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New book focuses on China’s Firedrake jamming
I just received the following press release from Steve Handler (N9ABC), author of Firedrake – China’s Secret Shortwave Jamming Project Exposed! Priced at $3.99, his new 45 page eBook is available at...
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Shortwave Radio Recordings: Firedrake?
“Mum, this sounds like Firedrake. Quick, make a note of it in the logs!” I’ve noticed a broadcaster that routinely transmits weekends at 11:00 UTC on 6,970 kHz. Some mornings, it’s much stronger than...
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Mark’s studio version of Firedrake
(Photo: Satdirectory.com) As I suspected, the unidentified broadcast I recently posted was the Chinese jamming service, Firedrake. Thanks to all who confirmed. Mark Fahey even commented with a link to...
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China appears to be jamming the BBC World Service (and the SWLing Post)
Structure of a Denial of Service attack. (Image: WikiMedia Commons) No doubt, in publishing this, The SWLing Post will be hit with another barrage of denial-of-service attacks. If you notice the site...
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Australia Network News: Broadcast group condemns China over radio jamming
(Source: Australia News Network) An international broadcast association has condemned the deliberate jamming of shortwave broadcasts, including those from the ABC’s Radio Australia service, into Asia....
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Is Firedrake on the decline?
(Photo: Satdirectory.com) Have you noticed less Firedrake broadcasts lately? I certainly have. My buddy David pointed this out to me last week and since then I haven’t heard Firedrake even once. I...
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Paul discovers Firedrake in an unexpected place
(Photo: Satdirectory.com) Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes: From time to time, I get some interesting shortwave catches here in Alaska. Sometimes on 10 MHz, I get WWV....
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