{"id":45416,"date":"2020-09-17T17:32:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45416"},"modified":"2020-09-17T17:33:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:33:26","slug":"help-bruce-identify-this-shortwave-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/help-bruce-identify-this-shortwave-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you help Bruce identify this shortwave noise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45418\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S-300x132.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kenwood-TS-440S-624x274.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Bruce (VE6XTC), who is trying to identify noises he&#8217;s hearing on the HF bands. Perhaps readers can help.<\/p>\n<p>By request, Bruce has provided me with two recordings via his Kenwood TS-440S:<\/p>\n<h3>Recording 1: 7,335 kHz at 0500 UTC on September 13, 2020<\/h3>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-45416-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/strange-noise-7335-khz-0500-ut-13-sep-20\/strange%20noise%2C%207335KHZ0500%20UT13Sep20.MP3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/strange-noise-7335-khz-0500-ut-13-sep-20\/strange%20noise%2C%207335KHZ0500%20UT13Sep20.MP3\">https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/strange-noise-7335-khz-0500-ut-13-sep-20\/strange%20noise%2C%207335KHZ0500%20UT13Sep20.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h3>Recording 2: 7,405 at 0500 UT on September 13, 2020<\/h3>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-45416-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/strange-noise-7335-khz-0500-ut-13-sep-20\/strange%20noise%2C%207405KHZ0500UT13Sep20.MP3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/strange-noise-7335-khz-0500-ut-13-sep-20\/strange%20noise%2C%207405KHZ0500UT13Sep20.MP3\">https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/strange-noise-7335-khz-0500-ut-13-sep-20\/strange%20noise%2C%207405KHZ0500UT13Sep20.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> If you can help Bruce by identifying these HF noises, please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce (VE6XTC), who is trying to identify noises he&#8217;s hearing on the HF bands. Perhaps readers can help. By request, Bruce has provided me with two recordings via his Kenwood TS-440S: Recording 1: 7,335 kHz at 0500 UTC on September 13, 2020 https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/strange-noise-7335-khz-0500-ut-13-sep-20\/strange%20noise%2C%207335KHZ0500%20UT13Sep20.MP3 Recording 2: 7,405 at 0500 UT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,746,43],"tags":[5351,5448,2650,4082],"class_list":["post-45416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bruce-atchison","tag-mystery-signals","tag-noise","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bOw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43556,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/guest-post-tom-takes-the-airspy-hf-and-youloop-to-the-field\/","url_meta":{"origin":45416,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: Tom takes the AirSpy HF+ and YouLoop to the field!","author":"Thomas","date":"May 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, TomL, who shares the following guest post: YouLoop Picnic Table Report by TomL So, I finally got around to testing my Airspy YouLoop after the long shipping delay from China.\u00a0 It is simple in concept and will not repeat what others have written about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-sm-e1590580148434.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-sm-e1590580148434.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-sm-e1590580148434.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-sm-e1590580148434.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46931,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/tom-builds-a-portable-loop-on-ground-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":45416,"position":1},"title":"Tom builds a portable Loop-On-Ground antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"December 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0TomL, who shares the following guest post: My First Loop-On-Ground antenna A number of people have mentioned the Loop On Ground (LOG) antenna in the past as a good receive-only antenna.\u00a0 I did some research but could only find a few examples by amateur radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SignalStrength-e1607948761985.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SignalStrength-e1607948761985.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SignalStrength-e1607948761985.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SignalStrength-e1607948761985.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12690,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/shortwave-radio-recordings-eam-messages\/","url_meta":{"origin":45416,"position":2},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: EAM messages","author":"Thomas","date":"March 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Inspired by SWLing Post reader\u00a0@K7al_L3afta, a few weeks ago, I monitored\u00a015,016 kHz\u00a0for US Air Force EAM (Emergency Action Messages). 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