NUMBER STATIONS - SHORTWAVE RADIO

Hello and Welcome Back.. An Interesting Look at Number Stations on Shortwave Radio..

 

#shortwave

#whyfiles

#NSWRadio&Communication

HOW TO = MASTERFILE - FROM EMAIL TO COMPUTER TO SCANNER

 Hello and Welcome Back.. This video is for my customers who go with the 'Email Version' of programming their scanners.. (see here = https://scanradionsw.blogspot.com/2021/11/radio-programming-services-available.html )

After receiving your Email Link, this video shows how to go from Email, To Computer then to Scanner in one easy step..

 

Cheers

Michael..

SOMETIMES, THINGS JUST DON'T WORK

 Hello and Welcome Back.. Ever had one of those days where nothing seems to work ?

thats me today..

When doing email versions of my masterfile to customers, i have been using google drive to send the file as its imperative that the file stay intact = in it folder

during the holidays, my son and i set up a one drive account, mostly for my music files and i decided to also use this method to send my Email Masterfile..

Nope

Every time i try and send it, it continues to open the file and just shows the contents.. Onedrive, why is it so hard for a program to do what its intended to do, eg.. don't open my bloody file.

So after a whole morning wasted working out that the file i'm sending keeps screwing up, i'm going back to google drive

Sorry Phillip.. (current customer) Ill get it sorted...

UNIDEN SCANNERS - HOW TO FIX BROKEN MICRO SD CARD SLOT & INSERT CARD

 Hello and Welcome Back... Had a few inquiry's on how to fix the little micro sd card slot door on Uniden Scanners..

Its any easy fix once you know how..

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

1. Toothpick (no, not the drug runner in Magnum P.I)

2. Hands like a surgeon (haha)

be sure to place the scanner with the smaller back part in front of you and hold the broken door upright...

slot the left hand side in first as there is more room on the right hand side, then using said toothpick, gently pluck the right hand side into place...

or, watch the video

HOW TO FIX A BROKEN MICRO SD CARD SLOT DOOR AND INSERT CARD

 

#Uniden

#scannerfix

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#microsdcardfix

#howtofix

NEW SHORTWAVE STATION IN AUSTRALIA

 Hello and Welcome Back... A new shortwave station has started transmitting for regional Victoria..

FREQUENCIES

2.310mhz

4.835mhz

Transmitting times are from 3pm to 8pm (Australia Time)

 

#shortwaveaustralia

#shortwave

#nswradio&communications

F-35A LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT IN RICHMOND RAAF

 Hello and Welcome Back... I heard a wicked sound this morning..

It was the the sound of these 2 beasts (see below) flying over my house, up high but very loud..

It was 2 F-35 Lightning (Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II) aircraft headed from Richmond to Canberra (according to reports) but the best thing is, they will be flying daily from Richmond RAAF Base until the 9th December, Weekdays only between 7.30am - 11.30am..

The two F-35 Lightning spotted this morning went under call-signs 'Warlock' & 'Shogun'..

There will be up to 6 aircraft practicing landing maneuvers and flying around..

FREQUENCY'S

253.600 - SHOGUN
339.200 - WARLOCK
369.100 - VIKING
255.600 - PIRATE
311.600 - DESPOT
324.400 - F35 Lightning
376.600 - F35 Lightning
256.500 - F35 Lightning
282.500 - F35 Lightning
254.800 - F35 Lightning
336.000 - F35 Lightning
382.000 - F35 Lightning
238.800 - F35 Lightning
288.600 - F35 Lightning
301.500 - Aerial Refueling
336.000 - Air To Air Chat (F35 Lightning)

 

RICHMOND RAAF

330.200 - Department of Defence (DOD)
331.100 - Department of Defence (DOD)
26.5150 - Department of Defence (DOD)
121.650 - Ground Vehicles
126.300 - ATIS (weather)
128.250 - Ground Control (SMC)
134.375 - Department of Defence (DOD)
135.500 - Richmond Tower
136.025 - Department of Defence (DOD)
135.900 - Richmond Approach
257.300 - Richmond Tower
363.800 - Richmond Approach (Primary)
897.400 - AOCS HF NET (nfm)
264.600 - SMC (Ground)
261.700 - Richmond Command (RICCOM) (am/nfm)
243.000 - Richmond Tower
119.700 - Richmond Centre
269.200 - Richmond Air Movements
361.600 - AMS (Richmond Movements)

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#f-35richmond

#f35lightning

#raafrichmond

#f35lightningrichmond

HAARP - LISTEN ON SHORTWAVE THIS OCTOBER

 Hello and Welcome Back... Weather Experiment Facility 'HAARP' is about to fire up it transmitters and reach for the skies..

From The HAARP Website..

