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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: fpeconsultant on March 04, 2014, 0008 UTC
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Hello all,
I have collected the following data. These are reports of logs. If someone can add to it, correct it, etc please feel free. Also, if someone does hear this station I'd really appreciate a post on the shortwave pirate HFU page
some interesting info on tokens log here
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,17698.0.html
and here by bram stoker
http://www.thefrn.net/vines/read.php?5,1135,1135#msg-1135
The "four frequencies": 21850, 15655, 11590 and 9600 (9605?)
A special thanks thanks to Token for lots of posts - also, apparently the op has announced the name of his theme music but that info not copied yet. http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,18180.0.html
the creepy music has been id'd by token:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,18293.0.html
MANY MANY THANKS to Mr Token - he is truly the king of logging this strange pirate
10/24 -"you know its gonna get stranger...": http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19052.0.html
10/25 - now interacting with pirates: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19063.0.html
10/27 - strange starting out at 25700-25800khz area: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19099.0.html
11/5 - quiet lately....
11/12 - new freq 5950
11/18 - new freq 6275
11/19 - new freq 6280.....
11/28 - 6280 three in a row now; 17910 new freq
11/29 - 15695 new freq
11/30 - 6280 again
12/1 - 15705 new freq
12/6 - 6280 a favorite freq now
Freq are kHz, time is UTC as is day/date.
AM mode usually.....
Thanks,
FPE
FREQ TIME (UTC) DATE DAY
6925 0145 5/18/13 SAT
6950 0115 7/27/13 SAT
3845 0415 8/18/13 SUN
5990 *0220 9/7/13 SAT
6010 <0440-0502* 9/11/13 WED
6010 <0120-0204* 9/15/13 SUN
9775 0133* 9/28/13 SAT
9775 2330 10/7/13 MON
9775 *0105-0145+ 10/8/13 TUE
3235 0139 10/14/13 MON
3235 0255 10/18/13 FRI
3235 0247* 10/21/13 MON
3235 <-0240-0336+ 10/24/13 THUR
6075 0100 11/23/13 FRI
6150 0100 11/25/13 SUN
5820 <0256 2/10/14 MON
5785 <0235 2/24/14 MON
14350 <2345-0005* 2/25/14 TUE
5730 <0302-0349* 2/25/14 TUE
5730 <0239-0335* 2/26/14 WED
5770 NOT KNOWN 3/1/14 SAT
6995 <0033-0048* 3/2/14 SUN
7125 <0316-0332* 3/3/14 MON
5770 <0121-0140* 3/5/14 WED
5770 *0210-0316* 3/5/14 WED
11130 <2315-0020* 3/9-10/14 SUN-MON
5785 *0222-0325* 3/10/14 MON started on 5758 0220-0222*
7125 0142-0245* 3/14/14 FRI
7180 ?-0108* 3/17/14 MON
7180 *0202-0308* 3/17/14 MON
5865 <0224-0319* 3/18/14 TUE
7175L <0200-0205* 3/20/14 THU
5870 <0223-0310* 3/20/14 THU
5800 0345 3/22/14 SAT
21440U <1738-1750* 3/23/14 SUN
21450U 1923-2016* 3/23/14 SUN
5870 *0245-0341* 3/24/14 MON
5870 *0341-0441* 3/24/14 MON
21450L <1830-1923* 3/29/14 SAT
21450L <2016-2119* 3/29/14 SAT
21453U <2155-2235* 3/30/14 SUN
5800 <0350-0406z 4/3/13 THU
7205L <0250-0300* 4/4/14 FRI
14350U <0148-0206* 4/17/14 THU
17490 *1516-1621* 4/18/14 FRI
17490 <1811-1829* 4/18/14 FRI
29130U *2357 4/19/14 SAT
9730 <0218-0308* 4/21/14 MON
5865 *0231-0334* 4/22/14 TUES
11800 <0113 4/23/14 WED
14350 <0207-0241> 4/25/14 FRI
9775 <0104-0105* 4/26/14 SAT
9800 <0127-0141> 4/27/14 SUN
7182L 0415 4/27/14 SUN
7330 <0250-0315* 4/30/14 WED
7194L 0315 5/1/14 THU
14275 0345 5/4/14 SUN
7185L 0217-0234* 5/5/14 MON
11725 0113 5/7/14 WED
7300 *0302-0408* 5/7/14 WED
14350U -1805* 5/10/14 SAT
