The Enigma machine that the Germans used during World War II to create encoded secret messages is about to be put back into action. KPH, the maritime radio station in California, will be transmitting messages using Enigma encryption for broadcast via both CW and RTTY. Listeners copy the message and then, using an actual Enigma machine they may have in their shack or a simulated one available online, work to decrypt the message which will be sent in groups of five letters each.

This annual tradition recalls the hard work of World War II era cryptographers who ultimately cracked the code.

Certificates are awarded for proof of successful decode, first to decode and for use of original or replica hardware.

The broadcast begins at 2000 UTC on the 30th of August on all KPH CW and RTTY frequencies.

For more details, visit the link in the text version of this weeks newscast at arnewsline.org