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Today's Topics:
1. Re: [dxld] Un ID on 11560kHz (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. ???.: [dxld] Un ID on 11560kHz (Frequencies)
3. Glenn Hauser logs November 19-20, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
4. New Iban language radio station in the offing (LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS)
5. The Shortwave Report 11/16/12 Listen Globally! (LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS)
6. How to Listen to Real Spy Broadcasts Right Now (LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS)
7. HH Lokalradio Relay Tomorrow (tom taylor)
8. Nov 20 Logs ([email protected])
9. Re: Nov 20 Logs (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:37:51 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Un ID on 11560kHz
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MOLDOVA [UNIDENTIFIED] UnID on 11560 kHz, via Grigoriopol Maiac in
Pridnestrovye.
11560 1700-1730 48 KCH 100 160 0 216 151112-300313 MDA NEW WRN
WRN brokered HOA target program. I guess 12130 kHz Radio SSC in Somali only
Saturdays in B-11 season ? wb.
Radio SSC in Somali Arabic Saturday in B-11
1700-1740 12130 KCH 100 kW 180 deg to EaAF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sei-ichi Hasegawa" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 3:53 AM
Subject: [dxld] Un ID on 11560kHz
I received Un ID station of the sound like HOA language on 11560kHz at
*1657-1727*UT on Nov.17.
I seem to be new Target Bradcast station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfy-wkMP_Ls&feature=youtu.be
de Hiroshi
S.Hasegawa
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:03:52 +0000
From: Frequencies <[email protected]>
To: Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]>, HCDX
<[email protected]>, DXLD <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] ???.: [dxld] Un ID on 11560kHz
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Dear Mr. Hasegawa,
This station is Dimtse Radio Yerena (Erena):
1700-1730 on 11560 (55555) in Sofia, Bulgaria
73! Ivo Ivanov
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[[email protected]] ?? ????? ?? Wolfgang Bueschel
[[email protected]]
?????????: 20 ??????? 2012 ?. 13:37
??: HCDX; DXLD
????: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Un ID on 11560kHz
MOLDOVA [UNIDENTIFIED] UnID on 11560 kHz, via Grigoriopol Maiac in
Pridnestrovye.
11560 1700-1730 48 KCH 100 160 0 216 151112-300313 MDA NEW WRN
WRN brokered HOA target program. I guess 12130 kHz Radio SSC in Somali only
Saturdays in B-11 season ? wb.
Radio SSC in Somali Arabic Saturday in B-11
1700-1740 12130 KCH 100 kW 180 deg to EaAF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sei-ichi Hasegawa" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 3:53 AM
Subject: [dxld] Un ID on 11560kHz
I received Un ID station of the sound like HOA language on 11560kHz at
*1657-1727*UT on Nov.17.
I seem to be new Target Bradcast station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfy-wkMP_Ls&feature=youtu.be
de Hiroshi
S.Hasegawa
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:31:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 19-20, 2012
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** ARGENTINA. 11711-, Nov 20 at 0003, RAE Brazilian with Argentine YL
intonation, giving two e-mail addresses, one of which is dxrae2010 @ gmail.com
which probably leads to DX program provider Arnaldo Slaen and might get a
speedier response; best on USB tuning to avoid het. Nothing audible on
13363.5-LSB tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Nov 20 after 1400, not hearing BB Urdu service, but at
1506 open carrier is on with flutter, 1507 add hum and whine; 1514 JBA maybe IS
preceding scheduled Hindi. Do they ever run a ``timesignal`` starting this
off-hour emission? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA [non]. 6105.5v, R. Panamericana has been reported reactivated, so I
am trying for it Nov 19 at 2301 --- only Chinese here, when Aoki shows RTI at
22-24 in Chinese, 100 kW, 310 degrees from Kouhu, so this is CNR1 jamming, and
useless to try for Bolivia until it that`s over. 2357, now the Chinese is gone,
but still no CP audible (nor any het). Further fruitless tries at 0003, 0058.