14350U <0040-0106* 5/19/14 MON
5830 <0115-0218* 5/22/14 THU
7330 <0230 5/22/14 THU
7330 <0354-0434* 5/22/14 THU
6890 *0253-0359* 6/1/14 SUN
9720 <0432-0434* 6/2/14 MON
7515v <0325-0404* 6/4/14 WED
12035 <1314-1329> 6/10/14 TUE
12040 <1351> 6/12/14 THU
7555 <0407-0431* 6/14/14 SAT
9600 <0413-0422* 6/17/14 TUE
9600 -0507* 6/19/14 THU
9610 <0545> 6/26/14 THU
9600 <0435-0511* 6/29/14 SUN
11640 <0445-0525* 7/4/14 FRI
15825 <0522-0537> 7/6/14 SUN
9600 <0542> 7/9/14 WED
11650 <0348> 7/10/14 THU
9600 <0410-0422* 7/12/14 SAT
9610 <1452> 7/14/14 MON
9600 <0330-0431*> 7/16/14 WED
15655 <2215-2240*? 7/16/14 WED
9600 <0355-0435* 7/18/14 FRI
9600 *0344-0440> 7/19/14 SAT
11590 *1715 7/19/14 SAT
15655 <2302-2337* 7/19/14 SAT
9600 *0331-0444* 7/20/14 SUN
15655 *1603-1719* 7/20/14 SUN
15655 *2151-2306* 7/20/14 SUN
9600 <0520-0543> 8/17/14 SUN – cont’d
9605 0543-0621* 8/17/14 SUN
15655 <1637-1642* 8/17/14 SUN
9605 <0346-0414* 8/18/14 MON
9605 <0337-0423”* 8/19/14 TUE
15655 <1906-1951* 8/19/14 TUE
9605 *0246-0347* 8/20/14 WED
15655 *1702-1757* 8/20/14 WED
15655 *2044 8/20/14 WED
11590 *1643 8/21/14 THU
15655 <2140> 8/21/14 THU
9600 <0320-0329> 8/22/14 FRI
21850 *1939 8/22/14 FRI
9600 *0326-0420* 8/26/14 TUE
9605 <0305-0402> 8/27/14 WED
9600 *0254-0356* 8/29/14 FRI
9605 <0300-0444* 9/1/14 MON
21850 *2110-2222* 9/2/14 TUE
9605 *0240-0405> 9/4/14 THU
9605 *0245-0356* 9/7/14 SUN
9605 <0324 9/8/14 MON
9605 *0256 9/9/14 TUE
9605 *0258 9/10/14 WED
9605 <0305-0400* 9/13/14 SAT
11595 <0132-0207* 9/14/14 SUN
9605 *0259-0405* 9/14/14 SUN
9605 *0253-0333> 9/15/14 MON
9605 *0300 9/16/14 TUE
9610 *0252-0324* 9/18/14 THU
7340 *0255-0404* 9/20/14 SAT
7345 <0235-0335* 9/26/14 FRI
7340 *0336-0337* 9/26/14 FRI
11570 <1410-1425> 9/26/14 FRI
9610 <0225-0300* 9/27/14 SAT
7340 <0310 10/4/14 SAT
15655 <1655-1743* 10/4/14 SAT
11595 1642 10/5/14 SUN
5830 2008 10/6/14 MON
5830 2052 10/6/14 MON
5800 <0210-0312* 10/11/14 SAT
9605 *0314-0431* 10/11/14 SAT
9610 *1448-1559* 10/11/14 SAT
15655 *2103-2208* 10/11/14 SAT
7340 *0200-0315* 10/12/14 SUN
21850 *1644-1720> 10/12/14 SUN
15655 <2033-2130* 10/12/14 SUN
9610 *0207-0318* 10/13/14 MON
15655 <2105-2113* 10/13/14 MON
7320 *0155-0300* 10/14/14 TUE
5795 *0200-0258* 10/17/14 FRI
15655 *2127-2225* 10/17/14 FRI
5795 *0155-0256* 10/18/14 SAT
15655 *2007-2113* 10/18/14 SAT
9620 *0202-0307* 10/19/14 SUN
11595 <1550-1623* 10/19/14 SUN
15655 <2012-2059* 10/19/14 SUN
7345 <0238-0324* 10/20/14 MON
11595 *0203-0314* 10/24/14 FRI
11600 *0158-0311 10/25/14 SAT
5795 *0202 10/27/14 MON
11595 <0140-0205> 10/28/14 TUE
11595 <0151 10/29/14 WED
11595 *0200-0304* 10/30/14 THU
11595 *0152-0310> 10/31/14 FRI
11595 *0158 11/1/14 SAT
11595 *1800 11/1/14 SAT
11595 <0243> 11/8/14 SAT
11595 <0252> 11/10/14 MON
5950 <0254-0335* 11/12/14 WED
6275 <0254 11/18/14 TUE
6280 <0303-0341> 11/19/14 WED
6280 <0307-0400> 11/27/14 THU
6280 <0307-0518* 11/28/14 FRI
17910 <1716-1728* 11/28/14 FRI
17910 <2210-2235> 11/28/14 FRI
6280 <0300-0340> 11/29/14 SAT
15695 <2118-2125* 11/29/14 SAT
6280 <0349> 11/30/14 SUN
17910 <1850> 11/30/14 SUN
11595 *0259 12/1/14 MON
15705 <1513-1557* 12/1/14 MON
15695 <0021> 12/2/14 TUE
15695 <2330-2359> 12/2/14 TUE
6280 <0331-0411* 12/4/14 THU
6280 <0340> 12/5/14 FRI
6280 *0257-0408* 12/6/14 SAT
11595 <0107-0117* 12/7/14 SUN
6280 *0257-0409* 12/9/14 TUE
15695 *2203 12/12/14 FRI
6280 *0204-0335> 12/14/14 SUN
6280 <0609-0635> 12/15/14 MON
11595 <1942* 12/17/14 WED
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Great compilation. fpe.
