The Silent Numbers

The Silent Numbers
Matthew Kirkpatrick

8300 10-11-2013 0600 V13 New Star.
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8135KHz: I have nothing.

11530KHz I have weak but audible SS voice with carrier at S9+10 dB.

As of time of writing, 8135KHz is pure static.

8300 10-11-2013 0600 V13 New Star.
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Hello Group,

HM01 17480kHz 2200z 21/09 Strong Rich SAT
HM01 17540kHz 2300z 21/09 Strong Rich SAT

Rich
Burr Ridge, IL USA

Nada heard here
Ernie

17840 at 22:15 Zulu, very strong signal here in Arkansas...

2013-09-20 06:06Z 10345KHz IP, copied "08444 51835 83381 22574 15441 50182"; very faint signal, variable QRN.

06:38Z Stronger signal the second time around, callup is definitely "83381 22574 15441 50182 08444 51835";

The digits 8-3-3-8-1 were announced much slower than the other message headers.

06:54Z Another callup begins... 06:55Z ...just before going off-air

Is anybody listening?

I am listening.

The days are shorter now, and in the darkness, I listen to the messages.

The wind pushes against the windows. The radio crackles and spurts; voices emerge from the noise.

Outside, a neighbor I have never met stands on her porch and calls for her cat. The wind has blown over the empty trashcans I've forgotten on the curb. I neglect the yard; snow covers the leaves covering the grass, too long and brown.

The meaning of the messages doesn't matter to me, only that they are speaking, and though I will never know for sure, they speak to me, so I record the numbers.

I am listening.

A child's voice. A man's. A woman's. They speak to me. They speak to us.

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 97 879 KAIK 97 36 23 59 Prijom 27June2013 0823 (AB-EST)

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 22 918 LAZUTChIK 59 32 28 05 Prijom 27June2013 0843 (AB-EST)

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 45 833 FAZULINA 55 30 70 74 KAZUALIZM 97 06 12 08 NAZOLOK 13 65 57 82 Prijom 27June2013 0848 (AB-EST)

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 52 479 POVREMENKA 96 08 77 13 VAKSA 23 11 76 30 BEL 46 89 99 34 KOVYLIANE 69 67 10 07 Prijom 27June2013 0852 (AB-EST)

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 27 023 BAZOAR 01 86 86 68 Prijom 27June2013 0957 (AB-EST)

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 08 116 RAZLOZhKA 60 68 15 43 Prijom 27June2013 0928 (AB-EST)

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 48 227 RAZBURA 42 28 57 49 Prijom 27June2013 0929 (AB-EST)

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 11 418 BAZhENJE 24 22 73 33 Prijom 27June2013 1020 (AB-EST)

04625 S28 USB MDZhB 39 166 LAZhEK 62 48 98 76 Prijom 27 June2013 1305 (AB-EST)

Is there anybody out there?

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Which one is it? Did you jot it down?

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What is your location ??

I'll be checking the 10715@2200Z one.

I am in the eastern Med. Thanks.

I am alone.

I'm glad you posted these.

Contact me off list.
I have some info for you.

Caught some audio on my recorder.

I have nothing.

Reception fair and readable no interference.

I am alone.

One.

I have nothing.

I am alone.

I have been listening.

I have been listening everyday and it sure is boring haha
Ernie

HM01 is on the air per the schedule:
2100z on 11635 kHz.
S9 in Manitoba Canada.
Chris

What do you hear?

I look outside and cannot remember when I have last seen the sun.

HM01 10715kHz 2200z 14/10 strong Rich MON
HM01 17480kHz 2200z 15/10 strong Rich TUE
HM01 11635kHz 2100z 16/10 fair Rich WED
HM01 10715kHz 2200z 16/10 fair Rich WED

Rich
Burr Ridge, IL

Pauses or gaps in the audio are common, although not really part of the normal format except between segments.

Since the HM01 voice and V02a voice are the same (as is probably the V07 voice, for that matter), and it is normal during HM01 for a single number group to be sent between data groups, I was not sure why he was differentiating the V02a voice part. I was wondering if, other than the pause he indicated, there had been other oddities in format that might be indicative of V02a instead of HM01.

I did not mean to imply the transmission was following the V02a format, just that the "V02a number lady" - as I used to refer to her - started into her thing then stopped.

I don't understand what you are saying.

The thing that stood out for me, was the strength of the signal. It sounded like it was in the backyard!

I have been listening.

From the backyard, I look back at the house and can hear the voices on the radio through an open upstairs window.

One.

Four.

Seven.

One.

Four.

Seven.

One.

Four.

Seven.

One.

Zero.

Reload.