{"id":21479,"date":"2016-09-20T07:29:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T11:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21479"},"modified":"2016-09-20T07:29:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T11:29:40","slug":"paul-discovers-firedrake-in-an-unexpected-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/paul-discovers-firedrake-in-an-unexpected-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul discovers Firedrake in an unexpected place"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Walker<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n

From time to time, I get some interesting shortwave catches here in Alaska.<\/p>\n

Sometimes on 10 MHz, I get WWV. Sometimes I get WWVH. Sometimes I get BPM China. And from time to time, I’ve heard all three at once.<\/p>\n

Well this clip is something a bit different…<\/p>\n

From April 20, 2016 at 1707 UTC here is my Tecsun PL880 connected to a 225 foot long wire with audio set at 3.5 kHz while tuned to 10,000 kHz (10 MHz).<\/p>\n

This time, I am hearing WWVH Hawaii and […] the Chinese Firedrake jammer. What’s happening is Firedrake is jamming the Sound of Hope on 10005 kHz and the\u00a0signal is so wide, it’s [competing with]\u00a0WWVH.<\/p>\n

I am making no adjustments to the dial tuning or audio settings as this happens. Listen to how things fade in and out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n