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Your setup, although modest by hard-core DXer standards, will definitely net you some results. Patience is the key. I actually do not actively seek out numbers stations, but I do log them when I come across them, which is from time to time. With a little information from the database you should be able to nail down with a good degree of certainty when to listen. I for example, quite often hear a numbers station around 6959 when listening for pirates in the evening. Many stations keep pretty static schedules. I would look through the mailing list archive, if I were you, and get a feel for what's out there and when. On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, David Loose wrote: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list > > > Hi, my name is David and I've only recently bought a shortwave radio. Not > even sure why I bought one, but tracking down and hearing these numbers > stations seems an interesting target. My question is simply how to go about > it? > > The radio I bought is the Radio Shack DX-398 (aka Sangean ATS-909). I have > the 7 meter reel antennae, dropped out my second floor apartment window to > the ground. By the way, I'm here in Austin, Tx. Is this going to get me > anywhere close to hearing these stations? Or am I completely out of my > league? > > If not, what's the best strategy for finding an active station? I've been > using the spynumbers database, looking either at currently available, or > searching on stations that have been active recently on either AM or USB at > around the time I'm listening. I've been watching the list, hoping to get a > real time 'listen quick' message, but they seem to be a little late by the > time I get them. I try to listen around the hour, during my evening hours > hour here. > > Is there another, better way to search? Should I scan frequencies by hand > between the SW bands? If I use the scan function on the radio, it skips by > 5khz, which doesn't seem best for these types of stations. It also tends to > stop frequently on every bit of static it picks up. How do most of you go > about finding these stations? > > Thanks, any advice and help appreciated! > > David Loose > > _______________________________________________ > Spooks mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > > - > Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations > _______________________________________________ Spooks mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
