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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Zeppelin Radio 6880 AM
« on: June 09, 2025, 2000 UTC »
Heard on Sardinia kiwi-sdr just above the noise floor with " que sera ,sera at 19:59 z
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 12075-12100 USB 1735 UTC 04 MAY 2025
« on: May 04, 2025, 1743 UTC »
Stumbled across this on Utah sdr. Huge signal with waterfall graphics. Signal is 12 or 13 kHz wide
Superstar -blue collar bros
Hearing nothing - Anthony Island
Superstar -blue collar bros
Hearing nothing - Anthony Island
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Spy Numbers / Re: XingXing guangbo diantai 1 (V13)
« on: August 03, 2020, 1309 UTC »
I heard them using 7502 in the 12-13 time period again. Heard on August 2 at 12:19 utc. I am usually not able to listen at that time so I only caught them for about 2 minutes, dx'ing on my phone waiting in line at the grocery store. I checked again this morning at 12:32 utc and did not find them.
btw, here's my logs from midnight to 04:00 utc last night:
Via Daejeon, South Korea remote
2020-08-03
00:00-01:00 not found
01:00utc-01:20utc 15890kHz H3E
01:30utc-01:50utc 15890kHz H3E
02:00utc-2:21utc 9276kHz H3E
02:30utc-02:51utc 9276kHz H3E
03:00utc-03:02utc 9276kHz H3E interval signal, ID and off
03:02utc-03:21utc 7502kHz H3E
03:30utc-03:51utc 7502kHz H3E
I see that they are again 4-5 minutes shorter than they have been recently.
Here's the same time period 24 hours earlier:
2020-08-02
00:00utc-00:30utc not found
found in progress at 00:53utc until 00:56 18040kHz H3E (I almost missed it entirely)
01:01-01:03 18040kHz H3E
01:03utc-01:26utc 15890kHz H3E
01:31utc-01:56utc 15890kHz H3E
02:01utc-02:25utc 9276kHz H3E
02:31utc-02:55utc 9276kHz H3E
03:01utc-03:25utc 7502kHz H3E
03:31utc-03:55utc 7502kHz H3E
btw, here's my logs from midnight to 04:00 utc last night:
Via Daejeon, South Korea remote
2020-08-03
00:00-01:00 not found
01:00utc-01:20utc 15890kHz H3E
01:30utc-01:50utc 15890kHz H3E
02:00utc-2:21utc 9276kHz H3E
02:30utc-02:51utc 9276kHz H3E
03:00utc-03:02utc 9276kHz H3E interval signal, ID and off
03:02utc-03:21utc 7502kHz H3E
03:30utc-03:51utc 7502kHz H3E
I see that they are again 4-5 minutes shorter than they have been recently.
Here's the same time period 24 hours earlier:
2020-08-02
00:00utc-00:30utc not found
found in progress at 00:53utc until 00:56 18040kHz H3E (I almost missed it entirely)
01:01-01:03 18040kHz H3E
01:03utc-01:26utc 15890kHz H3E
01:31utc-01:56utc 15890kHz H3E
02:01utc-02:25utc 9276kHz H3E
02:31utc-02:55utc 9276kHz H3E
03:01utc-03:25utc 7502kHz H3E
03:31utc-03:55utc 7502kHz H3E
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Spy Numbers / Re: XingXing guangbo diantai 1 (V13)
« on: July 30, 2020, 1912 UTC »
Note the abrupt change at 1:03 from 18040kHz to 15890kHz. I've seen this happen several times when they don't broadcast at 00:00utc, the expected 15890kHz program appears on 18040kHz for a few minutes and the switches to 15890kHz.
I have seen them do this on every frequency set they use at one time or another. It appears they sometimes forget to shift off the last time slot frequency, or they come up in the wrong frequency for the time, and then shift to the right one, mid transmission.
Perhaps HM01 and V13 are managed by the same people.🤔😂😉
T!
