0138 EST:
SKYKING SKYKING, DO NOT ANSWER:
LIGHTNING.
Time: Three Eight
Authentication: Golf X-Ray
This is Andrews [Air Force Base] Out.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0cCnCO9xAoP
One word code-phrases are rarely heard. Assumed to be a "scramble" alert.
Sauce?
That sounds normal i think.
If you hear anymore than two than shit is going down.
>>67616150
The vocaroo link I posted was a recording I made via http://blerp2.dyndns.org:8901/ at 0138 EST on 8992.00 kHz USB at 3.08 kHz bandwidth.
>>67616252
Normally, a SKYKING or "All Stations" call has an alpha-numeric code sent (A8TGF5NB...et al). A single word phrase is very rare.
This is more than likely a test, but maybe not.
God damn it Kim just do something.
>>67616854
"Lightning" sounds too obvious to me to be an alert to a nuclear launch.
Then again, back in November "Juggernaut" was used and 15 minutes later a alpha-numeric code was given (maybe "This was a test, stnd down.")
This time, I have not heard another SKYKING call yet.
>>67617325
has anyone ever linked a skyking call with a political/military event?
New call now
>>67617471
Yes. A 34 minute call went out in March 2015 when Russia started surprise drills next to Finland and Norway on March 16th.
Full message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHOI4e26TZk
Newest call: (0201 EST) http://vocaroo.com/i/s0rq96d3VYNp
New call. Recording.
>>67618118
Fuck all of these calls so close together.
Shits going down anon
Newest call at 0206 EST from "Semipro"(?) I don't know that callsign.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1B0w8Epsfn1
Someone just answered "semipro." I didn't record in time. But they did a "How Copy?" message.
Seemed like an aircraft going up.
>>67618548
i am recording.
>>67618602
Thanks. Anyone monitoring UVB-76 or The Pip?
I'm back, it's me! I'll be happy to answer any radio related questions that people have.
So how about this mayday thing?
>>67618798
Good to see you again.
New call coming in.
>>67619059
Semipro, I like that. Sb-22 Ghoul maybe?
Newest call: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1B3vjiciTKY
These calls are being fired off more rapidly than normal for HGGCS, even at this time of night.
>>67619176
I thought it was the SB-3 Ghoul?
>>67619377
Sure, I dunno. I remember that thread but I think it was on Christmas and I may have gotten a little tipsy.
>>67619459
I might not be remembering correctly either. I was drunk on cheap vodka for Christmas, wishing I had a friend.
Had any good DX lately?
>>67615961
>>67618427
Never heard this type of messages. /comfy/?
>"radioactive materials detected several times"
Meme magic at work bois poor poor Yurop
>>67619774
Possibly, Anon Anonovich. It's been some time since I have heard one like this myself.
>>67615961
TANKS IN 30 MINUTES
SKYKING SKYKING
SKYKING SKYKING
Doesn't the French use this same frequency? I just heard some french babble.
>>67619964
Who knows? DPRK has been going ape for the last few days and *maybe* they just pulled a stupid move.
>>67619637
>Had any good DX lately?
I haven't had a QSO in weeks. I often just listen for a long time at a stretch. SWDX though has been OK, SE Asia, China and Asiatic Russia come in but Australia and New Zealand are both low energy lately. I think because it's trans-equatorial and that can suck sometimes unless it's a straight N-S shot.
If you want a good tool to visualize propagation go to dxmaps.com - choose the band and enjoy. It's based on ham activity (CW skimmers) but useful for all shortwaver broadcast services as well, to see which paths are propagating.
>>67620162
Yes. Ship-to-ship traffic on low power. When it gets near the Twente antenna, it gets picked up.
>>67620162
Yeah, it's their navy to close to the receiver. Disregard it
>>67620231
I hope when I can afford my Tech and some gear that I run into you on the bands.
I don't know if you guys model propagation using VOACAP but it's worth a look.
The software's free and useful.
http://www.voacap.com
>>67620410
I hope so too my future hambro. You'll know me, I manage to slip a clue in for people.
>>67615961
Sounds like a test.
>>67620532
Oh, I know you. We chat in these posts often. I operate the SKYKING blog and miss my old Hellicrafters S-31 tube radio.
These threads are always a cunt hair away from "IT'S HAPPENING" shitposting.
All it takes is one anon roleplaying to say they're in the know about these callsigns, and that they're like in the air command center in Alaska preparing to nuke Russia or something like that.
>>67620410
I often run 5w on 40m CW and you can see what the odds are of hearing me on this map.
I just plotting this using VOACAP.
