Firedrake - The Mega Jammer That Wipes Out Radio Stations For Millions

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  • @PlutoTheGod
    @PlutoTheGod Жыл бұрын

    This channel is quickly becoming my favorite, you’ve done a fantastic job of blending radio knowledge for the enthusiasts & entertainment for the people who may have never used a piece of equipment in their lives.

  • @ThePeeppeeppeep

    @ThePeeppeeppeep

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here!

  • @DARTHDANSAN

    @DARTHDANSAN

    Жыл бұрын

    We’ll said

  • @forind934

    @forind934

    Жыл бұрын

    I know, right! His videos are quite good for being educational!

  • @TheAfroengineer

    @TheAfroengineer

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep here for the great stories and mellow voice.

  • @hipflask

    @hipflask

    Жыл бұрын

    agreed! Great stuff

  • @longsighted
    @longsighted Жыл бұрын

    The story goes, that in the 1960's the BBC short wave out of UK to Russia was intensively jammed especialy during times of cold war high tension. The BBC used a directional Ariel system that had to be manually adjusted to provide highly directional emissions to overcome to he jamming. During one crisis where the Ariel direction was specified only at the last to moment for security reasons no one realised this direction had never been used before and the beam went through the chief engineers house on the perimeter of the transmitter site. The springs in the mattresses caused them to catch fire!

  • @jamjardj1974

    @jamjardj1974

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣

  • @l0f1_problems65

    @l0f1_problems65

    Жыл бұрын

    *Return To Sender*

  • @Yarkoonian

    @Yarkoonian

    Жыл бұрын

    that is absolutely terrifying, its so cool to think how a powerful radio can do what we associate with lasers.

  • @bobsoldrecords1503

    @bobsoldrecords1503

    Жыл бұрын

    Time signal WWV has had to lower power due to people in the vicinity of Colorado Springs becoming ill with symptoms highly resembling Havana Syndrome

  • @gtfkt

    @gtfkt

    Жыл бұрын

    Ah the USSR, the original fake news blocker.

  • @aidanm7225
    @aidanm7225 Жыл бұрын

    The firedrake station is the first thing I ever found on my own with a sdr back in the day , leading me down the road to this awesome hobby , great video as always

  • @paulloveless4122

    @paulloveless4122

    Жыл бұрын

    Can you recommend an entry level SDR transceiver? I'm a licensed ham radio operator but don't know anything about SDR or digital modes.

  • @MattExzy

    @MattExzy

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember tuning it with a traditional shortwave radio late 2000s thinking it was a legit station - until I noticed it was all over the dial like a rash.

  • @pteppig

    @pteppig

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulloveless4122 as an entry-level SDR, the RTL T2 or newer MSI SDR have a good Software sorry. Software line SDR sharp and SDRplus are easy to use. There are even some RTL SDR Blogs with Hoe

  • @MI7DJT

    @MI7DJT

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulloveless4122 I just recently set up a digipeater which does APRS, TNC, iGate, SSTV, FT8, JS8Call etc.. Hooked it up with a cheapo UV-5R and it's amazing. I use the DigiPi software by Craig @ KM6LYW Radio. Simple to set up and use in all modes.

  • @mustacheboyo

    @mustacheboyo

    Жыл бұрын

    I found it on the utwente websdr last year

  • @danihensley
    @danihensley Жыл бұрын

    I was on a team of people that caught the PLA of China jamming ABC Australia and a number of other stations several years ago. We were able to triangulate the signal using listening stations all over the globe, as well as propagation studies, open-source intelligence and not so open-source intelligence to catch PLA red handed. They were up in the mountains. So, yes, there ARE multiple transmitters.

  • @godfreypoon5148

    @godfreypoon5148

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting that they would block communist propaganda from other countries.

  • @purplepois0nbf

    @purplepois0nbf

    Жыл бұрын

    sure mate.. I was also part on the team now, lmao

  • @911WASanINSIDEjob420

    @911WASanINSIDEjob420

    Жыл бұрын

    @@purplepois0nbf ccp shill

  • @CountingStars333

    @CountingStars333

    Жыл бұрын

    Red handed at doing what, blocking your crappy news channel?

  • @911WASanINSIDEjob420

    @911WASanINSIDEjob420

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CountingStars333 I hope you enjoy living under a Communist dictatorship and when I say Enjoy I mean be completely miserable and you want to kill yourself

  • @sakura_sauce
    @sakura_sauce Жыл бұрын

    I’m definitely very much familiar with the Firedrake, and can hear it loud and clear over here on the Irish coast. It took me about a year to finally record a Radio Free Asia transmission ID without an SDR because of the Firdrake, it literally drowns the transmission out and makes it impossible to actually hear it, you literally can’t escape it. China also broadcasts their CNR 1 station over RFA sometimes as a jamming device, I’ve seen that more than the Firedrake recently, especially on Radio Taiwan International and RFA/VOA over the past maybe 6 months.

