Re: [Spooks] Letter beacon in Florida?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list At 10:46 AM 4/20/2006 -0500, you wrote: Just a quick word of advice, don't any of Wikipedia's information as your sole source, but as a launching pad for more information. The fact that it can be edited on the fly by anyone opens it up to false, and sometimes malicious information. Oh, I know that, but I've spent a little time looking up interesting (to me) articles and have found them to be pretty accurate -- moreso than I expected. What I was hoping was that the author of the article was a Spooks member and could fill me in. According to the edit history, the comment was in the article from the beginning and edited slightly about six months later by another individual, both of whom appear to be from New Zealand. More backround here: http://www.wikitruth.info Cheers! William Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] *==* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen Alfred. M. Gray, USMC C4I.org - Computer Security, & Intelligence - http://www.c4i.org *==* __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations -- Eric F. Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I'm doomed." - Dilbert __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2006-04-21 by JPL, Ontario, Canada. Freq ENIGMA Day MMDD UTC Mode Comments -- --- -- - 5153.8 MX Thu 04132006 0209CW P (Marker) (Continued - Thurs) The Spy Numbers Database is an effort to create as complete a record of Spy Numbers Station transmissions as possible. You can submit your loggings to the database, and search the database. Details are available at http://www.blackcatsystems.com/numbersDB __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2006-04-21 by JPL, Ontario, Canada. Freq ENIGMA Day MMDD UTC Mode Comments -- --- -- - 9153M8a Mon 04172006 1000CW (Very weak - mostly u/r - Mon) The Spy Numbers Database is an effort to create as complete a record of Spy Numbers Station transmissions as possible. You can submit your loggings to the database, and search the database. Details are available at http://www.blackcatsystems.com/numbersDB __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2006-04-21 by JPL, Ontario, Canada. Freq ENIGMA Day MMDD UTC Mode Comments -- --- -- - 14450M23 Fri 04212006 1430CW 555 (R10) (Barely auditable - Fri) The Spy Numbers Database is an effort to create as complete a record of Spy Numbers Station transmissions as possible. You can submit your loggings to the database, and search the database. Details are available at http://www.blackcatsystems.com/numbersDB __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
Re: [Spooks] Letter beacon in Florida?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I'd be inclined to agree with Kurt. I don't think a simple whip like you see on VHF would be very efficient on 4 MHz with these low-powered transmitters. These beacons actually get out pretty well, and I'd suspect the antenna is somewhat larger than that. Oh, and I am almost certain that MX, as assigned by Enigma 2K, only refers to single-letter CW cluster and solitary beacons and markers coming from Russia and Eastern Europe. -hugh > : I have been listening to the southwest USA beacon cluster MX around 4096 > : kHz. The Spynumbers website indicates they are being sent from small > : transmitters with whip antennas placed in various obscure locations in the > : desert. > > Not a single one uses a whip antenna! > > Kurt __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
Re: [Spooks] Letter beacon in Florida?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list My understanding is that MX refers to a single letter beacon cluster, no matter where it is. These particular beacons send long dashes, "I" and "W". I used to use a 102-inch whip antenna with a huge loading coil on my car for 160 meters. I was running more than a watt but I did work many states while mobile with that setup. But if someone can put a "stealth" dipole up for 4 MHz somewhere in the desert, it will probably get out OK and still be hard to find. Zack On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Utility World (Hugh Stegman) wrote: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this > list > > I'd be inclined to agree with Kurt. I don't think a simple whip like you > see on VHF would be very efficient on 4 MHz with these low-powered > transmitters. These beacons actually get out pretty well, and I'd suspect > the antenna is somewhat larger than that. > > Oh, and I am almost certain that MX, as assigned by Enigma 2K, only refers > to single-letter CW cluster and solitary beacons and markers coming from > Russia and Eastern Europe. > > -hugh > > > : I have been listening to the southwest USA beacon cluster MX around 4096 > > : kHz. The Spynumbers website indicates they are being sent from small > > : transmitters with whip antennas placed in various obscure locations in > the > > : desert. > > > > Not a single one uses a whip antenna! > > > > Kurt > __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
