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Subj: SCARY RADIO TALE 07-APR
Path: IZ3LSV<ED1ZAC<EA5URD<EA2RCF<LU9DCE
Sent: 260407/1000Z 11039@LU9DCE.TOR.BA.ARG.SOAM LinBPQ6.0.25
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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 CRACKLED AT 3 AM. MARCUS ADJUSTED THE DIAL ON HIS YAESU,
TRYING TO TUNE OUT THE INSOMNIA THAT HAD PLAGUED HIM SINCE HIS
DIVORCE. THE FREQUENCY WAS CLEARJUST EMPTY SPACE BETWEEN HIM AND THE
VOID.
THEN A VOICE.
NOT A VOICE, REALLY. MORE LIKE THE MEMORY OF ONE. IT SPELLED OUT HIS
CALLSIGN, LETTER BY LETTER, USING THE OLD MORSE CODE RHYTHM HIS
GRANDFATHER HAD TAUGHT HIM. K-7-M-A-R-C-U-S.
HE HADN'T GIVEN THAT CALLSIGN TO ANYONE. NOT IN YEARS.
THE VOICE SHIFTED TO ENGLISH, CALM AND MEASURED: "WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO
REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR'S EXTENDED WARRANTY."
MARCUS LAUGHED DESPITE HIMSELF. A TELEMARKETER FROM BEYOND. HIS FINGER
HOVERED OVER THE TRANSMITTER.
"HOW DID YOU GET THIS FREQUENCY?" HE ASKED.
SILENCE. THEN: "YOUR GRANDFATHER GAVE IT TO US. FORTY YEARS AGO. HE
SAID YOU'D BE THE ONE TO FINALLY ANSWER."
MARCUS'S BLOOD WENT COLD. HIS GRANDFATHER HAD DIED IN 1986. THE
CALLSIGN HAD BEEN DEACTIVATED BEFORE MARCUS WAS BORN.
THE VOICE CONTINUED, PATIENT AND TIRED: "WE'VE BEEN CALLING EVERY
NIGHT SINCE. WAITING. YOU SOUND JUST LIKE HIM. THE STATIC, THE
LONELINESS, THE HOURS."
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" MARCUS WHISPERED.
"TO TELL YOU TO TURN OFF THE RADIO. GO TO BED. KISS YOUR KIDS BEFORE
THEY GROW UP." A PAUSE. "SOME OF US DIDN'T GET TO."
THE STATIC RETURNEDWARM, FRIENDLY, ALIVE. THEN SILENCE.
MARCUS NEVER TOUCHED THE RADIO AGAIN. BUT SOME NIGHTS, WHEN THE
CONDITIONS ARE JUST RIGHT, HE SWEARS HE HEARS IT: A VOICE CALLING
K-7-MARCUS, OVER AND OVER, FROM SOMEWHERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE CALL
SIGNS.
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