[Spooks] Spooks Digest, Vol 109, Issue 10

Wed Feb 13 16:20:44 EST 2013

I also have picked up code on the am band but it was closer to 780 on the am dial but also have picked up something that sounds like wwv
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>   1. Morse Code Broadcast (Ruthie Rader)
>   2. Re: Morse Code Broadcast (Stewart King)
>   3. Re: Morse Code Broadcast (Zack Widup)
>   4. Re: Morse Code Broadcast (Greg Putrich)
>   5. Morse Code Broadcast (Ruthie Rader)
>   6. Re: Morse Code Broadcast (Brian Reedy)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:24:08 -0800
>From: Ruthie Rader <ruth.rader at gmail.com>
>To: Spooks at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Spooks] Morse Code Broadcast
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>Yes, I tried to see if I could hear it anywhere else up or down on the
>am/fm band. The only place, anywhere, that I heard it, was 1630 on the
>AM band. It started very loud like it was very close by and gradually
>faded over a period of hours. The thing that stays with me now is the
>fact that the loop (repeating) part sounded almost like a distress
>signal.
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>Message: 2
>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:39:21 -0500
>From: Stewart King <skingis at gmail.com>
>To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Spooks] Morse Code Broadcast
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>Could it be this?
>http://marscan.com/billradiohighlights.htm
>On Feb 12, 2013 9:24 AM, "Ruthie Rader" <ruth.rader at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Yes, I tried to see if I could hear it anywhere else up or down on the
>> am/fm band. The only place, anywhere, that I heard it, was 1630 on the
>> AM band. It started very loud like it was very close by and gradually
>> faded over a period of hours. The thing that stays with me now is the
>> fact that the loop (repeating) part sounded almost like a distress
>> signal.
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>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:41:31 -0600
>From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
>To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Spooks] Morse Code Broadcast
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>I seem to recall someone else mentioning hearing Morse code somewhere
>in this part of the spectrum within the last couple years. I forget
>what it turned out to be.
>
>Ruthie, I'm assuming you don't copy Morse code? Why do you think it
>sounded almost like a distress signal? Was it sending SOS?
>
>73, Zack W9SZ
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>On 2/12/13, Ruthie Rader <ruth.rader at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Yes, I tried to see if I could hear it anywhere else up or down on the
>> am/fm band. The only place, anywhere, that I heard it, was 1630 on the
>> AM band. It started very loud like it was very close by and gradually
>> faded over a period of hours. The thing that stays with me now is the
>> fact that the loop (repeating) part sounded almost like a distress
>> signal.
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>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:52:31 -0600
>From: Greg Putrich <gregp at n0qds.org>
>To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Spooks] Morse Code Broadcast
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>Still think this may be a BC sta on 1630 that was doing a test. What each
>station does is different, but some broadcast sweep tones & MCW. Some
>have special music or speech. 
>
>Can you listen again with that radio during those times listening for station
>IDs? The top of the hour will be the most productive, other times its hit or miss. Format will be useful as well. 
>
>However, during the tests, the stations may also change their power & pattern
>from what they usually use at night. Could be the case that you normally don't hear
>this station, but if they cranked up the power and went non-directional, then
>you could for this test. 
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>   Greg
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>Ruthie Rader said:
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>> Yes, I tried to see if I could hear it anywhere else up or down on the
>> am/fm band. The only place, anywhere, that I heard it, was 1630 on the
>> AM band. It started very loud like it was very close by and gradually
>> faded over a period of hours. The thing that stays with me now is the
>> fact that the loop (repeating) part sounded almost like a distress
>> signal.
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>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:01:09 -0800
>From: Ruthie Rader <ruth.rader at gmail.com>
>To: Spooks at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Spooks] Morse Code Broadcast
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>My Walkman (an older, square black one) has picked up communication
>from a police cruiser, before. Yes, I know that isn't supposed to
>happen. As to whether it was Christopher Dorner, too bad I didn't
>record it. The intermittent messages (between the loop that sounded
>like a distress call) may have been half of a conversation. Perhaps I
>heard only one side of a two-sided conversation.
>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:11:58 -0600
>From: Brian Reedy <lfpd7311 at gmail.com>
>To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Spooks] Morse Code Broadcast
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>I think the guy that posted the note about it being caused by a cell phone
>in dead on.  Granted, I don't know nearly as much about this topic as
>probably 90% of you do but I work for a police dispatch center where I
>have ~20 VHF radios and a 400+ channel 800mhz system in front of me as I
>type this.  Lets just say I've seen a few anomolies in my day including,
>but not limited to, a semi driver with a amped up CB interfering with an
>in-car repeater and coming across a ~440mhz frequency (specifically it was
>the fact that he was pulled over by an officer and it was loud and clear).
>
>One of our former employees had a cellular phone that would cause
>interference with our VHF radios *and* the AM talk newsstation (580 if it
>matters) that I occasionally listen to on slow days.  It sounded PRECISELY
>like a Morse code message and lasted for about 7 seconds.  I took her phone
>in the radio room one night and sent a text message...the radios went
>berzerk.  Just a thought.
>
>
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>On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Ruthie Rader <ruth.rader at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My Walkman (an older, square black one) has picked up communication
>> from a police cruiser, before. Yes, I know that isn't supposed to
>> happen. As to whether it was Christopher Dorner, too bad I didn't
>> record it. The intermittent messages (between the loop that sounded
>> like a distress call) may have been half of a conversation. Perhaps I
>> heard only one side of a two-sided conversation.
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