It`s not a good Bolivian evening since at 0005, 6134.8 is very poor altho no
bonker at the moment; 6155 maybe a weak het in the noise. Ralph Perry reports:
``According to R Panamericana?s website schedule, they sign on at *1000 on
weekdays but *1100 on weekends; in local evenings, they stay on to 0300* on
local weekdays and to 0100* on local Sat and Sun nites in La Paz`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4800, Nov 20 at 0008, hyper Chinese talk in typical CNR1 style, no
doubt the Geermu 916 site which is 100 kW non-direxional and on the air 22 and
2/3 hours per day per Aoki, now near grayline.
Just where is Geermu, anyway? WRTH map puts it in remote west-central China,
just outside (?) Tibet. Very detailed Readers Digest Great World Atlas 1997
does not list it in the seemingly exhaustive index, nor under alternate name
Golmud! But we find it on the map under the latter name at 95 East/36+ north.
The much older 1979 RD Wide World Atlas spells it Ge`ermu both in index and on
map, and indicates it`s within Qinghai, considerably north of the Tibet
boundary. So which name is preferred now? And by whom?
Was hunting for Andeans, but instead found this, also somethings on 4820 and
very poor Chinese on 4920, presumably both Tibet, Himalayans (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake November 20, circa 1400:
9350, very poor at 1353
13530, fair at 1354 with CCI
13530, NO FD at 1407 check, but something VP in Chinese, presumably Sound of
Hope in the clear, except for CODAR. At 1425, just CODAR.
No other FD found 11-18 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5025, Nov 20 at 0010 & 0102 chex, R. Rebelde with rather
heavy RTTY CCI. Or are they doing ``digital text`` tests too? Hi (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15510-15535, Nov 20 at 1508, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here,
neatly wedged between 15505 Bangladesh and 15535 much stronger Arabish, i.e.
Radios Tamazuj and later Dabanga, via Vatican (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GREECE [and non]. 9420, Nov 20 at 0632, VOG is VG playing old songs in
1930`s style, YL singing presumably in Greek with the bands. Some of the
records are scratchy, surely 78`s originally, i.e. a `Marion`s Attica` show!
[See also USA: WBCQ]. Continued past 0700. Not // 7475 with talk in
Albanian(?), and this time the 9420 signal is much better.
Turned radio back on 9420 at 1347 and VOG is still audible, weaker with ID
right away. Now the `banshee` QRM is back, which is axually a variblob het from
a spur on the low side, then staying far enough away circa 9410 instead. Maybe
Asians can identify source? Suspect China or India. Could be AIR National
Channel transmitter from 9425, which I am not hearing there? If so, it would
come on circa 1320, a clue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH [and non]. 9475, 9482, 9498, 9505, Nov 20 at 0002, approx.
centers of spurs from 9490 Radio Rep?blica, now with no QRM from WTWW which has
just closed 9479.
The above spurs are sometimes absent, but not the ones which follow at
0200-0400 from the 5960 transmitter relaying NHK in Japanese: yet again, Nov 20
at 0314 I hear blobs on the usual spots from 5844 to 6076, the latter QRMing R.
Liberty in Belarussian via Vatican which is on 6075 at 03-04 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Nov 20 at 1415, Denge Kurdistan with nice Kurdish
vocal music, fair with flutter past 1420; considerably weaker by 1500. Believed
to be PRIDNESTROVYE site, but unclear what other site may be switched to after
1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LABRADOR [non]. 6160.8, Nov 19 at 2300, CKZN with CBC news, no het yet, too
early for CKZU 6160.0; but by 2359 there is a het, tho CKZN still dominating
with local ID for CBC Radio 1, 89.5 in Goose Bay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Nov 20 at 0444 UT, Spanish music audible with KMOX nulled,
tnx to tip from Bruce Winkelman in Tulsa who found daytimer KEOR had kept
transmitting after sundown tonight. NEVER any IDs or other announcements (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 13600, Nov 20 at 0313, JBA carrier, checking this since Eduardo
Peralta, Argentina has been hearing English from R. Sultanate of Oman here,
apparently ex-15355. As Wolfgang B?schel points out, RSO has registered 13600
to start at 0400 in Arabic, 100 kW, 220 degrees from Thumrait. But CRI in Tamil
is also on 13600 before 0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4765, Nov 20 at 0059, weak station with music past 0100, no
timesignal, ME/Central Asian? W&M announcements, more choral music. Certainly
unseems Brazilian which leaves us with Tajik Radio 1, 100 kW ND from
Dushanbe-Yangiyul per Aoki at 23-20 UT mostly in Tajik (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830, Nov 20 at 0001, WTWW-1 has just QSYed from 9479, finally at the
time they have been announcing for weeks, instead of 0100; and now that the new
night frequency has been chosen.
