Thursday, March 31, 2005

Radio Investigation: Ham vs Spy (Radio) Returns


Yosemite Sam is back on the ham bands, but he's not saying what he said a few weeks ago. In fact the New Mexico based transmitter is now using double sideband on 3.890 Mhz with a new voice saying:

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AUDIO: bussing followed by "inclines like this."

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That recording was made by Joe Tyburczy, W-1-G-F-H, in Burbank, California. And in case you are wondering what the voice following the data burst is saying, we will slow it up a bit for you.

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AUDIO: "inclines like this...."

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Yep, its says -- quote -- inclines like this" though its exact meaning is unknown.

As previously reported, On Wednesday, February 16th, Mike Stark, W-A-5-O-I-P and Mike Langner K-5-M-G-R set out to locate the signal then on 3 point 700 MHz. The found it coming from the same MATIC Company test site on the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. When it turned up on 3 point 890 Mhz Langer took to the road and again found it coming from the same location. (QRZ.com, ARNewsline (tm))

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1441