Appreciated!
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Thank's for the great write-up! I've only heard him once (although I did have the carrier on 6995 the other night, but no audio).
It's interesting that the first two loggings were on pirate frequencies, but since then he's mostly been logged on SWBC bands. I suppose he is going for the general listener, vs the pirate enthusiast?
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5770 <0121-0140* 3/5/14 WED
5770 *0210-0316* 3/5/14 WED
yes twice in one nite
apparently this guy broadcasts in am/usb/and lsb modes all at once (i didnt even know that was possible but thats what reports indicate) - except sometimes just in am mode.
fpe
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5770 <0121-0140* 3/5/14 WED
5770 *0210-0316* 3/5/14 WED
yes twice in one nite
apparently this guy broadcasts in am/usb/and lsb modes all at once (i didnt even know that was possible but thats what reports indicate) - except sometimes just in am mode.
fpe
I caught part of these broadcast, and they were in AM. I have seen this station use USB before.
What reports have this station using AM/USB/LSB all at one time? Often these types of reports result from users who do not bother to check the other modes.
A DSB full carrier AM signal (normal AM, A3E) can be received just fine in either LSB or USB, as well as in AM. So if a person tunes to a signal and receives it in USB (or LSB), and never bothers to check the other modes, they often will report it as USB (or LSB), when it was actually AM. One person tunes in USB, reports it as USB, another tunes in LSB, and reports it as LSB, and another tunes in AM, and reports it in AM.
If it was possible to transmit AM / USB / LSB from one transmitter with the same information in all modes (not technically impossible, but I can’t think of a single reason to do so, or a piece of hardware that supports such operation) it would not be possible to tell at the receive end, since it would appear to contain the same data as a normal DSB plus carrier AM signal.
T!
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I too have been trying unsuccessfully to hear this guy for a while now. (I also wondered about Rons log of the station being in am/usb & lsb...what the hell does that mean? He's a pretty knowledgeable & long time dx'er but I have no idea about that). I checked 5785 last night at about 2:50 - 3:15 utc while I walked the dog & was hearing something but couldn't get it very well. It was strong enough to lock the synch detector on my pl660 though. btw the 7125 broadcast was in LSB from what I've read/heard.
22:00z 3/11/14 I queried Ron about the AM+USB+LSB thing & he merely meant that they were in AM...nothing funky or exotic, he just phrased it a little weird.
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I finally heard this one tonight! For about 10 seconds. Intuned to music on 7175 LSB and the announcement "...this is radio station YHWH signing off." Off at 2:05. I couldn't find him between 5600 - 5900 when I searched there until 2:15 utc.
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The tx times look like he follows the "transmit while the wife is out of the house" school of radio piracy.
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What does YHWH stand for? I've never heard this guy but got to sometime.
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What does YHWH stand for? I've never heard this guy but got to sometime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yhwh
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I've created a page on the HFU Wiki for YHWH as well: http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/YHWH
And added today's transmission on 21440, which I think is the first time it has been heard on this high of a frequency, and possibly this time of the day? Perhaps this is a regular slot we just have never observed before?
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And perhaps he's watching us?
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Somewhat ironic... for months many of us had been trying very hard to catch a YHWH transmission. Now, I've heard several in the past few days.
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It's also very interesting hearing it multiple times. I really am not certain if this program is changed from time to time, or if we are hearing the same transcript over and over again. Does anybody have any ideas on that?
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Comparing the two different audio clips which fpeconsultant posted on the 30 Below Blog, the 2 shows appear to be different, at least in the time leading up to the song. Draw your own conclusions, and thanks fpe!
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A great pirate mystery... I love it!
Haven't caught YHWH in Tejas but thanks to all for the updates.
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fpe, I don't bother logging most of the time I see this station, so it might be more common than the list would lead you to believe.
As for his content, it does appear to be recorded. However there appears to be several recordings, some only different in the length of the music, others different in when what is said. I suppose he could have several segments that he mixes and matches. But, for example, the last 45 minutes of the two transmissions April 18 and 19 are the same, except that the music on one day is 51 seconds longer than the other day. After clipping 51.6 seconds out of the music you could run one in the left channel and one in the right and they are mirrors of each other, down to fractional second timing.
T!
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Token - understood and thanks - strange that this station has the level of interest that it has apparently raised (900 +/- views so far).
As you say, I'm sure he's on a lot more than my sources indicate.
WOW on the recordings - quite the mystery - I can tell you that the music he plays gives me the creeps - kinda like the music from that Halloween movie from the 80's (?) does - and I SWEAR I've heard it somewhere before....His sign off "I Love You" - YECHHHH - WTF!? HAH!
Thanks again & good dx to you!!
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I heard this station a few afternoons ago, 4/25, 0207-0241 UTC, 14350 khz. Ranting on about the Old Testament and stuff, quoting a lot from a book. When I tuned out he was still talking.
Two IDs, but didn't realise they were IDs until I recalled the station being mentioned here.
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It is possible to broadcast AM + USB + LSB all at the same time but why bother? javascript:void(0); Token most likely is correct... DSB reduced carrier sounds more like what it might be.