WTWW-2 remained on 9990 a bit longer but at 0010 check it too had descended, to
5085 ? Brother Scare was interrupted for ID at 0000 on 9990, but on 5085 it`s
someone else; at 0102 5085 is off.
12105, Nov 20 at 0104, now that WTWW-2 is off 5085, WTWW-3 has come on, very
poor signal in Spanish vs CODAR, mentioning a cap?tulo in Bible reading. 0314
recheck, better signal in Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, Nov 20 at 0102, WWRB is on again, with `Word of Life
broadcast`, // 3215 (not 3195 which is WWCR until 02; then they swap) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5110v-CUSB, UT Tue Nov 20 at 0103, WBCQ with ``William Tell
Overture`` so Area 51 is replaying `Allan Weiner Worldwide`, then right into
his rant about Twinkies` demise. From http://www.worldmicroscope.com ?
``We are making some changes to programming on our 5110 service. Effective
Monday, November 19, Allan Weiner Worldwide will run Mondays through Thursdays
from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. eastern time (0100 UT). Area 51 programming will
remain on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Thanks for your support!``
Cf GREECE: BTW, `Marion`s Attic` is now close enough to nighttime for
sufficient propagation westward, unlike all summer when buried in noise level
at 21-22: now Sundays 22-23 on 7490, as is `Behaviour Night`, Fridays at same
time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7506.4, Nov 20 at 0444, no signal from WRNO. Has it been off all
evening? Sure hope so (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715, Nov 20 at 1411, like yesterday, KJES with big carrier but JBM
--- volume all the way up, can hear YL in English talking about God; same level
at 1511 with unison responses still in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** UZBEKISTAN. 11695, Nov 20 at 1413, NHK English news, fair with flutter, i.e.
southward from Tashkent relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:05:12 +0200 (EET)
From: LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] New Iban language radio station in the offing
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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Home - News - Local - New Iban language radio station in the offing
New Iban language radio station in the offing
Posted on November 21, 2012, Wednesday
KUCHING: Radio Kenyalang will be the latest radio station to be transmitting
through short wave, and it is bound to be courting controversies once it gets
on air soon.
Reliable sources said the RK, which will broadcast in Iban, is linked to
Sarawak Workers Party (SWP).
And just like SWP, RK will be BN-friendly but will hit out at Parti Rakyat
Sarawak (PRS) the party it declared it would contest against in the coming
election.
The source also mentioned that RK will be something like Radio Free Sarawak
(RFS).
It will be headed by Lester Melanyi, who is the SWP media unit chief. Lester,
who has vast experience in journalism mostly in the print media, was at one
time with RFS in London for a year.
When interviewed via email, Lester said he and a group of friends were in Kuala
Lumpur and in London to work out the details on how to operate the station.
?We will get our airwave right from World Radio Network in London, meaning we
will broadcast direct from London,? he said.
Asked whether RK will be based in London or Sarawak, Lester was evasive and
merely said: ?We are more than happy to operate from home but then again, we
don?t want to be harassed or watch our back all the time.?
?Let?s just wait and see. Moreover, we hope the radio will be up and running in
a matter of weeks. For a start, we will go on air for an hour,? he added.
SWP prime mover and now advisor Dato Sng Chee Hua also has years of experience
in the media industry.
He was once the owner of The Malaysian Today, a local tabloid.
Read more:
http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/11/21/new-iban-language-radio-station-in-the-offing/#ixzz2Cn7Xrit8
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:09:36 +0200 (EET)
From: LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 11/16/12 Listen Globally!
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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The Shortwave Report 11/16/12 Listen Globally!
by Dan Roberts ( outfarpress(at)saber.net )
Thursday Nov 15th, 2012 4:03 PM
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a
shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for
listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and
slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National Radio, Radio
Havana Cuba, and NHK World Radio Japan.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (November 16) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY
(128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form
(6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up
there {35MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info?)
