[Spooks] New Star & broadcast audio

[Chris Smolinski]

On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Tom Sevart wrote:
>
> This morning before work, I checked out New Star on 13750 AM at 1200 UTC.  I
> had good audio levels and armchair copy on the signal.  There were no other
> nearby signals on the band.
>
> After the YL/CC finished her message, some music came on the carrier and
> then another YL/CC read off something.  The music continued for some time.
> In all it sounded like a SWBC program.  I wonder if a switching error had
> occurred or if the programming was intentional?  Maybe New Star is going to
> run a program outlet to keep spooks entertained while waiting for their next
> message.

Maybe V13 hired some of the studio engineers from V2 in Cuba? ;-)  I'll
have to give V13 a try this weekend.

On a related note, E10 was booming in the East Coast last night on 6912 AM
as well as a few other frequencies. I've noticed carriers up on 6930 and
6912 most evenings, this results in E10 being received in AM mode,
although no het is heard, so the transmission must actually be in SSB.
Anyone else hearing these carriers?

This was one of Havana Moon's theories - some numbers stations heard in AM
actually transmit in SSB, with another transmitter site providing the
carrier.

Of course it's possible that the carriers on 6912 and 6930 (as well as
other E10 frequencies) is purely a coincidence ;-)

73
Chris