Firedrake

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Firedrake is the unofficial name of a shortwave broadcast containing loud oriental orchestral music. It exists solely to jam other signals, such as broadcasts by Sound of Hope and Radio Free Asia. The 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.

Here are some of the frequencies where Firedrake has been logged. 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.

Example frequencies (kHz) logged by HF Underground users:

  •  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: (no logs)
  •  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: (no logs)
  • 2015: 5890, 5970, 7435, 9355, 9685, 9745

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

Recordings:

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