  • @fiftyfuckingfeet

    @fiftyfuckingfeet

    Жыл бұрын

    I live in the Philippines and haven't heard firedrake much at all on the SW side but it's still very active on MW. At night it's a constant presence on some frequencies.

  • @sakura_sauce

    @sakura_sauce

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s interesting! Haven’t heard much about it on MW!

  • @scottlarson1548

    @scottlarson1548

    Жыл бұрын

    What frequencies is it on?

  • @haikalhadzik7744

    @haikalhadzik7744

    Жыл бұрын

    Radio Free Asia is funded by the CIA, there's a declassified document of cold war mentioned that CIA created Radio Free Europe.

  • @Hiram8866
    @Hiram8866 Жыл бұрын

    As Bob Marley once sang, we're jammin. Oh yeah. We're jammin.

  • @justindunlap1235

    @justindunlap1235

    Жыл бұрын

    Now I want to build a ridiculously overpowered transmitter that would just play that on a loop for jamming purposes.

  • @DrBovdin

    @DrBovdin

    Жыл бұрын

    The CCP maybe? Just for shits and giggles…

  • @MichaelOfRohan

    @MichaelOfRohan

    Жыл бұрын

    @WolfieMel it is chinese folk music blasted out by the ccp to prevent in/out data and voice to chinese populous and those close to them.

  • @merseyviking

    @merseyviking

    Жыл бұрын

    We're jammin'. I hope you like jam in soup.

  • @MichaelOfRohan

    @MichaelOfRohan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@merseyviking mhmhmhmm, soup c:

  • @alastairbarkley6572
    @alastairbarkley6572 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder whether the intended Chinese audience for BBC. VOA, RFA know that there's some circuitry that can reduce the effect of the jammng signal on the desired one? These techniques were widespread in WW2 Occupied Europe where the Nazis made extensive use of jamming transmitters to block out 'Resistance' radio stations [*] based in Great Britain and operated by the 'governments in exile' from those invaded countries - for example Radio Oranje, based in London, broadcasting to the Netherlands. Some of these techniques involved broadening or narrowing the frequency response of the receiving radio's antenna using a network of inductors and capacitors; more sophisticated ones exploited the fact that in many cases the listening station, the jammer and the transmitter did not lie on a straight line, thus a directional antenna could be able to receive the transmitter much more strongly than the jammer's signal. The best circuit I've seen from the 1940s was a two loop antenna (one larger than the other) with the smaller free to rotate around the long axis of the larger loop. The output signals from each loop are applied to separate transformer winding in 'anti-phase' configuration with the final modified output (now the 'differential of the two signals) from a third transformer winding. This apparatus permitted Radio Oranje to be clearly audible in some (but not all) parts of the Netherlands, despite German jamming. The technology is nothing cutting edge - ham radio ops (and serious engineers and scientists) had been tinkering with this sort of 'noise-cancelling antenna' circuit since the 1920s. [*] There WERE 'Resistance' radio stations actually IN German occupied countries - particularly France. 100-200 watt transmitters, easily packed away (ditto antennas) which would broadcast to an area, region or similar that coud be received on those civilian radios that had escaped confiscation. These radio stations became much more active after D-Day when the risks and consequences of detection were less.

  • @and1hal776

    @and1hal776

    Жыл бұрын

    As a former listener of SOH,RFA,VOA in China, I would say no-one will learn some skill from WW2. B ecause the majority of listener were ordinary people in this country,so they listen to these overseas radio station just to get some information be banned by authority. That means they can't get that kind of skills except been taught by this stations. I quit using radio to get forbidden information, just because I am tired to against "丰收锣鼓”.This year I taking more time on mobile devices with Google Play to get daily news, watching KZread and communicate with some friends. Still thanks for your advice,Hope you have a good day~

  • @Sniperboy5551

    @Sniperboy5551

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s an amazing piece of history, thank you for sharing it with me

  • @LTHanlon
    @LTHanlon Жыл бұрын

    Here's another thumbs-up for your channel. Great stuff! I live in a Chicago highrise that's essentially a Faraday cage, yet can easily receive Firedrake jamming on Sound of Hope frequencies on my Eton Elite Executive..

  • @navelriver

    @navelriver

    Жыл бұрын

    That reminds me of the weird gothic building in Ghostbusters!

