[Spooks] HM01's "vacation" is apparently over.....

[Token]

I would not be so sure that they still use the old machines to generate the 
voice.  Yes, I know it is the same, or seemingly the same, voice as those 
machines have.  However, V07 uses the same voice, and it has been observed 
to occasionally have a Windows shutdown sound after the end of a 
transmission.  This would argue that at least in the case of V07 the 
original voice was transferred to computer.

I have never heard of HM01 having a Windows shutdown sound, but the fact 
that the digital data, at least, must be sourced from a PC would lead me to 
strongly consider the possibility that the voice has been also.

It would be absurdly easy to use the old machine one time, have it generate 
0 to 9, and then trim those audio files into individual numbers, allowing 
complete computer based operation.

T!
Mojave Desert, California, USA



-----Original Message----- 
From: shawn fahrer via Spooks
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:46 PM
To: Spooks Liat
Subject: [Spooks] HM01's "vacation" is apparently over.....

Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from 
this list

As of Feb 25, 2015 (0500 UTC), HM01 'finally' had an update, its first since 
Feb. 17. The length of time simply using the previous transmission seems to 
indicate that The Cuban Lady's voice machine must have broken sometime 
between Feb 17 and Feb 18 (05 UT - 05 UT), and needed a replacement part of 
some kind. (Those machines, due to their age and original manufacture 
location -- apparently the former Communist East Germany -- must make it 
difficult to procure those parts in the 21st Century....)

Let me give some credit to Daniel Ekmann (danix111 at priyom.org) for noticing 
where the 06 UT transmission (Tu, Th, Sa) has apparently returned to: the 
formerly used 14375 kHz (!), which provides a very strong signal to the 
Eastern US (at least my part of it). But let me point out to him that even 
the world famous Glenn Hauser had monitored a broadcast of HM01 on 9330 kHz 
during the 06 UT hour around January 18th or so (a transmission or so after 
I had mentioned it either on UDXF or this list. Glenn's report should be 
available through the World of Radio website or the World of Radio Yahoo 
group archives.)

Just to bring the list up to date, here goes:

02/25/2015 HM01  05 UT 5855 (audio very poor due to WRMI @ 5850, so no 
numbers could be verified, but I did hear the tones, so I know it was 
there....)
-------------------------- 06 UT 10345 (weak but audible) 64032 81621 14122 
28527 86581 83628
02/26/2015 HM01 05 UT 11462 (actually partially audible for a change!) 56040 
(NEW and unexpected, not '64033') 81622 14123 42311 86581 66861
---------------------------06 UT 14375 Loud and clear, used to verify and 
amend my notes re: the above numbers

Note that #'s 3 and 4 for the 26th have all five digits the same, just in a 
different order. (This may mean NOTHING, but it maybe something to ponder 
given the [previous?] use of numbers to mean certain Spanish letters -- as 
revealed in the infamous Montes case.)

And I was secretly hoping that as part of the Cuban - US negotiations, HM01 
wouldn't update for a much longer time as a sign of good will (which would 
be understood by those on the inside and maybe some savvy DXers, but not 
perceived by the average American who doesn't own a SW radio or give a hoot 
about spy numbers stations)....

But for those of us who live for this kind of stuff, I remain

Shawn From Flushing NY
(the HM01 guy -- who's willing to accept a bit of help now and then in 
pursuit of the truth)
______________________________________________________________
Spooks mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Spooks at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html