Firedrake

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Firedrake is the unofficial name of a shortwave broadcast featuring loud oriental orchestral music.  It exists solely to jam other signals, such as broadcasts by Sound of HopeThe broadcasts only contain the music; no form of on-air identification has ever been reported.  An article on satdirectory.com revealed that the source of the Firedrake shortwave transmissions is a China National Radio satellite feed.
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Firedrake is the unofficial name of a shortwave broadcast containing loud oriental orchestral music.  It exists solely to jam other broadcasts on the same frequency, apparently for censorshipFiredrake broadcasts only contain music; no form of on-air identification has ever been reported.  An article on satdirectory.com revealed that the source of the Firedrake shortwave transmissions is a China National Radio satellite feed.
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Reception logs are regularly published in Glenn Hauser's DX Listening Digest.
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== Targeted broadcasts ==
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Firedrake has been logged on frequencies used by Radio Free Asia and Sound of Hope. The jammer is typically used against broadcasts in Chinese targeted to Asia.
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! align="right"|Frequency (kHz)
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! 2006
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| 6145
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| 7365
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| 7535
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Frequencies:
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== Example frequencies ==
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* 11500 kHz (Sep 2011)
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* 11540 kHz (Jun 2007)
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These frequencies are in kHz and were logged by HF Underground users or published in the EiBi shortwave schedules (http://www.eibispace.de/). Those wishing to hear Firedrake should try scanning around these frequencies or tuning to scheduled broadcasts known to be jammed rather than only checking specific frequencies. Note that frequencies are not constrained to the shortwave broadcast bands.
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* 11560 kHz (Sep 2011)
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* 11700 kHz (Oct 2006)
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* 11765 kHz (Oct 2006, Mar 2007)
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* 2006: 6145, 7130, 7365, 9350, 9370, 9455, 9680, 9905, 10400, 11700, 11765, 11785, 11940, 12085, 13625, 13675, 13715, 13970, 14600, 15510
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* 11785 kHz (Oct 2006)
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* 2007: 7535, 9355, 9680, 9905, 11540, 11765, 11790, 11795, 11945, 12085
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* 11790 kHz (Feb 2007)
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* 2008: (no logs)
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* 11795 kHz (Jun 2007)
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* 2009: 9000, 10210
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* 11940 kHz (Oct 2006)
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* 2010: 8400, 9150, 10300, 11100, 12600, 13300, 14980, 15720
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* 11945 kHz (Feb 2007)
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* 2011: 7970, 10300, 11500, 11560, 12160, 12175, 12230, 12600, 13130, 13850, 13970, 14700
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* 12085 kHz (Oct 2006, Mar 2007)
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* 2012: 11900, 12230, 12320, 12670, 12980, 13430, 13850, 14870
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* 12175 kHz (Sep 2011)
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* 2013: 11500, 12980, 13130, 13970, 15900, 16100
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* 13625 kHz (Sep - Oct 2006)
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* 2014: 9855, 13630, 13780, 15560, 17560
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* 13675 kHz (Oct 2006)
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* 2015: 5890, 5970, 6010, 6020, 6095, 7435, 7445, 7505, 9355, 9370, 9410, 9455, 9685, 9745, 9860, 11560, 11945, 13830, 17625, 17810
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* 13715 kHz (Oct 2006)
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* 2016: 7250, 9855, 9880, 13630, 13805, 15565, 17560
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* 13970 kHz (Sep 2006)
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* 2017: 6080, 7210, 9350, 9355, 9370, 9745, 9780, 9965, 11540, 11560, 11670, 13830, 15250
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* 14600 kHz (Sep - Oct 2006)
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* 15510 kHz (Sep - Oct 2006)
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Firedrake logs are regularly published in Glenn Hauser's [http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html DX Listening Digest].
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Recordings:
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ns16LwekY Chinese Firedrake Jammer on 13300 kHz]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSw3uGFlE8 Chinese Firedrake Jammer - Full Audio]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAKlWeamTEE Firedrake Jamming from China]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL0HKhgjIYU Firedrake on 7970kHz]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjtzyhDlNi4 Firedrake jammer on 10970]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwJgM595p4w Firedrake shortwave radio jammer - Everywhere...]
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Other links:
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* [http://www.satdirectory.com/firedrake.html Firedrake - The source of China's Radio Jammer found on Chinasat 6B]
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* [http://www.lyngsat.com/ChinaSat-6B.html ChinaSat 6B]
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* [http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/prcdragon.pdf Fighting the Chinese Government "Firedragon" Music Jammer and Sound of Hope broadcasting, Taiwan]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_jamming_in_China Radio jamming in China (wikipedia)]

Revision as of 19:42, 30 August 2017

Firedrake is the unofficial name of a shortwave broadcast containing loud oriental orchestral music. It exists solely to jam other broadcasts on the same frequency, apparently for censorship. Firedrake broadcasts only contain music; no form of on-air identification has ever been reported. An article on satdirectory.com revealed that the source of the Firedrake shortwave transmissions is a China National Radio satellite feed.

Targeted broadcasts

Firedrake has been logged on frequencies used by Radio Free Asia and Sound of Hope. The jammer is typically used against broadcasts in Chinese targeted to Asia.

Example frequencies

These frequencies are in kHz and were logged by HF Underground users or published in the EiBi shortwave schedules (http://www.eibispace.de/). Those wishing to hear Firedrake should try scanning around these frequencies or tuning to scheduled broadcasts known to be jammed rather than only checking specific frequencies. Note that frequencies are not constrained to the shortwave broadcast bands.


  •  2006: 6145, 7130, 7365, 9350, 9370, 9455, 9680, 9905, 10400, 11700, 11765, 11785, 11940, 12085, 13625, 13675, 13715, 13970, 14600, 15510
  •  2007: 7535, 9355, 9680, 9905, 11540, 11765, 11790, 11795, 11945, 12085
  •  2008: (no logs)
  •  2009: 9000, 10210
  •  2010: 8400, 9150, 10300, 11100, 12600, 13300, 14980, 15720
  •  2011: 7970, 10300, 11500, 11560, 12160, 12175, 12230, 12600, 13130, 13850, 13970, 14700
  • 2012: 11900, 12230, 12320, 12670, 12980, 13430, 13850, 14870
  • 2013: 11500, 12980, 13130, 13970, 15900, 16100
  • 2014: 9855, 13630, 13780, 15560, 17560
  • 2015: 5890, 5970, 6010, 6020, 6095, 7435, 7445, 7505, 9355, 9370, 9410, 9455, 9685, 9745, 9860, 11560, 11945, 13830, 17625, 17810
  • 2016: 7250, 9855, 9880, 13630, 13805, 15565, 17560
  • 2017: 6080, 7210, 9350, 9355, 9370, 9745, 9780, 9965, 11540, 11560, 11670, 13830, 15250

Firedrake logs are regularly published in Glenn Hauser's DX Listening Digest.

Recordings:

Other links:



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