Firedrake 9745 AM 2004 UTC 14 Oct 2018

[skeezix]

2004Z 45434 S7 Firedrake coming in well. Nothing heard underneath it.





_{Kenwood TS-690S with Wellbrook ALA-1530S+ loop antenna}

[R4002]

I was under the impression that the Chinese had gotten rid of the Firedrake jammer and simply used the China National Radio 1 (or was it Radio China International?) feed transmitted on the same frequency at the same time "accidentally" jamming what Firedrake jammed before.

[Treehouse SWL]

I think China's alternating between the two. Yesterday (Oct. 16), I heard RFA in Chinese at 1640 UTC on 11610 kHz, and it took me several minutes to realize it was being jammed because, for once, the RFA signal was on top of the jamming signal, which seemed to be contemporary Chinese music rather than the Firedrake. 

But this morning, as I scanned by an RFA frequency in the 11 MHz band, the Firedrake was dominating. So they haven't given it up.

[MDK2]

I think China's alternating between the two. Yesterday (Oct. 16), I heard RFA in Chinese at 1640 UTC on 11610 kHz, and it took me several minutes to realize it was being jammed because, for once, the RFA signal was on top of the jamming signal, which seemed to be contemporary Chinese music rather than the Firedrake. 

But this morning, as I scanned by an RFA frequency in the 11 MHz band, the Firedrake was dominating. So they haven't given it up.

You're sure it wasn't CNR1? Because China most often runs CNR1 for jamming these days. Or could you hear the Firedrake underneath?

[Treehouse SWL]

FINALLY! Today, I caught the Firedrake signal between 1800 and 1900 UTC (Oct. 28) on 9860 kHz. I even got it recorded a bit ... It really kicks in about 35 seconds into the video.

https://youtu.be/ljIFtlfkDn4