6925Mhz Pirate on now 725pm est

[W2NAP]

Pirate on right now on 6.925

Metal hour it seems

[NY4Q]

If ya run across any numbers stations, be sure to post that. I found one a while back and forgot to write down the freq & time.

[W2NAP]

number stations are interesting. some have set scheds. others are so bloody random.

the cuban number stations seem to be the ones with set scheds

[NY4Q]

I think I just happened upon the "ass end" of a transmission on 4369kcs. She was signing right as I passed the freq.

4369kcs @ 8PM on 2/8

[W2NAP]

I need to get better HF antennas up. I keep saying that and I really do. but blah the weather.

[NY4Q]

WELP, 4369 is a DUD; it's shore to ship weather.

[KJ3N]

I must be an anomaly in ham radio. I find no compelling reason to listen to anything outside a ham band. :dunno:

[NY4Q]

I must be an anomaly in ham radio. I find no compelling reason to listen to anything outside a ham band. :dunno:

Well I've gone back and forth tonight; its kinda like an Easter Egg hunt.

[W2NAP]

sometimes you can find some rather....... interesting.. stuff outside of the ham band.

[WØTKX]

Yea. I have recently started messing with the "Utility SWL" thing again.

I like trying to decode those oddball digital signals...

[W7XF]

I must be an anomaly in ham radio. I find no compelling reason to listen to anything outside a ham band. :dunno:

Which ham??

11637

11638

[N8YX]

sometimes you can find some rather....... interesting.. stuff outside of the ham band.

Very true. In the early to mid 80s - before cell phones really took off - various Latin American drug cartels utilized HF communications to coordinate their transportation activities. HF has fallen out of favor as a communication means for traffickers but equally interesting things have replaced them.

Look for so-called "Echo Charlie" bootleggers on 3470-3485 LSB, 6670 LSB, 13555 LSB, 13970 LSB and 20970 LSB.

Pirate radio broadcasting operations can often be found just below the 40M amateur band, just below the 20M amateur band and just above WWV on 15MHz. I used to hear a bunch of them around 6200KHz before the 49M SWBC band was expanded. Though I haven't heard any of the operations myself, reports of activity just above 12.1MHz have been logged for several years.

And then there's the 24-30MHz range. I practically guarantee you'll find something interesting, especially when the FOT for F-layer skip lies within that slice of spectrum.

Am I the only Islander who has a QSL card for Kol Yisrael on its 29.750 frequency (which has long since been abandoned)? Snagged that one back in the late 70s. Had to verify with a different SW receiver before submitting the report so I could be sure I wasn't receiving an image.

[W2NAP]

I remember back in the 90s catching some Military activity around 27.8Mhz some guys on patrol around one of the bases out west.

[NY4Q]

I found this the other night and did some "Goog'lin" and it was transmissions from Andrew AFB - they daily still do "launch the nukes" drills. If I can find my notes on that (probably written on a napkin), I'll post the freq & time I heard them.

Ok, I found the paper - the freq is 6739kcs, but I didn't write down a time.

[W2NAP]

I found this the other night and did some "Goog'lin" and it was transmissions from Andrew AFB - they daily still do "launch the nukes" drills. If I can find my notes on that (probably written on a napkin), I'll post the freq & time I heard them.

Ok, I found the paper - the freq is 6739kcs, but I didn't write down a time.

11.175USB is another one.

[kb2vxa]

"Which ham??"

THIS ham.

[KG4NEL]

I must be an anomaly in ham radio. I find no compelling reason to listen to anything outside a ham band. :dunno:

Often times, I find the pirate/unlicensed crowd to be more interesting to listen to than what's going on in the legal bands :twisted:

[w3bny]

Often times, I find the pirate/unlicensed crowd to be more interesting to listen to than what's going on in the legal bands :twisted:

Oh come on I get a kick outa the Fine Business Prostrate Net. "Wow Jimmy John your amp broken...your only 90 over S9 tonight." "Yeah billy bob..had to take it down a smidge to power my Iron kidney"

[N2CHX]

Anyone have any idea what the wideband RTTY signal is around 4.005? It's always there, it's always strong, and I can never decode anything meaningful out of it.

[w3bny]

Found something neat... http://www.rtl-sdr.com/signal-identification-guide/

[W2NAP]

Anyone have any idea what the wideband RTTY signal is around 4.005? It's always there, it's always strong, and I can never decode anything meaningful out of it.

Military IIRC

[KC2UGV]

Anyone have any idea what the wideband RTTY signal is around 4.005? It's always there, it's always strong, and I can never decode anything meaningful out of it.

I do believe, and my memory may be incorrect, that is the EPLRS freq for backbone FBCB2 systems.

[NM5TF]

from time to time I fire up my old Hallicrafters SX-110 to do some SWL'ng.....

1 time I was surfing the freqs & came across an airliner talking to his home base
in SF.....he was over the Pacific Ocean heading to Hawaii & reporting an engine
problem....home base told him to return to SFO ASAP....they were using USB...

seems like a lot of commercial SW stations have gone off the air in the last
couple of years.....kinda sad....

still find it neat to some BC band dx'ng late at nite.....

