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High Technology in Huntly (Waikato) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/14/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Time for a bit of technology in Huntly The listed co-ords will make you wet, so don't go there, but you are in the right area.

To find the first waypoint you will need to solve the puzzle. At the waypoint there will be 2 ways to get the location for the final, you can either use your high technology or actually find the waypoint cache which contain the co-ords for the final.

Now the puzzle, All the questions are based on this high technology,

WWW= The first 3 digits of the battery type used?

XX = Remembering that A=1 and Z= 26, what is the type of wireless protocol does this hardware use? Adding up the number of each letter

YY= This technology sends out a message, how long can the message be ????? characters?

ZZ = What is the reliable transmitting range in meters of this technology?

 

Now do the sums

S37 33.XX times YY minus 907


E175 08.WWW minus ZZ plus 187

Extra credit goes to radionut50 for his help with the High Technology

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hfr gur sbepr Yhxr......bbcf.......Hfr gur Trbpurpx

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)