More information on the nature of the signal can be found here:
http://www.topbandhams.com/tech-page/30-washing-machine-daylight-recording-k3pgp
I did not hear it at all last night (Tuesday). It was weak but audible here
Monday night, but I noticed propagation was flaky, apparently affected b
At 2000 and 0200 noting here in SW NH
Craig Clark K1QX
PO Box 209
107 Fitzgerald Rd
Rindge NH 03461
(603) 899-6103 office
(603) 520 6577 cell
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On Tue,12/9/2014 3:02 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
We now need someone to hear it during daylight hours when there is no skywave.
At my QTH near San Francisco, I can routinely work 800 miles (Seattle,
Phoenix, Salt Lake City) two hours before sunset, and I can hear, but
cannot work, the better s
The fact that Mike VE9AA could not hear it on ground wave, means that is
likely more than a few hundred km's from his location. The would possibly
eliminate New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and PEI.
However, it would leave Labrador and then Greenland as part of the picture.
We now need
: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
Don't know, don't want to know.
Anyone old enough to remember about loose lips, sinking ships and
social media. ?
73
Bruce-K1FZ
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:54:25 + (UTC), mstang...@comcast.net wrote:
Could it be coming for Cutl
At about 30 mins past SS here in FN66 (s. central NB) it's about 20dB over
9, no QSB.
I did listen about 1.5 hrs before SS and did not hear it. It's from about
1900-1930kHz easily.
Unfortunately, no directional antennas on the Topband.
Same strength on my low inverted L or low OCF 160m HZ
The signal is at times peaking at S9+20 here in central Ohio, with a
bandwidth from approximately 1900 to 1930. It appears to be rapidly
sweeping up the band at a rate of about four sweeps per second. You
can definitely observe the doppler effect by slewing your rig up and
down the band while lis
My thoughts exactly when I read K1FZ's post.
We need to find out all we possibly can about this, not sit on our hands
and hope it will go away somehow.
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Bill Aycock
wrote:
> I do remember the"loose lips" slogan, but I hardly think it appli
--Original Message-
From: k...@myfairpoint.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 1:28 PM
To: mstang...@comcast.net
Cc: Topband
Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
Don't know, don't want to know.
Anyone old enough to remember about loose lips
Don't know, don't want to know.
Anyone old enough to remember about loose lips, sinking ships and
social media. ?
73
Bruce-K1FZ
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:54:25 + (UTC), mstang...@comcast.net wrote:
Could it be coming for Cutler ME, the site of the Navy's VLF station?
Maybe they are
I live in Southern ME, next to the NH border and 30 miles inland. I listened
on 1.915 MHz at 1815 Z today, (Tuesday) and could hear it quite well at about
S5 with my NE beverage. When I changed to my vertical to receive, I could
barely detect it in the noise. My beverage is aimed at 45 degrees
Could it be coming for Cutler ME, the site of the Navy's VLF station?
Maybe they are running tests on a some MF system.
Mike N2M
- Original Message -
From: k...@myfairpoint.net
To: Topband
Sent: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:25:02 - (UTC)
Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wipin
I agree, Roger. That's definitely NOT what I'm hearing.
Jack K2RS
On 12/9/2014 9:55 AM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
Here is a YouTube video of a CODAR signal. Doesn't sound like what I'm
hearing
at all!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zupfLO1PjrA
73, Roger
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Who lives in that area that might be able to investigate? That sounds like
the logical next step.
It wouldn't necessarily have to be a ham who is active on 160.
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Steve wrote:
> About the only North American land in that direction is southe
About the only North American land in that direction is southern New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
The Canadian Military has a large RF (VLF, LF, HF) presence at CFH, Nova
Scotia...
Steve
WEB - "The VE7SL Radio Notebook": http://members.shaw.ca/ve7sl
VE7SL BLOG - "Homebrewing and Operat
There's one shown on Marthas Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast
and Chebogue, Nova Scotia.
Doug - K1ZO
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Waters"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925
All: Turned on my radio to listen to the ARRL 160, and saw "it". First
thought was "what piece of crap in my house is doing THAT". But as we now
know, its something big. Since CODAR was suggested, I compared it to CODAR
around 4.8 MHz. Similar, but not the same. BW is similar, but the CODAR I
saw
Here is a YouTube video of a CODAR signal. Doesn't sound like what I'm hearing
at all!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zupfLO1PjrA
73, Roger
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Sorry! I phrased that badly. Is what we are hearing really a Seasonde? Perhaps
a lower frequency version or is it something else entirely?
73, Roger
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The lowest frequency for the Seasonde (long range) is 4.8 MHz. Is this what
we're
hearing???
73, Roger
On 12/9/2014 9:23 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
I found something interesting on http://www.codar.com . Take a look at the
changing graphic on the main page, which shows different places in the
wor
I found something interesting on http://www.codar.com . Take a look at the
changing graphic on the main page, which shows different places in the
world where these are installed.
You need to watch it awhile, because every so often a new location appears
in the sequence. Among other locations, I sa
It's peaking at S9 on 1.912 right now -- 0900 EST. At times, the pulsing
portion of the signal becomes inaudible but the raspy carrier remains at
full strength. It hasn't done that when I've listened to it previously.