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Spy Numbers / Re: XingXing guangbo diantai 1 (V13)
« on: July 30, 2020, 1252 UTC »
Observations from 2020-07-30
via various South Asia remote receivers:
00:00utc-0:30utc not found except carrier on 18040kHz
00:31utc-00:56utc 18040kHz H3E
01:01utc-01:03utc 18040kHz H3E
01:03utc-01:26utc 15890kHz H3E co-channel weak SOH
01:31utc-01:56utc 15890kHz H3E co-channel weak SOH
02:00:52utc-02:25utc 9276kHz H3E
02:30:53utc-02:55utc 9276kHz H3E qrm from CNR 1 jamming SOH on 9280kHz (20Khz wide)
03:00:50-03:24:43utc 9276kHz H3E
03:30:54utc-03:55utc 9276kHz
All broadcast consist of Interval signal followed by ID and numbers in Chinese
Note the abrupt change at 1:03 from 18040kHz to 15890kHz. I've seen this happen several times when they don't broadcast at 00:00utc, the expected 15890kHz program appears on 18040kHz for a few minutes and the switches to 15890kHz.
I also find it interesting that while V13 is on 15890kHz at the same time as SOH that frequency is not jammed by CNR1 although every other SOH nearby, there's 4 or 5 of them, is covered by huge CNR signals. Most of them are about 20 kHz wide. (!) V13 was covered by the splatter from 9280kHz while it was on 9276kHz but only for a few minutes then the CNR signal remained but was much smaller allowing easy reception of 9276
via various South Asia remote receivers:
00:00utc-0:30utc not found except carrier on 18040kHz
00:31utc-00:56utc 18040kHz H3E
01:01utc-01:03utc 18040kHz H3E
01:03utc-01:26utc 15890kHz H3E co-channel weak SOH
01:31utc-01:56utc 15890kHz H3E co-channel weak SOH
02:00:52utc-02:25utc 9276kHz H3E
02:30:53utc-02:55utc 9276kHz H3E qrm from CNR 1 jamming SOH on 9280kHz (20Khz wide)
03:00:50-03:24:43utc 9276kHz H3E
03:30:54utc-03:55utc 9276kHz
All broadcast consist of Interval signal followed by ID and numbers in Chinese
Note the abrupt change at 1:03 from 18040kHz to 15890kHz. I've seen this happen several times when they don't broadcast at 00:00utc, the expected 15890kHz program appears on 18040kHz for a few minutes and the switches to 15890kHz.
I also find it interesting that while V13 is on 15890kHz at the same time as SOH that frequency is not jammed by CNR1 although every other SOH nearby, there's 4 or 5 of them, is covered by huge CNR signals. Most of them are about 20 kHz wide. (!) V13 was covered by the splatter from 9280kHz while it was on 9276kHz but only for a few minutes then the CNR signal remained but was much smaller allowing easy reception of 9276
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Spy Numbers / Re: XingXing guangbo diantai 1 (V13)
« on: July 24, 2020, 2227 UTC »
22-July-2020. Observations:
11430kHz AM 00:01z-00:20z
18040kHz H3E 00:01z-00:20z carrier stays on
11430kHz AM 00:31z-00:50z
18040kHz H3E 00:31z-00:50z
15890kHz H3E 01:01z-01:20z
15890kHz H3E 01:31z-01:50z
9276kHz H3E found in progress at 2:04z until 02:20z
9276kHz H3E 02:30z-02:51z
9276kHz H3E 03:00z-03:21z
9276kHz H3E 03:30z-03:51z carrier remains on past 04:20z when I tuned out.
11430kHz AM 00:01z-00:20z
18040kHz H3E 00:01z-00:20z carrier stays on
11430kHz AM 00:31z-00:50z
18040kHz H3E 00:31z-00:50z
15890kHz H3E 01:01z-01:20z
15890kHz H3E 01:31z-01:50z
9276kHz H3E found in progress at 2:04z until 02:20z
9276kHz H3E 02:30z-02:51z
9276kHz H3E 03:00z-03:21z
9276kHz H3E 03:30z-03:51z carrier remains on past 04:20z when I tuned out.