I have yet to hear this one javascript:void(0); Oh well...
73 Vince KA1IIC
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vince
heres a sample
new 30 below posting of 3/30 bx
right into the music....
http://hfunderground.com/blog/?p=386
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Pretty neat stuff! Thanks for posting; I haven't caught this station myself.
vince
heres a sample
new 30 below posting of 3/30 bx
right into the music....
http://hfunderground.com/blog/?p=386
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12035 <1314-1329> 6/10/14 TUE
13 hours on a Tuesday morning? What the heck is the expected audience?
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I inadvertently heard YHWH several weeks ago on 14350 but did not recognize it as such. I thought it was one of a number of evangelical/fundamentalist preachers I have heard before a numerous occasions. I have not heard the station since that time.
The seemingly random nature of times and frequencies makes me wonder, as others have already noted, what's the point of trying to get your message in this situation.
Since I am not privy to YWHW's motivation, the station will continue to be a mystery to me. But I will still try to hear it!
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all mode at once????
Could it be double side band reduced carrier... really AM reduced carrier. That mode is seldom used today but I remember it being used back when the hams were changing from AM to SSB...
Just a random idea....
:P
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From the Free Radio Weakly:
** YHWH
NORTH AMERICA. 9610-AM, June 26 at 0545, here`s Station YHWH with
usual rant, about the Sabbath, poor-fair in noise level; off at 0554
recheck. Previously was on 9600, but you never know where he`ll go
next. Frequency accuracy seems very good and almost always picks a
spot clear of interference, which is more than can be said for some
legitimate SW broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Appearance of YHWH --- Hi: I just saw the latest report of YHWH in the
Glenn Hauser logs for June 19th. From the frequencies this guy uses, I
suspect this operator (or someone helping him). has a lot of
experience with ham or broadcast gear. He shows up on frequencies
where there is a ready audience and the greatest chance of being
heard. He probably has a field of antennas that are ready-made for the
frequencies he wants to use (ham, international broadcast) and he
knows the correct modulation to use for each of the bands he is using.
He is probably using a modified ham VFO to get his signal where he
wants it. This guy is not your usual pirate broadcaster that plays on
the weekend. I am beginning to wonder if he has financial support to
do all this. At least, he is not sending on the aeronautical or marine
channels where safety is at stake. Let's hope it stays that way (Dan
Ramos, Joshua Tree CA, June 19, swl at qth.het via WORLD OF RADIO
1727, DXLD)
NORTH AMERICA. 9600, R/S YHWH, 0413-0422* 17 June. New program/same
creepy closing song. Heard with a fair signal while checking for
Nikkei 1-9595 (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/4.5m "lean-mean" X wire,
WORLD OF RADIO 1727, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
NORTH AMERICA. 9600-AM, June 19 at 0507 in bandscan, there`s the
Station YHWH guy! on yet another new frequency, fair signal, voice,
modulation quality, and content immediately recognizable, fortunately
since chopped off at 0507:45*, and not found thence on any other
frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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all mode at once????
Could it be double side band reduced carrier... really AM reduced carrier. That mode is seldom used today but I remember it being used back when the hams were changing from AM to SSB...
Just a random idea....
:P
YHWH uses either full carrier DSB AM, LSB, or USB. He mostly uses either full carrier DSB AM or USB. I suspect that many times people tun in say USB mode and never check AM, so they report USB, while another person reports AM, causing confusion.
I have a couple dozen SDR recordings of YHWH, and have never seen anything unusual in his transmission mode.
T!
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I've never heard this station before, so now I'm intrigued. I'll have to keep listening for it. The hard part will be picking out YHWH from the dozens of other religious broadcasters all over the SW bands.
BTW, that is some creepy music, reminds me of 80's horror movies.
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12035 <1314-1329> 6/10/14 TUE
13 hours on a Tuesday morning? What the heck is the expected audience?
It could just be the "God wants me to broadcast to as many people as possible in order to save their souls" way of thinking. That could also explain the "shotgun" type of frequency choice all over the HF bands.
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Heard YHWH this morning (1452 UTC, 9610 khz), SIO252, weak signal with some deep fading. The guy was talking a lot about the end times, reciting verses from Old Testament prophets.
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What prompted you to listen to that frequency at that time?
Heard YHWH this morning (1452 UTC, 9610 khz), SIO252, weak signal with some deep fading. The guy was talking a lot about the end times, reciting verses from Old Testament prophets.
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new info from token
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,17698.0.html
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very bizarre......an address??
http://www.thefrn.net/vines/read.php?5,1135,1135#msg-1135
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I updated the HFU wiki page with the latest reports: http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/YHWH
Any other HFU members can edit the page as well, or create new pages. Hint hint :-)
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very bizarre......an address??
http://www.thefrn.net/vines/read.php?5,1135,1135#msg-1135
The "address" he is giving out is here at HFU. He is telling people to search on the web for "YHWH Pirate, like one with an eye patch, and it will take you to HF Underground". But he also has said he has no computer or internet access.
His 4 daily announced frequencies are 9600, 11590, 15655, and 21850 kHz.
T!
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What prompted you to listen to that frequency at that time?
