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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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Best guess is that it is some kind of ionospheric research tool. But like I said, that is a guess.
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No, there appears to be no data on these pulses. Different pulse lengths and spacing have been used, but todays was a 0.125 second long pulse sent every 6.0 seconds on a given frequency.
These pulses sequence up in frequency, starting on the lowest, then to the next highest, then the next highest, etc, from bottom freq to top freq, then restart at bottom freq. With a 6.0 second periodicity and a 0.125 sec pulse that allows for 48 frequencies in this group. However, there appears to be two sources, so you can sometimes find more than 48 frequencies in use. By comparing the timing of any two adjacent frequencies you can tell if they are both from the same source or not.
Occasionally you will find one freq with both sources on it, then the timing differences and propagation differences make it clear there are two sources at work.
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He would occasional read portions of some transcripts, but the majority of his program was original material.
At various times I caught his transmissions from as low as 4100 kHz to as high as 29130 kHz. What was probably his undoing was he started transmitting regularly, 3 or 4 times a day, for over an hour each time. He also used the same frequencies at the same time each day. And more than once he operated in the aviation segments of the band, as well as inside ham bands. At a rough estimate I have him in my log book over 300 times from mid 2013 to Dec of 2014 when he got popped. And I did not log every time I heard him, for example I often heard him in the mobile, and I almost never log what I hear mobile.
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HF Beacons / Re: New ditter maybe, 7000.68 kHz, Oct 22, 2016, 1700 UTC
« on: October 23, 2016, 1422 UTC »
This ditter appears to be daytime only. Watching and recording this morning I caught the turn on, the signal was not there and then it was, no fade up with band conditions.
And that puts my guess as to first operation dates in a bad place, one of the recordings I was basing that guess on was a night time recording, so that is out the window.
T!
And that puts my guess as to first operation dates in a bad place, one of the recordings I was basing that guess on was a night time recording, so that is out the window.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 0025 UTC October 23, 2016
« on: October 23, 2016, 0104 UTC »
As normal, Wolverine doing a great job into the desert, and I have him on the house sound system.
However, there appears to be military (not MARS) traffic on freq, possibly NTC (Fort Irwin) traffic. One of them made a comment about the music, I hope they are enjoying it as much as I am
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However, there appears to be military (not MARS) traffic on freq, possibly NTC (Fort Irwin) traffic. One of them made a comment about the music, I hope they are enjoying it as much as I am
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HF Beacons / New ditter maybe, 7000.68 kHz, Oct 22, 2016, 1700 UTC
« on: October 22, 2016, 1913 UTC »
There appears to be a ditter on about 7000.65 kHz. I am pretty sure I have seen this ditter before, but it is such a long period and so weak I always thought it was noise / RFI / something else. But today it is strong enough to be clear, this is not local noise.
It is a dit, about 0.17 sec long, sent every 22 seconds. There is a very slight chirp on the dit. The frequency at 1700 UTC was 7000.68, and at 1900 UTC it was 7000.63, so there is a little drift to it.
(edit) This signal has definitely been here for a while. I have a recording from 2 weeks ago with it clearly present, and one from several months ago with what is probably the same signal in it. I'll have to look back at older spectrum recordings, if I have any for that freq range, and see if I have any older that include it.
(edit2) It turns out the 6990 to 7010 kHz range is not one I record often. I have a recording from early October 2016 that clearly shows this ditter there. I have a recording from July 2016 that clearly shows it present. I have a recording from Feb 2016 that may show it, there is a lot of interference and I am not 100% sure. And I have a recording from early Dec 2015 that does not show the ditter there at all. So, at a guess this ditter showed up after early Dec 2016 and before July 2016, with a reasonable possibility of between early Dec 2015 and Feb 2016.
(edit3) This ditter can be heard on other remotes in California, and was also reported as heard in Washington state.
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It is a dit, about 0.17 sec long, sent every 22 seconds. There is a very slight chirp on the dit. The frequency at 1700 UTC was 7000.68, and at 1900 UTC it was 7000.63, so there is a little drift to it.