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Spy Numbers / Re: XingXing guangbo diantai 1 (V13)
« on: July 20, 2020, 1342 UTC »
20-July-2020 via Daejeon, South Korea remote:
11430kHz AM 2020-07-20 00:05z tuned in to numbers in progress until 00:20z
11430kHz AM 2020-07-20 00:31z IS ID into numbers until 00:50z
13974kHz AM 2020-07-20 01:01z IS ID into numbers until 01:20z
13974kHz AM 2020-07-20 01:31Z IS ID into numbers until 01:50z
11430kHz AM 2020-07-20 00:05z tuned in to numbers in progress until 00:20z
11430kHz AM 2020-07-20 00:31z IS ID into numbers until 00:50z
13974kHz AM 2020-07-20 01:01z IS ID into numbers until 01:20z
13974kHz AM 2020-07-20 01:31Z IS ID into numbers until 01:50z
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Spy Numbers / Re: XingXing guangbo diantai 1 (V13)
« on: July 19, 2020, 0313 UTC »
19-July-2020
11430kHz AM 2020-07-19 00:01z interval signal, ID then numbers. Gone at 00:20z recheck
18040kHz 2020-07-19 transmitter is apparently defective with carrier on and off every second or so. During interval signal the flutes can be heard each second and bits of numbers are sometimes audible (in usb, lsb and am ) also. I saw this last night too but didn't realize what it was.
11430kHz AM 2020-07-19 00:31z interval signal ID and numbers until 00:51z
18040kHz 2020-07-19 00:31z continued defective transmitter. recording below
https://app.box.com/s/co1f355b51tjqci8n5e90jq9rx1cplh6
13974kHz AM 2020-07-19 01:01z IS ID and numbers until 01:21z
15890kHz H3E 2020-07-19 01:01z IS ID and numbers co-channel SOH until 01:21z
13974kHz AM 2020-07-19 01:32z IS ID and numbers until 01:43z
15890kHz H3E 2020-07-19 01:31z IS ID and numbers until 01:43z
not found at 02:00-3:00 or 3:00-4:00
11430kHz AM 2020-07-19 00:01z interval signal, ID then numbers. Gone at 00:20z recheck
18040kHz 2020-07-19 transmitter is apparently defective with carrier on and off every second or so. During interval signal the flutes can be heard each second and bits of numbers are sometimes audible (in usb, lsb and am ) also. I saw this last night too but didn't realize what it was.
11430kHz AM 2020-07-19 00:31z interval signal ID and numbers until 00:51z
18040kHz 2020-07-19 00:31z continued defective transmitter. recording below
https://app.box.com/s/co1f355b51tjqci8n5e90jq9rx1cplh6
13974kHz AM 2020-07-19 01:01z IS ID and numbers until 01:21z
15890kHz H3E 2020-07-19 01:01z IS ID and numbers co-channel SOH until 01:21z
13974kHz AM 2020-07-19 01:32z IS ID and numbers until 01:43z
15890kHz H3E 2020-07-19 01:31z IS ID and numbers until 01:43z
not found at 02:00-3:00 or 3:00-4:00
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Spy Numbers / Re: XingXing guangbo diantai 1 (V13)
« on: July 18, 2020, 2202 UTC »
18-July-2020 V13 observations
via various East Asian remotes
13974 kHz AM 01:02utc
15890 kHz H3E 01:01utc
Both frequencies start with interval signal flutes but drop carriers after ID but before numbers begin.
13974 kHz AM 01:32utc
15890 kHz H3E 01:31utc Both frequencies--interval signal then ID and off at 01:33utc
9276 kHz unmodulated carrier I tuned in at 02:05 and promptly fell asleep so I have no idea how long they were on with no modulation.
I checked for them during the 00:00-01:00 time but they weren't on any of the "scheduled" frequencies.
Correction: I now know that V13 was on 18040kHz from just before 00:00 until at least 01:00 18-July-2020 with the malfunction that I describe below
via various East Asian remotes
13974 kHz AM 01:02utc
15890 kHz H3E 01:01utc
Both frequencies start with interval signal flutes but drop carriers after ID but before numbers begin.
13974 kHz AM 01:32utc
15890 kHz H3E 01:31utc Both frequencies--interval signal then ID and off at 01:33utc
9276 kHz unmodulated carrier I tuned in at 02:05 and promptly fell asleep so I have no idea how long they were on with no modulation.
