[Spooks] Typical Freq Ranges

[ghajek at midway.uchicago.edu]

> KG6FT wrote:
>
>> 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.

Shutaro wrote:
 
> It seems like the only real way to get started is to dive in to the
> data and start researching.

I'm rather enthusiastic about "tooling around," but it depends on one's
equipment and the signals in question.  I got started listening to the
numbers by stumbling upon a flamethrower E17 broadcast after a long
night, using a Hallicrafters S-53A that I had picked up at an ersatz
flea market long before that.

I later picked up a Kenwood R5000 and have spent many happy hours with
it, but the old S-53 eventually proved indispensable in chasing around
M24.  The Kenwood proved a bit of a hassle in a new RF-insane place,
and I rather drifted away from the hobby, but I found myself testing out
a Panasonic RF-2200 last month, and sure enough, there were Cubans
aplenty.

I suppose this is a long-winded way of saying that a nice analog set
strikes me as being the most engaging way to get started.  The pickings
have gotten pretty slim for that game around here, but there's always a
Racal RA-17 waiting in the wings if the mania sets in.

Cheers,
Greg