Re: [Spooks] Letter beacon in Florida?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list : But if someone can put a "stealth" dipole up for 4 MHz somewhere in the : desert, it will probably get out OK and still be hard to find. "Stealth" dipole is relative... try finding a ten dollar bill fifty feet off the side of the road, in an area of 100,000+ square miles, a half wave dipole made of black or tan #16 wire isn't going to be found by anyone. Many are just laying on top of rocks at high elevations, some are strung between yucca trees and can't even be seen 300 feet away, let alone from a dusty dirt road four miles away... The biggest problem seems to be wild animals damaging the equipment, walking through antennas, stepping on electronics, etc.. Kurt __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2006-04-21 by capitanex, germany. Freq ENIGMA Day MMDD UTC Mode Comments -- --- -- - 11468M12 Fri 04212006 1900CW 4502 187 87 21823 00123 72615 ... 01546 11468M12 Fri 04212006 1907CW 4502 1254 235 51490 37846 11224 ... 74619 000 000 10518M12 Fri 04212006 1929CW 4502 187 87 21823 00123 72615 ... 01546 10518M12 Tue 03212006 1936CW 4502 1254 235 51490 37846 11224 ... 74619 000 000 9042M12 Fri 04212006 1959CW 4502 187 87 21823 00123 72615 ... 01546 9042M12 Fri 04212006 2006CW 4502 1254 235 51490 37846 11224 ... 74619 000 000 The Spy Numbers Database is an effort to create as complete a record of Spy Numbers Station transmissions as possible. You can submit your loggings to the database, and search the database. Details are available at http://www.blackcatsystems.com/numbersDB __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
Re: [Spooks] Letter beacon in Florida?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Chris Smolinski wrote: Greetings, all, first time poster here so be gentle... I read something interesting in, of all places, WikiPedia, about letter beacons. snipped Dunno about that, but Havana Moon did trace some of the V5 numbers transmissions (could have been the older 4FG format) to Florida, near Jupiter Inlet as I recall. snipped Hi Chris & All, This subject came up on site a few years ago, as it does from time to time, and if I remember correctly was completely discredited as one of the "numbers myths". Chris, it would have been prudent to say "allegedly Havana Moon" Hi Mike, See Popular Communications magazine, Oct and Nov 1988 for the article Havana Moon wrote. Hi Chris & All, An interesting article on some of the secure military installations in a particular area of the Florida Keys with a liberal sprinkling of mystery. Interesting that he uses, as any writer making a supposition but short on hard facts prudently would, judicious application of :- Alleged, Suspected, Possibly, Maybe, Supposed to be, Somewhere, I have no real proof, Might be, Could not find, Not certain. At no point in the article is there :- I can confirm, I found, There is. My personal interpretation of the article , once all the irrelevant jounalistic padding (to the particular initial statement) is stripped out, is that he is clearly saying :- "The info I received was wrong, there's nothing there - but there could be elsewhere" and presented it in such a way that the reader is left with even more questions arising. I also note that the header states it's a "tribute to HM written IN his style" and not "written BY" so is this a third party interpretation of some previous material, I do not know the answer to that. Cheers Mike L __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
Re: [Spooks] Letter beacon in Florida?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list That sounds like it was a fish net beacon. I've seen mention of them on the web before. They're a watertight beacon that transmits on an antenna wire that floats along with the top of a drift net. These are used by fishermen to track down their nets when ocean currents move them. Generally, they transmit in very strange and inappropriate places - amateur bands are not at all uncommon to find 'em in. They've been referred to as phantom or mutant fishnet beacons. I saw a photograph of one on the web somewhere, but I have yet to find it again. Such a device, however, very well could have washed up on shore here in Florida and been tied up between trees. Why would someone tie it between two trees, though? Well... I'll admit, Florida people are weird. (That Florida tag on fark.com comes in quite handy.) We have a peculiar art installation on Miami Beach. It's apparently a religious sculpture or *something*. It consists of a long wire (several miles!) supported by poles, at the edge of the sand dunes. I'm tempted to try throwing a wire over it to make contact and using it as a VLF antenna... Eric F. Richards wrote: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe > from this list > > Greetings, all, first time poster here so be gentle... > > I read something interesting in, of all places, WikiPedia, > about letter beacons. Wiki states: > > "One beacon was found originating from a transmitter tied between > two palm trees on a remote beach in Florida." > > Anyone know the story about that -- where it was located, freq, letter > sent, when found and by whom? > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_beacons for the context. > > Regards, > > Eric -- High Prince Sporkington of the Holy Order of Multiball Madness, Suburban Warrior of Disarray, Master of the Lost Circuit Collective, Member of the Federal Narcoleptic Ostrich Relocation Department (FNORD) Also known to the unenlightened as Tom Morris, KG4CYX Engineer, WRGP 88.1 FM, Homestead/Miami, FIU Discordian Code V1.3 ( http://www.23ae.com/format/discordiancode/code13.html ) DADA/DO Tpcy c s+:+ a-- Comp+++ P++ E++ F+ R+ tv+ b++ OM5 RAW? DC+ e* h! r !ys K+++ Uniform Disinformation Locator: http://blueneon.xidus.net * Do not use this signature as toilet paper * __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Letter beacon in Florida?