[Spooks] Sam theories.

[Zack Widup]

I listened to 3700 quite a bit last night and in fact had the receiver set 
to that frequency all night.  It was pretty quiet except for some CW early 
in the evening.

I myself find a 7-second voice signal every 40 seconds far less 
objectionable than I have with K1MAN's broadcasts. Even the Russian 
Woodpecker was worse, and we managed to get by through that way back when.

I think there were complaints filed with the FCC by a few hams about YS 
on 3700, but I really don't think it actually interferes with anyone too 
much.  I heard SSB chatter on 6500 and 10500 in various languages that 
seemed to indicate they were hearing YS, but I'm guessing they were 
outside the USA.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Tom Sevart wrote:

> 
> > Given the proper equipment, it would have been easy to DF the signal on
> > any one frequency in a few minutes.  Four frequncies going all night ...
> > if the FCC wanted to, they could've found the exact location and driven to
> > it and stopped it by now.
> >
> > I suspect there's more going on here than meets the eye.
> 
> Yes, the FCC could DF this station very quickly.  However, before they do
> anything I'm sure they need to have received interference complaints in
> order to do anything about this station.
> 
[snip]
> 
> So the FCC working at the speed of bearaucracy hasn't yet shut down those
> stations, so don't be surprised that they haven't yet gone after YS.  And it
> is entirely possible that they have already DF'ed YS but are getting ready
> to take action.  Or they may not care. If they haven't received any
> interference complaints, I'm sure YS is probably low on their list of
> priorities.
> 
> I'm sure YS is being run by some wayward ham or radio hobbyist who just
> wanted to cause a stir.  The choice of frequencies leans toward this
> explanation.  The choice of frequencies ending in 00 appears to be
> arbitrary, whereas if it were a military or government operation then care
> would have been taken to find little-used frequencies to transmit on, most
> likely not ending in 00.  And most likely none in the ham bands or under
> WWV.
> 
> Tom Sevart N2UHC
> Frontenac, KS
> http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc
>