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S04

Enigma ID S04
Name Edna Sednitzer
Frequencies
Status Inactive
Voice Female, automated
Emission mode LSB
Location Bulgaria

Bulgarian

Activity pages

S04 belonged to one of Bulgarian intelligence agencies. The language was Bulgarian. Last heard in 2006.[1]

Format:

Preamble Message Repeat Outro
342 Nomer 222 Grupi 238 47175 18030 20166 ... 342 Nomer 222 Grupi 238 47175 18030 20166 ... 0 0 0
3-figure ID Serial number Amount of 5-figure groups in the message 5-figure single groups 3-figure ID Serial number Amount of 5-figure groups in the message 5-figure single groups  
Repeated for 5 minutes       Repeated for 1 minute        

The serial number was increased each time a new message was sent on a given schedule.

The following pronunciation was used:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Nùla Ednà Dvoika Tri Chètiri Petorka Shest Sèdnitsa Òsem Dèvet

History

Little is known about S04. It was active in the 1980s, but has later fallen into disuse in favor of its Morse code counterpart, M13.

It was re-activated in November 1999[2], with one schedule - second Monday and Tuesday of each month at 21:45 UTC (winter 22:45), with ID 537 for messages 23 groups or shorter, or 342 otherwise. That was the only schedule of re-activated S04, that remained active until its demise in early 2006.

References

  1. ENIGMA Control List, Revision #25 [accessed September 18th, 2014]
  2. ENIGMA Newsletter #18 (January 2000), p. 11 - read a scanned version here