This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National
Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK World Radio Japan.
>From GERMANY- Spain is one of the worst hit economies in the EU- here is the
>story of a town in the south named Marinaleda, where a maverick mayor is
>seeking a socialist utopia in the midst of financial chaos. The Israeli
>military has been attacking Gaza with escalating violence since the weekend,
>in response to Hamas rocket attacks. Israel also fired into Syria to defend
>the occupied Golan Heights. On Wednesday Israel assassinated the military
>chief of Hamas and the attacks are increasing as I produce this show on
>Thursday morning. Anti-austerity demonstrations swept across Europe on
>Wednesday, with Spain, Portugal, and Italy seeing the most violence.
>From SPAIN- After 20 years the so-called "banana wars" are over- the EU and 11
>Latin American countries signed an accord on tariffs and preferential
>treatment on the importing of bananas. Argentina saw the biggest
>anti-government demonstration in many years. A judge has frozen $19 billion
>worth of Chevron/Texaco assets over environmental damage claims in Ecuador.
>Many are calling for a change in the mortgage laws in Spain- currently if one
>falls behind on payments they are evicted but still liable for the mortgage
>debt.
>From CUBA- The UN General Assembly voted 188-3 for the US to cease its
>blockade of Cuba. For the first time, voters in Puerto Rico passed a ballot
>initiative calling for statehood. John Kerry former Presidential candidate and
>Vietnam veteran is being considered for the Secretary of State position in
>Obama's new cabinet.
>From JAPAN- Xi Jinping has been chosen as the new leader of China's ruling
>Communist Party. While at a conference in Japan, the Dalai Lama has condemned
>the Chinese government for repeated human rights violations. An international
>conference aimed at a nuclear-free Middle East has been postponed due to
>turmoil in the region.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line -
http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at
http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in
the last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you
just want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version-
lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a
high-speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow
connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will
play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime,
iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
NEW TIME SLOT on KZYX! This program will be aired on Sunday afternoon at 4pm
(PDST) on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via <
http://www.kzyx.org >
Podcast-
feed://http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?series=outFarpress+presents
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put
into this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations
rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs.
You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No
Guilt! (maybe a little)
links for this week's edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_11_16_12_128.mp3 > (27 MB) HIGHEST QUALITY
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_11_16_12.mp3 > (16MB) Broadcast Quality
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_11_16_12_24.mp3 > (6MB) Slow Modem streaming
Website Page-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml >
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
"We must reconstitute the natural world as the true terrain of politics. We
must draw our standards from our natural world, heedless of ridicule, and
reaffirm its denied validity. We must honor with the humility of the wise the
bounds of that natural world and the mystery which lies beyond them, admitting
that there is something in the order of being which evidently exceeds all our
competence."
--Vaclav Havel
Dan Roberts
Shortwave Report-
http://www.outfarpress.com
YouthSpeaksOut!-
http://www.youthspeaksout.net
http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:08:45 +0200 (EET)
From: LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] How to Listen to Real Spy Broadcasts Right Now
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Theh funny if this story is that the site is well known on "life hacking " ie
techniques for short cutting your life activities !
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http://lifehacker.com/5961035/how-to-listen-to-real-spy-broadcasts-right-now
How to Listen to Real Spy Broadcasts Right Now
Alan Henry View Profile
Encrypted messages, fancy technology, spies use them all to communicate, but
sometimes the best way to hide is in plain sight. Right now, broadcasting
across the airwaves around the world, are automated, anonymous shortwave AM
radio stations that most governments won't acknowledge even exist, much less
explain. Best of all, you can hear recordings from them right now, and if you
have the right gear, tune in and listen yourself.
Numbers Stations: Real Spy Broadcasts, On the Air Now
Numbers stations are anonymous, shortwave AM radio stations that broadcast
messages at pre-set times, sometimes periodically and sometimes random, on
specific frequencies. They're notable for their unusual tone and content, as
the stations can be silent for most hours of the day or week, then jump to life
with a collection of artificial human voices, sounds, Morse code, short songs,
or even nursery rhymes. They also broadcast in a number of different languages.
