Kim,
I don't recall if you are primarily a CW Op or other modes.
I'm about 50/50, though my CW is mostly contesting, so that means copying high
speed but short bursts.
This is different from copying continuous plain text.
I tried it 3 times.
The first time I missed quite a bit.
On the second and third pass I copied all the letters but got 5 or 6 wrong each
time.
If it had been in English, I might have been a little better.
I find it fascinating, reading about how ham radio is used in many different
ways to save the day.
I guess we all recall the movie, "Independence Day."
Of course that was just a movie. This was real life.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 4:03 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Columbian Army hid CW Message in a Song for Hostages
I listened, too and didn't hear any CW at all. My guess is that it takes a lot
of repletion to find it.
Kim N5OP
"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> On Jan 25, 2015, at 11:02, "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>
> I know this has nothing directly to do with TEN-TEC but everything to do with
> CW and most of us are still CW operators.
>
> This is a true story of how the Columbian army hid a CW message within a song
> targeting hostages being held by the FARC terrorist group. The message
> informed the hostages that they were about to be rescued.
>
> They had the song played on all the local radio stations.
> Radio operators held captive amongst the hostages copied the text and passed
> it on by word of mouth to other captives.
>
> Further down the page you’ll find the actual audio file of the song.
> See if you can copy the message.
>
> To be honest, I have not yet managed to copy it 100%, partly because it is in
> Spanish and also because it is well hidden within the music. See if you can
> copy it!
>
> BTW: You can’t do this with PSK31!
>
> www.theverge.com/2015/1/7/7483235/the-code-colombian-army-morsecode-hostages
>
> CW IS DEAD. LONG LIVE CW!
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
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