Xref: utzoo rec.ham-radio:9314 sci.electronics:5502 sci.crypt:1648 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!sequent!verdix!ogccse!blake!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!rpi!leah!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!mailrus!ames!ucsd!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!venera.isi.edu!aero!trwind!bgun From: bgun@trwind.UUCP (Bill Gunshannon) Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.electronics,sci.crypt Subject: Re: Short Wave Numbers "Racket" Message-ID: <455@trwind.UUCP> Date: 10 Mar 89 16:41:09 GMT References: <439@brambo.UUCP> <885@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <2982@nunki.usc.edu> Organization: TRW Information Networks Division, Torrance C.A. Lines: 20 In article <2982@nunki.usc.edu>, guncer@sal56.usc.edu (Selim Guncer) writes: > In article <885@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> morris@jade.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Mike Morris) writes: > >In article <439@brambo.UUCP> wwg@brambo.UUCP (Warren W. Gay) writes: > >>There are a number of illegal short wave broadcasts that are apparently > >>difficult to track down (as to location). These broadcasts consist > >>entirely of numbers (as far as I have heard at least). > >> My only question is What makes it illegal??? Just because you don't understand it doesn't make it illegal. As a communicator in the ARMY (for more years than I care to count) I sent thousands of messages that consisted of code groups. I certainly hope what I was doing wasn't illegal. :-) bill gunshannon KB3YV bgun@trwind.ind.TRW.COM