Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Charles Bennett
BTB via manual morse which I got to do. > QSL the tape recorders. I used them earlier in my Navy career for other > work.73 Mark K1RMC > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Charles Bennett > To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations > Sent: M

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Todd Dokey
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Well, yes, any fixed length block of numeric, alpha, or alphanumerics will obscure words, but there is a lot to be said for the ability to write down short groups. Most people can't handle a continuous stream of d

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Todd Dokey
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Or I should say, thats why it was notated that way. Much easier to read 200-300-4000 than 2003004000 -- Semper Reluctor "Liberty is the right to choose, freedom is the result of that choice."

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Al Fansome
gt; > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:39:10 +0100 > From: Gian Romani > To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations > Subject: [Spooks] New question on NS > Message-ID: > > Conte

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread k1rmc
--Original Message- From: Charles Bennett To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations Sent: Mon, Mar 17, 2014 6:06 pm Subject: Re: [Spooks] New question on NS Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I've been lurking on the list for awhile but haven't

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Todd Dokey
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Yup, I have some of the old surplus manuals on that procedure somewhere.. But when I obtained them, I wasn't about to publish on SPECWAR guys.. they get kinda fussy about that.. ;) On 3/17/14, Charles Bennett

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Charles Bennett
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I've been lurking on the list for awhile but haven't really had anything to contribute. In the mid 70s I was, occasionally, what you guys refer to as a numbers station.Not the kind that operates for months o

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Todd Dokey
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list There is actually some research on splitting phone numbers. I forget if Shannon was involved in that when he was doing information theory for Bell Labs or not. On 3/17/14, Gian Romani wrote: > Visit http://mail

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Gian Romani
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Thank you Todd! ciao 2014-03-17 19:51 GMT+01:00 Todd Dokey : > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from > this list > > Dividing numbers into 4 or 5 number groups is done for the

Re: [Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Todd Dokey
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Dividing numbers into 4 or 5 number groups is done for the same reason phone numbers get split up into groups -so you can remember the string. Its a cognitive science thing. -- Semper Reluctor "Liberty is the r

[Spooks] New question on NS

2014-03-17 Thread Gian Romani
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Hi everybody, this is my new question: a lot of trasmissions have similar structure. Why the whole message is generally divided in 5 letters (or 5 numbers) groups? Or sometimes 4 letters/numbers? Is it just for pra