HARMAN Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/18/2009
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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To find HARMAN your best bet is to do the nearby BNTS, once you've done BNTS and it has revealed all to you, you should find this cache quite easily and have a major clue in your possession.

Ultimately, HARMAN is a Morse code cache. You're challenge is to read some Morse code coming from BNTS to reveal the GZ of HARMAN.

You don't need to know Morse code, but, you will need a plan as such. To Clarify, you don't NEED to be COMPETENT on Morse code but you do need to understand it. you will NEED to decode the Morse encoded message. The Morse code is fast enough to make it challenging but slow enough to make it easy for a non Morse person with some nouse to work it out. The message transmitted from BNTS is a short cycle which repeats itself 24 hours a day and starts of with some very obvious tick, tick,tick then Beeeep Beeeep Beeeep sync pulses - then comes the message, whic includes more than just lat/long numbers.

The wikipedia page on Morse code will see you with all the knowledge you need. Note that the transmitted message uses punctuation and prosigns.

BNTS transmits a continuous Morse code location tone sequence on or about 96.5Mhz FM(W). if you're standing at the final GZ location for BNTS and have located the physical cache you should be well placed to receive the transmitted Morse code signal, start tuning at about 96.5Mhz and move around a little until you get it, the temperature of the day affects the frequency a little.

BONSHAW is a Waypoint for BNTS and a pretty easy find. Inside the cache container at WPT:BONSHAW you'll find a note pad, with the GZ location for BNTS and you'll also and a simple FM receiver, I've found this receiver to be better than fully synthesized car radio's for receiving the signal from BNTS. Take the transistor radio with you to GZ for BNTS, sign the log and then tune in and start decoding the Morse code signal. This Signal will lead you to HARMAN, a short drive away.

Hint : I'd bring an A4 notepad and pencil for when you get to BNTS GZ.

I tested the Morse code sequence on two women who cannot read Morse code at all, and they both worked it out after a few cycles.

FTF Honors go to Peter and Paula from Team PPSS - well done!, they don't know morse code.

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UPDATE 26th OCT 09 : I've been out and done some cache maintenance. I did some field reprogramming and the signal emanating near BNTS is now going M U C H S L O W E R . It is now transmitting at about 4 words per minute so should be very easy for any cacher to decipher. Just do a little homework on what morse sounds like then take with you a A4 notebook and a pen.. as the signal comes out scribe down the di dah di dah signal.. then look up what it is from your morse code table. Make sure you know what CT and AR mean as well as the code for a decimal point.

For those who had put this in the too hard basket now you should fine it much easier.

If you would like to test if you can do it just go to the web page below and make yourself a morse code test message and see if you can copy it down - (visit link) make sure you set the character speed to 'true timing'
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