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====== WAOARC Riddle Answers 2026 ======



=== Riddle 1 ===
The Weekend Ghost, \\
Gear up before the weekend wakes, \\
3 Ws to find my signal it takes. \\
Echoes will float through the evening sky, \\
Keep a watch as the clouds roll by, \\
You’ll only catch me if you try. \\
Expect me all day long too, \\
I am a ghost until I am found. \\
2 days of keying up out of the blue, \\
Old friends will track the familiar voice \\
Answering stations at a steady rate, \\
Ready to log me before it's too late, \\
Catch clustered clues, removing the wait. \\
Turn up dxheat to find where I sit on the crowded dial, \\
Look for the wavelength of two scores, and smile. \\

Here is the riddle. Read every sentence. Read every word.

=== Riddle 1 Answers ===
<hidden>G3EKY – First letter of the sentences
EI2OARC -  First letter of the sentences
Weekend
Evening
Familiar voice
Catch clustered clues, dxheat. – Use cluster to find.
Wavelength Two scores – a score can mean 20, so 2 scores is 40m
</hidden>

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=== Riddle 2 – Songs === 
https://suno.com/playlist/e5764583-09fe-47c5-92fd-328b8ba84422 

From Saturday morning through Tuesday night, \\
Four solid days of my signals in flight. \\
No need to sit staring at screens till it hurts, \\
Just catch when I'm active with your Ham Alerts. \\
Tune down to a wavelength of exactly two scores, \\
But standard old modes will not open these doors. \\
To find the right mode, just follow this song: \\
Just Start 8 Chats And Listen Long. \\
To decode the whispers and join in the fun, \\
Run at least version two point three point one. \\
To uncover the secret I left in the mix, \\
Add in the group @ W A O A R C 26. Once it is entered, you know what to do, \\
Query the group for a message for you. \\

=== Riddle 2 Answers ===
<hidden>Time: Saturday morning to Tuesday Night \\ 
Use Ham alerts, or a spotting program to know when it is active. \\ 
Wavelength two scores. – 40m \\ 
Just Start 8 Chats And Listen Long. JS8 CALL, start of each word. \\ 

Add group @WAOARC26 to JS8 Call groups. Send a query to it to see if there are any messages in the inbox. It will give a message number, You can then Query the message number to get the riddle message in your inbox.
</hidden>
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=== Riddle 3 – Songs ===
https://suno.com/playlist/76d65602-ce4a-417f-8016-dee38d866641 

Gather the relics of times long ago, \\
Building connections with signals that flow. \\
2 days of heritage out on the air, \\
Castles and galleries from everywhere. \\
Honoring secrets the ancestors know. \\

(Chorus) Your mission is simple, the target is wide, \\
With history waiting on every band's side. \\
Just tune up your radio, spin the big dial, \\
And work any museum you hear for a while. \\
A ship or a bunker, a gallery hall, \\
Complete the exchange, and then log their full call. \\

(Verse 2) A callsign is hidden right here in this rhyme, \\
But your actual goal is the keepers of time. \\
From local exhibits to sites far away, \\
The operators are ready to work you today. \\
So answer their CQ and send your report, \\
From a vintage old plane or an ancient stone fort. \\

(Chorus) Your mission is simple, the target is wide, \\
With history waiting on every band's side. \\
Just tune up your radio, spin the big dial, \\
And work any museum you hear for a while. \\ 
A ship or a bunker, a gallery hall, \\
Complete the exchange, and then log their full call. \\

=== Riddle 3 Answers ===
<hidden>GB2CH – Hidden callsign, used for Cragside House a victorian country house. But your goal is to work any station doing museums on the air. \\

Work any museum – Museums on the air weekend. Work and log any station doing museums on the air.</hidden>

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=== Riddle 4 ===
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=== Riddle 4 Answers ===
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<hidden>G3EKY - Row 2, column 1 \\
EI2OARC - row 3 column 7 \\ 
PSK Reporter - row 3 column 1 \\
FT8 Mode - row6 column 1 \\
FT8 - row 3 column 13 \\
Cluster - row 9 column 3 \\
Thursday - row 10 row 4 \\
</hidden>
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=== Riddle 5 ===

Find the answer to life and the universe too, \\
And subtract from that total exactly two. \\
Take the speed of the light in its cosmic advance, \\
In meters per second, a dizzying dance. \\


Forego the exactness that clutters the flow, \\
Use the smooth, rounded constant that physicists know. \\
Divide that bright speed by the first number found, \\
Then drop half a million right down to the ground. \\

Next divide by a mega-hertz scale, steady and clear, \\
To find the shift value you need to have here. \\
The number you hold when the math is all done, \\
Is the positive shift that you need to uncover the fun! \\


Aol hpydhclz hyl xbpla, aol johsslunl hdhpaz, \\
Av wbss kvdu h zljyla ypnoa aoyvbno aol zahapj nhalz. \\
Qbza Zllr 1 ayhuztpzzpvuz av bujvcly aol wypgl, \\
Dolyl zlclu wvpua glyv lpnoa mpcl dpss hypzl. \\