Heard YHWH this morning (1452 UTC, 9610 khz), SIO252, weak signal with some deep fading. The guy was talking a lot about the end times, reciting verses from Old Testament prophets.
I just happened to be tuning around the 31 meter band while waking up, and there he was.
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Back after nearly a month - not reported since 7/20.
8/17 9600,9605,15655
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fpe, on the west coast at about the time he likes to come on there is a station on 9595 kHz, so it looks like he has slid up 5 kHz to avoid that one. His programs have been longer for 2 reasons, he has added a bit to the front end, making them a few minutes longer, and he has gotten in a habit of running the same program twice, back to back.
I think, based on his on air comments, he is still using other freqs and times, I am not sure if the others just are not being reported or if he has actually reduced operations on the others.
T!
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fpe, he is often up several times a day on a few freqs, but at times that make it a pain to log / listen.
T!
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Token - thanks for the info & your help with this!
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9/20 mixing it up a bit - still around 0300z but 7340 - the ever elusive YHWH - THANKS FOR FINDING HIM TOKEN!!
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,18585.0.html
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intersting report from Token
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,18644.0.html
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I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I have to air one concern about this thread. I think that those that post here should think about how this information could be used to bust this station. I'm not saying that anyone here is working towards that end, but everyone should keep that issue in mind.
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Very good point, Al.
BTW, didn't you and Yahweh go to Ur Tech together? He lived on top of the Ziggurat, in the Gilgamesh Suite.
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Hmm... Is there anything we're posting that the FCC doesn't already know?
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I have given this some thought myself. However, I ended up coming to the conclusion that this thread is no more dangerous to the station than are reports to the Loggings section. A quick search there will find all of this data. Of course, that then brings up the question of should we be logging pirates at all, or is that a danger to them? As it is, with YHWH I am logging less than 1 out of 4 times I hear it, and I am not hearing every transmission he makes, for example I seldom listen during the day. He is also being logged in online SWL lists by other listeners. I have been on the verge of no longer logging him online him at all several times, and I am about there again.
I am not sure what could be done here to protect YHWH in any way other than maybe to not report him on the forums at all, and even that would probably not help. If he is not the next SW Pirate to get the knock then it is simply because the FCC does not want to do it at this time. His habits are almost every possible thing you could do wrong while operating a pirate station. The other day I heard a couple hams on a local repeater discussing his transmission at the time he was on the air, they obviously where listening to his transmission and knew of him and his habits, and it was not the first time they had heard him. They had DFed him and had his location fairly tightly defined. As a side note, these guys did not appear to have an issue with his transmission, other than to comment on his somewhat out there views, it appeared to be more a curiosity than anything else, and when I jumped on the machine to ask questions no one appeared to have any intent to report him.
What does he do wrong for an HF Pirate? A quick search of the forums or other web site SWL listings, and listening to his programming, will show:
He transmits multiple times per day, almost every day, in programming chunks about one hour each. Some days I have seen him be on air for up to 6 hours. 2 or more hours per day is almost a given.
He fairly frequently runs back to back programs on the same frequency, meaning he can be on one frequency for sometimes 2 hours or more.
He runs the same frequency, or very close to the same frequency, multiple days in a row, and at approximately the same time every day. He announces the approximate frequencies and times as part of his program.
He makes a periodic habit of running just inside or just outside a Ham band.
His on-air announced power level is 500 Watts.
He has on-air announced his location with fair detail and accuracy, although he stopped doing that a while back.
Unless he is driving to multiple locations for his multiple times on the air each day then he is transmitting from the same location each time.
I really just don’t see much that can keep him off the FCC radar other than to stop or alter these habits. With his power level, location relative to 3 different District offices, and repeated use of given frequencies, there is almost no way he has not been noticed, unless they are just too busy to bother, in which case nothing said here matters. What do ya’ll think?
T!
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We might want to look at him as a more religious version of the late "Colonel" Steve Anderson than as a typical hit and run pirate. Anderson, and possibly this fellow, saw their prime mission to defy the authorities and provoke a response.
He doesn't strike me to be violence prone, like Col. Steve who committed suicide by cop a decade ago. He seems to be a religiously obsessed fellow with a lot of time on his hands.
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Yes, this is pretty close to what he is. I don’t think defying authority has much to do with it, but getting his message out is the only thing that matters. He does not care about the medium, all he cares about is getting his message out. That is why I doubt there will ever be any kind of QSL from the station. Well, that and the fact he has no Net access.
He does not see these reports, all they serve is to notify other listeners that he is on.
As for violence or not, I don’t know. However I will say that without a doubt his message has gotten more vehement and radical over the last year and a half, particularly the last 4 months. When he started he simply said things like “homosexuality was a death sentence in Biblical times”, now he says things about death much more pointedly to “you homos in San Francisco”. And he always said things about there would be no more war in Yahwehs future, now he pointedly condemns “warmongers” and “the evil, ungodly, US military”. It has all just been a slow creep towards more aggressive speech patterns.
I was not aware Col Steve had been killed, I thought he was sent away to Federal prison.
T!
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According to our very own HFU wiki page, he was captured, and sentenced to 15 years in 2003: http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Steve_Anderson
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I could have sworn he was shot by Kentucky State Troopers when they finally caught up to him for shooting it out with that deputy.