  • @circattle

    @circattle

    Жыл бұрын

    @@navelriver Zuul

  • @AutoShenanigans
    @AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

    Marvellous work sir

  • @Mike-H_UK

    @Mike-H_UK

    Жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to Sunday!

  • @RingwayManchester

    @RingwayManchester

    Жыл бұрын

    I may just appear in Sundays video Mike

  • @justincaldarella

    @justincaldarella

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RingwayManchester Has anyone ever commented on your stock footage of the array by the lake? Those birds are-perturbed.

  • @peachypeach
    @peachypeach Жыл бұрын

    Downloaded the full sample of music once upon a time. A digital copy someone ripped from the Sat feed. Really good recording.

  • @radioweebdx7680
    @radioweebdx7680 Жыл бұрын

    The firedrake jammer can be heard in the UK on 5890kHz and 9255kHz and a few other frequencies around 1900 to 2100 UTC. I typically call 1900 UTC the Chinese Music hour as most of the stations on 49, 41 and 31 meter bands are playing a mix of classical Chinese music and 80s & 90s C-Pop.

  • @richardsanders4624
    @richardsanders462411 ай бұрын

    Thank You..! Excellent Video-Summery 👍

  • @PashPaw
    @PashPaw Жыл бұрын

    I've heard Firedrake multiple times because I live on the West Coast on the USA. Chinese jamming is so sever that even I can't pick up Radio Free Asia usually. I've gotten it pretty clearly on both of my portables, a Sony ICF-SW7600GR and a Grundig Satellit 750. And wonderful work from what little I've seen from your channel.

  • @sixthgear5874
    @sixthgear5874 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my lord I wanted the backstory of firedrake so bad, seen it for a long time now, so glad this popped into my suggested

  • @kennethjanczak4900
    @kennethjanczak4900 Жыл бұрын

    another great video Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share it.

  • @Radionut
    @Radionut Жыл бұрын

    Great video Lewis. Always enjoyed watching your videos. I’ve heard the fire Drake on the SDR receiver out of the Netherlands. He had a dozen big job on the fairway woods that’s for sure wiping them completely out

  • @Radionut
    @Radionut Жыл бұрын

    Another great video Lewis. I have heard the fire Drake jammer before. I listen to it sometimes and also the Vietnamese siren on the SDR receiver out of the University of Netherlands

  • @7eis
    @7eis Жыл бұрын

    I can't help but wonder if the "feed Satellite" could be hijacked so it would transmit the radio stations they are trying to jam.

  • @cherrypepsi2815

    @cherrypepsi2815

    Жыл бұрын

    We could "jam" the feed satellite by feeding a signal of higher strength towards Chinasat 6B, right?

  • @unpotatoedsalmon

    @unpotatoedsalmon

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@cherrypepsi2815 maybe

  • @statinskill

    @statinskill

    Жыл бұрын

    If we only could aim a microwave beam at those satellites so intensive it ignites the nitrogen in the atmosphere.

  • @nop1041
    @nop1041 Жыл бұрын

    Another awesome video mate, keep up the great work!! Always learning something new from you.

  • @douro20
    @douro20 Жыл бұрын

    There is believed to be seventy or so such sites, most of them within the Chinese mainland. I believe some of them have megawatt-class transmitters.

  • @ChoppingtonOtter
    @ChoppingtonOtter Жыл бұрын

    If you have to prevent people in your country learning about the rest of the world or leaving your country you have to KNOW your in the wrong.

  • @P_RO_

    @P_RO_

    Жыл бұрын

    To a dictatorship control is right and proper, and the less the enslaved know about anything else the better they can be controlled.

  • @Radionut
    @Radionut Жыл бұрын

    Great video Lewis. Always enjoyed watching your videos. I’ve heard the fire Drake on the SDR receiver out of the Netherlands. That thing really covers up the frequency spectrum one it’s on

  • @RingwayManchester

    @RingwayManchester

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much as always my friend

  • @fuzzytron
    @fuzzytron Жыл бұрын

    I sometimes tend to deep dive into weird hobbies, recently shortwave radio via websdr, and your channel has been super interesting and informative for me. Love ya :)

  • @xyzzz7201

    @xyzzz7201

    Жыл бұрын

    what are your other weird hobbies

  • @Sniperboy5551

    @Sniperboy5551

    Жыл бұрын

    At least I’m not alone. Through KZread I’ve found a hidden passion for urban exploration, railfanning and other stuff like this.