[NQ6U]

I do believe, and my memory may be incorrect, that is the EPLRS freq for backbone FBCB2 systems.

According to the Wikipedia (emphais mine): "EPLRS is a Time Division Multiple Access System that uses a frequency hopping, spread spectrum waveform in the UHF band.

[NQ6U]

Anyone have any idea what the wideband RTTY signal is around 4.005? It's always there, it's always strong, and I can never decode anything meaningful out of it.

FWIW, 4.005MHz is allocated to maritime fixed/mobile. Could it be weather fax?

[KC2UGV]

According to the Wikipedia (emphais mine): "EPLRS is a Time Division Multiple Access System that uses a frequency hopping, spread spectrum waveform in the UHF band.

It does for vehicle to vehicle; but TOC to TOC is another beast. Again, I could be wrong here.

[kb2vxa]

Most digital HF mystery signals are military and government, encrypted of course. Decoding software available to civilians is very limited in capabilities so various modes can't be decoded and encryption quite impossible without those top secret keys. FYI much of the information on da Bunneh's link is way out of date and incomplete, conflicting comments/arguments don't help any. Sorry Ren, you tried. For scanner enthusiasts a very complete and comprehensive collection of recorded, identified signals may be found here: http://www.w2sjw.com/radio_sounds.html For what it's worthless, Scott is an old friend and my computer guru who can build a computer for you you when he has the time time to commit the crime crime. Is there an echo in here here here here here here here e e e e e e e e...................?

[kb2vxa]

dupe

[W2NAP]

dupe

thats what she said :spin:

I heard "fuck you radio" this morning on 6915 LSB playing some Carlin bits

[WØTKX]

Encrypted 850 Hz RTTY. Good Luck.

[NY4Q]

There's a crazy Cheech & Chongish monologue in progress on 6950kcs USB right now.

S9+20dB in GA.

Oh, and old tyme country music on 6925kcs AM. Again, S9+20dB.

[W2NAP]

not hearing it up here.

[NY4Q]

not hearing it up here.

Big loss for you! haha

[W2NAP]

i been up on 20 and above scanning around most of the day not much pirate surfing this weekend..

[W2NAP]

Screaming Preacher on 3.195Mhz

[KG4CGC]

Screaming Preacher on 3.195Mhz

Unfortunately, there is always a screaming preacher there and the surrounding freqs.

[KG4CGC]

from time to time I fire up my old Hallicrafters SX-110 to do some SWL'ng.....

1 time I was surfing the freqs & came across an airliner talking to his home base
in SF.....he was over the Pacific Ocean heading to Hawaii & reporting an engine
problem....home base told him to return to SFO ASAP....they were using USB...

seems like a lot of commercial SW stations have gone off the air in the last
couple of years.....kinda sad....

still find it neat to some BC band dx'ng late at nite.....

RCI, Radio China International. You can hear them on a piece of coax. Is Havana still on the air?

[W2NAP]

Unfortunately, there is always a screaming preacher there and the surrounding freqs.

this guy was the SUPREME screaming preacher... dude sounds like he is melting down and on the verge of a stroke.....

[KG4CGC]

this guy was the SUPREME screaming preacher... dude sounds like he is melting down and on the verge of a stroke.....

That's how his listeners know that he's right.

[W2NAP]

That's how his listeners know that he's right.

I listened for the rest of the dudes show... I couldnt stop laughing.

[KG4CGC]

I listened for the rest of the dudes show... I couldnt stop laughing.

I have a 2 minute tolerance unless I'm waiting for broadcast information and etc.

[W7XF]

I have a 2 minute tolerance unless I'm waiting for broadcast information and etc.

I have ZERO tolerance when it comes to 14.313, 3840, 27.185 or 27.025.

[W2NAP]

I have a 2 minute tolerance unless I'm waiting for broadcast information and etc.

oh man, it was so far out there I just found it 100% amusing.. no clue what the dude was preaching.. but damn it was amusing.

[NY4Q]

That's how his listeners know that he's right.

In the fundamental ranks, that's called "The Anointing"...

or

"The Holy Spirit sure was on Brother Snodgrass last night wasn't He..."

[NQ6U]

"The Holy Spirit sure was on Brother Snodgrass last night wasn't He..."

Holy Spirits is more like it.

—Da Pope

[KG4CGC]

8891 and 8989 USB.
Some type of comms in plain English.

[NA4BH]

Nothing here

[KG4CGC]

Nothing here

MWARA NAT-D HF

[KG4CGC]

8.906

[NA4BH]

Nothing, but Russia is blasting through on 20

[KG4CGC]

The comms are sporadic. And boring but just park your knob there for a few minutes.

And just skip 8989

[NA4BH]

Ok, I put my knob on your hands.

[NA4BH]

Dupe

[KG4CGC]

Is 8.000 USB an Amateur band anywhere.

http://qrg.globaltuners.com/?q=8.000&s=1