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Utility / US STRATCOM SKYMASTER Traffic Log

« on: August 31, 2022, 1417 UTC »

US STRATCOM SKYMASTER and Associated Call Signs Traffic Log

SKYMASTER log for 31 August 2022

311244Z AUGUST 2022 11175.0 kHz USB
12:44Z SPEAR 69 calling SKYMASTER;
12:50Z SPEAR 69 calling SKYMASTER;
SKYMASTER, SKYMASTER THIS IS SPEAR 69 IN THE BLIND
MESSAGE OF 4 ITEMS FOLLOWS STAND-BY
SKYMASTER SKYMASTER ONE MESSAGE OF 4 ITEMS FOLLOWS
OMZM
I SAY AGAIN
OMZM
THIS IS SPEAR 69 OUT

12:52Z DEATH 32 CALLING SKYMASTER;
12:56Z DEATH 32 CALLING SKYMASTER;
SKYMASTER, SKYMASTER THIS IS DEATH 32 IN THE BLIND
MESSAGE OF 4 ITEMS FOLLOWS STAND-BY
SKYMASTER SKYMASTER ONE MESSAGE OF 4 ITEMS FOLLOWS
U2JR
I SAY AGAIN
U2JR
THIS IS DEATH 32 OUT

13:15Z SPEAR 69 calling SKYMASTER with one message of 4 items;
OMZM

13:23Z SPEAR 69 calling SKYMASTER

13:39Z SPEAR 69 calling SKYMASTER, SKYMASTER weak and broken.

13:44Z DEATH 32 CALLING SKYMASTER with one message of 4 items;
U2JR

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Peskies / UNID 11177 USB 0328 UTC 14 AUG 2022

« on: August 14, 2022, 0331 UTC »

UNID 11177.0 kHz USB 03:28 UTC 14 AUGUST 2022

03:28 UTC - A couple of UNID Peskies carrying on a conversation. Good readable. Heard them bleeding into 11175.0 kHz;
03:36 UTC - End of discussion.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6950 USB 0234 UTC 14 AUG 2022

« on: August 14, 2022, 0306 UTC »

Sycko Radio 6950.0 kHz USB 02:34 UTC 14 AUGUST 2022

02:34 UTC - Sycko Radio with music, loud and clear with "Twilight Zone" intro theme;
03:01 UTC - Station ID: Sycko Radio
03:20 UTC - Sycko Radio mentioning that his signal is being "tripplefied ... interesting". The "Twilight Zone" opening theme did mention "do not adjust your radio" and "we control your radio". Content is also on 6925.0 kHz and 6930.0 kHz.
03:23 UTC - Radio version of the "Twilight Zone" theme.

Station came on after Radio Free Whatever.

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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA Tinang 12080 AM 1225 13 AUG 2022

« on: August 13, 2022, 1229 UTC »

VOA Tinang 12080.0 kHz AM 12:25 13 AUGUST 2022

12:25 UTC - Voice of America (VOA) Tinang with English music and Korean program. Loud and clear with an S+10 signal.

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Other / UNID 11136 to 11160 CW 0455 UTC 13 AUG 2022

« on: August 13, 2022, 1217 UTC »

UNID 11136.0 kHz to 11160.0 kKz CW 04:55 UTC 13 AUGUST 2022

04:55 UTC - A series of very fast UNID CW stations were observed sporadically and randomly transmitting between approx 11136.0 kHz and 11160.0 kHz.

