One of the weirder signals that has been picked up on shortwave radio is "The Workshop":
The signal sounds like a transmitter has been powered up with the microphone left open, in a mechanical workshop.Here is a recording (it's very loud and discordant, especially at the beginning, so I recommend turning the volume down before listening):
Banging, crashing, footsteps, distant voices and ringing telephones can be heard in the distance.
Tcp d4 30 workshop irdial by The Conet Project
The (synthesized?) voice chanting "Foxtrot. Tango. India" suggests that the Workshop signal was being used to jam a numbers station, but if so the jamming was not successful. Whatever might have been going on, the resulting signal is a fine piece of accidental art. Its combination of ghostly voices with static and mechanical clanging reminds me of early wax cylinder recordings.
The (synthesized?) voice chanting "Foxtrot. Tango. India" suggests that the Workshop signal was being used to jam a numbers station, but if so the jamming was not successful. Whatever might have been going on, the resulting signal is a fine piece of accidental art. Its combination of ghostly voices with static and mechanical clanging reminds me of early wax cylinder recordings.
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