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HAVANA MOON
PO Box 149
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
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White as ice
Snow moon rising
Winter crystal
Bright on cold hills tonight
-- kurichan
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* NUMBERS 101, Part 12 *
Have you ever wondered about those transmissions that repeat
endlessly from week to week, month to month - and in some cases, from
year to year? Frequency markers? Propagation sounders? Ciphers?
Codes?
Ciphers or codes? Tell me what you think. For the uninitiated, a
brief review of terms, courtesy of "Cryptanalysis", by Helen Fouche
Gaines, perhaps the most well regarded book on this arcane subject.
This book has been used to train US Intelligence Officers for decades.
A newly released reprint is currently available from The Radio
Collection, $8.95 postpaid.
Cipher - The term cipher implies a method, or system, of secret
writing which is unlimited in scope. There are three major classi-
fications of ciphers: concealment, transposition and substitution.
A. Concealment Cipher - In this form, the true letters of the
message are hidden, or disguised. As a general rule, this type
of cipher is intended to pass without being suspected as the
conveyor of secret communication.
B. Transposition Cipher - The true letters of the secret message
are taken out of their text-order and rearranged according to
a key agreed upon in advance by the correspondents.
C. Substitution Cipher - The original text letters are replaced
with substitutes which are arranged in the same order as the
originals.
Code - This is a form of the substitution cipher which requires
the advance preparation of a code book. A series of terms likely
to be used in future correspondence (words, phrases, sentences)
is gathered in a 'dictionare'; and beside each of these terms is
placed a substitute known as a code group, or code word. These
substitutes may be any combination of letters or numbers or actual
words.
Think about what you hear. Think about all the basic Numbers
hints I've given you over the past year. Any thoughts? And consider
this - one of the most effective ways to be inconspicuous is to be
conspicuous.
AND NOW . . .
Staff Sergeant Vince Havrilko of Patrick Air Force Base
checks in with some interesting loggings intercepted with a
DX-440 receiver used with a tuner and a 40 foot random wire
antenna.
Freq Time
(kHz) (UTC) Date Format Language Mode Comment
----- ----- ------ ---------- --------- ----- ----------
6840 9/09/90 4-D YL SS AM
7404 9/08/90 5-D YL GG SSB
7413 0541 9/05/90 5-D YL ?? AM Czech (?)
7422 9/06/90 4-D YL SS AM
7422 9/15/90 4-D YL SS AM
8873 0612 9/06/90 5-D YL SS AM
11108 0607 9/05/90 5-D YL GG AM
HM's E-MAIL RECEPTION REPORTS OF THE MONTH
To: Havana Moon
From: Martha Wood <mw>
Subject: Interesting Intercept
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 16:59:19 PST
Hi HM!
Tonight as I was playing my tuning around games I came across
the end (unfortunately) of what was an intriguing transmission.
At 0039 on 6817 USB I heard: "That's all from the Pentagon. Get
off the frequency. Roger, roger, standing by. Roger, roger."
This was registering a solid 10 on my Sony. I stayed tuned 'til
0100 and didn't hear any more. Any ideas about what this might
have been?
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Martha -
6817 kHz is a USAF Mystic Star frequency, according to the new
7th edition of Bob Grove's Shortwave Directory. Mystic Star
is a HF net maintained by the Air Force for communications
with Presidential aircraft - the president and high level
cabinet officials have been shuttling around the globe in
recent weeks as a result of the ongoing Gulf situation, and
this may have been what you heard.
/HM
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Portal-Rmail-To: havanamoon@cup.portal.com
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 90 19:13:26 PST
From: "SSDD! John Brewer @ACE" <brewer@ace.enet.dec.com>
Subject: 7422 numbers again....
0300z 7422 sio 444 966 966 966 1234567890 (all in SS phonetics)
Grupo 160
Prior to the "Grupo 160" was 10 AMCW tones
then into 4 group phonetics...
Interesting... the initial groups of the traffic were interrupted
by loud (S9+) noise burst, that disappeared within seconds not
to be heard again.
