Re: [Spooks] XSL Question
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Hi Mike, It could very well be. We really don't know. I do know that it spends most of its time idling (the doodle-deedle sound as I like to call it) and every once in a while breaks away from that to send data. I also know that the signals on the various frequencies are never of equal strength here. I suspect that, if the signals on the various frequencies emanate from the same location and are of about the same power level, that they are from beams pointed in different directions. There is a song done by Joe Walsh that has a melody which sounds somewhat similar to the XSL notes. I've often wondered if it was patterned after that. Joe is a radio amateur, WB6ACU. Food for thought ... 73, Zack (W9SZ) On 10/27/11, Mike Tibor ti...@tibor.org wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list After listening to XSL (Slot Machine) on 8587.5 kHz this evening for a bit, it strikes me that it sounds an awful lot like the other HF radars I've heard, but with the tone sequences. I haven't found any similar speculation in my google searches though. Everything I've found via google searches seems to simply repeat the same thing--that it's some kind of telemetry transmission from the Japanese Military. I find it very odd that anyone would transmit telemetry for anything on 8 - 13 frequencies (or more) where that telemetry repeated the same pattern for hours. Why couldn't this be some multi-frequency HF radar, but where the frequency spread was very narrow, centered on each of the well known frequencies? Or maybe even a mix of data interleaved with radar pulses? I'm new to this, so be gentle. :-) Mike __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] XSL Question
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list At 07:12 27.10.2011, you wrote: After listening to XSL (Slot Machine) on 8587.5 kHz this evening for a bit, it strikes me that it sounds an awful lot like the other HF radars I've heard, but with the tone sequences. I haven't found any similar speculation in my google searches though. Everything I've found via google searches seems to simply repeat the same thing--that it's some kind of telemetry transmission from the Japanese Military. I find it very odd that anyone would transmit telemetry for anything on 8 - 13 frequencies (or more) where that telemetry repeated the same pattern for hours. Why couldn't this be some multi-frequency HF radar, but where the frequency spread was very narrow, centered on each of the well known frequencies? Or maybe even a mix of data interleaved with radar pulses? I'm new to this, so be gentle. :-) Mike Mike, it's a PSK-waveform used by the Japanese Navy to broadcast messages to vessels out at sea. Just like you'll see several NATO circuits broadcasting shore - ship traffic via several parallel STANAG 4285 channels, the Japanese Navy does the same, however using a proprietary (non-standardized) waveform. The part that sounds like a slot machine is the system in idle mode, while the audio changes over to a more rushing sound when the system sends message traffic. It's definitely not a radar system. BRGDS //Leif Location: near Munich/Germany IRC #wunclub on starchat.net / nick: LDO Website: http://www.signals.taunus.de/ PGP-key : 0x9B4992F9 or 0x0133BD80 __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Spooks] Automated Spy Numbers Loggings
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list These loggings were submitted to the Spy Numbers Station Database on 2011-10-27 by The Spectre 3000, UK. Freq ENIGMA Day MMDD UTC Mode Comments -- --- -- - 6940 XM Thu 10272011 2012 USB Backwards Music Station In Progress!! The Spy Numbers Database is an effort to create as complete a record of Spy Numbers Station transmissions as possible. You can submit your loggings to the database, and search the database. Details are available at http://www.spynumbers.com/numbersDB __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] XSL Question
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Please anybody, what is the name of that Joe Walsh song? I'd really like to hear it.-=Trooper=- --- On Thu, 10/27/11, Zack Widup w9sz.z...@gmail.com wrote: From: Zack Widup w9sz.z...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Spooks] XSL Question To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations spooks@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 6:14 AM Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Hi Mike, It could very well be. We really don't know. I do know that it spends most of its time idling (the doodle-deedle sound as I like to call it) and every once in a while breaks away from that to send data. I also know that the signals on the various frequencies are never of equal strength here. I suspect that, if the signals on the various frequencies emanate from the same location and are of about the same power level, that they are from beams pointed in different directions. There is a song done by Joe Walsh that has a melody which sounds somewhat similar to the XSL notes. I've often wondered if it was patterned after that. Joe is a radio amateur, WB6ACU. Food for thought ... 73, Zack (W9SZ) On 10/27/11, Mike Tibor ti...@tibor.org wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list After listening to XSL (Slot Machine) on 8587.5 kHz this evening for a bit, it strikes me that it sounds an awful lot like the other HF radars I've heard, but with the tone sequences. I haven't found any similar speculation in my google searches though. Everything I've found via google searches seems to simply repeat the same thing--that it's some kind of telemetry transmission from the Japanese Military. I find it very odd that anyone would transmit telemetry for anything on 8 - 13 frequencies (or more) where that telemetry repeated the same pattern for hours. Why couldn't this be some multi-frequency HF radar, but where the frequency spread was very narrow, centered on each of the well known frequencies? Or maybe even a mix of data interleaved with radar pulses? I'm new to this, so be gentle. :-) Mike __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
