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HAVANA MOON
PO Box 149
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
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The clouds, blue clouds
Trail on the northern mountain
Tear away from the stars,
Tear away from the moon.
-- Iwanohime
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LOS NUMEROS
A European Numbers Update - as reported by Simon J. Mason
A long-time friend and colleague, Simon J. Mason, of Great Britain,
maintains extensive and detailed numbers logs. This European
Numbers Update has been compiled from several recent letters in
which Simon expertly detailed his European monitoring experiences,
which provide a bird's eye view of what Numbers activity is like
on the "other side of the pond". The report's length precludes
reproducing it in its entirety here, so watch for more European
Updates in the next couple of editions of The A*C*E.
MUSIC BOX "Swedish Rhapsody"
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Still a regular (YL-GG) performer every Saturday at 1000 on 9460
and at 2000/2100/2200 on 5430/4778/6506 kHz. Also appears every
Mon/Wed on 6200/5748 kHz. Heard on another ten frequencies at
various times on various days (try6900 USB every Sunday at 1400).
This station signs on with "Swedish Rhapsody" tune. Then YL repeats
5-L headers for a minute (usually three) and then into 5-D groups.
A very strange incident occurred in June, 1990. a normal 5-D
header sequence at 2000 was 68803/73719/20059. At 2006 the
header 68803 was announced then the 5-D text was entirely 64646
46464 64646 46464, etc. until 2011 then 'normal' random numbers
until completion at 2018. Messages for 73719 and 20059 were
also normal.
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The Numbers. They tease. They cajole. They repeat. And repeat.
And repeat . . .
HM's E-MAIL RECEPTION REPORTS OF THE MONTH
To: Havana Moon
From: Patrick M Crumhorn
Subject: Numbers station
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 90 17:44:58 PST
Logged a 4-D YL SS at 0127 12-10-90. 6933.5 USB. "FIN" repeated
3 times at 0134. Is this a common one? (Probably). First time
I've heard it. SIO 555. See ya later...
Patrick
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Patrick - The 'FIN' terminator is very rare. Although it was
heard frequently some years back, to my knowledge it has virtually
disappeared. This is a good catch!
/HM
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To: HAVANAMOON
From: Firesign
Subject: German Numbers
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 90 23:32:23 PST
Finally put up a random wire antenna, and with it bagged my first
German numbers broadcast! I picked it up somewhere in the middle,
on 7535 kHz LSB at 23:40 UTC. It was a computerized YL doing 3/2
groups. My German is awful, but I did pick out 809/06 quite often).
This was on Monday night, 11/10, by the way. At about 23:42, she
said Achtung! and started again. This time it got interesting.
At random intervals through the broadcast there were what I can
only think of as data transmissions, like what you'd hear if you
left the speaker on your modem on while you're online. There was
no interruption of the numbers when this happened. The bursts were
*loud* audio wise, in comparison to the audio from the numbers.
At about 23:50 the numbers stopped, and so did the bursts. I
stayed with the frequency for about fifteen minutes, but apart
from some faint RTTY nothing else happened. The signal came in at
about S3-4 on the DX-440s meter, with no increase in the level
during the bursts. I'm in Cincinnati.
Glenn
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Glenn -
A few months back we determined that there was a subcarrier
evident on some few numbers broadcasts. This logging of yours
is very interesting. Many German Numbers transmissions are
preceded by a musical interval signal and a call sign - Papa
November is the most common and can be heard nightly in the
41 meter "Pirate Band" on 7404 kHz at 0000 UTC.
/HM
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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 statement reminiscent of the familiar old hard line stance
it has taken for decades, a KGB spokesperson has challenged
US motivation and suggests that its true intentions are
evident in the continued propaganda relayed by Radio Liberty,
a Munich-based shortwave station originally financed covertly
by the CIA.
According to the NY Times, Radio Liberty's coverage of the Soviet
Union today is often more balanced than that in some of the more
outspoken Soviet newspapers.
. An item in the December issue of Clandestine Confidential
reports that the CIA is placing ads seeking broadcast engineers
to help build and maintain AM, FM and shortwave stations abroad.
The positions require a BSEE and 5 years experience as a broad-
cast engineer, with senior SBE certification. A knowledge of
TV systems is also desirable. Resumes to be sent to: Personnel
Representative (DJ15), PO Box 1925, Washington, DC 20013.
. Thanks go to The Surveillant, Factsheet Five and Cryptologia
for great reviews this past month of The Numbers Factsheet.
Also reviewed in The Surveillant, our own Harry Helms' "Under-
ground Frequency Guide" (2nd edition), and Umbra et Lux.
HM RECOMMENDS . . .
. How many people today realize that the United States mainland
came under air attack during WWII? The title of a new paperback
book from Smithsonian Institute Press gives away the story.
"Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America."
$9.95 by Robert C. Mikesh. In more or less a move of desperation,
the Japanese launched a series of hot air balloons designed to
be carried by the Pacific wind currents and start fires in the
American Northwest. Photos and diagrams show how the scheme
worked and why it failed.
. The Warship Directory - Volume I in a planned series by James T.
Pogue, author of Coast Guard Radio. This book is of special
interest to those who specialize in maritime radio monitoring.
Lists all US, British and Canadian warships by call sign and
frequency. Also included are radio frequency listings, addresses
and a glossary of terms. Particularly useful now in view of the
Persian Gulf situation. Available from the Radi Collection, $14.95.
. The 1991 edition of George Zeller's Pirate Directory - once again,
George Zeller's popular reference has been updated and is due off
the press in late January/early February. It's expected to include
as many as 150 shortwave pirates who were active during 1990, and
addresses, frequencies, formats and so on. The new edition is
available from the Radio Collection, $10.94.
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!
A few humorous definitions for you this month from the net - no
one quite knows who wrote this - it's been around for years - so
enjoy!
THE COMPUTER EXPERTS GLOSSARY
ADA: Something you need to know the name of to be an Expert
in Computing. Useful in sentences like, "We had better
develop an ADA awareness."
BUG: An elusive creature living in a program that makes it
incorrect. The activity of "debugging", or removing bugs
from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it,
not when the bugs are removed.
CACHE: A very expensive part of the memory system of a computer
that no one is supposed to know is there.
DESIGN: What you regret not doing later on.
DOCUMENTATION: Instructions translated from Swedish by Japanese
for English speaking persons.
HARDWARE: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.
INFORMATION CENTER: A room staffed by professional computer people whose job
it is to tell you why you cannot have the information
you require.
Part II 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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