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I'm not dismissing your point at all: I just found it interesting that HM01's op (Pedro, Doña Havana, Sr. Compiúter) happened by an open mic some 24 hrs. after you wondered aloud if HM01's op was intentionally messing around with the callups you predicted. Having experience of this sort, I would have expected that the messages would have been relayed to HM01's op minutes before the initial brodcast, giving the op (formerly known as Pedro) little if any time to mangle the callups just to throw your predictions out the window. Then again, homo sum et errare humanum est. (And if my Latin's wrong, well Q-E-D!) I agree that someone should be on-site to bring the transmitters up and press [PLAY], and two hours is plenty of time to goof off or to "oops" on occasion. I remember even catching an odd familiar tune playing in the background of a QRN- and QRM-filled V02a transmission which turned out to be RHC's ident. I think I uploaded that recording some time ago, but I digress: HM01/V02a/SK01/M08a's record over the years clearly establishes that somebody's at home even if he/she/it has been asleep at the wheel. Those errata enable us to gleam more information about HM01 - from message sabotage to open-mic night. I think that there is a pattern hiding behind the numbers*, but that there mustn't be a lot of opportunity for the op to swap a legit callup for a bogus one. In contemporary radio, programming is centrally controlled and vetted. I would expect State-run clandestine programming would be even more so. If it turns out my experience/prejudice is wrong, I will gladly eat my words. In fact, I hope to be proven wrong - it means there's more to learn and discover. I guess that's the appeal of it all. Just to recap (and hopefully entertain): I'm not dismissing the possibility, and you can call me Crazy, too (unless you like Paul Simon, in which case ♪You can call me Al♪). So.... until all is known, your guesses are more than welcome and we'll keep the midnight coffee a-brewin'. ＫＣ２ＴＴＫ／Ｍ (* Yes, "π" is on my top 10 list) On June 2, 2014 7:06:54 PM EDT, shawn fahrer via Spooks <spooks@mailman.qth.net> wrote: >Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe >from this list > >Wouldn't be so surprising.... Remember that HM01 broadcasts for TWO >HOURS on 14375 (05 - 07 UT). Since the main broadcast runs about 45 -50 >minutes (22 - 25 minutes for each repeating segment of number series), >there is much 'down time' between the end of the 05 UT broadcast and >the beginning of the 06 UT broadcast. The carrier is ALWAYS on during >the down time, so if there is anything that hits a potentially open >microphone, it WILL be transmitted via shortwave. Note that the >broadcasts can NOT be done automatically: someone has to be around to >push the buttons, etc. to make sure the appropriate frequencies go on >at the appropriate UT (while perhaps monitoring other not so >clandestine transmissions from apparently co-located RHC, which is >still on up to and beyond 0659 UT on several frequencies). Lots of >things can happen during this down time -- a crossed wire, etc. Who >knows? > >Nice pickup -- but my main reason for listening is to try to figure out >what they'll do next regarding the number sequences, not to find the >mythical 'Pedro'.... > >Shawn From Flushing NY >(who expects to hear another transmission on 14375 in about 6 hours >with a possible number series update) >______________________________________________________________ >Spooks mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
