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Intercepted Transmission II Mystery Cache

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Eynowd: I was not able to check on this during a recent visit to the area and have no idea when I'll be back again.

Thanks to all who have found it over the past ten years or so. I hope you enjoyed the challenge.

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Hidden : 10/12/2006
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Message received from Operative HQ
MESSAGE BEGIN

  1. Agents have intercepted a transmission believed to provide location of supply cache. Transmission reads:
    PDAYS YDAEO HKYSP AXSPO KQPDP 
    DENPW PUKXA CNAAO BEBPW OEVLK 
    EJPOE VOEVB ERAIE JQPAO ASOPK 
    JABEB PWKJA XACNA AOBKN PWPUK 
    LKEJP PDNAA ZANKO EVIEJ QPAOV
    
  2. Questioning of enemy agent revealed key word is somehow related to an American rock band of the 1970s and 80s.
  3. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to break the above code and locate the cache. Good luck

MESSAGE ENDS

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbqr: Gb trg gur pvcuregrkg nycunorg, jevgr bhg gur xrl jbeq, sbyybjrq ol gur erfg bs gur nycunorg va beqre, fxvccvat bire gur yrggref bs gur xrljbeq. Nyfb, gur choyvfurq pbbeqf jrer abg pubfra ng enaqbz... Pnpur: Haqre jung'f yrsg bs n pyhzc bs Cnaqnahf tenff, ng gur gbc bs na rnegura onax, nobhg 10-15z bss gur cngu.

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)