(edit) This signal has definitely been here for a while. I have a recording from 2 weeks ago with it clearly present, and one from several months ago with what is probably the same signal in it. I'll have to look back at older spectrum recordings, if I have any for that freq range, and see if I have any older that include it.
(edit2) It turns out the 6990 to 7010 kHz range is not one I record often. I have a recording from early October 2016 that clearly shows this ditter there. I have a recording from July 2016 that clearly shows it present. I have a recording from Feb 2016 that may show it, there is a lot of interference and I am not 100% sure. And I have a recording from early Dec 2015 that does not show the ditter there at all. So, at a guess this ditter showed up after early Dec 2016 and before July 2016, with a reasonable possibility of between early Dec 2015 and Feb 2016.
(edit3) This ditter can be heard on other remotes in California, and was also reported as heard in Washington state.
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Spy Numbers / Re: V24 new schedule?
« on: October 21, 2016, 1438 UTC »
Add another new freq, 5150 kHz, at 1400z on day 21 for sure, and may have been there on day 19, my recordings show something there in that time period on 19th, but Chinese OTHR was almost completely covering it, so can't be sure it was V24 on the 19th. On the 21st it was stronger than the OTHR, so could confirm it was V24.
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HF Mystery Signals / Re: Mystery signal question
« on: October 19, 2016, 0158 UTC »
I see them every day, from 13 MHz up, and sometimes below that. Definitely see more when propagation conditions are good. When 10 meters is open to Asia I still see the band blasted by them.
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Other / Re: Unid 7200 AM 2254 UTC 16 October 2016
« on: October 16, 2016, 2304 UTC »
I tuned in during Black Magic Woman, the signal is not in AM, it is LSB, no carrier present.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 AM 0056 UTC October 16
« on: October 16, 2016, 0107 UTC »
Signal was on air before 0050 UTC. Nice signal here in the Desert, good bandwidth and modulation is good. Might be the slightest bit of hum.
(edit) Sign off at 0112 UTC, after some Elvis. Callsign of KCPR anounced.
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(edit) Sign off at 0112 UTC, after some Elvis. Callsign of KCPR anounced.
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Spy Numbers / Re: V24 new schedule?
« on: October 14, 2016, 1231 UTC »
This is the time of year when V24 often changes things up a bit, 5115 kHz is a past used frequency, and I think they have been caught on 4925 before also. I have the 5115 kHz transmission in my recordings, I will have to recheck last months recordings and see if they used 5115 then also.
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Other / Re: Pips network up, multiple frequencies, 1403 UTC, 09 Oct, 2016
« on: October 09, 2016, 2345 UTC »Thanks T, I wonder what this is used for?
Best guess is that it is some kind of ionospheric research tool. But like I said, that is a guess.
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Other / Re: Pips network up, multiple frequencies, 1403 UTC, 09 Oct, 2016
« on: October 09, 2016, 1641 UTC »Is this similar to Frequency Hoping like the Military uses?
No, there appears to be no data on these pulses. Different pulse lengths and spacing have been used, but todays was a 0.125 second long pulse sent every 6.0 seconds on a given frequency.
These pulses sequence up in frequency, starting on the lowest, then to the next highest, then the next highest, etc, from bottom freq to top freq, then restart at bottom freq. With a 6.0 second periodicity and a 0.125 sec pulse that allows for 48 frequencies in this group. However, there appears to be two sources, so you can sometimes find more than 48 frequencies in use. By comparing the timing of any two adjacent frequencies you can tell if they are both from the same source or not.
Occasionally you will find one freq with both sources on it, then the timing differences and propagation differences make it clear there are two sources at work.
T!
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Other / Pips network up, multiple frequencies, 1403 UTC, 09 Oct, 2016
« on: October 09, 2016, 1429 UTC »
The oddity Pips network is up today, as it was yesterday. Noticed it at 1403 UTC, 09 Oct, 2016, not sure how long it has been up today. 0.125 second long dit every 6.0 seconds.