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, is a scientific endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere. "The ionosphere stretches roughly 50 to 400 miles above Earth's surface, right at the edge of space. Along with the neutral upper atmosphere, the ionosphere forms the boundary between Earth's lower atmosphere — where we live and breathe — and the vacuum of space." (NASA)

Operation of the research facility was transferred from the United States Air Force to the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Aug. 11, 2015, allowing HAARP to continue with exploration of ionospheric phenomenology via a land-use cooperative research and development agreement.

HAARP is the world's most capable high-power, high-frequency transmitter for study of the ionosphere. The HAARP program is committed to developing a world-class ionospheric research facility consisting of:

    The Ionospheric Research Instrument, a high power transmitter facility operating in the High Frequency range. The IRI can be used to temporarily excite a limited area of the ionosphere for scientific study.

    A sophisticated suite of scientific or diagnostic instruments that can be used to observe the physical processes that occur in the excited region.

Observation of the processes resulting from the use of the IRI in a controlled manner will allow scientists to better understand processes that occur continuously under the natural stimulation of the sun.

Scientific instruments installed at the HAARP Observatory can also be used for a variety of continuing research efforts which do not involve the use of the IRI but are strictly passive. These include ionospheric characterization using satellite beacons, telescopic observation of the fine structure in the aurora and documentation of long-term variations in the ozone layer.

 

Bouncing a signal off the moon.

Learning more about a mysterious polar light.

Sending a beam to Jupiter.

Those are just some of the 13 experiments for a packed 10 days of science beginning Wednesday at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. The University of Alaska Fairbanks operates the facility located near Gakona. 

The number of experiments is the highest so far under a five-year, $9.3 million grant awarded last year by the National Science Foundation to establish the Subauroral Geophysical Observatory at HAARP. The observatory’s purpose is the exploration of Earth’s upper atmosphere and geospace environment.

“The October research campaign is our largest and most diverse to date, with researchers and citizen scientists collaborating from across the globe,” said Jessica Matthews, HAARP’s program manager.

The 10 days of operation includes researchers and others from UAF; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; Naval Research Laboratory; Cornell University; University of California, Berkeley; Canada Council for the Arts; John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Virginia Tech; Los Alamos National Lab; and Aerospace Corp.

Among the experiments is the Moon Bounce, a joint operation of the JPL, Owens Valley Radio Observatory in California and the University of New Mexico Long Wavelength Array.

The purpose is to test the coordination of the three facilities for the eventual study of near-Earth asteroids, especially those that can be a hazard to Earth. Knowing an asteroid’s composition can influence the type of defense to be used.

The experiment consists of transmitting a signal from HAARP to the moon and receiving the reflected signal at the California and New Mexico sites. 

University of California, Berkeley, scientists will try to learn what causes the unusual polar light known as a strong thermal emission velocity enhancement, or STEVE. This light, which is mostly a white or mauve color, appears at lower latitudes than the aurora. Most scientists studying the aurora believe a STEVE occurs from a mechanism different from what creates the aurora.

The Jupiter experiment, run by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, aims to prove a method of observing planetary ionospheres by using Earth-based radio transmitters.

Scientists have little information about the ionospheres of planets other than Earth but believe them to be rich with information. On Earth, the ionosphere is a place within the upper atmosphere, extending to the interface with space, that is filled with particles that become electrically charged from interaction with the sun’s energy.

The experiment will send a beam to Jupiter and bounce it off the giant planet’s ionosphere with the hope that it will be received at the New Mexico site.

Jupiter is currently about 374 million miles from Earth.

The experiment will stretch the transmitting ability of HAARP, which can produce up to 3.6 megawatts of power, to the fullest. It will also test the receiving ability of the New Mexico site, which consists of 512 antennas.

The Air Force originally developed and owned HAARP but transferred the research instruments to UAF in August 2015. UAF operates the site under an agreement with the Air Force.

Poker Flat Research Range, located at Mile 30 Steese Highway, will be involved in three of the experiments. The UAF Geophysical Institute owns Poker Flat and operates it under a contract with NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, which is part of the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Pilots flying in the Gulkana area are asked to check with the Federal Aviation Administration for temporary flight restriction details.

 

 

***  FREQUENCIES & TIMES ***

XI. Ricochet

Air Glow Experiment
Beam directed straight up, at Magnetic Zenith, to generate artificial aurora.
Shortwave listeners around the world could expect to receive the side lobes.

Oct 23 2022    06 – 06:01 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06 – 06:01 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:30 – 16:31 UTC
9.45 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:30 – 16:31 UTC
9.45 MHz


XII. Where do I start?

Luxembourg Experiment
Two 6x12 arrays - approx 600 kHz apart
If Luxembourg effect is present, both signals should be received on each individual frequency -- mixed in the ionosphere.

