Seventy-third edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:09:20 +0200)

Fun section

WBNY

WBNY, the voice of the Rodent Revolution with Commander Bunny was active again on 6950 kHz. I have seen reports of the transmissions on 4 and 10 April.

WBNY look-alike

An unid station has been on the air for a while. The first reports came in on May 9th and the last on the 17th. The kind of messages are very similar to those on WBNY. Look at this WBNY message and compare it to example #3. The same station perhaps???

"APE HUMANS MUST BE STOPPED. AL FANSOME CHECK TIRE PRESSURE. RODENTS RULE. YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME TRYING TO DECODE THIS. STUPID HUMAN RODENT REVOLUTION WILL WIN. GO **** YOURSELF."

Frequencies: 6850, 6855, 6875 and 6909 kHz.

Male and female voices with numbers transmissions and coded messages.

Sample messages:

"This transmission by authority of Papa Oscar Tango Uniform Sierra
The Potomac River is at high tide.
Attention all operatives, next transmission on frequency 2 28B W.
The Potomac River is at high tide.
6 14 7 20 10 3 23 14 20 17 18 (repeated 3x)"
"Attention all operatives, this is a Bravo Siera message.
9 20 1 11 12 18 18 4 19 18 19 5 8 17 14 9 8 13 19 (repeated 3x)
23 14 20 1 14 13 3 8 23 1 14 17 14 14 18 (repeated 3x)
The Mississippi River runs south.
Next transmission on frequency Zulu."
"Be afraid, Fansome. Be very afraid. This is no joke. Check your tire pressure, monkeyboy. Check your tire pressure, Fansome. Check it now."
"Attention all operatives, this is a Bravo Siere message.
(numbers message)
The water is warm in Miami tonight."

HWK7/CUA43/CUA69

I told you last month that the religious CW pirate from Loreto, Italy, has changed his callsign to CUA43/CUA69. The callsigns belong to the former Portuguese station "Companhia Portuguesa Radio Marconi".

On 21-5 however, he was back with his old fake Vatican callsign HWK7.

Frequency: 6998 kHz.

"vvv de CUA43/CUA69 -= nr.133/la --- 08905/2004 -=
poco fa ho sentito a radio maria il padre livio che
vorrei sentir sempre. ..."

"vvv de HWK7 +" (repeated)

Commando solo

Not a pirate but an official US clandestine: Radio/TV Marti aired from an aircraft.

"The United States will use airplanes to broadcast anti-Castro programs into Cuba to improve reception on the communist-ruled island, the White House said."

This news item appeared in the newspapers on May 6th.

So, Commando Solo will fly again. This time to air the Radio and TV Marti programs into Cuba on a regular basis.