[Spoilers] Case 3 Alphabetic Code? [SOLVED!]

[Plato Karamazov]

6970 kHz reads:

Mike Zulu Sierra Hotel Bravo Echo

I put in

MZSHBE

it won't accept. What am I going wrong?

[EDIT] I solved it. There's an index for the alphabetical codes in the microfilm manual that corresponds to the frequency.

[raziel]

i'm on this right now but i can barely read the microfilm, what is the code?

[Plato Karamazov]

Originally posted by MR NASTY:

i'm on this right now but i can barely read the microfilm, what is the code?

189045

Move the sliders above the button. The left slider zooms, the other focuses.

[raziel]

Originally posted by Plato Karamazov:

Originally posted by MR NASTY:

i'm on this right now but i can barely read the microfilm, what is the code?

189045

Move the sliders above the button. The left slider zooms, the other focuses.

yikes i didn't even notice those sliders! thank you!

[SickB]

I hate this chapter. It´s just too much with the micro film and switching back and forth all the time.

How do you get that number.

If you translate MZSHBE with the Chart the numbers are 152211048 and nothing like the solution

[chrisjfinlay]

Originally posted by SickB:

I hate this chapter. It´s just too much with the micro film and switching back and forth all the time.

How do you get that number.

If you translate MZSHBE with the Chart the numbers are 152211048 and nothing like the solution

Sorry to bump a dead subject; but I think others may get stuck here and need some help.

In "normal" letter > number conversion, MZSHBE comes out as 13-26-19-8-2-5. Looking at the alpha chart (second appendix), you can see a 4 column table with frequency numbers at the top. The first column shows the conversion I mentioned above, but it's the wrong frquency. We're interested in the THIRD column as it matches the broadcast frequency. You can see from this column that the numbers are all shifted +2, so M is 15 instead of 13. You need to take care because the last row in the first table and the first row in the second are referring to the same letter.

Following this column, the result is: 15-2-21-10-4-7. 152211047. You were one off.

I don't know how, but the comments above are referring to the puzzle AFTER this one. 189045 is read out for you, there is no conversion required. However, you will need to add them up to follow the flowchart.