|
Frequency |
Modes(s) |
Broadcast Times |
|
9.7150 |
USB and AM |
1500-2000 UTC |
|
11.2920 |
USB and AM |
1500-2000 UTC |
The EC-130 Command Solo Unit of the US Air Force is
responsible for transmitting pictures and sound (TV and Radio) into areas it is
about to attack. This unit was deployed during the Afghan war to tell Afghanis
how America was going to liberate them, and has again being deployed to Iraq.
The same is now happening in Iraq. The US military dropped
millions of leaflets over Iraq detailing these frequencies and what times to
listen in late December 2002. Currently
they are broadcasting anti-Saddam messages, Arabic music, and again how they
plan to liberate Iraq. It is expected these broadcasts will cease when war is
declared, just as it did in Afghanistan.
Clearly, you can see the EC 130’s role is to tell civilians
of a country prior to war they are about to attack, put simply, it is US
propaganda, in much the same way as various countries used short wave during
World War II.
The transmissions start at 0200 (2am) Australian Summer Time
and end at 0900 (9am) Australian Summer Time. These are high-powered broadcasts
and should be audible around the world and are broadcast from the EC-130’s
C-130 Hercules Aircraft (which literally is a plane that can broadcast
propagnda etc ‘over the top’ of other transmissions. So if we were at war with
the US, they could fly overhead and broadcast their propaganda right over our
TV, radio on whatever frequency they like, say Channel 7 or 3AW, could be
drowned out by these broadcasts.
You can learn all about the EC 130 and it’s roles by going
to http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ec-130e.htm
Remember you’ll need either a
scanner or Short Wave radio with SSB (LSB & USB) modes, and in the case of
a scanner, frequencies between 4 to 15MHz. Steps of 5KHz or less . (The smaller
the step, the more you can fine tune reception, with the exception of scanners
with a BFO (Beat Frequency Oscillator) that work in the same way as a clarifier/slider
on 27MHz CB and don’t need step adjustment for fine tuning.
A VicNews The Victorian Scanning News Publication
ISSN 1038-6971 ©2003 Ashley Geelan
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All information correct as at: Friday, March
14, 2003
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–US Propaganda Short wave Service Frequencies