  • @Seafoamworks99

    @Seafoamworks99

    2 ай бұрын

    That shit is so helpful sdr is mint

  • @TheSillyshyguy
    @TheSillyshyguy Жыл бұрын

    Great video Lewis ❤

  • @pasjeihobby
    @pasjeihobby Жыл бұрын

    After pizdylions of your videos I'm still not sure what is more appealing for me. Knowledge and amazing stories or your accent, diction and eloquence😉👏

  • @RingwayManchester

    @RingwayManchester

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks my man :)

  • @Pixy335

    @Pixy335

    Жыл бұрын

    ,,Pizdylion", hahaha, my fellow Poles are everywhere

  • @Chengeist
    @Chengeist Жыл бұрын

    Over the years i heard the firedrake on many out of band frequencies between 6.2 MHz and 6.9 MHz.

  • @tehgerbil
    @tehgerbil Жыл бұрын

    Top class content you're putting out, I'm loving having found your channel.

  • @youtou721
    @youtou721 Жыл бұрын

    I haven’t heard firedrake for a while, instead they use CNR1 Voice of China or CNR2 China Business Radio to continue jam foreign stations. But I’m sure firedrake is still broadcasts on the satellite

  • @drsysop
    @drsysop Жыл бұрын

    Someone needs to put a Fire Drake on 6000 kHz Radio Havana Cuba as they sound like crap & their ancient equipment interferes with 2 of WRMI frequencies.

  • @robburrows2737
    @robburrows2737 Жыл бұрын

    Radio Caroline was jammed in the UK by Ofcom issuing a licence to London's Spectrum Radio on Caroline's 558 MHz frequency in the 1990's.

  • @RingwayManchester

    @RingwayManchester

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow really? If you have any more info rob ringwaymanchester@mail.com

  • @smorrisby

    @smorrisby

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember it well although I'm sure it was the late 80s. It was Chinese language was it not? Killed Caroline stone dead in London.

  • @Dazzwidd

    @Dazzwidd

    Жыл бұрын

    558khz?

  • @P_RO_

    @P_RO_

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm sure of the event if not the times and frequency. It was even mentioned here in the US radio enthusiast world. The simple solution they never tried was to do it better than Caroline, which the stoic British broadcasting world wasn't about to do.

  • @smorrisby

    @smorrisby

    Жыл бұрын

    @@P_RO_ The Radio Agency at the time wanted shot of Caroline so they swamped it. I was an avid listener and very annoyed when one day I heard Chinese in Caroline's frequency. Fortunately the Dutch station 10 Gold was still broadcasting.

  • @xminusone1
    @xminusone1 Жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, the great Wall of China.. I've heard it quite often from my old short wave radio. I'm in a remote area in the northern part of the Québec province in Canada. I hear it quite well, especially in winter when the weather is clear during the night. I've an old Hammarlund H-180A hooked to a long wire antenna (160m) at 75fts in the air.

  • @user-ec7rm1tp3t

    @user-ec7rm1tp3t

    Жыл бұрын

    Really 🤔

  • @blue_jm
    @blue_jm Жыл бұрын

    Another very interesting video of this topic. I knew North-Korea was doing this vigorously but I didn't know China was doing it so large scale as well.

  • @fiftyfuckingfeet

    @fiftyfuckingfeet

    Жыл бұрын

    The North Korea/South Korea radio war happens more on the frequencies between 3 and 4 mhz and also on MW so it doesn't spill out all over the bands like the Chinese stuff. There used to be more jammers from other countries but I think it's becoming less relevant in this era with good internet coverage all over Southeast Asia. China still has a lot of ground to cover for their domestic radio services so shortwave is still very relevant there. Same with North Korea's domestic radio services especially given the power shortages etc. It's the best way to cover the entire country given the circumstances.

  • @Diafragmates
    @Diafragmates Жыл бұрын

    i know absolutely nothing about radio stuff but this is very entertaining :)

  • @glyncording9066
    @glyncording9066 Жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the U.K. government, under Labour, jammed Radio Nordsee International (RNI) on 13th June 1970 during a General Election. During this period RNI changed its name to Radio Caroline International with the consent of Owner Ronan O’Rahilly. After the election the RCI changed the name back to RNI and when the Conservatives got into power the jamming continued until RNI sailed back just off the coast of Holland when the jamming ceased.

  • @Electriceye1984bySam
    @Electriceye1984bySam Жыл бұрын

    Awesome vid again👍🏻thank you brother

  • @miketeacher9016
    @miketeacher9016 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your channel and videos. I would be so much more interested in SW things but I live in Minneapolis, MN, USA, and the reception is so poor. Sometimes I go online and listen to them but they aren't broadcasting when I want to listen.

