Amazing what technical details one can remember!  I read this book 
about 40-plus years ago.--Matt, N1IBB.

At 09:42 PM 9/24/2015, you wrote:
>Yes, and I think the frequency was 4.7 KC, or something like that.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Matthew Chao  <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 5:20 pm
>Subject: Re: Are you hearing strange transmissions on the ham bands?
>
> >
> >
> > I remember reading that - and the two words they got were "waters"
> > and "connecticut".  Believe the radio was at the Bremerton Navy
> > base.--Matt, N1IBB.
> >
> > At 07:45 PM 9/24/2015, you wrote:
> > >Do you remember the book On the Beach where high power CW was being
> > >generated by a shutter blowing in the wind? And I think the
> > >transmitter was in Seattle.
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Alan R. Downing  <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 2:42 pm
> > >Subject: Re: Are you hearing strange transmissions on the ham bands?
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Every night we are entertained by five character cipher groups on 7163.
> > > > Interestingly many of the characters are not contained in the 
> Morse Code as
> > > > we know it.  In addition to non-standard characters, the groups often
> > > > contain 4 or 5 periods or question marks in a row.  As near 
> as we can tell,
> > > > the signal seems to emanate from the north west.
> > > >
> > > > Alan - N7MIT
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Alan R. Downing
> > > > Phoenix, AZ
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: For blind ham radio operators 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > > On Behalf Of Martin McCormick
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 2:36 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: Are you hearing strange transmissions on the ham bands?
> > > >
> > > >       I haven't heard anything recently but I sure remember a
> > > > bunch of garbage that may have been coming from Cuba in the
> > > > Summer of 1972 or maybe 1973. It was brutal. As you tuned through
> > > > 20 meters, you could hear one RTTY signal after another as if
> > > > somebody had a crystal calibrator that produced a mark and space
> > > > tone and amplified a huge passband that covered most of 20
> > > > meters. Every 4 or 5 KHZ was this digital-sounding signal using
> > > > FSK just like RTTY
> > > >
> > > >       You could still hear hams talking over the racket but
> > > > folks weren't very happy to say the least.
> > > >
> > > >       I guess it could have been coming from the Soviet Union
> > > > but at that time, they were stationed in Cuba big time and could
> > > > be as annoying as they wanted to be. What's somebody going to do?
> > > > Call the police?
> > > >
> > > >       I heard that the US State Department filed an official
> > > > protest to the Russians and the jamming finally stopped. The
> > > > Soviets got hard to work on the woodpecker that we used to hear
> > > > in the later seventies.
> > > >
> > > >       It's official bad behavior which has no scientific or
> > > > strategic use except to foul the air with junk so nobody else can
> > > > use it.
> > > >
> > > >       Anybody can do that so it doesn't even seem clever, just
> > > > stupid and done only to pick a fight.
> > > >
> > > >       There is something really childish about it, kind of
> > > > 14.313 on steroids, sponsored by no less than governments who
> > > > want to be the sore-heads of the world because they don't know
> > > > any other way to be noticed. They aren't going to get anywhere
> > > > with this in the long run but they can sure be a royal pain in
> > > > the back side in the mean time.
> > > >
> > > > Martin
> > > >
> > > > "Dr. Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > > > > Are you hearing strange transmissions on the ham bands? 
> IARU Monitoring
> > > > > System Reports Increased Russian Military Traffic on Ham Bands The
> > > > > September
> > > > > edition of the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) 
> newsletter has
> > > > > reported that Russian Military traffic in the Amateur Radio 
> 7 and 14 MHz
> > > > > bands increased during August. At least some of these intruders were
> > > > > likely
> > > > > to be audible in other parts of the world. Monitors in 
> Europe reported a
> > > > > Russian over-the-horizon (OTH) radar in Gorodezh on 14.108 
> MHz, causing
> > > > > strong interference daily and often exhibiting splatter. In 
> addition the
> > > > > Russian Navy was reported active frequently on 14.192.0 MHz 
> using FM CW.
> > > > > Other monitoring stations in Germany reported numerous Chinese
> > > OTH radars
> > > > > in
> > > > > other bands, including on 75 meters. Veteran IARUMS Region 1 intruder
> > > > > watcher Wolf Hadel, DK2OM. Region 1 IARUMS Coordinator and
> > > veteran monitor
> > > > > Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, recently told the Rusk County Amateur 
> Radio Club in
> > > > > East
> > > > > Texas that some of the worst offenders are OTH facilities 
> in Russia and
> > > > > Iran. The signals can result in broad swaths of noise in the 20 meter
> > > > > band,
> > > > > he said. During his VoIP talk, Hadel pointed out that
> > > recruiting volunteer
> > > > > monitors with the "right equipment" is difficult, and he 
> encouraged club
> > > > > members to join the hunt for ham band intruders. According 
> to Region 1
> > > > > monitors, intruding signals said to be coming from Spanish
> > > fishing vessels
> > > > > have now been reported on all amateur bands -- shared and 
> exclusive. A
> > > > > beacon, reported to be in Kazakhstan, has been transmitting 
> "V" on 7027.5
> > > > > kHz continuously. Apparent North Korean diplomatic traffic 
> from the DPRK
> > > > > embassy in Moscow has been heard on 14.109.5 MHz. Mario 
> Taeubel, DG0JBJ,
> > > > > observed 31 OTH radars on 20 meters, 28 OTH radars on 15 
> meters, and 11
> > > > > OTH
> > > > > radars on 10 meters during August. In addition, a Chinese 
> OTH radar has
> > > > > often appeared on 80 meters in IARU Region 3. Monitors in
> > > Europe also have
> > > > > monitored transmissions between taxi drivers and 
> dispatchers on Amateur
> > > > > Radio frequencies, primarily on 10 meters. The ARRL 
> recently forwarded
> > > > > reports from IARU Region 2 and Hawaii to R2 Monitoring 
> System Coordinator
> > > > > Jorge Del Valle, TG9ADV. These included so-called drift net 
> beacons on 10
> > > > > meters (28.281 and 28.226 MHz), as well as digital, radar, and phone
> > > > > intruders heard on 20 meters in Hawaii. Authorized by the IARU
> > > > > Administrative Council, IARU Monitoring System volunteers 
> work under the
> > > > > guidance of the IARU International Monitoring System Coordinator and
> > > > > regional coordinators. The IARU Monitoring System operations are
> > > > > coordinated
> > > > > under the Monitoring System Committee.