(edit) This set off air at 1513 UTC.
6450
8700
8975
9050
9225
11025
11150
11200
13200
13400
13800
14400
15100
15550
15625
16000
16200
16725
17175
17475
17775
17925
18050
18450
18625
18675
19075
19300
19350
20050 ? Related to 20400?
20250
20400 ? May be unrelated to Pips
20550
20900
20950 ? Related to 20400?
Freqs noted so far, will probably find more and add to the list as found.
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(edit) This set off air at 1513 UTC.
6450
8700
8975
9050
9225
11025
11150
11200
13200
13400
13800
14400
15100
15550
15625
16000
16200
16725
17175
17475
17775
17925
18050
18450
18625
18675
19075
19300
19350
20050 ? Related to 20400?
20250
20400 ? May be unrelated to Pips
20550
20900
20950 ? Related to 20400?
Freqs noted so far, will probably find more and add to the list as found.
T!
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General Radio Discussion / Re: YHWH tonite (local)
« on: October 09, 2016, 0128 UTC »Interesting. The case for Yahshuah (Yah meaning Yahweh, or YHWH, shuah meaning salvation), over Jesus is solid, there's no J sound in Hebrew or Aramaic, never has been. It may be a case where, like in Roman and Greek (as well as Egyptian) times the pagans created supergods out of the combination of two gods, perhaps Jesus is Jehovah Zeus?
Actually the J sound, originally pronounced as Y, is recent to English as well, as in no older than a few hundred years. Of course that also means Jehovah isn't the name either, it's Yahweh as made note of in the callsign, Hebrew has no vowels per se, just what are called vowel points so Yahweh is the phonetic transliteration of YHWH.
And then there's the case of the christian Sabbath, Sunday, the pagan day of sun worship. The Sabbath is from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, and Yahshuah always observed the Sabbath. Imagine building entire religious industries around falsehoods. So technically, the christians have a lot of their core doctrine based upon error and their leadership knows all of this.
The reason the name "Jesus" is used is because that's the spelling of the name in the Greek, and all of the New Testament manuscripts were written in Greek. The English pronunciation of the name is based on our pronunciation of the letter "J", the English pronunciation of the Greek name used by the original writers of the New Testament.
I used to hear YHWH on the 31 meter band. The guy sounded as if he was reading from some book, like he was reciting a bunch of stuff. It was hard to determine exactly where he was coming from because there was a lot of rambling.
He would occasional read portions of some transcripts, but the majority of his program was original material.
At various times I caught his transmissions from as low as 4100 kHz to as high as 29130 kHz. What was probably his undoing was he started transmitting regularly, 3 or 4 times a day, for over an hour each time. He also used the same frequencies at the same time each day. And more than once he operated in the aviation segments of the band, as well as inside ham bands. At a rough estimate I have him in my log book over 300 times from mid 2013 to Dec of 2014 when he got popped. And I did not log every time I heard him, for example I often heard him in the mobile, and I almost never log what I hear mobile.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 2336 UTC 08 OCT 2016
« on: October 08, 2016, 2349 UTC »
A tad too early for good conditions here, and hour from now would be much better, but usable signal.
From the song list so far "Why" seems to be the theme.
(edit) SSTV at 0041 UTC. The signal was just starting to come up to nice levels for me on the left coast. Still an hour or so to sundown.
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From the song list so far "Why" seems to be the theme.
(edit) SSTV at 0041 UTC. The signal was just starting to come up to nice levels for me on the left coast. Still an hour or so to sundown.
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Huh? / Re: Now here's something ya don't see everyday!
« on: October 08, 2016, 1945 UTC »
Oh crap, that is an early stage Brahmin! Ya see, Fallout 4 is real...I keep telling my boss that, the days of work I miss are to help the Commonwealth grow, but he never believed me, now I have proof!
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