  • @StreakyP
    @StreakyP Жыл бұрын

    So jamming is illegal. So Firedrake is sat fed. What a hoot if the sat uplink was hacked and Firedrake was made to transmit what it is trying to block (no more illegal than the jamming in the first place)

  • @fredlogan6159

    @fredlogan6159

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok what satelite do they use for the up link? Details are needed consider such options...

  • @CountingStars333

    @CountingStars333

    Жыл бұрын

    Illegal by what law? World doesn't follow bri ish law.

  • @StreakyP

    @StreakyP

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CountingStars333 if you are really interested it isn't under British law that it is illegal it is under international law set by the ITU.. international telecommunications union that is an agency of the United nations that coordinates all radio transmissions and tries to prevent any country screwing up the legitimate RF usage of another

  • @jjjannes

    @jjjannes

    Жыл бұрын

    @@StreakyP The PRC and the ITU does not recognize Taiwan as a souvereign country so these are pirate stations, and are allowed to be jammed.

  • @midorifox

    @midorifox

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@CountingStars333yeah, but it follows conventions and international laws.

  • @blpblp-tj7ux
    @blpblp-tj7ux Жыл бұрын

    Yet another fascinating video from one of my favorite channels. In the stock footage used in this one there is a tower with what appears to be an 8-element collinear dipole array, and I would love to know what that array is used for.

  • @RingwayManchester

    @RingwayManchester

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you it’s in Portugal, what it does exactly I’m not certain, I couldn’t find out

  • @OudeNieuweTechniek73
    @OudeNieuweTechniek73 Жыл бұрын

    On the 40 metre band I hear this Firedrake jammer almost every evening until 10:30 PM and then it stops, but never knew that this was a jammer. I have recorded it on video a few weeks back. The frequency is different every broadcast.

  • @janetwinslow2039
    @janetwinslow2039 Жыл бұрын

    More good research Lewis. You know where to get the info! Thanks.

  • @lagrangewei
    @lagrangewei Жыл бұрын

    just a reminder, it is illegal in international law to broadcast frequency without the approval of the nation radio governing body since all frequency used must be assigned. so US and UK are actually breaking the law.

  • @VickyGeagan
    @VickyGeagan Жыл бұрын

    Ringway I have heard Fire Drake multiple times. Across the pond over here in the states. usually around 19 meters and 75 meters. I have heard the Chines national anthem being played over and over again. At least to me it sounds like the Chinese national anthem. I was just using a small transistorized shortwave receiver. A Sangean ats 909.

  • @KanishQQuotes
    @KanishQQuotes4 ай бұрын

    During the 90s i used to listen to shortwave This music used to play and would be the clearest signal compared to other I enjoyed the traditional music for like 5 minutes , thinking it was an intro to some show , expecting them to start talking eventually but nope ....30 minutes and still playing

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 Жыл бұрын

    Dude your knowledge is goat level

  • @alexdelchini2802
    @alexdelchini2802 Жыл бұрын

    Very good Lewis enjoyed this one. Alex M7MEX

  • @tubeDude48
    @tubeDude48 Жыл бұрын

    What Frequencies on an SDR, or is it the ones you showed in the waterfall?

  • @FUL0H8
    @FUL0H8 Жыл бұрын

    Oh bother… Maybe I’ll have some honey, just a taste :D

  • @borntoclimb7116
    @borntoclimb7116 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice video, great work

  • @diogeneslantern18
    @diogeneslantern18 Жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure if I picked it up but I used kiwiSDR recently and picked up a station that sounded like Chinese music played under water, in another room - it was truly, truly otherworldly - like something the creators of LOST would use for the dharma initiative. Would you mind explaining what is the following phenomenon: on kiwiSDR you see a wide band of frequencies in digital format and it shows traffic/broadcast in real time, on one specific range (I am not sure the gamut thereof but it wasn't a single frequency) there was a transmission that looked like a mirrored "C" that kept looping across this range of frequencies? Clearly it is connected to one purpose, but how is it achieved and what's the reason? Thanks

  • @tristanmills4948
    @tristanmills4948 Жыл бұрын

    Firedrake frequently comes in nice and strong in Seattle.

  • @AnthonyFrancisJones
    @AnthonyFrancisJones Жыл бұрын

    Great. You comment on Wikipedia but I guess you wrote the article on this topic there, which I enjoyed, as it is part of your script. Interesting topic and not one that is easy to get information on!

  • @socket_416
    @socket_416 Жыл бұрын

    I personally enjoy the stock footage of the radio tower it adds to the mystery

  • @Chris558576
    @Chris558576 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this interesting video.

