WWV 10 MHz shortwave: Hola hola hooollaaa!

If you've ever tuned in the shortave time station WWV on 10.000 MHz and heard people saying "hello" in Spanish (hola, pronounced "ola") over and over again, you're not the only one! After observing the phenomenon for many years and recording some airchecks of it, I posted a UseNet thread in 2002, wondering if anyone knew who and where these people are who create this "party of WWV." Here's a link to it: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/browse_thread/thread/533e7...

The web site I mentioned in that newsgroup was taken down years ago, but I decided to post the audio clips here on YouTube, as maybe the shortwave enthusiasts here can shed some light on this. As you can maybe read in the video, these clips were recorded directly from the headphone jack of my early 1950s vintage Hallicrafters S-38C vacuum tube shortwave radio. Unfortunately the MiniDisc recorder I was using created some static, which you can hear at times.

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[burtenheimer]

Sometimes there are single pulses and then double pulses, what's the difference?

[vwestlife]

@burtenheimer I'm sure there's some technical reason for it. WWV has a complete guide to the transmission format on their web site.

[TheLegoboy1997]

That might just be a ham testing his transmitter. When on AM or SSB, the power output varies with your voice. "Hola" is sometimes said to try to keep the watt meter pointing at the true output power at which your radio is transmitting, but of course, we probably won't ever find out the purpose of these "mystery" transmissions.

[vwestlife]

@TheLegoboy1997 I've heard that argument before, but I sincerely doubt there are so many hams all keying up their transmitter on the illegal frequency of WWV, and all choosing to yell "hola hola hola" into the microphone! That would give them false readings anyway, because 10 MHz is not part of or close to any ham band on HF>

[onelasssttime]

LOL.. Yes, LOTS going on here.. I work for the Nat. Inst.. in Fort Collins.. I have always had this issue with the broadcast..

[mumish13]

homero simpson

[Mainsail76]

They're just mexicans. Just as they have no respect for our borders, language, and culture, they also have no respect for our laws pertaining to radio transmissions. They do it because just like spoiled children, they know they can, and nobody will hold them accountable.

[Cotronixco]

@sz42781 It's not nuclear, but atomic.

[xtreme01hac10docter]

@Cotronixco lol I love you

[Cotronixco]

@xtreme01hac10docter Spock, Illegals are not logical. Because they can get away with it.

[Cotronixco]

@ladams00 No, the 30 meter band starts at 10100 kHz, far from 10000 kHz.

[myguitardidyermom12]

Pescadores!

[GMSamuelRhine]

@gregorynr yeah i figured out that wwvh is female voice while wwv is a male.

[gregorynr]

@GMSamuelRhine It could very well be the one in Hawaii too. But WWV is in Colorado and WWVH is in Hawaii. You will know when they identify the station at the top of every hour.

[stupullen]

The hola, hola you hear are c.b ers / ham tuning and talking illegally on 10 kHz...the "double pulse /long tone is automatic inline accuracy recalibration from WWV.

just letting you know.

[GMSamuelRhine]

@gregorynr ok thanks i was confused because i found out there's also a wwvh