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Author Topic: AFA5VZ 4018 CW 0237 UTC 16 JAN 2025  (Read 206 times)

Offline Robot Matrix

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AFA5VZ 4018 CW 0237 UTC 16 JAN 2025
« on: January 17, 2025, 0347 UTC »
Station identifying as AFA5VZ transmitting in Morse Code around 15 WPM. Looking up that weird callsign was unfruitful. Any ideas who this could be?

My CW is rusty so I used a decoder, which did OK except during fades off and on. I cleaned up as much as I could but left the rest. Does this mean anything to anyone?

Here is the text:
... EH LINE 5 II ALL STATES IN FEMA REGION 5 I SAY AGN LINE 5 ALL STATES IN FEMA REGION 5 II LINE 6 II ICY ... ROADS SLOW DOWN I SAY AGN LINE 6 II ICY ROADS E SLOW DOWN I SAY AGN LINE 7 IS A CU INI L L B T E O W OF UM NE R 00&SOHW? BK ..... II LINE 7 II A C U BK ... REPEAT LINES LINE 7 IS A CU, A CU?BK .... U LINE 7 IS S U C U A KU ?TSNE EOZ I SAK WHSATAEE LINE 7 I I A CU LINE 7 EII A C U LINE 7 II A K U K E Z FINE U ETE T .... E W TEA A D V I S OR Y LINE 7 IS THE U T SE NTI C T I O N 3 L E T T I K IN S BHEEBT EEHI I WILL MAKE NET FALL NW + I C1 DE AFA5VZ Q HZ K B I N T IKE I N T Z BO K EN GZ GN IN T QSP K SEIGN IN T QSP K E HZ GN + 5 O Z DE AFA5VZ MA K N ET CALNSH CALL K I T....  NE DE AFA5VZ RR OK GUD WRK ASN ESIIE E= AM VY APPY OM5 YOURE SUPPORTING CWHIHI= I C H O MY C OOAND + 5 I C AO E AFA5VZ KJ II Z K J +  SK  ... TEESCLNSE ON KJ 3 7 3 ES TNDT A GT OM  SK EE ANTO NDIO CHECK ON R R51 ? K BKOK MOHEIIR N W
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Re: AFA5VZ 4018 CW 0237 UTC 16 JAN 2025
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2025, 2043 UTC »
It's a USAF MARS callsign.

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Re: AFA5VZ 4018 CW 0237 UTC 16 JAN 2025
« Reply #2 on: Today at 05:22 »
It's a USAF MARS callsign.

73,
Patrick

Ah... thanks. I didn't know they did CW. Learned something new.
NESDR Smart V5, Ham It Up upconverter v1.3, 20' dipole with balun, and various other antennas to cover .1-1750MHz. QTH near Warrensburg, MO.

 

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