Possible Pirate? 11170kHz AM

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vagrant

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I may have rolled in late. Nothing heard at 1757z. I'll dial it up tomorrow.
 

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Yes I noticed it for the last three weeks. Just thought it was a regular shortwave station.
 

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Just thought it was a regular shortwave station.
11175 kHz is often used by the U.S. Air Force to send Emergency Action Messages (EAM). To hear music on there would be extremely unusual. Well, I have never heard music on there. Here's a link to a quick read about 11175 kHz and a recording of what one would typically hear for anyone that would like to know more.

I have a dedicated receiver on there now, should it pop up earlier than tomorrow AM.
 

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11175 kHz is often used by the U.S. Air Force to send Emergency Action Messages (EAM). To hear music on there would be extremely unusual. Well, I have never heard music on there. Here's a link to a quick read about 11175 kHz and a recording of what one would typically hear for anyone that would like to know more.

I have a dedicated receiver on there now, should it pop up earlier than tomorrow AM.
It was actually on 11170kHz, but was so strong it was bleeding over to 11175. I couldn't find a listing on any BC on 11170, and I couldn't imagine anyone allowing a strong BC that close to 11175, much less anywhere within that band area.
 

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ridgescan, this is either Sound of Hope (has been using this freq for a while) or the Chinese using CNR1 or Firedrake to jam SoH. I have heard both CNR1 and Firedrake as jammers on this freq, but most common is CNR1.

T!
 

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Thanks nmelfi for the affirmation, vagrant for the links and Token for the solid ID. I regularly monitor 11175 and at the time, the 2.4kHz filter was activated but this thing was still bleeding over enough to draw me to it. Never seen it before-propagation across the Pacific must have been really good. It wasn't the usual maniacal music of Firedrake but rather some pretty nice stuff they were playing, followed by a pleasant-voiced announcer. I think it was VoH.
 
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