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Spy Numbers / V07, 17431 kHz USB, 21 APR 2024, 0200 UTC

« on: April 21, 2024, 0250 UTC »

Also copied at 0220 on 16131 USB and 0240 on 14431 USB. All copied from KPH kiwi SDR because the signal was pretty weak all three broadcasts at my home QTH.

141 141 141 1
6109 64

77868 45816 90462 85451 70826 19139 30016 67967 63676 01816 08553 02428 88937 45451 05077 69226 15277 41292 59808 59794 37188 29789 49742 99166 57661 57926 92150 99809 38022 09115 46643 83317 70978 15454 86280 89853 10001 75122 62387 00873 76728 30774 52423 78167 55277 42183 09732 00749 51637 42066 04876 04398 39266 29188 48805 76521 48696 03828 96097 61365 47809 86168 91295 04091

000 000

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Spy Numbers / V13 (New Star Broadcasting Station), 11430 H3E, 19 APR 2024, 1300 UTC

« on: April 19, 2024, 1304 UTC »

Good SIO 444 signal into my home QTH. Usually I have to use a west coast SDR to copy V13.
1311 EOM

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Clandestine Stations / Mizzima Radio, 13825 kHz, 19 APR 2024, 1220 UTC

« on: April 19, 2024, 1231 UTC »

Found while scanning the bands, first time catch for me. ID via Eibi schedule, from where I found the following link from none other than Rob Wagner. The info there is a bit out of date, but the gist is that this is operated by veteran clandestine Burmese journalists covering Myanmar. Eibi says the tx is at Tashkent and that this is their only broadcast on HF, 1200-1300 UTC. Signal is about SIO 232, and features a YL and OM in a news reading format.

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Spy Numbers / V07, 17431 kHz USB, 14 APR 2024, 0200 UTC

« on: April 15, 2024, 0003 UTC »

141 141 141 1
435 112

92758 68826 24458 08621 70929 00432 52502 80477 29717 51120 72370 03130 35429 61894 65723 62385 26263 54883 57558 75484 90762 57402 25094 62854 20818 10740 62868 61412 53707 38706 01496 99840 53578 64948 68265 12218 54430 62486 16915 97990 86236 09137 03712 91063 72849 54287 52672 83687 12245 42102 61616 18656 92251 18012 70650 15204 58277 73540 48442 61071 13116 64912 14970 57487 53608 31126 90348 31856 73553 50066 22872 77888 47680 03457 29932 27423 91084 88695 31837 90437 16315 76141 84125 59457 27936 15994 96947 16705 74834 06015 15275 26609 98636 61053 13184 52382 23166 72770 13576 91727 99657 73216 71481 06438 89130 42883 57725 80154 13222 23478 81838 45692 78337 82764

000 000

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Shortwave Broadcast / HM01 on Radio Habana Cuba, 11760 kHz, 11 APR 2024, 1115 UTC

« on: April 11, 2024, 1218 UTC »

First noted at 1115 UTC, but still on as of 1217z as I type this with English language broadcast underneath (CRI per eibi).

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Peskies / UNID 11430 LSB 09 APR 2024 1328 UTC

« on: April 09, 2024, 1329 UTC »

Listening on KPH kiwi SDR, YL and OM speaking Spanish in what I believe are Mexican accents. Interesting catch both because of LSB mode and the fact that I had just been sitting here after catching V13 numbers station on the same frequency at 1300 UTC (but in USB mode).

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Spy Numbers / HM01 April 2024

« on: April 01, 2024, 0505 UTC »

01 APR 2024 (Mon), 10860 kHz, 0500 UTC

46267
65361
60676
73411
51078
75448

Normal one day progression. As they've been on a run where HM01's messages update as expected, I will cease commenting on that until such time as they start getting goofy (rebroadcasting last week's messages or skipping ahead as much, etc).

If interested in exactly which files were transmitted digitally, review the last few entries of March's topic:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,126396.30.html

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Shortwave Broadcast / Ifrikya FM, 17600 kHz, 31 MAR 2024, 1540 UTC

« on: March 31, 2024, 1546 UTC »

Fairly solid SIO 222 signal. Station ID at 1545. Music until 1546, when OM began speaking in the style of news reading.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Exterior Espaņa, 17855 AM, 31 MAR 2024, 1400 UTC

« on: March 31, 2024, 1415 UTC »

Actually tuning in at 1413 UTC, first transmission on this frequency for the A24 broadcast cycle. Good SIO 444 signal into Denver with what sounds like a futbol match, or at least the pregame portion of it.

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Utility / VMC Charleville QL, 12365 USB, 31 MAR 2024, 1400 UTC

« on: March 31, 2024, 1408 UTC »

Quite clear and copyable into Denver this Easter morning. SIO 333 with marine weather report.
1409 station ID
1411 QRT following announcement of broadcast schedule and frequencies

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Spy Numbers / V07 "Spanish Lady" 19172 USB 0200 UTC 31 MAR 2024

« on: March 31, 2024, 0520 UTC »

Null message:

112 112 112 000

Repeated 0220z on 17462 USB. Earlier broadcast was SIO 444, later was more like 343.

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Shortwave Broadcast / KBS World, 15575 AM, 28 Mar 2024, 1315 UTC

« on: March 28, 2024, 1346 UTC »

I was getting an excellent signal at the above time, SIO 555 or close enough, for my first decent copy of KBS's sole North American directed broadcast in English this season. I know from checking various online SDR's (especially in the east where the sun's higher, and good ones right on the Pacific coast such as KPH's kiwi SDR) that it's come in to other American QTH's for a while, but it's only been a carrier with occasional traces of audio for about a month now. Recent solar storms causing blackouts in the Arctic latitudes haven't helped either.

https://youtu.be/czeuuMcn3pE

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Utility / USAF HFGCS message at 20 MHz?

« on: March 27, 2024, 2139 UTC »

I'm posting this separately from the main log diary since I've never seen this before. I found an apparent EAM on WWV's frequency of 20 MHz (20000 kHz USB) just today at 2124 UTC.

https://youtu.be/Ql7RNK5T29A

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID, 15325 kHz, 26 MAR 2024, 1900 UTC

« on: March 26, 2024, 1912 UTC »

Found this while scanning the bands. The only station scheduled for this frequency is RFI, and they're only on 0700-0730z. I took a chance and used Shazam, which identified the music as "Days of Emancipation" by a Chinese composer named Zhu Changyao. The audio quality is much like The Firedrake when I can copy that here, so I suspect this is also being broadcast from somewhere in China. As of 1912 as I type this, it's still only music airing uninterrupted.

https://youtu.be/hZezD-jBYS8

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Shortwave Broadcast / Reach Beyond Australia, 15320 kHz, 25 MAR 2024, 1330 UTC

« on: March 25, 2024, 1334 UTC »

Hindi language broadcast beamed from NW Australia to India in Hindi, but coming into Denver SIO 544 to 555. Music as of 1334z. Station ID in English with email at 1337z (radio@reachbeyond.org.au).