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Shortwave Pirate Radio In North America And Around The World, And Other Signals That Go Bump In The Night
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Spy Numbers / MOVED: What is this station? Need help figuring out what it is.
« on: February 04, 2014, 1454 UTC »
This topic has been moved to Other. This is a Ham digital mode, JT65, and not a Numbers Station.
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=15217.0
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=15217.0
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HF Beacons / Possible new dasher, 4050.34 kHz, 09 Jan, 2014, 0220 UTC
« on: January 09, 2014, 0344 UTC »
Another possible new dasher / beacon tonight, 09 Jan, 2014, at 0220 UTC. This one sends dashes. One dash about 0.19 second long each 0.92 seconds. Values not very exact as I was jsut eyeballing it on the spectrogram. Frequency is 4050.34 kHz. Signal level fair but not strong.
T!
(edit) going through the logs here I see this is very similar, virtually identical timing and pulse, to a dasher I had on 4096.87 kHz on November 28, 2013.
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(edit) going through the logs here I see this is very similar, virtually identical timing and pulse, to a dasher I had on 4096.87 kHz on November 28, 2013.
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HF Beacons / New desert beacon, "MOJAVE DES" 4096.54 kHz, 09 Jan, 2014, 0215 UTC
« on: January 09, 2014, 0306 UTC »
There appears to be a new south west beacon in operation around the 4096 kHz range. I have not been checking these freqs very often, the last time was probably a couple weeks ago, but tonight this one is very clear. There is enough fading on it that I am not ground wave to it, but a nice signal all the same.
4096.54 kHz, Jan 09. 2014, 0215 UTC. Sends three long dashes, each about 1.3 seconds long, the third is slightly longer than the rest. The three dashes are followed by MOJAVE DES in CW. The cycle then repeats, each cycle is about 18.9 seconds long.
Go to it guys, lets see where else this one is heard.
T!
4096.54 kHz, Jan 09. 2014, 0215 UTC. Sends three long dashes, each about 1.3 seconds long, the third is slightly longer than the rest. The three dashes are followed by MOJAVE DES in CW. The cycle then repeats, each cycle is about 18.9 seconds long.
Go to it guys, lets see where else this one is heard.
T!
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HF Beacons / "A" Beacon, 6291.93 and 10486.55 kHz, Dec 6, 2013, 1715 UTC
« on: December 06, 2013, 1720 UTC »
Many people are pretty familiar with the "A" pirate beacon on 2097.31 kHz. As beacons go this one is a power house. Today I stumbled across the 3rd and 5th harmonics, on 6291.93 kHz and 10486.55 kHz. They were weak but mostly copiable here at 1715 UTC on Dec 6, 2013. I looked for other harmonics, but those were the only ones I found for sure. The 7th harmonic on about 14681.17 kHz may have been in there, I kept seeing repeating noise changes at about the right interval, but never really heard or saw the A.
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HF Beacons / Dasher, 4069.95 kHz, Dec 5, 2013, 0100 UTC
« on: December 05, 2013, 0113 UTC »
What appears to me to be a new dasher is up on 4096.95 kHz. This does not appear to be the same one that has been sending M and RR, and turning on and off, over the past week or so. This one is a simple dasher, with a 2 second dash and a 2 second off time (4 seconds dash to dash). Power level is not supper strong, but pretty steady, about in line with Kelsie (if that is what it is) on 4069.27 kHz.
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Spy Numbers / VC01, Chinese Robot, 4165 kHz, Dec 03, 2013, 1500 UTC
« on: December 03, 2013, 1506 UTC »
The Chinese Robot, VC01, is up on 4165 kHz, USB, at 1500 UTC on December 03, 2013. This station has been aaround this frequency for the last few weeks, including excursions to 4175 and 4156 kHz. It has also been up on 8715 kHz near daily, for a couple of months now.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Red Mercury Labs, 6925 USB, 0143 UTC, Dec 03, 2013
« on: December 03, 2013, 0145 UTC »
Sounds like RML, but not heard an ID yet, 6925 kHz, USB, at 0143 UTC, December 03, 2013.
0143 UTC Ocean Size, Janes Addiction
0144 UTC Superfreak, Rick James
0148 UTC ID, Red Mercury Labs and shout outs
T!
0143 UTC Ocean Size, Janes Addiction
0144 UTC Superfreak, Rick James
0148 UTC ID, Red Mercury Labs and shout outs
T!
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Spy Numbers / V24 and M94 observations, greatly reduced activity, November, 2013
« on: November 30, 2013, 1641 UTC »
I have only been monitoring casually lately. I periodically tune to one of the Asian numbers stations, just to see if they are still chugging along. Last month, early October, 2013, I noticed I was not hearing much from V24 or M94. My assumption was that the schedule I built up at the beginning of the year was just not accurate anymore, and a new schedule was needed. So I started to monitor closely, and build up a new schedule to publish.
What I found is that V24 has almost ceased operation, and no M94 transmissions have been sent, that I am aware of, in over 6 weeks.
Examples of activity levels. In May of 2013 I heard 62 V24 transmissions, and 4 M94 transmissions. In the last 6 weeks, the second half of October combined with all of November, I have heard eight V24 transmissions and no M94 transmissions at all, in the past I would have expected there to be on the order of 90 V24 transmissions and 6 or more M94’s. In that 6+ weeks (part of Oct and all of Nov) monitored every known V24 and M94 frequency, past and present, 24 hours a day. I also looked for new frequencies, and so far found no indication of any in use.
