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Author Topic: FAV22 3881 CW 0725 UTC 26 April 2020  (Read 2288 times)

Offline KaySeeks

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FAV22 3881 CW 0725 UTC 26 April 2020
« on: April 26, 2020, 0822 UTC »
This is sort of weird.

The French intelligence agency's station, normally sends 4 or 5-letter encoded groups (as I remember it). This time they were sending s-l-o-w speed, IN THE CLEAR, normal French. Slow enough that I could copy it easily (except for the diacritical marks: é, è, ç, and the like). Turned on the CW decoder for a record of it and it indicated 7-8 WPM. It turns out that the decoder had the same trouble with the diacritical marks.

Transmission finished by 0733 UTC.


WN NE WET PAS UN TERME[err]E NGAGEMENT LE L'ARM[err]D E NIVEAU DES UNIT[err]S PROJET[err]E S RESTE TR[err]S [err]L EV[err]. L'ENT RET I
EN DES " FONDAMENTAUX " DU M[err]TIER DE COMBATTANT EST PLUS QUE JAMAIS UNE N[err]C ESSIT[err]E T L'INSTRUCTION COLLECTIVE UNE EPRIJRIT
 [err]. C'EST L[err]T O UT L'ENJEU LE LA PR[err]P A RA T IO N JP[err]RA T IO NNELLE D[err]CENT RA LIS[err]E POUR LES ANN[err]ES [err]V
ENIR. LA VOCATIO N DE TOUT MILITAIRE ? 4E MPLIF UNE MISSION OP[err]RATIONNELLE EN OP[err]R ATION EXT[err]RIEURE OU SUR LE TERRITOIRE NA
TIONAL. MAIS VOTRE CARNET DE TIR EST-IL [err]J OUR ? CONNAISSEZ-VOUS TOUS LESEACTES R[err]FLEXES DU COM6ATTADT ? COMMENT R[err]AGIR DAN
S UNE EMBUSCADE ? <ar> E[err]Q DE FAV22



« Last Edit: April 26, 2020, 0825 UTC by KaySeeks »
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Re: FAV22 3881 CW 0725 UTC 26 April 2020
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2020, 0830 UTC »
Hi there.

This is NOT French Intelligence...  ;D
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Re: FAV22 3881 CW 0725 UTC 26 April 2020
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2020, 0848 UTC »
Just somebody with a radio, a computer and a pair of headphones...

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Re: FAV22 3881 CW 0725 UTC 26 April 2020
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2020, 1614 UTC »
I think FAV22 is the French Military morse training facility - which would probably explain the slow speed and clear text.

There is some info here ... http://www.numbersoddities.nl/M51-profile.pdf

Your logging would match the noted Sunday schedule (assuming document still up to date).
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Re: FAV22 3881 CW 0725 UTC 26 April 2020
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2020, 1744 UTC »
Ok. Understand now. Thanks for the help, both of you.

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FAV22 is a French Army transmitter in the service of the French Amateur Radio Union for teaching morse.

This is wrong: http://qrg.globaltuners.com/?q=3.881
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Re: FAV22 3881 CW 0725 UTC 26 April 2020
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2020, 0913 UTC »
Good morning.

I think FAV22 is the French Military morse training facility - which would probably explain the slow speed and clear text.

There is some info here ... http://www.numbersoddities.nl/M51-profile.pdf

Your logging would match the noted Sunday schedule (assuming document still up to date).

CJ468 is correct - nothing more to say.

The French DGSE was known with its imaginary call 8BY (Enigma Designator M16).

Kind regards.
73 & 55
Thomas
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Re: FAV22 3881 CW 0725 UTC 26 April 2020
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2020, 0956 UTC »
Information (including the CW-lectures) about this cooperation between FAV22 and the French amateur radio club REF can be found at:
https://www.r-e-f.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=715&Itemid=444

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