73!
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John -
7422 kHz has become a regular numbers frequency over the past
several months. It'll be interesting to watch it and to see
what develops over time. One clarification would be helpful -
you indicate Spanish 'phonetics' - were these alpha groups or
number groups? As they say, "Inquiring minds want to know . . ."
/HM
Remember - your loggings are very important. Use e-mail if it's
available to you, I can be reached at any of the following
addresses and check my mail daily. And if you haven't yet joined
the ranks of radio/computer addicts, use the address above. And
have no fear, your time will come!
HAVANAMOON@cup.portal.com (Internet)
...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!HAVANAMOON (UUCP)
HAVANA.MOON (GEnie)
1:272/39 (FidoNet)
RACING WITH THE MOON
. In a circular dispatch of 2 December, 1941, (which was not read by
US cryptanalysts until 8 December, 1941), recipients of this dispatch
were instructed by the Japanese Foreign Minister to destroy all
telegraphic codes and code books. All secret documents and the work-
sheets on this dispatch were to be immediately burned.
. About a year ago, a Soviet-based TASS (Soviet News Agency) correspondent
contacted the FBI asking for an interview about how US law enforcement
goes about combating organized crime.
HM's YL OF THE MONTH
Noted artist W. Jackson Keele wins the nomination this month, for
her ongoing creative efforts involving philately - that $20 word means
stamp collecting, Folks. Her newest line of originals feature mint
and lightly canceled US and international commemorative issues, first
day covers and cachets all relating to Radio! They're something to
talk about! Congratulations, WJK!
HM RECOMMENDS . . .
. The all new *RADIO*COLLECTION* Catalog. This 20 page catalog
is chock full of the best buys in radio-land. Books, Software,
T's and Sweatshirts, Mugs, Commemorative Radio Stamps - you
name it! Free for the asking with a SASE.
. Remember those great pin-up paintings that graced many a
WWII bomber? Here's a great Nose Art Calendar for 1991 -
36 great paintings - 3 for each month of the year - just
$12.95 from The Radio Collection.
. Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf - by Judith Miller
and Laurie Mylroie. Acknowledged as a book written quickly,
it does, however, detail how Saddam Hussein made use of the
state's instruments of repression to not only destroy his
rivals, but to impose an unheard of reign of terror over the
country. Random House Paperbacks.
. Latest Intelligence - The perfect companion for your scanner
and shortwave radio. Over 35,000 cross-referenced entries
which will help you decode the encrypted radio messages sent by
military, law enforcement and federal agencies. Covers every-
thing from 10 codes and frequencies to acronyms and street
slang. A must for the serious listener! $17.95 from The
Radio Collection.
All items available through the Radio Collection are postpaid for
US orders, write to The Radio Collection, PO Box 149, Briarcliff
Manor, NY 10510.
THE LAST WORD, WITH KRISTIN KAYE
Hiya!
There's a brand new receiver control program available for the
NRD-525! Bandview, written by Tom Kashuba, was developed in a
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The program offers additional features such as frequency logging
and a station database which naturally enhances the operation of
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cations or special equipment.
Full-screen layouts, a tabular log format, on-line help and pop-
up menus make using this software's many hi-tech features a
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If you own an NRD-525 and an IBM PC/XT/AT or true compatible with
512k RAM, a Meg of hard or floppy disk as a logical drive and
an MDA, CGA, EGA or VGA monitor, this is the program you've been
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The Radio Collection, PO Box 149, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 -
$113.00 postpaid for US orders.
Tell Santa what you'd like for Christmas!
Till next time -
88s
'kk'
Reach 'kk' via e-mail at any of the following addresses:
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% Internet - kk@cup.portal.com %
% FidoNet - kk 1:272/39 %
% GEnie - K.Kaye %
% UUCP - ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!kk %
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Time now for a Tecate . . .
Adios . . .
Havana Moon y Amigas
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* (C) Copyright, 1990, MoonBeam Press. All Rights Reserved. *
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