It appears that V24 / M94 has either greatly reduced operations or it has moved a large part of its operations to frequencies / times I have not been able to locate.
V24 and M94 receptions, 16 October to 29 November, 2013.
V24 6310 kHz 05/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 06/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 06/11/2013 1530 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 08/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 12/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 13/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 15/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 16/11/2013 1430 UTC
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What I found is that V24 has almost ceased operation, and no M94 transmissions have been sent, that I am aware of, in over 6 weeks.
Examples of activity levels. In May of 2013 I heard 62 V24 transmissions, and 4 M94 transmissions. In the last 6 weeks, the second half of October combined with all of November, I have heard eight V24 transmissions and no M94 transmissions at all, in the past I would have expected there to be on the order of 90 V24 transmissions and 6 or more M94’s. In that 6+ weeks (part of Oct and all of Nov) monitored every known V24 and M94 frequency, past and present, 24 hours a day. I also looked for new frequencies, and so far found no indication of any in use.
It appears that V24 / M94 has either greatly reduced operations or it has moved a large part of its operations to frequencies / times I have not been able to locate.
V24 and M94 receptions, 16 October to 29 November, 2013.
V24 6310 kHz 05/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 06/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 06/11/2013 1530 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 08/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 12/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 4900 kHz 13/11/2013 1300 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 15/11/2013 1430 UTC
V24 6310 kHz 16/11/2013 1430 UTC
T!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: UNID 5109.8 USB 282320ZNov13
« on: November 29, 2013, 0202 UTC »
This topic has been moved to Shortwave Broadcast.
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=14109.0
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=14109.0
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Chamber Pot Radio, 6925 USB, 0300 UTC, 27 Nov, 2013
« on: November 27, 2013, 0305 UTC »
Chamber Pot Radio up on 6925 kHz USB, S6 here. Several "interesting" songs, as well as a shout out to Harry.
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HF Beacons / Possible new 4096.55 kHz Pirate Beacon, 24 Nov, 2013, 1500 UTC
« on: November 25, 2013, 0058 UTC »
I have been on travel for a while, and away from the radios, so not sure when this beacon might have started. Also, while I did not log it so I don’t remember the exact date, I did tune to the Inyo-Whooper (very close to the same frequency) a couple of weeks ago, and the Whooper was there, but not this “new” beacon.
Might be of interest to note that this morning the Inyo-Whooper is not present, could this new beacon be a Whooper replacement? The rough bearing I have to it is consistent with the area the Whooper was in, but the bearing is just that, rough, at best. Then again, there was snow in the area of the Whooper for the last couple days/nights, it might just be waiting for the sun to do its thing. Call this tentatively a replacement for the Inyo-Whooper. Hexie (4096.3 kHz) and Coxie (4095.9 kHz) are both present, although Coxie is pretty drifty, moving from 4095.8 to 4096.1 in 10 minutes. Later it shifted more than 1 kHz in a few seconds.
The “new” beacon sends two dashes. The group is sent every ~6.5 seconds. The first dash is slightly shorter than the second, first dash ~0.59 sec, second dash ~0.74 sec. The pause between the two dashes is ~0.55 sec. This might be the letter “M”, but since the dash and gap times are pretty close it also might be a slow “I”.
The frequency is 4096.55 kHz.
Signal level in here is good at S4 to S8 through the day.
T!
Might be of interest to note that this morning the Inyo-Whooper is not present, could this new beacon be a Whooper replacement? The rough bearing I have to it is consistent with the area the Whooper was in, but the bearing is just that, rough, at best. Then again, there was snow in the area of the Whooper for the last couple days/nights, it might just be waiting for the sun to do its thing. Call this tentatively a replacement for the Inyo-Whooper. Hexie (4096.3 kHz) and Coxie (4095.9 kHz) are both present, although Coxie is pretty drifty, moving from 4095.8 to 4096.1 in 10 minutes. Later it shifted more than 1 kHz in a few seconds.
The “new” beacon sends two dashes. The group is sent every ~6.5 seconds. The first dash is slightly shorter than the second, first dash ~0.59 sec, second dash ~0.74 sec. The pause between the two dashes is ~0.55 sec. This might be the letter “M”, but since the dash and gap times are pretty close it also might be a slow “I”.
The frequency is 4096.55 kHz.
Signal level in here is good at S4 to S8 through the day.
T!
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General Radio Discussion / The cat is out of the bag ;)
« on: November 03, 2013, 0606 UTC »
Surfing Youtube this evening, and what did I run across? Someone who stumbled on the HFU in the path.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFoGpw-39DA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFoGpw-39DA
T!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / KPZL Puzzle Radio 6933 kHz CW 2328 UTC October 31 2013
« on: October 31, 2013, 2334 UTC »
KPZL, Puzzle Radio, on 6933 kHz CW. Weak and still a bit early to make much out, but clear ID in CW and catching bits and pieces of it. "vampires roam on halloween" "all and seething with spite" "steganographia happy halloween KPZL puzzle radio", etc
Restarting 2334 UTC it sounds like.
T!
Restarting 2334 UTC it sounds like.
T!
