[HoustonHam] Yosemite Sam.

[ne5b - Ben Worrell]

I received the following from another list I'm on.
I can barely hear it one a couple of the freqs listed......

Ben

>
> There is a station we've been discussing a lot lately on the spynumbers
> discussion group.  We're calling it Yosemite Sam.
>
> The station transmits a brief signal in DSB (no carrier) on 4 frequencies
> - 3700 (yes, in the middle of 75/80 meter band), 4300, 6500 and 10500 kHz.
> The signal consists of an 800 msec data burst of some sort followed by
> Yosemite Sam saying "Varmint, I'm a gonna blooooow you to smithereenies".
> The signal appears on 3700 kHz, then ten seconds later on 4300 kHz, then
> ten seconds later on 6500, then ten seconds later on 10500.  It then
> repeats the cycle on 3700.  So it appears on any one freqnency every 40
> seconds.
>
> Various people are analyzing the data burst.  It apparently isn't just a
> buzz and does have information that changes with each round.
>
> The signal appeared sporadically at various times late last year, then
> stopped on December 23.  It reappeared a couple days ago and has been
> going non-stop ever since.
>
> It appears no one in the spynumbers group has a beam antenna for any of
> those frequencies.  So I'm wondering if anyone here with a 40 meter beam
> can give a general heading for the signal on 6500 kHz?  Maybe someone with
> a 30 meter beam can do the same on 10500 kHz.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>