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If the FCC busts YHWH,
we may rest assured that they shall burn in Hell for all eternity.
Maybe they'll even catch a nice lightning-bolt or two on their monitoring network.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_William_Cooper
I could have sworn he was shot by Kentucky State Troopers when they finally caught up to him for shooting it out with that deputy.
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It sounds like Cooper was on to us, Al.
He made a grave mistake when he moved into our late Brother Goldwater's bailiwick.
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10/31 - seems 11595khz is a regular freq
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i saw the following on a yahoo dx group - i removed the source - no offense meant but i knew not how to reach the reporter to ask their permission - i hope no one gets upset
fpe
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11600 YHWH - 0300 10/25 - Tuned in during YHWH's
weird sign-off song "Hard Life" to find the creepy sounding theme
interrupted by a live station operator who told the audience that he
had "talk-back capability" & encouraged anyone listening to join in
after he signed off the air. The music continued & finished with the
usual "Goodbye" & "I love you". Station YHWH now signing off the air"
& carrier turned off at 0304.
Some seconds pass & YHWH comes back weaker, still in AM mode &
says "Hi Doctor Benway, this is Y-H-W-H here." Benway (Undercover
Radio) replies but there's no copy on his signal here. YHWH replies
with "Hello to you, what country are you in? What country are you in,
Doctor?" YHWH then replies with his location & explains the reason
why his power dropped off is because he's turned off his generator &
was now operating off from batteries. YHWH continues with "Do you want
to switch to upper sideband? Do you have upper sideband capability?
Over."
At this point I jumped on a remote receiver to clearly hear both
sides of this bizarre pirate "QSO". The Edmonton, Alberta remote
Perseus SDR had a clear copy on both. Both are now in USB mode &
clearly heard at 0307. The QSO continues with an exchange of loca-
tions, Benway obviously more cautious to reveal his location than
YHWH (who seemed to freely give it out without hesitation). Benway
would only say their distance apart as several thousand miles. YHWH
almost giddy with excitement exclaims to Benway "How cool is that!"
followed by a burst of almost psychotic laughter.
Benway goes on to ask YHWH if it's true that he is "off the grid".
YHWH confirms this & says that when he shuts his generator off, his
signal drops by "1db or so". Benway responds with "I just wanted to
say hello...my style of broadcasting is a little bit different than
yours." YHWH then asks Benway "What station do you have so that I
can listen to your program? What are your call letters or whatever?"
Mellow toned Benway proceeds to explain his station "Undercover
Radio" & where it can be heard. Fast talking YHWH op responds with
"Oh yeah. I've got homemade antennas here that I'm running". YHWH
then explains his antenna made from chain-link fence pipe which is
suspended in the air from wire. Benway goes on to tell YHWH that
"I can tell you for a fact that a lot of people are listening night
after night". YHWH responds to this with "Yeah, it's the same stuff,
I don't have anything else new, it's just the same stuff".
Fast paced YHWH then asks Benway how much power he runs & that he
does "375 watts peak envelope power". YHWH then tells Benway that he
would like to stay in touch. Because YHWH apparently has no internet
access, YHWH offers Benway his mailing address over the air with "I
could give you my mailing address. You want something like that, or
no?" Benway politely refuses.
Feeling a mutual connection at this point, the YHWH operator freely
gives out his first name to Benway. I suspect Benway is trying to
figure out how to politely exit this bizarre exchange at this point.
Blue Ocean Radio (another pirate) now breaks in, probably to the relief
of Benway, with a heavy Canadian accent. YHWH now engages BOR with
"Blue Ocean Radio, this is Y-H-W-H. Are you out in California too?"
BOR responds with his general location for which YHWH reponds with "Oh
Really!" followed by another burst of crazy laughter & "We got a whole
'nother cult thing going here, don't we!" The QSO wraps up with all
three operators saying their goodbyes. YHWH finishes with "Y-H-W-H
clear. I love you man". At no point during the exchange was religion
ever brought up.
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Thanks for sharing that, fpe. It is truly...bizarre.
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I don't see the harm in posting loggings of YHWH. I'm sure if the FCC are interested in catching YHWH, they already will have been logging the station anyway.
RE: YHWH's 'aggressive' natured speaking... going by what I've heard, it doesn't seem to be any more aggressive in nature than Brother Stair.
But I haven't heard more than maybe 15 minutes or so of YHWH at a time. Usually when I'm tuning around the shortwaves, I'm tuning around a bit. I have listened to YHWH for 45 minutes or so maybe once or twice, mainly to get the jist of the guy's religious message.
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new favorite freq(?) 6280? three shows in a row....
fpe
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updated 12/13/14
fpe
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I don't see the harm in posting loggings of YHWH. I'm sure if the FCC are interested in catching YHWH, they already will have been logging the station anyway.
RE: YHWH's 'aggressive' natured speaking... going by what I've heard, it doesn't seem to be any more aggressive in nature than Brother Stair.
