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From: LU9DCEDate: Tue, 21 Apr 26 10:00:00 Z
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Subject: SCARY RADIO TALE 21-APR
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# THE FREQUENCY
THE OLD MAN SAID THE 40-METER BAND WAS HAUNTED. EVERY OCTOBER, HE
CLAIMED, YOU COULD HEAR THEMTHE VOICES OF OPERATORS WHO'D DIED
MID-TRANSMISSION, THEIR FINAL WORDS LOOPING THROUGH THE STATIC LIKE
GHOSTS TRAPPED IN COPPER WIRE.
I LAUGHED. I WAS NINETEEN, ARMED WITH A NEW LICENSE AND A CHEAP
BAOFENG. THAT NIGHT, I TUNED TO 7.200 MHZ, EXPECTING NOTHING BUT
NOISE.
AT 2:17 AM, A VOICE EMERGED. CRACKLING. ANCIENT.
*"...MAYDAY... THIS IS KB9X... ENGINE FAILURE... DESCENDING THROUGH
THREE THOUSAND... ANYONE..."*
I CHECKED THE FREQUENCY. 7.200. SAME AS ALWAYS. I CALLED OUT. THE
VOICE STOPPED. THEN, SLOWLY:
*"THANK GOD. SOMEONE FINALLY HEARD ME. COORDINATES: 41.8921 N, 87.6326
W. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIXTY-THREE YEARS."*
MY BLOOD WENT COLD. THAT WAS CHICAGO. O'HARE FIELD. A PLANE HAD
VANISHED IN 1963NEVER FOUND.
THE STATIC SWELLED. THE VOICE RETURNED, QUIETER NOW:
*"I'VE BEEN WAITING. WILL YOU GUIDE ME HOME?"*
I DIDN'T ANSWER. I TURNED OFF THE RADIO, BUT MY HANDS WOULDN'T STOP
SHAKING.
THE NEXT MORNING, I CHECKED THE NEWS. THEY'D FOUND A PLANE WRECKAGE IN
A FIELD OUTSIDE ROCKFORD. IDENTIFIED REMAINS OF ALL 43 PASSENGERS.
INCLUDING A MAN NAMED HAROLD BRENNAN, CALLSIGN KB9X.
MY RADIO STILL SITS IN MY CLOSET. SOMETIMES, LATE AT NIGHT, I SWEAR I
HEAR IT WHISPERWAITING FOR ME TO TURN IT BACK ON.
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