[Spooks] Typical Freq Ranges

[Jeff Wilson]

Fellow Californians,

It is tough to receive European spynumbers stations here, yes. I have
a Ten Tec RX-320 and a Grundig S800 and a 43 foot dipole strung in the
attic of my condo.

I can reliably get the English one (not Cherry Pipe, but the other)
and of course M8A and V2.

Anyway, I recommend searching between the bands. Of course time of
year, weather, and the atmosphere are things you need to consider.

But even more than that, I'd recommend looking for things California
listeners CAN find, that our east coast buddies have more difficulty
with. From here just north of Los Angeles I've gotten:

- HAARP from Alaska
- Japanese "Slot Machine" thought to be a highly compressed, encrypted
data stream just north of 49m
- Maritime distress calls etc...the marine bands are good to listen to
- I read of a guy in San Francisco who (apparently had a lot of time
on his hands) followed a Qantas flight over SW from Sydney all the way
to SFO, and then switched to VHF and watched the Qantas flight land at
SFO. Pretty neat
- DPRK comes in great in California. It's always a kick to listen to
the fables and parables about Dear Leader
- EAM from the US military, I've received a few of those

Hurricane John is coming north, so I'll be monitoring the marine bands
in earnest in the next few days.

Anyway, my logs have loads of interesting things, most of which have
been between the major broadcast bands.

73s,

Jeff
KG6RIF
Newhall, CA

On 8/30/06, Shutaro Highwind <shutaro at bunnyfetish.com> wrote:
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> For what it's worth:
>
> I'm a newbie as well, and I've found the best approach is to watch the
> various lists (I watch this one, UDXF, and Enigma2000) and build up my own
> schedules and timetables based on the posted observations. It seems like the
> only real way to get started is to dive in to the data and start
> researching. I'm located in Folsom, CA, and I can tell you the only station
> I've been able to receive, with any reliability, is V2a (though it is
> frequently very weak). So I would start with that (if you want, I can send
> you the schedule I've compiled for the hours I'm listening). However, I
> would think that you'd also have good luck with other stations that tend to
> broadcast over the pacific; such as E03a and V13 (I've had very bad luck
> receiving stations that originate from Europe, E10 and E03 mostly, but that
> may be due to an inferior antenna setup).
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -Shutaro
>
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> [mailto:spooks-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Falls, Jim
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:51 AM
> To: Spooks at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Spooks] Typical Freq Ranges
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> I am a newbie and am wondering if there are typical freq ranges these folks
> use? A couple of stations seem to use set freqs and schedules (per the
> internet sites) but are the majority just out there "somewhere" and you find
> them by tooling around at the top of the hour? I imagine things shift w/the
> seasons as propagation changes.
>
> Jim Falls
> KG6FWT
> Eureka, CA
>
>
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