[Spooks] FW: [UDXF] Off-the-grid communications

[Al Fansome]

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> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:48:04 -0400
> Subject: Re: [UDXF] Off-the-grid communications
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> There is a possibility that I may know what this device was/is if someone
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> Eric// KG4OZO Atlanta // ex VE6CRM Calgary.
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> From: "Al Fansome" 
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> Subject: [UDXF] Off-the-grid communications
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>> I have only listened to bits and pieces of this, but it sounds
>> interesting. The Grenade is mentioned at about 7:07 into the talk. I'd
>> be interested to know who these guys are and how they got hold of a
>> Grenade.
>>
>> For the uninitiated, a Grenade is a legendary 10w AM HF
>> transmitter, built by a pirate known as Radio Animal back in the 90s.
>> From what I know, no more than few dozen were produced, and there seem
>> to be maybe a half dozen or less still in use by a small number of
>> pirates today.
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:56:58 -0400
>> From: The Doctor 
>> Subject: Re: [Spooks] Spooks Digest, Vol 78, Issue 26
>> To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations 
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>> Beaumont, Paul wrote:
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>>> Embassy radio equipment, especially from the Iron Curtain, is nothing
>>> like Ham or in some cases, Military gear. It can be accessed remotely,
>>> reprogrammed and retransmit messages without any human intervention.
>>> They are really nice bits of kit too.
>>
>> A couple of years ago at a conference (The Last HOPE, July 2008) there
>> was a panel on unusual communications methods ("Off the Grid Voice/Data
>> Communications", by bernieS and Skip Avery, and I think one or two other
>> people). Near the end of the panel one of the presenters held up a
>> shoebox sized shortwave transmitted that he called a grenade (if he gave
>> the official name for it, I don't remember what it is off the top of my
>> head). It was claimed that they were very sturdy and had been used to
>> set up numbers stations a few times in the past.
>>
>> I don't know anything else about it, but visually it seemed to fit the
>> description of military RF gear: big, sturdy, chunky, and probably able
>> to take a 20 foot fall without breaking.
>>
>> If anyone's interested, the audio of the presentation can be downloaded
>> (officially, legally, and for free) from here:
>> http://www.thelasthope.org/media/audio/64kbps/Off_the_Grid_VoiceData_Communications.mp3
>>
>> It's near the end of the recording; if anyone knows anything more about
>> this transmitter I'd be interested in asking a couple of questions about
>> it.
>>
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