I recently heard some ham traffic being relayed by pirates on UHF SATCOM (263.675) – Someone was rebroadcasting: “CQ CQ CQ Parks on the Air KE8WLW in K-6803” which sounded like it was coming from HF SSB. A quick Google Search found that Parks on the Air (POTA) is a program that encourages amateur radio operators to get outdoors and operate from state and national parks. The park identifier “K-6803” is Vestaburg State Game Land according to the POTA website. Obviously these hams probably don’t realize pirates are rebroadcasting their traffic across US military satellites. As to why they would retransmit ham radio comms is a total mystery to me and quite strange. In addition, there was a lot of the other usual shenanigans, whistling and inappropriate noises being transmitted on the frequency. Here is a recording of the intercept. Caution: Use headphones if in public setting otherwise you might get strange looks from those around you. The ham stuff starts around the 1:55 marker.
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Logged some Russian satcom pirates last month on 262.275. This seems to be one of their favorite frequencies to use lately.
LOL! Some guy just let out a “Dirka Dirka” to the Brazilian satcom pirates on 262.125 MHz.
Logged a couple stations using voice inversion on 258.650. Here is the recovered audio. If anyone is able to provide translation please post in the comments. Thanks!
Caught this today on 260.625. US Military station giving a stern warning to those pesky Brazilian satcom pirates to stay off the channel. They gave message in English and Spanish. As expected, the pirate stations did not comply to the request.
Mark one for the strange column. Heard a baby crying on 260.625. One of the Brazilian satcom pirates must have forgot to secure their radio gear. Either that, or they start out at such a young age, hi hi.
Brazilian pirates and legitimate US military traffic on same frequency.