Chinese radio beacon

 

The HAM Radio, located underneath the dead Chinese commando

The Chinese radio beacon is a radio station found in a random encounter in Fallout 3.

Characteristics

The Chinese radio beacon will be added to your radio list in a random location in the Wasteland. The signal will grow stronger as you get closer to the source of the beacon — a dead Chinese commando.

The commando carries a full set of Chinese equipment, including a Chinese pistol, Chinese officer's sword, and a dirty Chinese jumpsuit, as well as assorted medical supplies.

If the player uses the tcl console command, they can go underground where they will find a ham radio labeled "Chinese Radio Beacon" underneath the commando. The radio can be spoken to like any non-player character. If interacted with, the player will hear "Hello?" or "Hey there" in English through the radio, to which the only reply available is "See you later." or "Time for me to go." Upon choosing this, the player then hears "Bye" or "Later" or "Whatever" in English as the dialog ends. Unlike other radios, this radio cannot be turned off.

The message broadcast over the radio is "Bì Shèng" ( 必 胜 ) (Bi Shung - Mandarin), which means "Must Prevail". The message repeats twice, then there is a short pause then the message repeats every few seconds in a loop.

Notes

• If the dead Chinese commando spawns at a location such as Super-Duper Mart with raiders present, the raiders will loot the commando's body of most or all weapons but leave the dirty Chinese jumpsuit behind. If this happens, search the raiders first if you want the commando's weapons, which are in much better repair than the weapons normally found.

• The beacon can be found by using the console command player.moveto 000a0a4d.

Bugs

• PC If the player already has a given Chinese object in their inventory the Commando may spawn without that particular object in his inventory. ^[verified]
• PC Sometimes the dead Chinese commando doesn't spawn. You can still noclip underground and find the ham radio, but there will be no corpse above it. ^[verified]
  • PC A workaround on the PC is to use the console command player.placeleveledactoratme a0a4c. ^[verified]
• Xbox 360 Sometimes the beacon will become available only at a far edge of the world-map, indicating the commando's body is somewhere far off-map. ^[verified]

Radio stations in Fallout 3 Stations Major Enclave Radio · Galaxy News Radio Minor Agatha's Station · Vault 101 PA System · People's Republic of America Radio · Pitt broadcast · Tenpenny Tower radio Signals Permanent Chinese radio beacon · Recon craft Theta beacon · Signal Alfa Lima · Signal Echo Foxtrot · Signal Kilo Bravo · Signal Oscar Tango · Signal Oscar Zulu · Signal Papa November · Signal Sierra Romeo · Signal Sierra Victor · Signal Yankee Bravo Temporary Ranger emergency frequency · Vault 101 emergency frequency · Outcast distress signal · Wernher's distress signal denote cut content, italics denote stations available through add-ons.