4655 khz 2250Z 13Nov12 -Italian?

[Grizz489]

2 OM speaking what may be Italian on 4655 Khz, any ideas who/what it may be?  S5-7 into NW Ohio. 

[cmradio]

Could be portugese from Brazil?

Peace!

[Grizz489]

Didn't sound like Portuguese, but I'm sure no foreign language expert.  Sounded like two OM chatting informally. 

[kmorgan]

could it have been hebrew? but that doesn't sound italian, sounds more like arabic to most ears- because if it was actually 4.665 it would be MOSSAD.. 4.651 is Airbus test flights according to qrg http://qrg.globaltuners.com/?q=4.6&s=1 but I believe air traffic would be in all EE. I have noticed some reception on the listed mossad frequencies but never good enough for copy.

[zackers]

The E10 Mossad transmissions ceased around March 1, 2011. None have been heard since. None of us mere mortals knows what happened to them or why. 

[kmorgan]

I've been hearing a pattern of "dits" on 4655 USB - no voice, just dit dit dit dit...no cw code just seems random dits anywhere from 5 to 9 dits in a row, then a pause..is quite narrow bandwidth. I haven't made a log but will start doing so now, I was unaware that frequency was no longer used, I assumed it was Mossad all along.

[cwguy]

Not sure if your "dits" reception is the same, but go over to the HF Beacons part of the forum and check out the entry titles "Dashers / Ditters 5 December" and see if this jives with anything you heard.  Apparently, there are a LOT of them out there.

I can't help but think these are very intentional - propagation beacons, I would think.  These guys are not hobbyists!

In fact, that might be a better place to post your findings, as what you heard was very beacon-like, and others there might have more info for you.