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Re: The Fast Forward Music Station on 16160 kHz
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2013, 0216 UTC »
Firedrake plays music of several different tempos throughout its 60 minute program, some of them are very fast.  I believe you are hearing a normal speed change in tempo.  Why do I say that?  Because I started listening to 16100 about 0140z, and from that time to the time it went off air at 0159:59z and I heard nothing uncommon for Firedrake.  Yes, it was fast, but it was its normal fast pitched drums / pipes.  At 0157:05 it did its normal change and went back to slower paced music, no change in recording speed, just a tempo change in the music.

Watch it for a few days, I bet you will see it "speed up" every day, but this is not a sped up recording, jsut a normal shift in tempo for the program.

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Re: The Fast Forward Music Station on 16160 kHz
« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2013, 1251 UTC »
Do you know of a list of the known frequencies that it might be on?

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Re: The Fast Forward Music Station on 16160 kHz
« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2013, 1455 UTC »
They are a jammer and they respond to their targets.  This means they change frequencies often.  Typically the are jamming staitons like Sound of Hope Chinese service.  If you find a listing for that station you can predict when you have a good chance of hearing Firedrake.

Also remember that many times Firedrake does not come on until 5 to 25 minutes after the hour, so your best bet to hear them is from 30 minutes after the hour until the top of the next hour, when most Firedrake outlets go off air.  Some Firedrake outlets do stay on through the top of the hour and do not break, but that is a minority of them.

Example, right this minute (1450z) Firedrake is up 15870, 15800, 14750, and 13130 kHz (and probably many more freqs, those are just what I saw quickly), but they will be off air in a few minutes.

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1450z (probably until 1500z) 15870, 15800, 14750, and 13130 kHz.

1540z (probably until 1600z) I only see it on 2 freqs, 11970 and 9955 kHz.

2350z (probably until 0000z) I see it on 18180, 17170, 16920, 15800, 15550, 14980, 13920, and 13850 kHz.

2335z (probably until 0000z)  Different day from above listing.  17300, 16920, 16100, 15970, 15800, 14700, 14400, 13970, 13130, and 12670 kHz

0025z (probably until 0100z) I see it on 18250, 17645, 17300, 17250, 17170, 16920, 16100, 15385, 14750, 13850, 13530, and 11500 kHz.

0125z (probably until 0200z) I have it on 17730, 17300, 17250, 16920, 16600, 14980, 14800, 14750, 13920, and 13530 kHz.

0225z (probably until 0300z) I see it on 17730, 17370, 17250, 17170, 16920, 15800, 14750, and 13850 kHz.
« Last Edit: March 18, 2013, 2345 UTC by Token »
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