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

[Todd Dokey]

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On 2/26/15, Token <T_O_K_E_N_ at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 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
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>
>
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> 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)
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