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Some Adrift weather Bouies opperated by NOAA'S NDBC (National Data Bouie Center) in cooperation with NOAA'S National Weather Service. Do have beacons that opperate near the Shortwave Bands & near NOAA All-Hazards Radio(Formaly NOAA Weather Radio). Weather radio bands are:162.400 MHz-162.550 MHz. Could it be the National Weather Service&NDBC?Just a thought. Paul Armani __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2006-04-21 by Mark Slaten, Lapeer, MI . Freq ENIGMA Day MMDD UTC Mode Comments -- --- -- - 12215V2a Fri 04212006 0200AM A09301 15832 38481 (YL/SS) 5417V2a Fri 04212006 0200AM (Too weak and signal garbled. YL/SS) 11566V2a Fri 04212006 0300AM A09301 15832 38481 (YL/SS. Repeat of 0200z on 12215m) 8010V2a Fri 04212006 0600AM A59701 38151 05363 (YL/SS) 9063V2a Fri 04212006 0700AM A59701 38151 05363 (YL/SS. Repeat of 0600z on 8010m) 10566V2a Fri 04212006 1200AM A67663 44521 25131 (YL/SS) 11566V2a Fri 04212006 1300AM A67663 44521 25131 (YL/SS. Repeat of 1200z on 10566m) 9153V2a Fri 04212006 1300AM (Too weak and signal garbled. YL/SS) 7519M8a Fri 04212006 2200CW ID 39373 88753 68153 The Spy Numbers Database is an effort to create as complete a record of Spy Numbers Station transmissions as possible. You can submit your loggings to the database, and search the database. Details are available at http://www.blackcatsystems.com/numbersDB __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Re: Beacon in the trees.
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list "That sounds like it was a fish net beacon." IS1HT... Remember that one on 1743.5 in MCW? Kurt __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Mystery Beeps on 6940 KHz.
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list There is a beep that is almost constant on 6940 KHz rite now it started at 00:57 UTC, no voice anouncments are made. It then wend silent until 01:00:56 UTC It started beeping again. Every 3:43 seconds it has what sounds like a Data burst. At 01:09:19 it had another long beep followed by short beeps. It dose the long beep every 28 seconds. Could this be a time frequency? If you know reply. Thanks Have a good weekend. Paul Armani Denver CO __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
Re: [Spooks] Mystery Beeps on 6940 KHz.
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list There is a beep that is almost constant on 6940 KHz rite now it started at 00:57 UTC, no voice anouncments are made. It then wend silent until 01:00:56 UTC It started beeping again. Every 3:43 seconds it has what sounds like a Data burst. At 01:09:19 it had another long beep followed by short beeps. It dose the long beep every 28 seconds. Could this be a time frequency? If you know reply. You're hearing the Link-11 system, used by the Navy. -- --- Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2006-04-22 by Mark Taylor, Madison, Wi.. Freq ENIGMA Day MMDD UTC Mode Comments -- --- -- - 6840E10 Sat 04222006 0238 USB In progress with 5 phonetic letter groups The Spy Numbers Database is an effort to create as complete a record of Spy Numbers Station transmissions as possible. You can submit your loggings to the database, and search the database. Details are available at http://www.blackcatsystems.com/numbersDB __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2006-04-22 by Gary Seven, Brooklyn, New York. Freq ENIGMA Day MMDD UTC Mode Comments -- --- -- - 3292V2a Sat 04222006 0400 USB In Progress//S800M//Brooklyn 5762V2a Sat 04222006 0400 USB In Progress//S800M//Brooklyn The Spy Numbers Database is an effort to create as complete a record of Spy Numbers Station transmissions as possible. You can submit your loggings to the database, and search the database. Details are available at http://www.blackcatsystems.com/numbersDB __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Beacons
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Date: 22-4 Time: 0442-0453 UTC 5153.7 D 5153.8 P 5153.9 S 5154.0 C 7038.7 D 7038.8 P 8494.7 D 8495.0 C 5473.9 Squeaky Wheel 4625 Buzzer 5465.9 R Ary The Netherlands __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Re: [udxf] Beacons
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Date: 22-4 Time: 0509 UTC Besides the ones that I posted 20 mins ago: 7038.9 S 10871.7 D 10871.9 S 10872.0 C Ary __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
[Spooks] Pip
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list 5448.6 kHz, 0530 UTC: the Pip (daytime freq) Ary __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
