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Although, would the second harmonic even be understandable, seeing as the v2/m8 family has such low quality audio? On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:17:57 -0500, mslaten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this > list > > Hi Group: > > I noticed that quite a few logs reported are without callsigns, message > preambles or any other comments included in the logs. Just the time, freq > and somewhat incorrect identification. Example on the ID would be M8. > There is no Cuban target at this time using the old M8 format. That was > last used in 1996. Current formats are M8a and M8c. By the way, M8c has > not been heard in a few weeks, M8a seems to be the format of choice for the > present. > The V2, V2a and V2c formats are also not being ID'd correctly. V2 is > sometimes being used for a V2a broadcast. > Having the callsigns included in your logs would greatly help in > continuity of monitoring. Seeing how the messages change from day to day, > and which net is broadcasting on what freqs each day. Also, by matching > callsigns up with a target the next hour, lets you known that this is the > repeat sked. This is called traffic analysis. Sometimes, by charting out > the targets daily, you can predict when and where they may be found in the > future. Also, you can find out which time and freq the second broadcast is. > For the V2a and M8a targets, they broadcast two hours in a row. The second > hour is just a repeat of the first hour. > The V2 and V2c targets are different than the V2a and M8a targets. > Message format and callsign formats are different. V2c pauses after every > 10th group in the message. V2 does not pause and it also sents a message > number and group count after the intial callup. > KD7JYK, what day, time and freq did you find the V2a which was under the > CODAR? > SEISM, do you have any more information on the V2a you found on 13436m? > Some of the V2a's have been known to have a 2nd harmonic freq in the higher > bands. If that is the case, the 1st harmonic would be located at 6718m. > You might check that out next time and see if you hear him on both freqs. > Thanks for the logs you send in, and keep sending them. Any more > information per log will be appreciated. > If anyone has any questions about the Cuban numbers or any morse-related > numbers stations, feel free to ask. I will try to answer your questions. > Especially morse questions. > Take care all, happy monitoring! > > 73's > Mark > > ______________________________________________________________ > Spooks mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > - > Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers > Stations > ______________________________________________________________ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