It is not that YHWH is any more aggressive or vehement than anyone else, and certainly he has the right to express his opinions. The only issue I rose when speaking about his tone / message is that it has changed over time. The basic show is still the same, but he has thrown more and more pointed and vehement comments in as time has gone on. A year and a half ago there was essentially no negative comments regarding anyone except homosexuals, and even that was fairly benign. Today the message includes admonitions regarding homosexuals, to not vote for any politician, to burn flags, that all military personnel are mass murderers, and that anyone who supports government, in any form, is evil.
As I said, some of his condemnations are rather incongruent with his "I love you" at the end.
T!
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Just wondering....
YHWH still broadcasting?
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Joe - all I have seen are people reporting that they HAVEN'T heard him.....
FPE
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Thanks FPE!
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Joe - all I have seen are people reporting that they HAVEN'T heard him.....
FPE
Was researching some recent FM station FCC actions in New York (there are several) and came across this:
http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-331583A1.html
6280 and 11595: Weren't those the active YHWH frequencies during mid-December?
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God is gonna get them for this!
;-)
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Now, I don't care who you are, that's funny.
Where's the "like" button?
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My source indicates that indeed YHWH got the knock - the link posted by radiophile is correct.
FPE
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The musical composition played on the YHWH broadcasts was one of the eeriest sounding things I had ever heard in my life. It was kinda scary...a psychedelic raga played on an electric sitar if my ears serve me right. The op claimed the song was called "Days of Hard Life" by the Canadian band Lace. Only problem is the band LACE is a C&W group. The song by LACE is called "Life Is Hard". None of the lyrics match.
"Life Is Hard"-LACE
If I wanted it easy I'd a been gone by now
If I thought it was simple I'd have figured it out
But this thing called love takes everything that I've got
I'm not sure what it is but I'm sure what it's not
'Cause baby you and I got different ways of saying the same thing 'cause
Love is hard from start to finish
And if you love you gotta put your whole heart in it
And if it's right you'll know in a minute
Doin' things you never thought you could
Love is hard, but baby life is good
We can say things that cut to the bone
We want to be together but we want to be alone
Sometimes it seems we're on different tracks
We might walk away but we'll always come back
Baby you and me got different ways of saying the same thing
We both know
Love is hard from start to finish
And if you love you gotta put your whole heart in it
And if it's right you'll know in a minute
Doin' things you never thought you could
Love is hard, but baby life is good
Oh, so good
Love is hard from start to finish
And if you love you gotta put your whole heart in it
And if it's right you'll know in a minute
Doin' things you never thought you could
Love is hard, but baby life is good
Love is hard
Life's so good
Love is hard
Life's so good
Love is hard
Life's so good
Love is hard
Life's so good
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more
http://www.arrl.org/news/unlicensed-religious-broadcaster-who-used-amateur-frequencies-ordered-off-the-air
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Never got to log YHWH. Sounds like the large lady is singing.
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Very interesting thread! Has anyone heard YHWH recently? I haven’t heard him or seen any logs since November 2022.
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Nada, Shortwave. You're the current guy who logs him. As you can see he's been around for years. If he's not dead, he'll be back.
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I've not seen any logs since last fall. He was always a tough catch here, due to his frequency/time combos, so I rarely tried to hear him. Plus he doesn't QSL :P
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I've not seen any logs since last fall. He was always a tough catch here, due to his frequency/time combos, so I rarely tried to hear him. Plus he doesn't QSL :P
Would a form for donations to his radio ministry qualify as a QSL? I'd be willing to bet he would send one of those out.
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I've not seen any logs since last fall. He was always a tough catch here, due to his frequency/time combos, so I rarely tried to hear him. Plus he doesn't QSL :P
I check 7475 kHz nearly every evening around 7-8 p.m. Pacific time out here near Seattle, and I often check the Northern Utah SDR at the same time for YHWH, but I also have not heard him for a couple months now.
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I've not seen any logs since last fall. He was always a tough catch here, due to his frequency/time combos, so I rarely tried to hear him. Plus he doesn't QSL :P
Would a form for donations to his radio ministry qualify as a QSL? I'd be willing to bet he would send one of those out.
Absolutely. Unless you heard him on an SDR, I understand some DXer doesn't think that counts ;D
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He passed away, but resurrected a few day's later. He can dx and transmit tones by just using his will and his flocks of flying penguins to string wires in the air.
There's a shrine to him going up in Shady Acres, FL. A Stingray bike and Monkee's records would be appreciated as donations.
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Google marty keith elliott facebook. Be sure to click Genesis of Station YHWH to see his cool bus/house/station/frankensetup. He reminds me of the paper crown burger king guy meme.
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Google marty keith elliott facebook. Be sure to click Genesis of Station YHWH to see his cool bus/house/station/frankensetup. He reminds me of the paper crown burger king guy meme.
Thanks! I thought he doesn’t have internet? This is his Facebook as you said: https://m.facebook.com/carol.elliott.50309277/
Can someone post those pictures here? I don’t have a Facebook account so it seems I can’t access them :P
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Moof, his profile picture is enough. He graduated from HS in 1972 and decided to stay in that year.
We've got a lot of old commune hippies here still living the life. I should fix him up with "Lizard Lady". She lives in a little school bus and is living proof of why light skinned blondes should never go out in the sun. Look's like an old catchers mitt.
