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From: LU9DCEDate: Wed, 18 Mar 26 18:15:00 Z
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Subject: SCARY RADIO TALE 18-MAR
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THE ATTIC SMELLED OF DUST AND SOLDER. DAVID ADJUSTED HIS HEADSET,
FINGERS NUMB FROM THE NOVEMBER CHILL. HE WAS CHASING A GHOST
FREQUENCY147.435 MHZTHAT HAD BEEN APPEARING AT 3:33 AM FOR THREE
NIGHTS RUNNING.
"CQ, CQ, THIS IS K7DMT," HE TRANSMITTED. STATIC ANSWERED, THEN A
WHISPER.
"DAVID."
HE CHECKED THE CALL SIGN DATABASE. THE VOICE BELONGED TO W9SBTSTEPHEN
BARNES, A RENOWNED OPERATOR WHO HAD DIED IN A TOWER COLLAPSE IN 1987.
THE MICROPHONE SAT UNTOUCHED ON HIS DESK, YET THE SIGNAL STRENGTH
METER PULSED.
"THIS FREQUENCY IS OCCUPIED," DAVID SAID, HIS THROAT DRY.
"CLIMB HIGHER," THE VOICE REPLIED, DISTORTED BY SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED
LIKE WIND THROUGH BONES. "THE STATIC IS LOUD UP HERE. I'VE BEEN
WAITING THIRTY-SIX YEARS FOR SOMEONE TO ANSWER."
DAVID REACHED FOR THE POWER SWITCH. THE VOICE LAUGHED, COMING NOW FROM
BEHIND HIM, FROM THE UNPLUGGED SPEAKER IN THE CORNER.
"YOU OPENED THE CHANNEL, DAVID. YOU CAN'T CLOSE IT."
THE TOWER OUTSIDE HIS WINDOW CREAKED. DAVID LOOKED UP. AGAINST THE
MOON, HE SAW THE SILHOUETTE OF A MAN CLIMBING, ANTENNA WIRES WRAPPED
AROUND HIS NECK LIKE A NOOSE, WAVING DOWN AT HIM WITH A HAND THAT HAD
NO FINGERS.
THE RADIO HUMMED. DAVID REALIZED HE WAS STILL HOLDING THE TRANSMIT
BUTTON, AND SOMEWHERE IN THE DARK, OTHERS WERE BEGINNING TO ANSWER.
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