>>67620701
Sorry about that, but "Lightning" is an unusual call. Probably training, but hell, this is /pol/, so if it's not...
I don't claim to know what it means, but the traffic on HFGCS since was more active than normal after "lightning", so it could be something. Or, it could be nothing.
>>67620904
Oh crap disregard that last message, I'm not in fucking Kamchatka.
Probability of contact at 5w...
>>67615961
interesting
>>67621016
I'm in "The Mitten." 75% chance you'll hear me when I'm on 40m.
>>67620694
>I operate the SKYKING blog and miss my old Hellicrafters S-31 tube radio.
I like your blog, nice work.
Maybe you'll be able to hear me too some night. If the happening happens I'll be operating an HF BBS so we can all shitpost at 2400 baud.
At 100w here's what my coverage would look like.
>>67621226
So what, do y'all just troll around asking if anyone can hear you?
>>67615961
new to this, what is a skyking?
>>67621226
Is this an over-the-horizon radar?
>>67621226
>I like your blog, nice work
Thanks.
At the very least, I'll be monitoring your HF BBS if not posting.
>>67621226
>>67621016
>>67620904
help me based radio man! how do I ham radio? what are the basics? what do i need equipment wise? im interested in learning
>>67621414
We don't know, Us Air force encoded messages, prolly nothing.
>>67621414
http://skykingradio.blogspot.com/2015/09/skyking-skyking-do-not-answer-heres.html
>>67621368
Yep it sounds like:
CQCQCQ DE (my callsign)
or if I want to talk to people really far away
CQDXCQDX DE (my call).
Then we shit-talk about antennas and radios and Obama and shit like that. There is also a phone (voice SSB) version of 4chan going 24/7 on 14.313 MHz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PdAywng8Xg
I mainly operate digital modes (RTTY and PSK31 / PSK63) and morse code or CW as we call it.
>>67621414
king of sky
Can you guys get in trouble for intercepting these messages?
>>67621516
Oooh hard to say, maybe. You should increase the size of your waterfall window.
A 20 KHz bandwidth is too wide to be much else though, and that somewhat randomy-but-sctructured signal sure screams OTH.
>>67615961
skyking is a orbiter u pleb
>>67621843
No. Radio signals are free domain. It's encrypted anyway. How is illegal to hear a bunch of letters and numbers that mean nothing to anyone but those who have the codebooks?
>>67621843
kek, it's an open transmission, nobody understand what does this message mean. but we can understand that something happening if transmissions happen often.
>>67621457
For ants
>>67621536
>help me based radio man! how do I ham radio? what are the basics?
You need a license and some radio gear. Go to eham.net and take the Tech practice exam until you can pass, then go to your nearest testing place and take your $15 with you and pass the test. Make sure to buy or check out the ARRL Handbook, it has everything you need.
>what do i need equipment wise? im interested in learning
If you're into radio now, and in this thread or always listening to the websdr there, I recommend getting an SSB capable shortwave set, that can run off batteries, and ideally can accept an external antenna input.
I recommend the Sony 7600GR. One anon already bought it (that i know of) and likes it, he might show up here too. Best radio for the price.
If the SHTF you'll want a radio because there will be no phone and no internet and the TV will just be shouting memes at you 24/7.
Later as you make your way from ham baby (and buy your first handheld transmitter) you'll start discovering what radios you like depending on your interest in ham radio. There are many sub-interests.
OK because I always post it, look at this ham radio antenna, operated by OH8X radio club in Finland. Bigger antenna farm than most governments own and operate. I believe that their 160m antenna is the largest *rotating* 160m antenna in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS3fQtSKCTw
>>67621843
Actually it depends on your country I believe. Some places like France will prosecute you for having a police scanner and any radio receiver in operation CAN BE DETECTED except a crystal radio. Believe it or not. We were doing just this from 15km away, airborne, during the Nam war to detect receivers in operation along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Read the (only publicly available) JASON report for more details.
Honest question, why do they use open radio broadcasts to communicate with each other in encrypted messages when they could just use some form of closed network?
>>67623030
You can't stop the signal.
As long as it's encrypted, why not up the cheapest and safest way to transmit?
>>67623030
the problem isn't that they are broadcasting it out in the open, it;s that no one knows their codes except for people that should know and are actively listening for this code. It would be like me and one other person in the world know how to speak a language, we could keep it amongst ourselves and no one would know what we're saying.
>>67623030
The broadcast goes all over the world at the speed of light.
>>67619377
Anything ever happen with that Ghoul shit? I think I saw that somebody got arrested over it, but I think that was proven not true.
Are you autists listening to this radio shit 24/7?
>>67623646
I like our milcomm monitoring fans, they can listen to this stuff so I don't have to.
