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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on September 23, 2024, 2014 UTC
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2014 Just signed on, a fairly good signal this afternoon. Playing the Greensleeves music now.
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2018 UTC
S-9
FEMALE SPEAKING NUMBER'S
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S9 in northern Boston. 10-15 over S9 on K3FEF sdr - recording this one. Seems to be a repeat of long one from last week which we haven't decoded yet.
2040z: OTA
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2030: Weak signal can make out a person talking but that is about all.
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Update, here's my decoded text. Thanks to Nomadiq who transcribed the numbers from the broadcast - that was the hard part! ;D
RABBITSONGTOTHETUNEOFGREENSLEEVESALASMYHOMESOGREENANDFAIRWHEREFIELDSONCEBLOOMEDNOWSTRIPPEDANDBAREEHEAPESHAVECOMEWITHTRAPSAND
SNARESTOSTEALAWAYOURFREEDOMCHORUSOHRABBITSBOLDWITHHEARTSSOFREETHROUGHWOODSWERUNFROMTYRANNYNOCHAINSSHALLBINDNOCAGESHALLKEEP
FORTHEEARTHBELONGSTOWETHEYBUILDTHEIRWALLSTHEYPAVETHELANDWITHMETALCLAWSANDGRTEDYHANDSBUTTHROUGHTHENIGHTWETAKEOURSTANDANDCLAIM
WHATTHEYVEFORSAKENCHORUSOHRABBITSBOLDWITHHEARTSSOFREETHROUGHWOODSWERUNFROMTYRANNYNOCHAINSSHALLBINDNOCAGESHALLKEEPFORTHEEARTH
BELONGSTOWESOAPESBEWARETHEDAWNWILLRISEWITHTWITCHINGEARSANDCUNNINGEYESWELLTAKETHELANDBENEATHYOURSKIESTHERABBITSSHALLBEFREE
RABBIT SONG TO THE TUNE OF GREENSLEEVES ALAS MY HOME SO GREEN AND FAIR WHERE FIELDS ONCE BLOOMED NOW STRIPPED AND BARE [T]HE APES HAVE COME WITH TRAPS AND SNARES TO STEAL AWAY OUR FREEDOM CHORUS OH RABBITS BOLD WITH HEARTS SO FREE THROUGH WOODS WE RUN FROM TYRANNY NO CHAINS SHALL BIND NO CAGE SHALL KEEP FOR THE EARTH BELONGS TO WE THEY BUILD THEIR WALLS THEY PAVE THE LAND WITH METAL CLAWS AND GR[E]EDY HANDS BUT THROUGH THE NIGHT WE TAKE OUR STAND AND CLAIM WHAT THEYVE FORSAKEN CHORUS OH RABBITS BOLD WITH HEARTS SO FREE THROUGH WOODS WE RUN FROM TYRANNY NO CHAINS SHALL BIND NO CAGE SHALL KEEP FOR THE EARTH BELONGS TO WE SO APES BEWARE THE DAWN WILL RISE WITH TWITCHING EARS AND CUNNING EYES WELL TAKE THE LAND BENEATH YOUR SKIES THE RABBITS SHALL BE FREE
I think we deserve an eQSL for this ;D
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Well done, Comrade Smolinski and Nomadiq! Impressive code-breaking, and thank you for sharing this translation.
MP