Frequencies logged (kHz):
11136.000
11148.230
11148.280
11148.870
11149.500
11150.270
11150.310
11150.900

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Other / UNID 10883.3 USB 1150 UTC 13 AUG 2022

« on: August 13, 2022, 1158 UTC »

UNID 10883.3 kHz USB 11:50 UTC 13 AUGUST 2022

11:50 UTC - UNID station(s) with voice conversation. Weak unreadable.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 13 AUG 2022

« on: August 13, 2022, 0057 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 13 AUGUST 2022

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up; solid S8 ~ S9 with some QRM on the USB side, 8 kHz wide;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:30 UTC - SSTV;
02:32 UTC - Interval signal;
02:33 UTC - End of broadcast.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2340 UTC 10 AUG 2022

« on: August 10, 2022, 2342 UTC »

UNID 6925.0 kHz USB 23:40 UTC 10 AUGUST 2022

23:40 UTC - UNID weak unreadable. I can occasionally hear some music punching through was is a day of S6 noise level on the band;
23:46 UTC - Black Magic Women;
00:02 UTC - Starting to fade in / conditions are improving with Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright;
00:06 UTC - Nothing else heard.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / TRI 6925 AM 1110 UTC 06 AUG 2022

« on: August 06, 2022, 1114 UTC »

UNID 6925.0 kHz AM 11:10 UTC 06 AUGUST 2022

11:10 UTC - UNID with wrap music; weak readable with marginal fading;
11:16 UTC - Conditions just got better, now good readable at S9;
11:20 UTC - Some anti-Biden Administration pandemic personal point-of-view / speech;
11:27 UTC - The signal is starting to fade out and get noisy;
12:06 UTC - Off the air with the propaganda.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6960 FM 0332 UTC 06 AUG 2022

« on: August 06, 2022, 0333 UTC »

WDOG 6960.0 kHz FM 03:32 UTC 06 AUGUST 2022

03:32 UTC - UNID has returned in FM 10 kHz wide mode. Weak and noisy.
03:37 UTC - Good signal now; station ID: WDOG (or someone is replaying an earlyer part of the broadcast)
03:39 UTC - Off the air;
03:53 UTC - Back on the air;
03:59 UTC - On and off again.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 USB 0304 UTC 06 AUG 2022

« on: August 06, 2022, 0305 UTC »

UNID 6950.0 kHz USB 03:04 UTC 06 AUGUST 2022

03:04 UTC - UNID starting to fade in. Weak readable with Irish / Celtic style music;
03:14 UTC - SSTV;
03:19 UTC - SSTV;
03:23 UTC - Series of SSTVs, images are getting noisy;
03:48 UTC - SSTV followed by waterfall image;
04:05 UTC - Outhouse Radio style Blues music;
04:13 UTC - SSTV.






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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6960 AM 0255 UTC 06 AUG 2022

« on: August 06, 2022, 0256 UTC »

WDOG 6960.0 kHz AM 02:55 UTC 06 AUGUST 2022

02:55 UTC - UNID with music; good readable, 6 kHz wide;
02:57 UTC - Sounds like WDOG's dogs howling;
03:00 UTC - Off the air, I stand corrected, sliding up / down the band;
03:08 UTC - Becoming weak unreadable;
03:30 UTC - CW sign-off. End of broadcast.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6910 FM 0200 UTC 06 AUG 2022

« on: August 06, 2022, 0200 UTC »

UNID 6910.0 kHz FM 02:00 UTC 06 AUGUST 2022

The station is transmitting in 10 kHz wide FM mode. Now, that's interesting.

02:00 UTC - UNID with very poor modulation. Some talk show? Good signal at S9.
02:03 UTC - Michael Jackson - I'm Bad;
02:10 UTC - The signal is starting to fade out and getting very noisy.

Thank you for the FM test.



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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 06 AUG 2022

« on: August 06, 2022, 0057 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 06 AUGUST 2022

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up; solid S8 ~ S9 with some QRM from the Peskies on 6961.7 kHz USB;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins; now peaking S+10, 8 kHz wide;
02:45 UTC - SSTV;
02:47 UTC - Interval signal;
02:48 UTC - End of broadcast.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / UNID 13528.1 CW 0020 UTC 05 AUG 2022

« on: August 05, 2022, 0027 UTC »

UNID 13528.1 kHz CW 00:20 UTC 05 AUGUST 2022

00:20 UTC - UNID CW beacon; weak barely readable. Sound like it is transmitting "6" (- . . . . ).

Sources indicate that 13528.1 kHz should be "A" and originating from Russia.

Letter Beacon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_beacon

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