I like military radios that have a telephone handset. Something just cool about that shit.
>>67623646
When the shit hits the fan, you will be caught unaware. Who will laugh then?
I got so obsessed with this skyking shit I got my radio license, built a station... strung up an inverted g5rv in the back yard and waited to hear it with my own gear. Now I am an active member of my local radio club and made new friends... thanks king of the skies...
>>67625812
Kick ass man!
What radio(s) do you have?
>>67625971
Started with yaesu ft757gx for dat 160m... still got it, still use it. Also ft817nd for mobile. Looking hard at the ic 7300 for the next hf rig (so much cheaper than I thought it would be), I have hand helds for 2m/70cm... also looking at the ft 991 for an all rounder...
Tend to home brew antennas but also run a discone
>>67626680
Very nice, I used to own an 817nd and I liked it a lot (even got a CW filter for it, pretty sweet). I like the 757, those 90's radios with the VFD readouts are cool. I believe INRAD makes some enhanced filters for it if you still want to soup that puppy up.
I run an Elecraft KX line and have some other stuff kicking around. I use a Chameleon M-loop for my antenna, I like it and it's nicely portable.
The 7300 is an SDR no? $1500 is what the anticipated price in the USA will be.
>>67623637
there were at least 2 different ghoul posters (probably). there was a flight line operator (low/mid level guy) and somebody with access to a whole lot more intelligence, including supposedly a ghoul squadron deployment
calloway (the latter) said the happening (ww3) begins in spring;
http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/62397548
if these are military comms, why aren't they encrypted?
>>67627293
Yes 7300 is sdr and direct sampling... which is actually the appeal since rtl dongles is where I started and I love that live scope.
Interesting you mention the loops, I built FET based active HF antennas but the intermodulation and front end overload from local AM pisses me off, and high passing all that good shit seems pointless to me. Mag loops seem like a good compromise on space of an active and clarity of a long wire or dipole... I have heard good things.
If you're the dude who starts/perpetuates these radio threads then thank you. I encourage anyone who is interested in radio at all to consider getting licensed and on air.
>>67627837
They are, with one-time pads which are still the only theoretically breakable encryption method.
However people try to learn about what's going on by keeping track of callsigns and also by analyzing how frequent the messages are transmitted.
It's called traffic analysis. There's a reason why Priyom (the millcom fan group) is like 1/2 Russians.
>>67615961
just like the 999999 times this year already we've heard skyking, not a god damn thing is happening
>>67623030
Closed/encrypted networks require keys and keys can fuck up, locking people who need to hear the messages out until they're updated. If someone gets the key and isn't supposed to you may never know. Using a key means you need to regularly update it which can be a pain in the ass especially if you have a worldwide network.
There's also a psychological element to knowing that anyone can listen into it. It makes you a lot more cautious and ass-covering when you transmit. People can get complacent on secured networks because they "think" they're safe.
Soruce: I did encrypted/secured radio stuff in the Air Force for flightlines and security forces and had to reencrypt people's shit when they let the batteries die.
>>67628171
>the only theoretically breakable encryption method.
UNbreakable
>>67628304
how about broadcasting a one-time pad stream of numbers from a sattelite
>>67628129
>Yes 7300 is sdr and direct sampling... which is actually the appeal since rtl dongles is where I started and I love that live scope.
Neat. With I/Q output you can have the scope on your computer screen all huge too. My KX3 has this capability but the I/Q output is only 200 KHz wide or so, some day they promise a VGA output for the PX3 so you can display it in "HD" which will be interesting to see. I highly recommend you at least look at the KX3, it's a superb radio with brick-wall roofing filters. I am not really bothered by interference outside the passband any more.
>Interesting you mention the loops, I built FET based active HF antennas but the intermodulation and front end overload from local AM pisses me off, and high passing all that good shit seems pointless to me. Mag loops seem like a good compromise on space of an active and clarity of a long wire or dipole... I have heard good things.
Again a good roofing filter has done wonders for me but an HF bandpass filter could be good for your local AM problem. The mag loop helps too, it's directional and tends to reject local interference and lower my noise floor.
>If you're the dude who starts/perpetuates these radio threads then thank you. I encourage anyone who is interested in radio at all to consider getting licensed and on air.
I don't start them but I barge in and try to get people to at least buy themselves an SSB capable shortwave radio of their own if they're into listening to the HFGCS.
Radio's a true gentleman's hobby and I hope to QSO with you some day. I can use a large wire loop (instead of the aluminum hoop) and operate topband with my magloop at a decent efficency.
>>67628304
how are keys distributed?
>>67628327
Yeah, thanks.