  • @calon_sopir_trans_jogja
    @calon_sopir_trans_jogja2 ай бұрын

    In Indonesia, I also felt the Drake CNR fire, usually disrupting certain broadcasts

  • @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278
    @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278 Жыл бұрын

    I listen to the firedrake once in a while

  • @RobWenzel84
    @RobWenzel84 Жыл бұрын

    That firedrake drives me nuts id like to jam it

  • @RevMikeBlack
    @RevMikeBlack Жыл бұрын

    I've heard Firedrake several times, always jamming Falun Gong broadcasts. It's really obvious when you see it on a SDR waterfall display.

  • @markaz2kk
    @markaz2kk Жыл бұрын

    I live in OZ. They drown out a LOT of stations. They even go on amateur bands. It’s annoying I can’t even listen to VOA or BBC.

  • @pezz_pezzer
    @pezz_pezzer Жыл бұрын

    I am pretty new to the HF HAM world, about two years now. Thank you for this as I was wondering what was up with the Asian music that seemed like deliberate interference on, for me at least, I see them on 40m near the top of phone part of the band. Normally over 7.250hz or so and it looks like an AM signal based on the bandwidth and sound quality. Yeah I hate it.

  • @Jetiix
    @Jetiix Жыл бұрын

    This is amazing

  • @brentsutherland6385
    @brentsutherland6385 Жыл бұрын

    I have heard it, I used to think that Radio China just loved Chinese Opera! But no, they blast out other signals with their Chinese Opera. Radio Taiwan actually has good English language content when they can get it out.

  • @andyledger2307
    @andyledger23079 ай бұрын

    I found Firedrake for the first time this evening - I haven’t been SWL’ing in earnest for very long, so I was quite intrigued by it. I’ve noticed that CGTN seems to be all over shortwave, too - so much so, it’s good to find things that aren’t CGTN.

  • @Spence5557

    @Spence5557

    9 ай бұрын

    What Frequency and time? I haven't been able to hear it at all on the East Coast USA. All I can hear using an MLA 30 + Is CNR 1 all the time. Maybe I should try an sdr out west.

  • @Spence5557

    @Spence5557

    9 ай бұрын

    UTC time* thanks

  • @andyledger2307

    @andyledger2307

    8 ай бұрын

    I honestly can’t remember - it was some time between 1900-2100 UTC, and I didn’t make a note of the frequency. I’m in the UK, so I don’t know if that would help you but if I find it again I’ll let you know.

  • @mrlilmatt123
    @mrlilmatt123 Жыл бұрын

    Has anyone ever found the transmitter location on Satellite view?? Would be a viral hit on KZread if you were to venture out there and capture images of it! Much like the first time the Russian Woodpecker was seen I'd imagine...

  • @Aleziss
    @Aleziss Жыл бұрын

    jamming happening every day is on 7335kHz over radio martì in florida supposedly from cuba to prevent cuban receiving that station in cuba, it used to splatter every where on the 40m ham radio band, now it seems to be aimed specifically to that radio martì station

  • @Halozocker104
    @Halozocker104 Жыл бұрын

    I was expecting a vpn ad at 0:41😂

  • @nickhubbard3671
    @nickhubbard3671 Жыл бұрын

    2:28 Yes - "໒໕ ປີ" is "25 Years" in Lao. Great video - thanks!

  • @VoidHalo
    @VoidHalo Жыл бұрын

    I'm curious if anyone knows what the output power of Firedrake is? I'm sure it's not easy to figure out without some sort of datasheet. Or if you do some fancy RF detective work. But even a rough educated estimate would be appreciated. Or if it's not possible to provide, I'd be interested in understanding why. Thanks very much guys! Take care.

  • @RaysGamingChannel2003
    @RaysGamingChannel2003 Жыл бұрын

    I remember Radio Taiwan international I remember picking it up when I lived in Taiwan in 2009

  • @bwc1976

    @bwc1976

    Жыл бұрын

    I got my first shortwave radio in 1995 back when they were called Voice of Free China, and they were one of my favorite stations.

  • @cal28kim
    @cal28kim Жыл бұрын

    How dare they jam the world service and are Steve Wright!! Dose Arnie and the terminators know 😉❓

  • @BobHannent
    @BobHannent Жыл бұрын

    I once worked for a company who did satellite communications, under a special contract we provided telephone services via a dedicated satellite link to the Kurdish community in Iraq when it was still under Saddam's regime. Periodically we had to change frequency because someone (presuming the Iraqi government) would jam the signals.

