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were different, female talk on 17330 and male talk on 14260. 17330 as
usual was a little low in frequency, while 14260 was precise (as far as I
can measure). The jammers seemed to be manually switched as they returned
with several seconds difference. The audio was switched on simultaneously
on both freqs, but not until some seconds after 1305 UT.
(Olle Alm-SWE, wwdxc BC-DX Aug 14)
I was listening on 14050 // 17330 kHz from 11:55z to 12:30z after I
received mail from Uli. The RS on 14050 was 59+40db // 17330 kHz RS
59+30db on my IC-765 + 6 elements +WARC bands. (1155z - 1230z, Aug 17 )
The RS better than 16 Aug, may because the propagation. It`s same BC
transmitting station, same BC program both 14050 // 17330 kHz.
Looks like the jammer moved the freq. from 14260 down to 14050 kHz
(Paul BV4FH, via DJ9KR Uli Bihlmayer-D Vice Co-ordinator of IARU-MS Region
1, Aug 17)
14050 - yesterday, Aug. 18, The Chinese music came on again at 1630 UT,
now SIO 454.
(Erik Koie-DEN, dxld Aug 19)
ARRL August 17: Firedrake Jammer\Intruder Shifts Frequency
A Chinese-language "intruder" signal first spotted earlier this summer on
14260 kHz this week shifted freqs. International Amateur Radio Union
Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) Vice coordinator Uli Bihlmayer, DJ9KR,
says the powerful jammer dubbed "Firedrake" had been transmitting Chinese
mx on 14260 since August 5.
"This offender is active day and night all day, every day and causing very
harmful interference to the Amateur Radio Service," Bihlmayer informed
ARRL Monitoring System\Intruder Watch Liaison Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG, and
IARU Region 2 Monitoring System Coordinator Bill Zellers, WA4FKI, on
August 15. In an August 17 update, however, Bihlmayer said the mx jammer
now has moved to 14050. The 20-meter band is allocated to the Amateur
Radio Service on an exclusive basis throughout the world.
According to Bihlmayer, German telecom authority Bundesnetzagentur
pinpointed the tx's location as Hainan Island in Hainan Sheng Province,
PRC, located south of the mainland in the Gulf of Tonkin. Hainan Island
also was the apparent source of an over-the-horizon radar signal heard on
75 meters in Region 3. Bihlmayer said.
Citing complaints from members, Skolaut has reported the intruder to the
FCC, although as he and Zellers point out, the Commission has no authority
to make intruder stations outside the US stop transmitting on Amateur
Radio freqs. Such situations typically are dealt with through diplomatic
channels.
Skolaut says he was able to hear the jammer for himself on its new freq
from W1AW. In July, when the same jammer also was appearing on 18160,
Bihlmayer alerted telecom authorities in Germany and Hong Kong, as well as
IARU Region 3 and the Peoples' Republic of China embassy in Berlin to the
situation. The 17-meter band also is a worldwide exclusive Amateur Radio
allocation.
According to reports filed this month with DX Listening Digest, the 14260
Firedrake signal was an effort by the PRC to jam the clandestine "Sound of
Hope" txion beamed to the Chinese mainland from Taiwan, with Amateur Radio
operators being caught in the crossfire. A "parallel" signal on 18180
apparently had disappeared as of earlier this week, and the jammer now has
been appearing on 17330. The signal also has been heard on 7130, which is
allocated to broadcasters in much of the world outside of Region 2 (the
Americas).