>>67628434
>how about broadcasting a one-time pad stream of numbers from a sattelite
Why bother? HF goes world wide.
AINT NOTHING HAPPENING YOU FUCKING GAY AUTISTS BACK TO SLEEP
GOD YOU FAGS DO THIS EVERY MONTH
>>67628537
By a thing that looks like an actual plastic key, you "load" the key with a key loader like in pic.
>>67628588
You don't know.
>>67628537
Physically. 95% of what I did involved handheld shit, so I'd have to connect to the unit, and install the code.
You'd have to ask some of the better radio nerds here, but the benefits of radio is that they're high power for low tech. Any sort of mass distribution of encryption keys would probably need an internet hookup now, which invites problems and more technology.
Coding your words is more secure and cheaper than coding your devices.
>>67628677
NO FUCK YOU NIGGA I HAVE MY 5X HAM RADIO PERMANELTY TUNED TO TOP SECRET DIA CHANNELS WITH AUTO RECORD UPLOAD FUNCTIONS TO YOUTUBE EVERYTIME SOMEONE IN THE PENTAGON FARTS
>>67628925
>Coding your words is more secure and cheaper than coding your devices.
For stuff like squad-level radios I agree, the operation is time sensitive usually and after a couple hours / days it doesn't matter if they figure out what the code words meant.
For HFGCS the radio man will actually write down the letters he hears, take a paper one time pad out (serial numbered to the transmission) and then subtract the numeric values of each of the letters in the key from each of the letters in the message to obtain the decrypt.
Wing attack plan R or whatever. Bombers are equipped to run without any radio contact at all once they receive their orders.
>>67629151
Every fucking time some five eyes shill from Canada or Australia comes in here with their shit talk.
Go tell Sarge you failed again.
>>67628643
so, do some spooks at the NSA create these keys every day and distribute them to all the military services?
>>67621414
I can actually answer this one for you, Anon.
Skyking is a callsign used over radio to conceal Identity.
Skyking's Identity is actually Andrews Air Force Base.
>>67629362
> Wing attack plan R
kek @ pic
>>67629491
I'm not sure how it works but I bet $100 it's a total clusterfuck with different physical key loading methods, different encryption making interop a nightmare, etc.
I know interop issues exist and our new Soldier Waveform Radios fucking suck ass, the battery doesn't last as long as they say, and sometimes it has to be rebooted, and also it has this irritating way of defaulting to "least common denominator" encryption.
They gave a bunch out for a field test and the Marines shipped the whole lot of them back to Thales. Theoretically this radio kicks ass, though it's a piece of shit in implementation.
>>67622311
Holy shit that thing is massive.
It rotates, so I'm guessing it's a bidirectional antenna? Low take off?
>>67615961
Russia took away its troops from Syria, because another big conflict is about to start elsewhere.
Place your bets.
>>67629806
It's directional with low back to front.
I need one for my yard.
>>67629491
I don't know about the electronic keys, but I can confirm that codes spoken over the air are generated and shredded each day.
I'm sure something is really happening this time.
>>67629806
>Holy shit that thing is massive.
when the damn kids won't stop base jumping off your antenna
>>67616854
Putin might use tactical nukes in Syria.
>>67629865
baltics is my guess
>>67630378
not necessary
Russia might use them in Turkey tho (and blame it on ISIS or Kurds)
>>67631474
Would explain Putin pulling out recently. He didn't want to glass his own men.
>>67631803
Was that a hopeful, slightly whispered "no?"
I mean let's be honest Finland could withstand Russia for what, 5 minutes? And there isn't any military worth a shit either south or west of you until you hit fucking France or the UK.
Who are the personnel that operate these messages?
I'm assuming Air Force but does anyone know the specific job? It would be cool to get into
>>67627747
What happened to Putin? I'm so confused by that first post.
>>67632155
3D133 if I'm not mistaken.
>>67632155
How fucking bored are you that spending four years in the Air Force so you can play with the radio a few minutes a day sounds cool to you?
>>67629865
Or they just ran out of money
>>67632383
It's a prediction, that there will be nuclear war this spring
>>67632557
>play with the radio
The military has some kick ass radios anon.
>>67618798
You need to trip up EHAM bro. We always appreciate your answers. Thoughts on this call?
>>67633874
>You need to trip up EHAM bro.
Nah, you guys know who I am.
>We always appreciate your answers. Thoughts on this call?
Who put what in the where now? I'm afraid I don't get the question lol.
>>67632708
Still didn't answer my question about what happened to Putin according to the ww3 post.
>>67632383
hard to say; seems that he might have been killed, but we have no way to verify
