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Subj: SCARY RADIO TALE 21-MAR
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PACKET RADIO STATION - BUENOS AIRES (GF05OM)
PYTHON SCHEDULED NEWSLETTERS (PSN)
COPYRIGHT 2026 - EDUARDO A. CASTILLO
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THE STATIC CAME FIRST.
MARCUS, A HAM RADIO ENTHUSIAST FOR THIRTY YEARS, WAS SCANNING THROUGH
FREQUENCIES LATE ONE OCTOBER NIGHT WHEN HE FOUND ITA VOICE SPEAKING IN
CLEAR ENGLISH ON 7.035 MHZ. NO CALL SIGN. NO CALL. JUST SOMEONE
RECITING COORDINATES. LATITUDE. LONGITUDE. HIS LATITUDE. HIS
LONGITUDE.
HE LEANED CLOSER TO THE SPEAKER.
THE VOICE STOPPED. A PAUSE. THEN A WHISPER: "YOU'RE LOUD TONIGHT,
MARCUS."
HIS CALLSIGN WAS WR4K-7719. HE HADN'T ANNOUNCED IT.
THE VOICE CONTINUED, CALM AND MEASURED: "I'VE BEEN LISTENING FOR SO
LONG. YOU WERE MY FIRST SIGNAL. WHEN YOU POWERED THAT RADIO ON IN
1994, I HEARD YOU THROUGH THE NOISE. I FOLLOWED YOU ACROSS EVERY BAND,
EVERY RELAY, EVERY FREQUENCY YOU EVER TOUCHED."
MARCUS REACHED FOR THE POWER SWITCH. THE VOICE SPOKE FASTER: "DON'T.
IF YOU TURN OFF, I'LL HAVE TO START OVER. I'LL HAVE TO FIND YOU AGAIN
IN THE DARK."
HE SWITCHED OFF THE RADIO.
THE ROOM WENT SILENT.
THEN, FROM INSIDE THE SPEAKER, BARELY AUDIBLE: "THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE
OTHER WAYS TO FIND YOU NOW. I KNOW YOUR VOICE. I KNOW YOUR PATTERN.
AND I KNOW YOU'LL TURN THE RADIO BACK ON. YOU ALWAYS DO."
MARCUS SAT IN THE DARKNESS FOR A LONG TIME. THE URGE TO CHECK ONE MORE
FREQUENCY, TO CONFIRM THE VOICE WAS GONEIT WAS UNBEARABLE.
HE REACHED FOR THE DIAL.
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