[Spooks] Off-Topic: 14375 Khz and a possible on air appearance of 'Pedro'

KC2TTK/M kc2ttk at gmail.com
Mon Jun 2 23:10:58 EDT 2014


HOPE X Info Desk.

(...because I never could get a "DIY 8-bit #s Station" talk off the ground.)

On June 2, 2014 11:02:04 PM EDT, Todd Dokey <justcallmebuddy at gmail.com> wrote:

>Lol what was it? An AT&T 900 cell phone in debug mode with a little
>software... 
>
>During the time of the Gulf War, I could tell a numbers transmission
>was coming up by the sound of the transmitter hum.  I knew 5-9 MHz so
>well, I only had to check my Klingenfuss guide if I heard something
>very obscure. I had every normally heard station memorized from Alaska
>to Argentina, from Europe to Kamchatka. 
>
>One month, propagation was right for the whole month. I could hear the
>Black Sea fleet, and HF phone traffic out of the region.  I don't
>completely understand Russian, but could tell the differences between
>native Russians and those from other regions.  (I can also tell Arabic
>from Farsi, but as ever, only know words that could get me into
>trouble) ;-)
>
>Jeez what a radio geek, huh? :-) 

>On June 2, 2014 6:45:18 PM AKDT, "J. Random Entity"
><jrandomentity at gmail.com> wrote:


>>On 6/2/14, 7:41 PM, Todd Dokey wrote:

>>> Feature group B calling cards, war dialers with card hacking..  I
>>remember those days.. maybe one day I will write a book. :-)

>>Loops, WATS, PBXes, Centrex, and boxes of various tints, shades, and 
>>hues.  Later on, AMPS and CDMA.  Fun times.

KC2TTK/M


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