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Author Topic: UNID Hawaiian Numbers Station 6950 USB 2123 UTC 16 Nov 2022  (Read 619 times)

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UNID Hawaiian Numbers Station 6950 USB 2123 UTC 16 Nov 2022
« on: November 16, 2022, 2124 UTC »
2123 OM speaking....Article B Number 81, then numbers in foreign language?
2124 A-LOO-A and AVA mentioned frequently
2129 Pause of Hawiian numbers, thanks Skippy - I must have been out sick that day in third grade for that lesson.
« Last Edit: November 16, 2022, 2144 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID Hawaiian Numbers Station 6950 USB 2123 UTC 16 Nov 2022
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2022, 2125 UTC »
2124 UTC S5 Here Spanish numbers station. Male OP Spanish number station. Never heard one here before...repeating a text line it sounds like. Arviva, aluya, corona, etc.
2130 UTC gone
Skip's right his recording is Hawaiian! LOL. That a first! must be a gag!
« Last Edit: November 16, 2022, 2317 UTC by TheHappyWanker »
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Re: UNID Hawaiian Numbers Station 6950 USB 2123 UTC 16 Nov 2022
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2022, 2126 UTC »
2124 UTC Hawaiian numbers! 5 digits (S8 peaks!)
2130 OFF

Here's my recording if anyone wants to take a crack at breaking the code.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1klUdeP1OXUlvDBovH9mC-L_6hDGwQgzO/view?usp=sharing
« Last Edit: November 16, 2022, 2139 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID Hawaiian Numbers Station 6950 USB 2123 UTC 16 Nov 2022
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2022, 2129 UTC »
2129 can barely hear the om talking ?
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Re: UNID Hawaiian Numbers Station 6950 USB 2123 UTC 16 Nov 2022
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2022, 0157 UTC »
Obviously sending coded messages to the Hawaiian sleeper cells.


I don't STRETCH the truth.

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Re: UNID Hawaiian Numbers Station 6950 USB 2123 UTC 16 Nov 2022
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2022, 0254 UTC »
Hi everybody. I'm Andy, I've been a long time lurker and this is my first post. Some of you might recognize me from the Discord where I've been asking obvious and elementary level questions about radio lately

This broadcast has been driving me crazy since I first heard it a few weeks ago so tonight I decided to dig in a little. I transcribed the numbers from Skipmuck's recording and translated them into English. I'll attach that below. Here is what I've found:

1. The numbers are Hawaiian, and are 1-10.

2. There are 100 numbers exactly. Very convenient for a 10x10 grid (see link).

3. After 100 numbers, the voice repeats a word that sounds like "hanahome" or "hanahom" three times, then repeats the number string all over again. Google Translate is translating "hanahome" from Hawaiian to English as "homework"- after transcribing and translating the number string that feels fitting to me. Alternatively, "hanahom" is "job," and "hana" is "work." Transcribing Hawaiian by ear into Google is obviously an error prone method so take all those translations with a grain of salt.

This feels to me like a pirate having some fun. Maybe some HAM playing a puzzle game with friends? I'm new to HF, terrible at puzzles, and quite frankly pretty stupid with numbers in general, but who knows? If it's a gag maybe it has a gag message hidden in there somewhere..

EDIT: I guess I'm not sure how to post pictures yet, but the table is at this link! https://imgur.com/a/5z91oUZ
« Last Edit: November 17, 2022, 0257 UTC by AndyR »

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Re: UNID Hawaiian Numbers Station 6950 USB 2123 UTC 16 Nov 2022
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2022, 0422 UTC »
EDIT: I guess I'm not sure how to post pictures yet, but the table is at this link! https://imgur.com/a/5z91oUZ



This works in Firefox for Windoze and perhaps on other platforms:

1) Right click on the image in imgur.

2) Select "Copy Image Link"


3) Back over here in HFU, use the image icon to select generate the HTML code for an image link ( img and /img with brackets around them ) and paste the link you just copied in 2) between them.





« Last Edit: November 17, 2022, 0427 UTC by Charlie_Dont_Surf »
I don't STRETCH the truth.

"Every minute I spend in this room, my signal gets weaker.
Every minute Charlie squats in the bush, his signal gets stronger."