers all at once) and try to figure out what they’re 
> saying this time….
>
> Until the “secret” is revealed, this is your intrepid reporter…
>
> Shawn From Flushing NY
> (for whom having merely a $ 20 SW radio and no ability to link it to a 
> computer doesn’t stop him from getting the word out to those who want and 
> need to know)
>
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