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Someone sent me the pictures of his bus setup, thanks! Crazy stuff. It also included his email, finally!
stationyhwh@gmail.com
I sent an email and I’ll let everyone know if I get any kind of reply.
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Probably a request for spare change and a can of refried beans.
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Probably a request for spare change and a can of refried beans.
If you have seen those pictures I wouldn't doubt it.
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The Dude abides, man.
https://www.fcc.gov/document/martin-k-elliott-inyokern-ca (https://www.fcc.gov/document/martin-k-elliott-inyokern-ca)
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The Dude abides, man.
https://www.fcc.gov/document/martin-k-elliott-inyokern-ca (https://www.fcc.gov/document/martin-k-elliott-inyokern-ca)
I doubt he would suddenly care after ignoring that notice and continuing broadcasts for eight years.
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Nothing back from the email yet. Anyone want to try calling him?
530-487-2052
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Nothing back from the email yet. Anyone want to try calling him?
530-487-2052
No thanks.
When I first started pirating my old phone number got out. I used to get calls from a guy who wasn't sure if I was Radio Bob or Al Fansome? (I'll admit the cheap mic I was using made me sound like Radio Bob on the air.) He calls one night and yell's, "Goddammit Bob, I know it's you!" He was from up North and everyone w/ a Southern accent probably sounded the same to him?
When the Fansome calls started I noticed the number on that new-fangled invention known as "Caller ID" matched up with the Radio Bob caller. I waited until about 2:30 AM on Wednesday and returned one of his call's. A woman answers and she's not very happy about being awakened. I explained to her my wife had got a call about 10:30 asking for Al Fansome and I tell her I'm not him, it's a pirate radio alias. She growls, "I'll go get the guy who's been calling you." and I can hear the doppler shift in her yelling as she heads down the hall to get him up, that woman was on the warpath. She yell's "Get up! That man you've been pestering is on the phone. You and that damned pirate radio!" and she berates him all the way to the phone.
He gets on the phone and I tell him "My name isn't Al Fansome, why are you calling here all the time?" He goes, "I was looking for an old Army buddy of mine named Al Samson." I say, "Sure you were. And you were looking for your old pal Radio Bob when you were calling here a couple months ago? Don't call me again, I know your name and phone number, I can find out where you live.", and hung up
I never heard from him again.
There are a lot of weird people in this hobby, both op's and DX'er's. Have someone tell you the story of "Lad" of "Voice of The Night". He's in a Kentucky prison for the second time, he's at least a two time felon. It's hard to tell what he did as a juvenile, the records are sealed.
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There are a lot of weird people in this hobby, both op's and DX'er's. Have someone tell you the story of "Lad" of "Voice of The Night". He's in a Kentucky prison for the second time, he's at least a two time felon. It's hard to tell what he did as a juvenile, the records are sealed.
That's funny; I was just looking at this thread (https://web.archive.org/web/20050406005643/http://www.frn.net/vines/Forum1/HTML/001587.html) yesterday on the Wayback Machine.
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Lad kidnapped his HS girlfriend from a sorority house at the University of Kentucky, put her in the trunk of his car, and led Kentucky State
Police on a long car chase down I-64 towards his hometown of Ashland, KY. They put a spiked strip across the eastbound lanes of I-64 and got our dear Lad. His folk's money couldn't save him from prison, where I figure he was very popular?
He got out and started harassing another young lady from the Ashland area while also bothering the woman he'd kidnapped. Parole violation and back to prison he went. It was fun living in the same media market as young Lance in those days.
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YHWH is back on 7475 AM today.
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I send a text to the number and so far haven't got a reply yet apart from Josiah reading my text at 10:57 pm (05:57 UTC)
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I send a text to the number and so far haven't got a reply yet apart from Josiah reading my text at 10:57 pm (05:57 UTC)
I think he has been ignoring me since my second message, he has read them but only replied to the first message. I suspect he knows I do not believe his programs because I made no mentions of religion.
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I send a text to the number and so far haven't got a reply yet apart from Josiah reading my text at 10:57 pm (05:57 UTC)
I think he has been ignoring me since my second message, he has read them but only replied to the first message. I suspect he knows I do not believe his programs because I made no mentions of religion.
Not lobbying either for or against his views and programming, he seems to be very fervent about what he preaches about so he may think that you are just contacting him so you can post his replies here rather than you showing a genuine interest in his message. Just a guess.
Thanks for your logs,
FPE
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I send a text to the number and so far haven't got a reply yet apart from Josiah reading my text at 10:57 pm (05:57 UTC)
I think he has been ignoring me since my second message, he has read them but only replied to the first message. I suspect he knows I do not believe his programs because I made no mentions of religion.
Not lobbying either for or against his views and programming, he seems to be very fervent about what he preaches about so he may think that you are just contacting him so you can post his replies here rather than you showing a genuine interest in his message. Just a guess.
Thanks for your logs,
FPE
All good
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Behold! The inner bus tabernacle...
(https://i.imgur.com/1nHXP5m.jpg)
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It looks like some pics You Know Who sent me of his earthly abode before he moved to Shady Acres. You Know Who used to spend a lot of time in the Mojave as a boy. It makes me wonder if they're related?