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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio / WDDR 6950 USB 0030 UTC 24 MAY 2020

« on: May 24, 2020, 0544 UTC »

[Applause from the balcony]....

Old school pirate radio the way it should be done. Killer signal. Killer content. You hit the US and someone said you made it to EU land. What an epic broadcast.

Once again, THANK YOU, DDJ.  Well f-in done. Thanks for the requests, too! But you had your own brilliant musical logic anyway... If you asked for requests, we just added to it, it was all your original trip.

Your guts to pull this off, and the continent-reaching signal, makes me think of KIPM. Really, really awesome to hear.

Epic, no other word for it. Needed during these crazy times. I think a lot of people heard this broadcast. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did. May this happen again, soon!   

Skol!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio / WDDR 6950 USB 0030 UTC 24 MAY 2020

« on: May 24, 2020, 0500 UTC »

Got any Yardbirds or King Tubby? Play whatever you want, DDJ, you're on a roll!

Aretha "Respect" 0506...  Right f-in on!

Got Marvin Gaye, "Aint that peculiar"?

(Never mind... you've got Fleetwood Mac, @ 0509,  "Oh Well"... you almost read my mind... well done... go on! Long live Peter Green!

edit: Heart full of Soul 0512... Thank you for the request! You ROCK!
2nd edit: "Fame" (Lennon/Bowie) 0518.... keep kickin' ass

3rd edit: Marvin Gaye indeed! THANK YOU SIR!!! Killer show, thanks for the requests, maaaaaan!!!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio / WDDR 6950 USB 0030 UTC 24 MAY 2020

« on: May 24, 2020, 0428 UTC »

Absolutely spectacular S9 show, killer songs and audio, my YL digs it, you are rocking Arizona! Thanks again, been a while since I've heard a marathon ass-kicker like this, bravo!

edit: 0437  Joe Walsh "Life's Been Good".... Life is good tonight thanks to you, WDDR!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio / WDDR 6950 USB 0030 UTC 24 MAY 2020

« on: May 24, 2020, 0222 UTC »

Amazing S7+ sig out here, great audio as usual. Thank you for the show once again!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6925 USB 0122 24, May 2020

« on: May 24, 2020, 0207 UTC »

"Smoke on the water"  at 0206, very nice clear s7 signal here in AZ.

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Utility / Re: 11175 USB

« on: May 16, 2020, 2124 UTC »

0216z, RADIATION (?) calling Navy Papa Tango 511, standing by to authenticate Papa Papa Tango. (lots of activity, even some doubling it seems)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: YHWH 7475 AM 0245 UTC 27 April 2020

« on: April 27, 2020, 0308 UTC »

Clear S7 signal here.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6926 USB 0225 UTC 27 April 2020

« on: April 27, 2020, 0306 UTC »

Coming in loud and clear here, clear music and SSTV, "Riders on the Storm". Edit: Hendrix, "Star Spangled Banner". Thanks for the show!

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HF Mystery Signals / Re: 9024 kHz, DSB, oddity, 03 April, 2020, 0420 UTC

« on: April 20, 2020, 0502 UTC »

Whew, tonight's experiment gone, just like that QRT 20 seconds ago... and the beat goes on.

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HF Mystery Signals / Re: 9024 kHz, DSB, oddity, 03 April, 2020, 0420 UTC

« on: April 20, 2020, 0448 UTC »

"They're testing something."

I think that idea has a lot of merit.

On again tonight, like clockwork, as I write this.

Kiwi in Khabarovsk:
http://khv.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/

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HF Mystery Signals / Re: 9024 kHz, DSB, oddity, 03 April, 2020, 0420 UTC

« on: April 17, 2020, 0350 UTC »

On 9024 kHz tonight again, via Khabarovsk SDR, 10+ over s9...

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Spy Numbers / Re: South Korean numbers station V24, March 21, 2020, 5150 kHz, 1400 UTC

« on: March 27, 2020, 0533 UTC »

Great video/recording, Token! I should be able to hear this one from time to time, must check it out. The selection of K-pop songs to select msg recipients must,surely be unique!

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Spy Numbers / Re: Numbers Station News Story

« on: March 07, 2020, 0501 UTC »

I'm currently working on a long-form article about numbers stations: why they're still utilized by governments because of their remarkably simple yet effective communication capabilities

They're still used 'cause they can't be decrypted by anyone who doesn't have the one-time pad, or "key".
2600 magazine had a good article on the maths of why this is so in the mid-2010's.

and why shortwave radio enthusiasts are eager to track a mystery that may never be solved.

Um... A lot (i.e. tons) of people have speculated for decades, for example going back to Havana Moon and H. Helms (both wrote books in 1980's) and many others, and by this point in the present, people at places like the old A.C.E. and this forum and N&O and Priyom (international but also .ru-zone) and Enigma 2000 basically "solved" the general topic and lately most of the specifics also. Not "the mystery"... every station, and even some transmissions themselves are different mysteries. New ones pop up too, the subject is fluid. The more things change, the more they are not the same any more.

Maybe what you mean is, no SWLer will ever be able to understand or decode a message, which is a fact.  it's not possible (which again answers your first question)...

To answer the question "why", maybe because it's fun? It definitely beats watching the paint dry or reading an anonymous twitter feed. Don't knock it 'till yer tried it.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 4015 USB 0025z Dec 25, 2019

« on: December 25, 2019, 0136 UTC »

Barely audible here above noise floor, however, nights like these are what a certain online SDR avec sky loop is for (thank you for the public service, Chris). Excellent, a$$-kicking show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Zeke's Attic USB 2208 UTC 24 December 2019

« on: December 24, 2019, 2357 UTC »

Great signal out here from "Rudolph" till off-air.