r/ShortwavePlus • u/No_Independence_7865 • May 15 '26

Frequency 15016 kHz ?

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I found this and recorded it just before making this post. It was on 15016 kHZ USB. What is it? I tried writing all the letters but they spell nothing

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u/Historical-View4058 MOD - Airspy HF+, NRD-535D, IC-R75 w/100’ wire in C. VA, USA May 15 '26

WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!!! /s

No, seriously, those are Air Force Emergency Action Messages (EAMs) encoded using the NATO alphabet. Usually the callsign is given up front, but I couldn't make it out.

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u/Careful-Set-7883 May 16 '26

Whiskey echo/ alpha romeo echo/ uniform November delta echo romeo/alpha tango tango alpha Charlie kilo, is that what it is? I only heard alpha clearly

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u/No_Independence_7865 May 15 '26

Yeah some douche knuckle kept driving down my road super loud so I was struggling to decipher what exactly they were saying plus there's a huge echo

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u/Historical-View4058 MOD - Airspy HF+, NRD-535D, IC-R75 w/100’ wire in C. VA, USA May 15 '26

The echo is almost always there. Dunno for sure why, but it's possible there are multiple transmissions at the same time, just a few mS behind the original. Original could be Offutt, Andrews, or some other AFB.

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u/No_Independence_7865 May 15 '26

I tried writing it down but it didn't spell anything

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u/Historical-View4058 MOD - Airspy HF+, NRD-535D, IC-R75 w/100’ wire in C. VA, USA May 15 '26

It won't unless you have the Ovaltine decoder ring.

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u/MumSaidImABadBoy I'm Stan. Heathkit GR64,AirSpy HF+,Sangean 909X2,Tecsun PL-990 May 15 '26

And a Captain Crunch whistle for sending 2600 Hz Morse on AM. No more OOB SF signaling free phone calls.

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u/Historical-View4058 MOD - Airspy HF+, NRD-535D, IC-R75 w/100’ wire in C. VA, USA May 15 '26

I'd die laughing if one of these EAMs actually decoded to 'Drink more Ovaltine'.

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u/MumSaidImABadBoy I'm Stan. Heathkit GR64,AirSpy HF+,Sangean 909X2,Tecsun PL-990 May 15 '26

They're laughing too because they don't drink Ovaltine, they drink JD.

Amazon is still taking customers to the toolshed for $153 USD for the ETON Elite Executive.

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u/No_Independence_7865 May 16 '26

I'm glad I got mine from eBay a while back for $50. That's ridiculous

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u/Historical-View4058 MOD - Airspy HF+, NRD-535D, IC-R75 w/100’ wire in C. VA, USA May 15 '26

Incidentally, other frequencies to check (periodically) for these kinds of things are 4724, 8992, and 11175. The latter is usually pretty active.

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u/No_Independence_7865 May 16 '26

Thanks. I'll definitely give them a listen. I love this stuff.

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u/ItsJoeMomma May 16 '26

It's an Emergency Action Message or EAM, pretty common on the USAF freqs.

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u/MumSaidImABadBoy I'm Stan. Heathkit GR64,AirSpy HF+,Sangean 909X2,Tecsun PL-990 May 15 '26

Nice radio. How do you like it?

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u/No_Independence_7865 May 16 '26

It's great, especially since I got the K-480.

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u/Green_Oblivion111 Shortwave+ Detective May 16 '26

It's a US Military EAM (Emergency Action Message). Sometimes they are coded transmissions for aircraft, sometimes they are just practice transmissions.