How to Catch a Spy who Uses Numbers Stations? The KGB Experience A fascinating analysis from the Latvian National Archives of a successful KGB action involving the identification and capture of a spy who got instructions from CIA number station broadcasts. The article includes pictures of spy radio rigs.by cosmikdebris - General radio discussion
For two days now, a spectacular tropospheric ducting event's been happening on the northeastern US coast. I noticed this yesterday morning on FM, as very uncommon FMs from Philadelphia, New Jersey, Maryland's eastern shore, Charlottesville, Richmond, and Hampton Roads were all coming in. At around 10am a Cape Cod FM came in for 30 minutes. Today (Wednesday September 9) the event is continuing.by cosmikdebris - Other logs
9/7, 1356-1447, 6920 usb. Music, All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix, Zeeky ID, into Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix. You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones at 1407. Zeeky's Attic ID at 1409 and into Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. Paradise By The Dashboard Lights by Meat Loaf at 1335 and Last Dance With Mary Jane by Tom Petty at 1439. Off at 1447. Good signal, 32dBu onby cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
Radio Azteca #29, April 1998, starting at about 0315 UTC 9/6/20 on WBCQ 5130.by cosmikdebris - Shortwave Broadcast Logs
Since BIN is an iHeart operation, it is highly unlikely that it would push any buttons, or as you say, put "more fuel on the fire." When I was DXing in West Virginia the first week of August, I heard BIN on one of their first affiliates (I think WBIN 640 Atlanta) and it was more-or-less typical talk radio, filled with a lot of iHeart self-advertising for podcasts, etc. BIN is supposed tby cosmikdebris - Medium Wave Logs
8/31, 1225, 1120am. Speech by President Obama. 1404, ID "WUST Washington" and spots advertising "the power of information." Parallel WQLL 1370 Baltimore MD. Speech by Michelle Obama at 1408. The stations are stunting with a loop of speeches this morning. As reported in the local radio press, WUST and WQLL have been gobbled up by iHeart, and are now running the syndicated "by cosmikdebris - Medium Wave Logs
jta is spot-on with his assessment of HD Radio and the "industry" push for it. If you listen to any iHeart station today, you quickly realize that radio is simply an advertising system for their other digital distribution platforms. Who the hell would buy an HD Radio to listen to all those ads? The commercial radio industry's been sagging badly for several years and all the major playerby cosmikdebris - General radio discussion
8/19, 1345, 15016 usb. Phonetic coded message, then "I say again," and presumably repeating the previous super secret codes. "This is roll call, out" and off at 1346.by cosmikdebris - Other logs
2209, August 16, Good signal here, 37 dBu on the Tecsun. Have them at 5119.1 usb with music by Thin Lizzy, Van Halen, Blue Oyster Cult, Creedence. ID at 2222.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
s9 and steady, low noise, and good AM fidelity here. "Go placidly amidst the noise and waste..."by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
8/12, 1536, 6970am. Fox News Channel relay, political talk, fair to good signal.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
Good signal, old LSD talk, Sycko ID and into rock music.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
Got them here playing Free Bird, Into “have you ever seen the rain” cut harshly into SSTV at 2311. Good signal. Apparently the SSTV is another station, back into the same song in progress when the SSTV was over, how rude!by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
Definite ID “the fox” at 2125, 2130. Faux commercial for Rhode Island school of broadcasting at 2141. Country western and folk music. Off at 2146. ( West Virginia DX location )by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
FM 87.75 in Washington DC is operating as the commercial "La nueva" music station. Because of their signal, I often think that they are running much more power than they're authorized as an LPTV.by cosmikdebris - General radio discussion
Quoteshould I Hauser that as downdrop? Only if the sound was subtorted. L.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
8/2, 1435, 27130am. Good e-skip on the good buddy band this morning. In addition to the regular pile up of loud and distorted rednecks, someone is broadcasting music on 27130 in very good sounding AM. Brandy (you're a fine girl) by Looking Glass at 1435, Evil Woman by ELO at 1516.by cosmikdebris - Other logs
8/1, 1455, 6970am. News broadcast or political talk, occasionally coming up from the noise floor. Still there at 1521 check.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
8/1, 1340, 6935usb. CBZO IDs, contact info kracker radio at pmlol dot com, Music, Bob Mackenzie talking hockey, beer song, and Ren & Stimpy liner "this is radio free mount airy, fm 87 dot nine" at 1350. Very good signal, 21 dBu.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
Kookwatch August 1, 2020 An occasional distillation of radio logs radio@zappahead.net 7/19, 1436, 910am, WSBA York PA. Pretentious right wing blowhard Chris Plante says "BLM is Nazi Stalinist Communists." 7/19, 1757, 105.9fm, WMAL Washington DC. Unlike comparable shows on shortwave, a healtby cosmikdebris - Other logs
Noticed two hurricane net broadcasts this morning on HF: 7/31, 1144, 6501usb. Robot reading off coordinates and wind measurements, later mentioning the National Hurricane Center with tropical weather outlook for the north Atlantic. Good to very good signal. 7/31, 1153, 8137usb. An actual human being with hurricane forecasts based on current conditions and possible future movements. Squallsby cosmikdebris - Other logs
Most likely this is the occasional unid that I've been catching here for a couple of months now that appears to be relaying a domestic commercial news broadcast.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
The noise levels have been very high on 4 MHz this season so far, maybe ops will start using it again after the summer. A few are going up above WBCQ 5130 these days. Will music only ops ever ID? Will crappy sounding low bandwidth slopbucket broadcasters ever upgrade to AM? Don't they realize how awful music usually sounds in USB? I would love to hear some pirates use the regular shortwaby cosmikdebris - General radio discussion
7/28, 1225, 6950.10usb. Music, "Without Your Love" by Toto, "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, "Butterfly" by Crazy Town. Abruptly off in mid-song at 1243. No ID heard. Good signal, 32 dBu.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
Wikipedia sez: >Trance is a genre of electronic music that emerged from the >British new-age music scene and the early 1990s German >techno and hardcore scenes. You're very close on the active vs. inactive rock. Active rock is modern/newer hard rock, that always mixes in some old standards like Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, later-period Scorpions, etc. This is opposed to "clby cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
7/28, 0006, 6950usb. Started with some dance/trance music, into some hiphop/rap. Fair to good signal, 30dBu on the Tecsun.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
7/28, 0000, 6885am. Pop or country music, poor signal, lots of noise.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
Sycko does a dead-on Beavis and Butt-head and I recognized his voice right away from past shows where he's done bits featuring them.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
7/27, 0229, 5150usb. Sycko Radio doing Beavis and Butt-Head and playing War Pigs by Black Sabbath at 0232. Fair to good signal, s5/s9.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs
7/26, 2228, 6950.1 usb. Old timey blues music, followed by SSTV and m. talking and into an old American standard. Unable to decipher the talk. Fair to good signal.by cosmikdebris - Free Radio Logs