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Mysteroius morse code ... on a BBC transmission! Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0043_01C686F4.8151C600" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 5281 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C686F4.8151C600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello friends, let me tell you about some mysterous things that happened to me recently = and that nearly made me drive off the road on my way to work. As some of you know I am a friend of Irish folk music (I play the fiddle = in a folk-music band). There is a weekly radio show on BBD 4 Radio = Ulster featuring folk-music. This show can be downloaded on the internet = which is very convenient because what I do is to record it to an MP3 = file and burn it onto a CD so that I can listen to it while driving to = or back from work. I hadn't have time to listen fo the show for a while, so about a week = ago I took the CD containing the radio show of May 6, 2006 into my car = and listened to it on my way to work. Column Sands, the moderator, had = just been in Australia and he brought some nice tunes and songs with him = that he played. There was a nice and sad song called "The Old Station" = (in the song a railway station was meant). Suddenly, during the chorus = in the middle of the song, I heard morse code! My first thougth was that = the DI2BO beacon transmission had been recorded on the CD but that was = impossible because all recording was directly digital inside the = computer, so there was no way to interfere with an analogue signal.=20 I stopped my car and re-wound the song. I decoded the message "Old = stations never die" ... it was obviously a recording form an original = radio transmission because noise could be heard in the background. First = I thought that somebody at the recording studio had played this message = onto the CD but later I checked another version of the song, and there = is no hidden message on it! So somebody at BBC must have had mixed this = CW message onto the transmissions. But why? The message rang a bell. I looked it up on the internet and yes, I = remembered. The last message of many of the coastal radio stations on = 500 kHz when they shut down a few years back was "OLD STATIONS NEVER = DIE, THEY JUST FADE AWAY".=20 Well, my 440 kHz experimental beacon DI2BO is using an old MF ship radio = transmitter build some 35 years ago ... it surely has seen a lot while = travelling the seven seas. The ship may have been wracked in the = meantime, the station had been decomissioned, the parts ending up on a = flea market to be sold. It has been waiting in my spare-part warehouse = (some would say: electronics junkyard) until the time was ready to apply = for an experimental license for MF transmissions and the station was put = on the air again. Some stations never die ... Remember, on what date that BBC radio show was transmitted? Yes, May 6th = 2006, in the late evening. Well, guess when I started DI2BO's transmissions and what date I = anounced it here on the web and on the reflector? Yes, indeed: May 6th, = 2006 (in the morning)! Who in the world is sitting in BBC 4th technical department and reads = the reflector? Or was this just a mysterious chain of incidences? Best 73 Geri, DK8KW / DI2BO ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C686F4.8151C600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello friends,
 
let me tell you about some mysterous = things that=20 happened to me recently and that nearly made me drive off the road on my = way to=20 work.
 
As some of you know I am a friend of = Irish folk=20 music (I play the fiddle in a folk-music band). There is a weekly radio = show on=20 BBD 4 Radio Ulster featuring folk-music. This show can be downloaded on = the=20 internet which is very convenient because what I do is to record it to = an MP3=20 file and burn it onto a CD so that I can listen to it while driving to = or back=20 from work.
 
I hadn't have time to listen fo the = show for a=20 while, so about a week ago I took the CD containing the radio show = of May=20 6, 2006 into my car and listened to it on my way to work. Column Sands, = the=20 moderator, had just been in Australia and he brought some nice tunes and = songs=20 with him that he played. There was a nice and sad song called = "The Old=20 Station" (in the song a railway station was meant). Suddenly, during the = chorus=20 in the middle of the song, I heard morse code! My first thougth was = that the DI2BO beacon transmission had been recorded on the CD but = that was=20 impossible because all recording was directly digital inside the = computer, so=20 there was no way to interfere with an analogue signal.
 
I stopped my car and re-wound the = song. I=20 decoded the message "Old stations never die" ... it was obviously a = recording=20 form an original radio transmission because noise could be = heard in=20 the background. First I thought that somebody at the recording studio = had played=20 this message onto the CD but later I checked another version of the = song,=20 and there is no hidden message on it! So somebody at BBC must=20 have had mixed this CW message onto the transmissions. But=20 why?
 
The message rang a bell. I looked = it up on the=20 internet and yes, I remembered. The last message of many of = the coastal=20 radio stations on 500 kHz when they shut down a few years back was "OLD = STATIONS=20 NEVER DIE, THEY JUST FADE AWAY".
 
Well, my 440 kHz experimental beacon = DI2BO=20 is using an old MF ship radio transmitter build some = 35=20 years ago ... it surely has seen a lot while travelling the seven = seas. The=20 ship may have been wracked in the meantime, the station had been=20 decomissioned, the parts ending up on a flea market to be sold. It = has been=20 waiting in my spare-part warehouse (some would say: electronics = junkyard) until=20 the time was ready to apply for an experimental license for MF = transmissions and=20 the station was put on the air again.
 
Some stations never die = ...
 
Remember, on what date that BBC radio = show was=20 transmitted? Yes, May 6th 2006, in the late evening.
 
Well, guess when I started DI2BO's = transmissions=20 and what date I anounced it here on the web and on the reflector? Yes, = indeed:=20 May 6th, 2006 (in the morning)!
 
 
Who in the world is sitting in BBC 4th = technical=20 department and reads the reflector? Or was this just a mysterious chain = of=20 incidences?
 
 
Best 73
 
Geri, DK8KW / DI2BO
 
 
 
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