In the TV series "Burn Notice" there are APRS packets used as "walkie talkie sound effects" while they're doing some sort of heist.
I've forgotten now which ep it was but I always fancied trying to pick them off the audio and decode them to see if there are any clues in it.
SSTV is another distinctive one, and the Aphex Twin track "Bonus High Frequency Sounds" is a pic of Richard James in his studio. Often wondered about the SSTV-like feedback in that Radiohead track, too...
The 90’s movie Sneakers with Robert Redford comes to mind. It’s a heist movie set in the California Bay Area and without revealing spoilers there’s a fantastic whodunnit involving the decoding of audio signals.
"Burn Notice" had an Irish character in it who dropped the accent after a couple of episodes, but her back story was that she was and explosives expert and a "former IRA operative, but not a terrorist".
Uh-huh.
That did not play particularly well in the UK, to put it mildly. Not sure if it was meant to be public relations for terrorist bombers...
I've forgotten now which ep it was but I always fancied trying to pick them off the audio and decode them to see if there are any clues in it.
SSTV is another distinctive one, and the Aphex Twin track "Bonus High Frequency Sounds" is a pic of Richard James in his studio. Often wondered about the SSTV-like feedback in that Radiohead track, too...