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UNID 6925 USB 03:02z-03:17z 07-10-12
Sealord:
Recorder catch:
6925 (rx in USB) SIO 323
Decent signal with some fading. Strange sound being repeated over & over - almost sounds like a ghost/spooky effect.
*03:02z-03:17z*
Audio: http://archive.org/download/ShortwaveOddsSodsTransmissions/Unid_pirate6925Usb0302z-0317z07-10-12.mp3
Here's one of the better fadeups at 03:11z (6 secs.):
Audio: http://archive.org/download/ShortwaveOddsSodsTransmissions/Unid_pirate6925Usb0311z07-10-12.mp3
Bizarre! - thanks :)
ChrisSmolinski:
Spooky sounds noted here as well. Weak, so difficult to tell what they could have been. It did sound a little like the audio loop feedback sounds often reported as "whales": http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Whales
thechoat:
heard them here two very weak but definitly the same sounds i heard 7-09-12right after an unid shut down and then while Blue Ocean Radio was on
jFarley:
Also heard as a recorder catch here; same time and audio quality as Sealord.
This is the 3rd or 4th time I've heard this, and it has my interest. Because it vaguely reminds me of one, I've been calling this the "Mourning Dove" in my logbook.
The best audio I've capped here is in the file ref'd in the "Grumpy Old Pirate" post, especially towards the end of the file. I listened to that in a bit more detail today and have noted a couple of things. The musical "phrases" all sound very similar, if not identical. There is a varying period of between 7 and 10 seconds between consecutive phrases, with no discernible pattern. Although the phrases seem to be similar, there are some artifacts. If you open the file in an editor and jump to 72:25 in the file, there is a beep followed by a snatch of possibly computerized OM voice. I can't make it out, but the last word might be "password". At 73:25, there is a Windows Notify alert heard. If I'm correct, this is the alert, if enabled, to signal a new fax or email. Hmmm.
Every time I've heard it, it seems to start and stop at discrete times; it is not fadin in or out.
I don't know what this all means yet. The regularity of the phrases seems to argue against a feedback system. It could be a recording meant to serve the same purpose as an XM setup. I don't know. Or it could be a pirate, in which case it doesn't hurt to ask...
I can haz QSL? Would definitely be appreciated, and thanks!
"The heavens refused to give up their weeping" (The Scrolls of TIMIT, Verse 639)
Sealord:
Recorder catches 07-11-12:
6925 USB SIO 322
Back again with fair to decent signal.
03:22z-03:28z same sound effect as night before
03:32z can barely hear what sounds like voice with music (not sure if this is from same sound effect station)
03:34z new sound effect begins over weak voice with music - this time the effect is different from the one heard earlier.
03:37z everything off
Audio (03:22z-03:37z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwaveOddsSodsTransmissions/Unid_pirate6925Usb0322z-0337z07-11-12.mp3
6925 USB SIO 333-433
On again with same sound effect from 03:34z-03:37z and better signal quality this time.
*04:34z-05:07z*
Audio: http://archive.org/download/ShortwaveOddsSodsTransmissions/Unid_pirate6925Usb0434z-0507z07-11-12.mp3
The saga continues... :)
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