{"id":14670,"date":"2015-09-07T07:43:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14670"},"modified":"2015-09-07T07:43:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:43:29","slug":"the-enigma-event-an-on-air-exchange-of-encrypted-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/the-enigma-event-an-on-air-exchange-of-encrypted-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"The Enigma Event: an on-air exchange of encrypted messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Radio-Dial-Blurred-Dark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12846\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Radio-Dial-Blurred-Dark.jpg\" alt=\"Radio-Dial-Blurred-Dark\" width=\"1000\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Radio-Dial-Blurred-Dark.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Radio-Dial-Blurred-Dark-300x79.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2015\/september\/the_enigma_event.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Members of the ARI Fidenza will be activating special callsigns IO4ENG and IQ4FE during the &#8216;Enigma Event&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Enigma Event consists of exchanging ham radio messages over the air encrypted with the Enigma code of WW II memory to commemorate its importance in the history of communications and encryption.<\/p>\n<p>The Event Enigma is one of the &#8220;European Researchers&#8217; Night&#8221; events on Sept 25th, when a number of initiatives will be organized by European research and cultural institutions.<\/p>\n<p>An Amateur Radio Award (ENIGMA AWARD) is associated with this event. The ham activity of the ENIGMA AWARD will start on Sept. 12th.<\/p>\n<p>All details and rules are available on the official Web site at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enigma-reloaded.it\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.enigma-reloaded.it<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This should be a fun event to hear on the air and one of the very few sponsored by ham radio operators who will intentionally transmit &#8220;encrypted&#8221; messages. \u00a0I will try to tune in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Southgate ARC) Members of the ARI Fidenza will be activating special callsigns IO4ENG and IQ4FE during the &#8216;Enigma Event&#8217;. The Enigma Event consists of exchanging ham radio messages over the air encrypted with the Enigma code of WW II memory to commemorate its importance in the history of communications and encryption. The Event Enigma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43,1409,1167],"tags":[4185,4184,4186],"class_list":["post-14670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-ari-fidenza","tag-enigma","tag-enigma-event"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3OC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24950,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/april-7-decipher-an-enigma-encrypted-message-on-40-meters\/","url_meta":{"origin":14670,"position":0},"title":"April 7: Decipher an Enigma encrypted message on 40 meters","author":"Thomas","date":"April 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) Enigma encrypted message to be sent in 40m In cooperation with Bletchley Park, the Heinz Nixdorf Museum DL\u00d8HNF in Paderborn, Germany is hosting a cipher event on April 7 A Google translation of the DARC post reads: As with the first event of this kind ten years\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Enigma-Machine.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Enigma-Machine.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Enigma-Machine.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Enigma-Machine.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25086,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/bletchley-park-replica-turing-bombe-decodes-40m-enigma-message\/","url_meta":{"origin":14670,"position":1},"title":"Bletchley Park replica Turing Bombe decodes 40M Enigma message","author":"Thomas","date":"April 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember the weekend 40 meter Enigma message transmitted by DL0HNF? 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