Oct 23 2022    06:01 – 06:05 UTC
East
4.8 MHz
West
5.4 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:01 – 06:05 UTC
East
4.8 MHz
West
5.4 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:31 – 16:35 UTC
East
9.06 MHz
West
9.56 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:31 – 16:35 UTC
East
9.06 MHz
West
9.56 MHz


XIII. Mixing Moving Pictures (NBTV)

NBTV (Narrow Band Television) Experiment
Two 6x12 arrays
One aimed toward the light side of the planet, the other aimed toward the dark side

In order to view the video one must decode the signal with NBTV viewing software.
Three versions of the software can be downloaded here: http://users.tpg.com.au/users/gmillard/nbtv/nbtv.htm

NOTE: decoding the NBTV can be tricky and requires adjusting the levels, brightness, contrast, and sync pulse.  There is a good possibility that the sync pulse may become lost or distorted in transmission, which will result in a "rolling" image as a best case scenario.
There is a good chance that reception of the video may be very distorted and abstract - I am still interested in receiving screen capture videos of attempts at decoding the video, no matter how distorted or abstract.

Oct 23 2022    06:05 – 06:11 UTC
East
9.5 MHz
West
3.3 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:05 – 06:11 UTC
East
9.5 MHz
West
3.3 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:35 – 16:41 UTC
East
2.8 MHz
West
5.9 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:35 – 16:41 UTC
East
2.8 MHz
West
5.9 MHz


XIV. Polar Mesospheric Summer Ekho

Air Glow Experiment
Beam directed straight up, at Magnetic Zenith, to generate artificial aurora.
Shortwave listeners around the world could expect to receive the side lobes.

Oct 23 2022    06:12 – 06:13 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:12 – 06:13 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:42 – 16:43 UTC
9.45 MHz
Oct 26 2022    04:42 – 16:42 UTC
9.45 MHz


XV. Artificial Periodic Imhogeneity Experiments

Luxembourg Experiment
Two 6x12 arrays - approx 600 kHz apart
If Luxembourg effect is present, both signals should be received on each individual frequency -- mixed in the ionosphere.

Oct 23 2022    06:13 – 06:17 UTC
West
4.8 MHz
East
5.4 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:13 – 06:17 UTC
West
4.8 MHz
East
5.4 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:43 – 16:47 UTC
West
9.06 MHz
East
9.56 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:43 – 16:47 UTC
West
9.06 MHz
East
9.56 MHz


XVI. Measure and Perturb

Air Glow Experiment
Beam directed straight up, at Magnetic Zenith, to generate artificial aurora.
Shortwave listeners around the world could expect to receive the side lobes.

Oct 23 2022    06:17 – 06:18 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:17 – 18:18 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:47 – 16:48 UTC
9.45 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:47 – 16:48 UTC
9.45 MHz


XVII. Confession

Luxembourg Experiment
Two 6x12 arrays - approx 600 kHz apart
If Luxembourg effect is present, both signals should be received on each individual frequency -- mixed in the ionosphere.

Oct 23 2022    06:19 – 06:22 UTC
West
4.8 MHz
East
5.4 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:19 – 06:22 UTC
West
4.8 MHz
East
5.4 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:49 – 16:52 UTC
West
9.06 MHz
East
9.56 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:49 – 16:52 UTC
West
9.06 MHz
East
9.56 MHz


XVIII. Our Own Bodies

Air Glow Experiment
Beam directed straight up, at Magnetic Zenith, to generate artificial aurora.
Shortwave listeners around the world could expect to receive the side lobes.

Oct 23 2022    06:23 – 06:24 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:23 – 06:24 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:53 – 16:54 UTC
9.45 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:53 – 16:54 UTC
9.45 MHz


XIX. Snowy Owl

Luxembourg Experiment
Two 6x12 arrays - approx 600 kHz apart
If Luxembourg effect is present, both signals should be received on each individual frequency -- mixed in the ionosphere.

Oct 23 2022    06:24 – 06:28 UTC
West
4.8 MHz
East
5.4 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:24 – 06:28 UTC
West
4.8 MHz
East
5.4 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:54 – 16:58 UTC
West
9.06 MHz
East
9.56 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:54 – 16:58 UTC
West
9.06 MHz
East
9.56 MHz


XX. Where Does Your Apparatus End?

Air Glow Experiment
Beam directed straight up, at Magnetic Zenith, to generate artificial aurora.
Shortwave listeners around the world could expect to receive the side lobes.

Oct 23 2022    06:28 – 06:29 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 24 2022    06:28 – 06:29 UTC
4.85 MHz
Oct 25 2022    16:58 – 16:59 UTC
9.45 MHz
Oct 26 2022    16:58 – 16:59 UTC
9.45 MHz

LINKS

https://www.tecsunradios.com.au/store/listen-out-for-the-worlds-most-powerful-hf-transmitter-october-23-26/ 

https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/

https://ghostsintheairglow.space/transmission/october-2022 

#HAARP

#shortwave

#october2002