If you've ever listened to a numbers station, it's one of the creepiest things
you've ever heard. You won't exactly use these to get more work done or
streamline your life, but it's a lot of fun to listen.
Another characteristic of numbers station broadcasts is the messages feel like
gibberish, or nonsensical words, letters, or songs strung together. In reality,
they likely mean a great deal to the right listener. Numbers stations appeared
shortly after World War II, and while they were most plentiful during the Cold
War, many still broadcast today. If you ask the FCC about them, they'll say
they have no information on them because the frequencies are unlicensed. Ask
any specific government agency and they'll usually deny they exist, or at least
deny broadcasting on them. Who operates them and who are they for? Most likely
they're used by spies, sending and listening for coded messages.
How Do These Stations Work?
The behavior of shortwave radio in the atmosphere makes it ideal for long range
radio transmission. You can send messages on a given frequency all over the
world, and most people who use shortwave radio use it to communicate with ships
at sea and people in locations all over the world.
You can see how they'd be ideal for spies: transmit a one-way message to
someone anywhere in the world?literally thousands of miles away from the origin
point?on an unlicensed station so no one knows who you are. Send them a code
that can be deciphered using information only they know, or even a one-time pad
that's never used again and changes from message to message. It's no wonder
they're still in use today.
How Can I Listen to Numbers Stations?
The beauty of shortwave AM radio is that it's blasted through the air, free and
clear. All you really need is a shortwave AM radio you can use to pick up the
broadcasts, and an idea of when to listen. Even if you don't have one though,
there are some ways you can get an idea what these secret messages sound like.
Here's how:
To listen in real time: You'll need two things:
A shortwave radio. Almost any will do. If you're DIY-inclined, you can build
your own from a standard AM radio. Photo by Matt Keiffer.
A list of known numbers station frequencies.
That's all you'll really need. The site Spynumbers.com has an old?but still
mostly accurate?list of numbers stations, recordings from them, and their known
frequencies and times of broadcast. Numberstations.co.uk does as well, and the
Global Frequency Database can help you learn more if you know a frequency
already. (The HF Underground Spy Numbers logging forum also has up-to-date
frequencies. Thanks for the tip, Chris!) If you have a commercial shortwave
radio that can get those frequencies, just tune in.
To listen online: Listening in real time online is a trickier proposition, but
it's still possible:
SDR Space is a community-run service of shortwave receivers operated by
individuals around the globe that open up their servers to anyone running the
SDR Radio (Software Defined Radio) client. If you have your own receiver, you
can use SDR radio to connect it to your computer and tune, listen, and record
broadcasts. If you live somewhere with no transmitter or where there's too much
interference, you can connect to someone with a server, tune, and listen.
A number of shortwave enthusiast sites, like HFRadio.org and The Listening Post
have shortwave tuners you can adjust and listen to in real time, online,
anytime you want. The Listening Post even links to other web controlled radios
around the world, so you can try your luck if you think you're getting
interference or jamming. Your mileage may vary.
Grab your favorite online tuner or receiver, punch in the frequency (as long as
it's supported) at the right time, and as long as your tuner isn't in an area
with a lot of interference or noise, you can listen to the broadcasts as they
happen.
To listen to recordings: This is probably the safest way, or at least the way
that won't creep you out when you've been listening to silence for a half-hour
only to jump when you hear a lady's voice speaking in Czech singing a limerick,
or a child repeating letters from the phonetic alphabet. Here are some options
to get into numbers stations on your own time:
The Conet Project is an independent intiative to record, catalog, and inform
the public about the secret transmissions that happen around us every day. The
recordings are sadly difficult to find on CD these days (Although they just
reached out to me to let me know it's being re-released in a 5 disc version,
available here!), but all of the recordings are available on SoundCloud. I love
them all, but if I can make a suggestion, try the Lincolnshire Poacher (the
video above) first, then move on to Phonetic Alphabet NATO (the video at
right), which to my knowledge is still broadcasting. You can listen to more
sample broadcasts and learn more about the project at Wikipedia and the
Internet Archive.
We mentioned Spynumbers.com before as a way to get frequencies and schedules of
broadcasts, but they also have a database of recordings and links to other
sites as well.
