This appears to be a pirate beacon. I have only seen it at night and assume it is, like several other of these beacons, night operation only. The dashes sent are about 0.75 sec long and happen about every 3.95 seconds. It sends 2 different IDs in CW, about every 2 minutes it sends "DE DRNK DE DRNK" and about every 20 minutes it sends "DE DRNK DE DRNK DE DRNK DE DRNK DE DRNK MOJAVE DESERT VB 13.0 VB 13.0 VS 00.0 VS 00.0 TMP 81 TMP 81 U 004 K" Some of the number values change over time. The signal typically comes up after dark at my location, can be heard for an hour or two, and then slowly fades down to undetectable. My assumption is that the signal turns on after sundown and I can start hearing it then. As the band conditions change the signal fades away for my location. Recorded at my location in the Mojave Desert, California, September 7, 2014, at 0316 UTC. Disclaimer: Many of the radio reception recordings on this Youtube channel pertain to unusual, uncommon, unknown, or mystery signals that might be found on radio, both shortwave and VHF/UHF. Among the subjects covered are numbers stations, utility stations, military transmissions (both in the clear and encrypted / encoded), aviation, maritime, ham radio, CB radio, radars, ionosodes, propagation beacons, ditters, dashers, whistlers, and just about anything else that might transmit, in any mode, USB, LSB, CW, Morse Code, FM, AM,FMCW, LFMCW, etc. Think of it as SIGINT (signals intelligence) / COMINT (communications intelligence) / ELINT (electronic intelligence) lite, the hobby version. All the recordings are made by me, most often at my home. Although there are a few mysterious things to be found here, you will not find anything paranormal, extraterrestrial, spiritual, or mystic. However, everyone can have their own interpretations of the sounds heard, make of it what you will.

• published: 10 Sep 2014
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