I checked for them during the 00:00-01:00 time but they weren't on any of the "scheduled" frequencies.
Correction: I now know that V13 was on 18040kHz from just before 00:00 until at least 01:00 18-July-2020 with the malfunction that I describe below
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: More LRA36 tests
« on: July 18, 2020, 2152 UTC »
I heard them with an excellent signal via Brasilia remote. They started before 17:00, as early as 16:00. and they were off when I rechecked at 18:50. Also wasn't in USB but in CUSB . I thought the whole point was to test if USB works better than CUSB. Whatever they did the signal in Brasilia was pretty good.
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Clandestine Stations / Echo of Hope-VOH 4890 kHz 17:34 UTC July 17 2020 English news program
« on: July 17, 2020, 1845 UTC »
Heard via Daejeon , South Korea remote thanks to tip from Ron Howard in CA and XYZ in Japan
They run a 4 hour program loop starting from 00:00utc with English at xx:37 during 1-5-9-13-17 and 21 hours utc. Program is called "Touch! Global Headlines" and is from EBS-FM (https://home.ebs.co.kr/morning/main). It consists of English followed by a Korean translations.
recorded 7-17-20 starting at 17:29utc. English starts at about 5:00. Recording is in Synch-USB to avoid strong CW on 4888kHz
https://app.box.com/s/v37eqimc4gvk3f72oh4lgl60szigkivu
Again, thanks to Ron Howard and XYZ
btw, English is noted in most recent EiBi update but at different, mostly incorrect (as far as I can tell) times.
They run a 4 hour program loop starting from 00:00utc with English at xx:37 during 1-5-9-13-17 and 21 hours utc. Program is called "Touch! Global Headlines" and is from EBS-FM (https://home.ebs.co.kr/morning/main). It consists of English followed by a Korean translations.
recorded 7-17-20 starting at 17:29utc. English starts at about 5:00. Recording is in Synch-USB to avoid strong CW on 4888kHz
https://app.box.com/s/v37eqimc4gvk3f72oh4lgl60szigkivu
Again, thanks to Ron Howard and XYZ
btw, English is noted in most recent EiBi update but at different, mostly incorrect (as far as I can tell) times.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: The Vault (?) 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« on: July 16, 2020, 2316 UTC »
Intuned at 23:09 to Creedence "Have you ever seen the rain?" Barely audible on N3JLY remote. 23:11 possible ID followed by music.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Algerienne in English
« on: July 16, 2020, 1841 UTC »
Heard via Twente
13820kHz at 18:31 utc with malfunctioning transmitter via Issoudun, FR
They do an occasional 5-15 minute English segment several times a week this hour only. Today it was 5 minutes long "Destination Algeria"
There is one transmitter at Issoudun that does a weird beepy, chirpy thing. It seems to ba a luck of the draw deal as to where the funky tx will turn up.
https://app.box.com/s/d72ygednlwz1vb5h3wh5qsgfnvmne15v
13820kHz at 18:31 utc with malfunctioning transmitter via Issoudun, FR
They do an occasional 5-15 minute English segment several times a week this hour only. Today it was 5 minutes long "Destination Algeria"
There is one transmitter at Issoudun that does a weird beepy, chirpy thing. It seems to ba a luck of the draw deal as to where the funky tx will turn up.
https://app.box.com/s/d72ygednlwz1vb5h3wh5qsgfnvmne15v
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Spy Numbers / Re: XingXing guangbo diantai 1 (V13)
« on: July 14, 2020, 2026 UTC »
I'm not sure why I said that 7502 is parallel with 9276, I've never seen that happen, my bad. I've spent lots of time monitoring them lately but mostly during the 00:00-04:00 time period. I've seen everything you describe, in other words no pattern that you can count on. I usually find number stations pretty dull but find myself compelled to follow this one.
Thanks for your always helpful insights.
Thanks for your always helpful insights.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Unid 6255 AM 1719 utc 13 Jul 2020
« on: July 13, 2020, 2018 UTC »
Echo of Hope/Voice of Hope. S. Korean clandestine
Aoki lists them from 8:00 ut to 4:00 ut on 6255
Aoki lists them from 8:00 ut to 4:00 ut on 6255
