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Amateur Radio / Re: 14.232 LSB 0300UTC 9/9/24
« on: October 27, 2024, 1323 UTC »
14230 kHz USB is the main analog SSTV for 20 meters. It can sound like a fast tik tok depending on the image being sent.
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Just came here to post that same thing
Noticed this morning that DW was on well before sunrise. Not sure when it was repaired, but pretty sure last weekend it was daytime only.
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Without recordings, date and time in UTC, or a bit more description, there is no way to know what you are describing.
As for the radar, a bit before you posted this the Russian 29B6 radar was on that frequency. However I don't know how long before you posted this you heard what you heard and it was not on that freq at the time this was posted.
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HF Beacons / Re: The Desert Whooper
« on: October 27, 2024, 1319 UTC »At sometime after I last posted DW seems to have had repairs or a new battery installed. BAT telemetry seems to be back to normal levels and the beacon seems to run all night without shutting down.
Just came here to post that same thing
Noticed this morning that DW was on well before sunrise. Not sure when it was repaired, but pretty sure last weekend it was daytime only.T!
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HF Beacons / Re: "MENU" CW on 5345.8khz
« on: October 06, 2024, 1338 UTC »
This is a station the Numbers and Oddities web site has called UM05, you can find reports of it in their newsletters. It appears to be French in origin, and has been active since at least Oct, 2023, my first recording of it appears to be 14 October, 2023. What it sends changes, and appears to, maybe, be on-air Morse code practice. A many days long cycle starts with simple letters, very slow paced, and moves on to words, then sentences, and paragraphs.
It also uses different frequencies at different times, I have heard it on 3961.8 kHz, 5345.8 kHz, 10300.8 kHz. It has been reported on 10380.8 kHz, but I have not heard that freq myself.
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It also uses different frequencies at different times, I have heard it on 3961.8 kHz, 5345.8 kHz, 10300.8 kHz. It has been reported on 10380.8 kHz, but I have not heard that freq myself.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDDR Drunken DJ Radio 6955 USB 0055 UTC 11 AUG 2024
« on: August 11, 2024, 0322 UTC »
Good evening WDDR. S9+ into the Mojave Desert tonight. Tuned in in time to see the Super Skyraider. Nice, I have both an SX-16 and an S17.
(edit) High right back to you. Heard the comment on the SX-28. I also have one of those.
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(edit) High right back to you. Heard the comment on the SX-28. I also have one of those.
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Spy Numbers / Re: UNID Russian numbers station 11128 kHz USB 1638 UTC 4 May 2024
« on: May 04, 2024, 2204 UTC »
Do you have a recording? I was told about this in text, but was not near a radio to hear it first hand. It seems like this was S06. It was supposed to be E06, starting at 1630 UTC, but apparently it ran the S06 voice instead. Both the 06 and 07 families are know to have this accident from time to time.
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HF Mystery Signals / Re: 13100 +/- Khz mystery signal
« on: March 31, 2024, 2139 UTC »
Recording? Screenshot?
What you are describing is pretty open to interpretation. Since you posted I have left a receiver on the frequency, so far have not heard the signal.
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What you are describing is pretty open to interpretation. Since you posted I have left a receiver on the frequency, so far have not heard the signal.
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Utility / Re: USAF HFGCS message at 20 MHz?
« on: March 30, 2024, 0319 UTC »
Nice find, wish I had recorded it.
Sounds faked / pirate / hoax to me. In addition to all the reasons ~SIGINT~ points out, it just sounds wrong and forced. And the voice is synthetic, something you don't find on HFGCS.
And that leads me to why I wish I had recorded it. I have lots of faked / hoax signals in my recordings, but never faked HFGCS traffic.
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Sounds faked / pirate / hoax to me. In addition to all the reasons ~SIGINT~ points out, it just sounds wrong and forced. And the voice is synthetic, something you don't find on HFGCS.
And that leads me to why I wish I had recorded it. I have lots of faked / hoax signals in my recordings, but never faked HFGCS traffic.
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HF Mystery Signals / Re: What kind of OTH radar could this be..
« on: March 29, 2024, 1849 UTC »
This is not an OTHR.
I don't know what it is, specifically, but for a variety of reasons (features of or missing from the signal) I know it is almost certainly not a radar. Or if it is (since almost any signal can be) a radar it is an extraordinarily poorly designed one. I suspect it is data of some kind, but to get a better handle on what it is would require a different recording, preferably an IQ recording or an audio recording in FM or SSB (I prefer USB) that captures both "carriers" and everything between them.
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I don't know what it is, specifically, but for a variety of reasons (features of or missing from the signal) I know it is almost certainly not a radar. Or if it is (since almost any signal can be) a radar it is an extraordinarily poorly designed one. I suspect it is data of some kind, but to get a better handle on what it is would require a different recording, preferably an IQ recording or an audio recording in FM or SSB (I prefer USB) that captures both "carriers" and everything between them.
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HF Mystery Signals / MOVED: 6.220 Mhz CW Please help with I.D
« on: February 29, 2024, 0801 UTC »27
HF Mystery Signals / Re: 7182-7196 kHz -- digital or radar?
« on: February 29, 2024, 0801 UTC »Not sure what this is -- it sounds different, and looks more fine-grained, than radars I've heard before, but I'm no expert.
Also, on 7200 LSB, there's a continuous beep-beep in the background. I know this frequency is heavily QRMed, but this sounds very similar to ALE to me.
Without recordings, date and time in UTC, or a bit more description, there is no way to know what you are describing.
As for the radar, a bit before you posted this the Russian 29B6 radar was on that frequency. However I don't know how long before you posted this you heard what you heard and it was not on that freq at the time this was posted.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Cupid Radio test 21800 AM 1600 UTC 11 FEB 2024
« on: February 11, 2024, 1656 UTC »
Cupid is about S7 into the Mojave Desert of California today.
Long time no hear.
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Long time no hear.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0056 UTC 24 DEC 2023
« on: December 24, 2023, 0103 UTC »
Heard the Testing announcement, and flipped the source over to the house sound system. Not super strong into the Mojave Desert tonight, S 7 or so, but perfectly usable.
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