Fvb ohcl buaps Aobyzkhf hz khfspnoa nvlz khyr, \\
Av zlhyjo dhvhyj huk slhcl fvby jslhy thyr. \\
Ylxblza aol zovya alea aoha pz dhpapun mvy fvb, \\
Ylayplcl pa jvtwslalsf, huk aol tpzzpvu pz aoyvbno.  \\


=== Riddle 5 Answers ===
<hidden>- the answer to life and the Universe 42. - From "Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" \\
42 - 2 = 40 \\
Speed of light = 299,792,458 m/s. Rounded to 300,000,000 m/s \\

300,000,000 / 40 = 7,500,000 \\
7,500,000 - 500,000 = 7,000,000 \\
7,000,000 / 1,000,000 = 7 \\

answer is 7. \\

The section section has been encrypted using a Caesar cipher +7, so shift each character -7 to decode. \\
there are online decoders, ai or you can do it manually. \\ </hidden>


=== Riddle 5 answers part 2 ===
<hidden>The airwaves are quiet, the challenge awaits, \\
To pull down a secret right through the static gates. \\
Just Seek 8 transmissions to uncover the prize, \\
Where seven point zero eight five will arise. \\

You have until Thursday as daylight goes dark, \\
To search waoarc and leave your clear mark. \\
Request the short text that is waiting for you, \\
Retrieve it completely, and the mission is through. \\

\\ 
Just seek 8. = JS8 Call
Freq 7.085 \\
Until Thursday \\
ADD @WAOARC to JS8 call group. Send a Query to see if there are any messages waiting for you. Once you receive the Message number, send a query with the message \\\number and you will receive the riddle message in your inbox. \\
</hidden>


=== Riddle 6 ===

A wiki holds the knowledge that operators seek, \\
But to find the proper document, you must peek beneath the speak.  \\
The final path is hidden, a secret address,  \\
Concealed within a sentence for clever hams to guess.  \\

To find the destination and get your final clue,  \\
Extract the letter from every word in view.  \\
String them all together to bring the link to light:  \\
Radio waves hum across the night.  \\

=== Riddle 6 Answers ===
<hidden>Wiki - OARC wiki
a secret address - OARC Wiki Link
Radio Waves hum across the night. - Extract the first letter of the last sentence RWATN, Search for it on the OARC wiki where it reveals a clue
</hidden>

=== Riddle 6 - Part 2 ===
A secret waits where few have strode,

To see it all, just tap the code.

A hidden message, neat and true,

Reveals itself with one tap from you.

21 34 42 44 54 32, 42 44 44 54, 33 15 53 44, 52 15 15 13,
31 34 34 13, 21 34 42, 42 12 33, 34 42, 43 35 34 44 43. 

=== Riddle 6 Part 2 - Answers ===
<hidden>Tap the code/ - Tap code \\
One Tap from you - Tap Code \\
\\
21 34 42 44 54 32 - FORTYM \\
42 44 44 54 - RTTY \\
33 15 53 44 - NEXT \\
52 15 15 13 - WEEK \\
31 34 34 13 - LOOK \\
21 34 42 - FOR \\
42 12 33 - RBN \\
34 42 - OR \\
43 35 34 44 43 - SPOTS \\

</hidden>

=== Riddle 7 - Video ===
You all know what happened last week \\
it was a riddle but you know where to look now \\
go, find them and extract the instructions \\

This is the Riddle message sent by RTTY

01001110 01000101 01011000 01010100 00100000 01010111 01000101 01000101 01001011 00100000 01001100 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01001110 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01001100 01001111 01001111 01001011

=== Riddle 7 - Answers ===

<hidden>The riddle message is encoded in Binary: NEXT WEEK LISTEN TO LOOK \\
Next week listen to Look. Refers to SSTV, Slow Scan TV.</hidden>


=== Riddle 8 - Video ===
Well hello, we are going to be at 7165 Kilocycles

But if it's busy, well cluster buster.
Listen to look.

=== Riddle 8 Answers ===
<hidden>Message sent in SSTV Image

Next Week
Riddle Message
DE G3EKY

There is also a QR code with the link, wiki.oarc.uk/thefinalclue</hidden>


=== Riddle 9 ===

I wear the alphabet as a numbered disguise. \\
My first begins at one, my last ends at twenty-six. \\
Give each letter its rightful place, \\
And the hidden message will reveal its face. \\

20 8 5. 18 9 4 4 12 5. 13 5 19 19 1 7 5. 14 21 13 2 5 18. 15 6. 20 8 5. 6 9 14 1 12. 3 12 21 5. 9 19. 58 32 71.


=== Riddle 9 Answers ===
<hidden>
20 8 5. 18 9 4 4 12 5. 13 5 19 19 1 7 5. 14 21 13 2 5 18. 15 6. 20 8 5. 6 9 14 1 12. 3 12 21 5. 9 19. 58 32 71. \\

1 = A, 2= B, Z is 26 etc \\

Decoding the message shows as: The Riddle message number of the final clue is 58 32 71 \\

The last 3 number don't follow the format of the previous ones as it is above 26. \\
They are the numbers you log for when submitting the Riddle form. \\

There is no radio to be used, This is the final riddle that concludes the riddles. \\</hidden>