  • @and1hal776
    @and1hal776 Жыл бұрын

    I would say i noticed this video for some reason,and I'd like to thank you for make it. I used to have my Tecson device to listen to RFA,VOA,SOH,RTI.Even thought they all transfer signal from Taiwan,only VOA had best experience in downtown area. If you want to listen some SOH program, you have to go to countryside, it'll be less jammed there.My friend says he even clearly listened a whole program made by RTI talking about ROC Taiwan,that's a thing. My unforgettable memories is all comes from VOA,one is for a completed version of "Yankee Doodle"played by a band , another is a special program about former leader Zhao Ziyang. No jam at all, unbelievable. I'm pleased to share some of my experience with my poor English. Thank you again and wish you have a nice day ~

  • @ThinkingBiblically
    @ThinkingBiblically Жыл бұрын

    What a shame! China jams CIA radio broadcasts. Why would they do that?

  • @sebastianguevara3615

    @sebastianguevara3615

    Жыл бұрын

    Thinking Biblically Shut Up!!!!!!! Communist Pig!!!!!!!!! There's No Freedom Of Speech, Freedom Of The Press, Freedom Of Expression And Freedom Of Religon In Communist China 🇨🇳.

  • @hylacinerea970
    @hylacinerea970 Жыл бұрын

    this is part of why the bbc radio uses VOIP digital upload for all programming languages. they hope that when the real signal is jammed, people can still find their web portal.

  • @spacedandy7555

    @spacedandy7555

    Жыл бұрын

    BBC is a propaganda arm of the British government.

  • @atlanticx100
    @atlanticx100 Жыл бұрын

    I always find we in the western world block jam or otherwise interfere in receiving of radio like the video you did ( I can not remember which). That the radio laws of the UK make it technically illegal to listen to some broadcasts. When we do it for national security or to prevent crime. Yet when another country does it we say it is to prevent freedom. On a side note does the UK allow radar detectors for speed traps? I know in some states in the US it is ok in others not. Great content as usual.

  • @andyleatherbarrow7322

    @andyleatherbarrow7322

    Жыл бұрын

    RT (Russia today) has been removed from he terrestrial and satellite broadcasting in the UK.

  • @paulsengupta971

    @paulsengupta971

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't know of any blocking or jamming here in the west, do you have an example? The radio laws of the UK make it technically illegal to listen to anything which ISN'T a broadcast other than a transmission intended to be heard by you. It's not illegal to listen to broadcasts. Yes, radar detectors are allowed in the UK as they do not demodulate the signal, they are only signal strength meters.

  • @Apodeipnon

    @Apodeipnon

    Жыл бұрын

    And of the examples mentioned, radio free Asia and falun gong, one of them is basically a CIA program, the other is a cult

  • @ZombieCSSTutorials

    @ZombieCSSTutorials

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice straw man. No, we don't block commie horseshit from coming in. Yes, China will throw you in a concentration camp if they caught you listening in on VOA. We are not the same, at all.

  • @kenbaird7067
    @kenbaird7067 Жыл бұрын

    I hear "Firedrake" regularly, although I have noticed China are now using CNR1 for jamming. Any broadcast to Tibet is wiped out by any of 3, 500KW txers near the Tibetan border. SOH is normally obliterated by CNR1, but on rare occcassions on the 15 & 16m bands I have heard it unjammed. My QTH is Lower Hutt NZ, using a PL880 and 10m wire. Happy Christmas.

  • @fiftyfuckingfeet

    @fiftyfuckingfeet

    Жыл бұрын

    SOH transmits on many frequencies as well in a cat and mouse game with the jammers. Here in the Philippines it's easy for me to find frequencies it's not being jammed on because there are so many but you will also hear CNR1 all over the place without anything being jammed under it too.

  • @CDJF1

    @CDJF1

    Жыл бұрын

    Too bad WLW can't fire up their 500kw flame thrower. I read during ww2 they increased the power to well over a magawatt

  • @prjndigo
    @prjndigo Жыл бұрын

    "only six have been identified" Uh, just ask the government then? Straight up ask them.

  • @TrullaCæmentarìí
    @TrullaCæmentarìí Жыл бұрын

    YAAAARRRRR!!!🏴‍☠️

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela Жыл бұрын

    It has great sampling potential.

  • @sandasturner9529
    @sandasturner952910 ай бұрын

    Note to self: commit to further research of signal jammers and signal jammer jammers.

  • @vu3mes
    @vu3mes Жыл бұрын

    FEBC radio Vietnamese along with jammer on 9795 kHz at 11.40 was heard yesterday. A video clip is available in my youtube channel.

