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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6920 USB 0102 UTC 30 May 2022

« on: May 31, 2022, 1826 UTC »

Hey All,

I also copied WTF on short indoor wire and an ATS 803a in a sometimes noisy apt.

Storming in at times , even to my very “ humble “ receiving set up.

“ I Went Back to Ohio” song absolutely came bombing in.

Other times up and down in QSB.

Music set at a good level, but a tiny bit more punch on the live mic would have helped.

Must have used a SERIOUS amount of juice on a great antenna.

FWIW, another pirate also copied a few weeks ago, but no ID, too weak/ noisy.

K

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Huh? / Re: Bizarre Russian Message: Swan Lake / Swan Song

« on: March 11, 2022, 1500 UTC »

Hey Chris,

I understand.

Yankee,

Yes, I got the reference.Several times on each Thanksgiving local WZLX-FM would play the entire song.I know it by heart .

K

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Huh? / Bizarre Russian Message: Swan Lake / Swan Song

« on: March 10, 2022, 1657 UTC »

Hey All,

Group W seemed to be unavailable, so I hope this is OK here.

Recently independent Dozhd / TV Rain Russia signed off under intense pressure from Putin.

After the staff walked off the set, the station began to play an old short video loop from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Ballet.

Apparently, this was an old signal that the Soviets used to prepare the masses for big news, re instability or leadership change.

The loop was of ballerinas dancing for around a minute. It would be played over and over and over again for hours and hours and hours on Soviet state TV and radio.

This was done during the 1991 Russian coup attempt, and the deaths of Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko.

Obviously, TV Rain co-opted the old Soviet warning as their notice to the Russian people that the country was in BIG trouble.

Swan Lake represents a “mourning for broken dreams, sadness for opportunities lost or regrets for unfulfilled plans”.

Who thought of using Swan , KGB psyops?

For Russians, it’s a kind of EAS/ EBS warning tone played on flutes and violins.Everyone knows what this video means.

I find this procedure almost bizarre, and there certainly is no counterpart to in in the West.

When JFK was shot , TV just broke right in. We didn’t need to prepare ( or warn certain people in the country) that something big was happening. We just did it.

Again , strange.

K

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Other / Re: Rurik R. UA 7050 LSB 1415 UTC 04 Feb 2022

« on: March 10, 2022, 1423 UTC »

Psyops ?

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Other / Re: UNID 7615 kHz USB 1513 UTC 14 Feb. 2017

« on: March 10, 2022, 1420 UTC »

CAP-

Been around them when I was in the military .We used to razz them by calling them the “Jr. Chipmunks”.

An interesting outfit, not sure how much actual SAR work they do anymore.

Maybe now just a civilian air cadet group more than anything else.

But that’s cool.

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Other / Re: UA info war direct 7061 LSB 1935 UTC 03 Mar 2022

« on: March 10, 2022, 1412 UTC »

Very interesting.

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Other / Re: Rurik Radio UA 7050/7060/7065 LSB 1428 UTC 04 Mar 2022

« on: March 10, 2022, 1410 UTC »

Wild !

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Other / Re: Ru freebanders 3153 AM 2020 UTC 09 Mar 2022

« on: March 10, 2022, 1405 UTC »

Hey Kris,

Freebanding in Russia right now may be a risky prospect.

Even if one does not talk about the war.

I hope they are out in a deep rural area and mobile.

But a possible “ foot print” left by a specific radio may eventually let them find you, IF they are looking that hard.
K

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Longwave Loggings / Re: Receiving LWBC in North America

« on: February 28, 2022, 0132 UTC »

Hey All ,

2030 EST 2/27/22 VERY GOOD Morocco in full wide AM on 171 Kc

Fair BBC 198 Kc in USB Narrow, beat up a bit by DIW / Dixon NC beacon

HF U SDR NE Bev

K

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