Actually, it's slogging through the FUD in life dolled out by those with vested interest in pecuniary activities that can be the sink hole into which time, effort and research is quite literally 'poured' through a large, wide-necked vessel these days ...
NEVER are the 'specifications', the functional capabilities nor the warranty details to be found any more listed in tabular form and made according to refined industry standards, rather, we're now in a 'make it up as you go' and 'we can get away with this too' mode ...
As to those 'voices' - they were, until recently, due to an MUF that was substantially above 30 MHz through the daytime hours resulting in much 10 Meter activity in the form of 'QSOs' between like-minded individuals and decidedly NOT The Illuminati (the Illuminati have yet to ever return a valid QSL card) ...
That's what they want you to think _Jim.
Faeries, _Jim. Faeries dancing on pinheads.
Sigh.