[TenTec] OT: Columbian Army hid CW Message in a Song for Hostages

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

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 at 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 at 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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