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Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand Hints
What frequency do I want?
1 of 9: You found the beginning frequency in the "Notes" section on Henrik's computer disk.
2 of 9: Find Henrik's notebook in the bottom drawer of his desk. Henrik's notes said to connect to channel 2050 first. Punch that number in and then click on the Connect button.
3 of 9: The voice that broadcasts is speaking Spanish in a monotone voice. What is he saying ... Testing 1 2 3?
4 of 9: According to Henrik's notebook, the words are numbers and he even provides a translation! (Great for those of us who don't understand Spanish!)
5 of 9: ocho -- tres -- dos -- siete -- uno is 83271. It is not a 4-digit number, which the machine needs for the next frequency.
6 of 9: Henrik wrote down the conversion formula in his notebook, which still sits in his lower desk drawer.
7 of 9: He said to take the last 3 numbers (in this case those would be 271) and add a 0 (zero) to the end. The result is 2710.
8 of 9: Add up all five of the numbers 8+3+2+7+1. Then add that total to 2710. Simple math.
9 of 9: The total of the five numbers equals 21. 2710 + 21 = 2731 -- the smuggler's channel. Dial this in and click on Connect.
