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The Santa Monica Repeater Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/3/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

AnOTHER Santa Monica Airport puzzle.  This was the last one I had in mind when I first starting hiding caches last week so I'll probably start branching out after this.  Bison tube, so BYOP.  Its on a pretty slow street but stealth will need to be used for the muggles living nearby.  Good luck...hope to keep the streaks alive.


ABOVE COORDINATES ARE NOT TO FINAL CACHE.  THIS IS AIRPORT PROPERTY, LOCAL AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES WILL NOT APPRECIATE YOUR ENCROACHMENT.

 

At the coords, however, you will find two radio towers.  These towers are called "repeater" towers.  They take radio transmissions, between pilots and air traffic controllers, and amplify them.  This allows the transmissions to be transmitted over a greater distance than otherwise.  The transmitters and receivers for this part of the aviation industry operate on the Very High Frequency radio band, specifically 118.1 MHz to 137.0 MHz.  As a piece of gee whiz information, Santa Monica Airports operates two radio frequencies; one for airplanes on the ground and one for airplanes in the air.  They are 121.9 and 120.1 respectively.

I had some troubles placing this cache at first; got muggled almost immediately (I think). Took some time to scope out GZ and found a much better, but much more difficult, location. Stealth is ABSOLUTELY required. These are new coordinates so anyone who solved the puzzle before will need to resolve, however the "cipher" is still the same.

1234871235896198698623453390823469844863512340073651388136541987716351459964538908086754178

73651434909112837451891176543123423167885460765226354563577645725644467543200637836722674635

 

Enjoy the puzzle!!


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hfr n angheny enzc.

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)