  • @apollonius6214
    @apollonius6214 Жыл бұрын

    Do you or anyone know anything about a broadcast on 11650khz AM. it was very prevelant in europe in the evening hours. It only used instrumental oriental type music. It disappeared a few weeks ago and im obsessed with it now. It seems to be part of CRI but it didnt match anything they put out on other frequencies. I have recordings i can upload.

  • @-Garviel_Loken-
    @-Garviel_Loken- Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow. I just asked about you doing this one.

  • @99certain45
    @99certain45 Жыл бұрын

    Who would've guessed that sinister authoritarian radio jammers could bring such enjoyable music?

  • @davesharo1159
    @davesharo1159 Жыл бұрын

    Sound of Hope has an English language KZread channel (Wei and Cathy show) who have talked about broadcasting into China on shortwave, so interesting to hear the struggles they had from this perspective.

  • @slendermanRblx
    @slendermanRblx Жыл бұрын

    With the information of the jammer being fed via a satellite linkup. How come nobody has thought of simply trying to hijack the satellite signal by sending out their own programming on the same frequency that the satellite is using. More powerful than the official signal (capture effect) that would in theory cause the jammer to turn on its maker’s by broadcasting what they are trying to actually jam.

  • @Cat10980
    @Cat10980 Жыл бұрын

    I wish someone would jam the BBC in the UK!

  • @tinysok
    @tinysok Жыл бұрын

    Used to listen to radio Hong Kong when they were a British colony. I remember them being jammed a lot by this

  • @thedeutschblitz6900
    @thedeutschblitz6900 Жыл бұрын

    So a question about this system (I have zero knowledge of radios) couldnt the individuals being jammed do a data dump on those look through windows instead of a stero broadcast to be downloaded as opposed too actively listened to?

  • @elisorrells5314

    @elisorrells5314

    Жыл бұрын

    While that is possible, it requires pretty specialized equipment that can turn radio waves into digital data. Which is much harder to obtain and operate

  • @BatteryCoverMissing

    @BatteryCoverMissing

    Жыл бұрын

    They could as old radio broadcasts used to transmit data that could be played on data cassette for spectrum zx computers, but it might be quicker just to cover important news if the listeners didn’t have the technical knowledge to convert the data. Also being in possession of such data might be risky, you no longer have plausible deniability.

  • @OuyaWoelders-hi9bn
    @OuyaWoelders-hi9bn6 ай бұрын

    I live in Shanghai china and I think I heard it, I was testing my diy radio and I randomly started to hear Chinese music that would do the same thing as this video explains

  • @paulkf5pv
    @paulkf5pv Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if this was the crap I was hearing last night at 7.220 Mhz? I also heard something odd a few nights back at 7.190Mhz. I am not sure why any government would want to jam 7.190Mhz, as I do not think there are any foreign broadcast on that frequency.

  • @rene_0
    @rene_0 Жыл бұрын

    But _why_ would it take the them that long to figure out if the station is the correct one to jam?

  • @OfficialNo44
    @OfficialNo44 Жыл бұрын

    Yes I've heard firedrake

  • @Nick_G7IZR
    @Nick_G7IZR Жыл бұрын

    Would you mind including the frequencies in the video descriptions going forward? Just to make it a little easier to find? Or at least the legit frequencies that are being jammed? Thanks...

  • @Chengeist

    @Chengeist

    Жыл бұрын

    Frequencies of the firedrake is a bit tricky cause the radiostations it want to jamm change frequencies often. Try 6.2 MHz to 6.8 MHz in evenings.

  • @RingwayManchester

    @RingwayManchester

    Жыл бұрын

    It varies Nick, there’s no set frequencies cause it’s targets move. You’d have to listen daily and log it but there’s not really a pattern

  • @petersmith5199
    @petersmith5199 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant Lewis, thanks. Just wonder how China can justify this, or is the question ever asked?

  • @bremnesen
    @bremnesen Жыл бұрын

    Rumble, RT, Robert Malone - blocked in the FREE world.

  • @DavidSmith-fs6pi
    @DavidSmith-fs6pi Жыл бұрын

    You don't have audio of it?

  • @RingwayManchester

    @RingwayManchester

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re joking aren’t you??

  • @inter_1097
    @inter_1097 Жыл бұрын

    Sure I've heard Firedrake. When I first heard it I thought it was just a music channel and not intentionally jamming someone

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 Жыл бұрын

    A free world now

  • @WildWildWeasel
    @WildWildWeasel Жыл бұрын

    I mean, if it can be triangulated, maybe we can remotely hack the facility and either get it struck down or overload it until it melts.

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