Numbers Stations walks you through the technology and history of Numbers
Stations in greater detail than we can here, along with the methods of
transmission and the devices used to broadcast the stations. At the end of the
piece, you can listen to recordings of some of the most famous ones.
Hundreds of recordings, many made very recently, have also been uploaded to
YouTube, including the entire Conet Project, including the videos here.
Exercise caution though, numbers stations have urban legend status with some
people (for example, it is not illegal to listen in to numbers stations), but
at least you can hear some of the recordings and learn more about the stations
at your leisure.
Once you've explored a few numbers station recordings or even tuned in to a few
yourself, you'll never really look at the antenna array on the top of a
building the same way again. Here in Washington DC, where I live, the airwaves
are full of shortwave AM broadcasts in a variety of languages?some are just
news and weather data being broadcast for foreign nationals and from antenna
arrays on the tops of embassies, but others are...more curious. The best part
is you never know where they're coming from and who's broadcasting them, but
you know they're intended for someone, and they carry an important message
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:37:46 -0000
From: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] HH Lokalradio Relay Tomorrow
Message-ID: <E7E304B665E04450A1592703D527ED3B@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
HH Lokalradio Tomorrow Wednesday 21st of November 2012
05.00 to 11.00 UTC -- HLR on 7265 KHz via MVBR [email protected]
<http://mail.google.com/a/sky.com/h/mjewv27lu9pv/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=m.kittner@fr
eenet.de>
11.00 to 17.00 UTC -- HLR on 6190 KHz via MVBR [email protected]
<http://mail.google.com/a/sky.com/h/mjewv27lu9pv/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=m.kittner@fr
eenet.de>
Good Listening
73s, Tom
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:16:52 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Nov 20 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, *1232:25-1300*, Nov 20,
late, abrupt sign on with English news in progress. Subcont music.
Sign off with 6 second test tone. Sign on with weak modulation and
strong hum which eventually went away. (Alexander-PA)
** CHAD. 6164.96, RNT, 2225-2259*, Nov 20, French talk. African
hi-life music. Afro-pop music. Abrupt sign off. Good. (Alexander-PA)
** KURDISTAN [non]. via Grigoriopol, Moldava, 11510, Denge
Kurdistan. 1445-1510, Nov 20, Indigenous vocals. Kurdish music.
Kurdish talk. Poor. Weak in noisy conditions. (Alexander-PA)
** NIGER. 9705.39, LV du Sahel, 2245-2300:44*, Nov 20, local tribal
music. Indigenous vocals. Vernacular talk. Qur`an at 2256. National
Anthem at 2259. Very poor. Weak with adjacent channel splatter.
(Alexander-PA)
** SOMALILAND. 7120, Radio Hargaysa, *0330:37-0410, Nov 20,
sign on with National Anthem. Talk at 0332. Qur`an at 0332:30. Talk
at 0338. Horn of Africa music after 0349. (Alexander-PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:35:10 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXplorer" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Nov 20 Logs
Message-ID: <618AE53F981A41E89C3B5D4DE61E7A16@HNPC2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
ETHIOPIA/MALI/NIGER 9635.000 RTM Bamako in French at 17 UT Nov 20,
UNDERMODULATED.
9704.993 Also undermodulated French nx service program, 99% is Radio
Ethiopia, acc Aoki list, scheduled previously on 7235 kHz, 12 Somali, 13
Afar, 14 Arabic, 16 En, 17 Fr, and Somali 18-19 UT. HOA mx at 1713-1717 UT.
[later] NIGER 9705.394 and here is the footprint of ORTN Voix du Sahel
from Niamey Niger, 400 Hertz higher than the 9705 frequency, with mostly
known Ethiopia 9705 minus 7 to 9 Hertz, see above 9705 reception at 17-18 UT
slot.
At 1915-1930 UT ORTN in French language, and in between Sahel flute music.
Was on measured 9705.585 kHz, at 2127 UT Nov 16.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 16/20)
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:16 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Nov 20 Logs
> NIGER. 9705.39, LV du Sahel, 2245-2300:44*, Nov 20, local tribal
> music. Indigenous vocals. Vernacular talk. Qur`an at 2256. National
> Anthem at 2259. Very poor. Weak with adjacent channel splatter.
> Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
> Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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