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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Token on April 06, 2012, 2137 UTC
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Hello all,
Going to put this in the Pirates section, since I rather suspect it belongs here ;)
A “numbers” sounding station was heard on 6210 kHz USB starting about 2020 UTC today (April 06, 2012). It was alittle suspect right from the get-go, the “buzzer” noises combined with the 00000 at the end, and letters sent, kind of had a minor smell to them.
The same message was apparently sent twice.
I have partial recordings of both the first and second messages. Unfortunately all of my recorders were busy on other tasks until I realized this was something worth recording, even if just for the funny factor. So, although I heard the entire second transmission I did not record the CVY callup.
The tail end of the first transmission is here:
http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/Odd_Letters_6210_USB_04062012_2029_rem.mp3
The second transmission I go t most of. I started recording right after the last “Charlie Victor Yankee” was sent. The tones heard are part of the transmission, and I believe the recording captured them all.
http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/Odd_Letters_6210_USB_04062012_2035_rem.mp3
Both of the above transmissions were recorded by me using a Perseus remote in northern Germany. However, I also tuned it in with a Perseus remote in Greece, and it was heard there, although less strong. Those were the only two I had time to try.
Supposedly the message has been cracked using Cryptool, and the results are pretty clear that it is a spoof/fake.
T!