tWoS Enigma

James Tiberius Kirk · 09-05-19, 07:09 AM

Hi all!

I have just received a message from the BdU. (It is the first day of September, 1939) In September we must use the "keyword" TEICH. Now, my first two word is EQVI and NXVG. According to the Doppelbuchstaben tauschtafel EQ = WT VI=LD NX=PK VG=IW So, my first "word" is WLPI. First letter goes to the trash, remains LPI.

And here comes the problem: According to the Gruppenliste (which we can find in the Kenngruppenbuch) LPI equals 313. The number 313 belongs to the keyword POTSDAM, while in 1939 the only keyword i can choice is HYDRA.

Is it possible, that the message was sent to an other U-boot?

James Tiberius Kirk · 09-05-19, 07:25 AM

Problem solved, can i delete this thread?

hauangua · 09-05-19, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by James Tiberius Kirk

Hi all!

I have just received a message from the BdU. (It is the first day of September, 1939) In September we must use the "keyword" TEICH. Now, my first two word is EQVI and NXVG. According to the Doppelbuchstaben tauschtafel EQ = WT VI=LD NX=PK VG=IW So, my first "word" is WLPI. First letter goes to the trash, remains LPI.

And here comes the problem: According to the Gruppenliste (which we can find in the Kenngruppenbuch) LPI equals 313. The number 313 belongs to the keyword POTSDAM, while in 1939 the only keyword i can choice is HYDRA.

Is it possible, that the message was sent to an other U-boot?

Hi Tiberius
You must check when the message was sent (August 31) and August is "Strom" and your first "word" will be "HAI"--->247---->Hydra.
Remember, it's not important when you received it, but it's important when it was sent

DicheBach · 09-09-19, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hauangua

Hi Tiberius
You must check when the message was sent (August 31) and August is "Strom" and your first "word" will be "HAI"--->247---->Hydra.
Remember, it's not important when you received it, but it's important when it was sent

Yeah, I got that. And pretty sure I got all the other stuff right. But when I decoded it, it seemed to be gibberish?

DicheBach · 09-09-19, 04:20 PM

Ahh! I figured out how I screwed up the decoding on that note!

In the Strom table for the two character set VG I had written down IG, but that is incorrect. It is IQ!

Got in too big a rush after reading the documentation to get my first message decoded . . .

Makes sense! (except for those last two groups, which are puzzling)
Anybody know what is up with the HSXG and the SCJX groups? It all seems to decode properly except those just seem like garble?

09-05-19, 07:09 AM	#1
James Tiberius Kirk Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Mostly in the alpha quadrant Posts: 8 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	tWoS Enigma Hi all! I have just received a message from the BdU. (It is the first day of September, 1939) In September we must use the "keyword" TEICH. Now, my first two word is EQVI and NXVG. According to the Doppelbuchstaben tauschtafel EQ = WT VI=LD NX=PK VG=IW So, my first "word" is WLPI. First letter goes to the trash, remains LPI. And here comes the problem: According to the Gruppenliste (which we can find in the Kenngruppenbuch) LPI equals 313. The number 313 belongs to the keyword POTSDAM, while in 1939 the only keyword i can choice is HYDRA. Is it possible, that the message was sent to an other U-boot?

09-09-19, 04:20 PM	#5
DicheBach Machinist's Mate Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Atlanta Posts: 128 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Ahh! I figured out how I screwed up the decoding on that note! In the Strom table for the two character set VG I had written down IG, but that is incorrect. It is IQ! Got in too big a rush after reading the documentation to get my first message decoded . . . ATTACKANYPOLISHSHIPPINGLEAVINGORENTERINGTHEDANZIGB AYQXNQAMZR Makes sense! (except for those last two groups, which are puzzling) Anybody know what is up with the HSXG and the SCJX groups? It all seems to decode properly except those just seem like garble? __________________ You would make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense. -attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte (probably paraphrased from Les Merveilles de la science) Last edited by DicheBach; 09-09-19 at 04:40 PM.

09-05-19, 07:25 AM	#2
James Tiberius Kirk Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Mostly in the alpha quadrant Posts: 8 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	Problem solved, can i delete this thread?