Jack K2RS
On 12/9/2014 8:25 AM, k...@myfairpoint.net wrote:
Still hea
Still hear it 8AM local time in mid-coast Maine. Running S5, S6 /
slight QSB. Coming from the East-NE.
About the only North American land in that direction is southern New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Any VE1 stations hearing it ? Does Jack VE1ZZ have an email address ?
73
Bruce-K1FZ
At my SR (0704 local) it was -68 dBm on NaP3. At 0815 it was -96 dBm.
Obviously skywave coming from the east. Canadian Maritimes?
73, Roger
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Hi Doug
Last night I told w1fv that my estimate was 70 to 75 deg from my location
in Fishers IN and a heading of 70 deg from my location clips the bottom tip
of Nova Scotia, while 75 deg runs me through Cape Cod. Therefore having
very strong signal in southern part of Maine fits in well with wha
Barely perceptible in noise level at 12:48z near NYC. Sunrise here was 12:07z
Original message
From: Doug Grant
Date:12/09/2014 7:44 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Doug Grant , topband@contesting.com, Brian Duffell
Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
1243z and it is now down to about 10 over 9. My sunrise was 1200z.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Brian Duffell
wrote:
> Not a sniff here, the other side of the pond around then, so must be in NA.
>
>
>
> Doug Grant wrote:
>
>> 1136z and it is 40 over 9 here in southern Maine.
>>
>> It is not
Not a sniff here, the other side of the pond around then, so must be in NA.
Doug Grant wrote:
> 1136z and it is 40 over 9 here in southern Maine.
>
> It is not far away from here.
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:41 AM, Rich C wrote:
> > I just did a check with the HI Z 4-8 and it is DUE EAST o
and [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Doug
> Grant
> Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 6:38 AM
> To: Rich C
> Cc: Ray Benny; topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
>
> 1136z and it is 40 over 9 here in sou
It is still coming in after my SR (1200Z) but dropping in strength. Given
the hour, it is definitely not coming from EU. The origins are in NA.
73, John W1FV
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Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
1136z and it is 40 over 9 here in southern Maine.
It is not far away from here.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:41 AM, Rich C wrote:
> I just did a check with the HI Z 4-8 and it is DUE EAST of here at
> S8-9 here in Grants Pass Oregon. It drops off each s
ot;
> To: "'Doug Grant'" ; "'Rich C'" <
> rich_k...@gphilltop.com>
> Cc: "'Ray Benny'" ;
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 6:41 AM
>
> Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
>
>
&
10 over 9 in SW New Hampshire @ 1140Z
Doug - K1ZO
- Original Message -
From: "Tony K1AMF"
To: "'Doug Grant'" ; "'Rich C'"
Cc: "'Ray Benny'" ;
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Un
: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
1136z and it is 40 over 9 here in southern Maine.
It is not far away from here.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:41 AM, Rich C wrote:
> I just did a check with the HI Z 4-8 and it is DUE EAST of here at
> S8-9 here in Grants Pass Oregon. It drops off each s
1136z and it is 40 over 9 here in southern Maine.
It is not far away from here.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:41 AM, Rich C wrote:
> I just did a check with the HI Z 4-8 and it is DUE EAST of here at S8-9
> here in Grants Pass Oregon. It drops off each side of due east when I
> switch it.
>
> Rich K7
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I just did a check with the HI Z 4-8 and it is DUE EAST of here at S8-9
here in Grants Pass Oregon. It drops off each side of due east when I
switch it.
Rich K7ZV
On Mon, December 8, 2014 10:00 pm, Doug Grant wrote:
> 0350z it is back and loud again (40dB over s9) and has QSB.
>
>
> This site sho
0350z it is back and loud again (40dB over s9) and has QSB.
This site shows how Codar systems work
http://www.ims.uaf.edu/hfradar/how_it_works/
the sound clip on that page has audio that is higher-pitched than the
one on 1915 but similar in structure.
73,
Doug K1DG
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:44
Guys,
I am hearing something between 1910 and 1925. Its a rapid, raspy, pulse
tone, but its coming from the SE in Central AZ (SA direction). It is just
above my noise level, currently S4, so not strong. Do not hear it on my TX
vertical. Don't know if this could be the noise reported or some local
> From: k...@myfairpoint.net
> Monday? 9;45 AM
> Unable to hear the 1900-1925 Khz. interfering signal this morning.
> Propagation change, or is the signal gone ?
> Anyone still hear it?
I checked a few times during the day on Monday and did not hear it.
At 0200z I checked again and it was there
-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Kirk
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 8:50 PM
To: Michael Walker
Cc: K2RS; Mike Waters; topband
Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
Copying the signal again this evening from Indianapolis area at 8:45pm EST
(0145 utc)
Heading is
Copying the signal again this evening from Indianapolis area at 8:45pm EST
(0145 utc)
Heading is again approximately 75 deg.
Don wd8dsb
On Monday, December 8, 2014, Michael Walker wrote:
> There is my recording here:
>
> https://vimeo.com/113868670
>
> Mike va3mw
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:
There is my recording here:
https://vimeo.com/113868670
Mike va3mw
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> There seems to be some recordings at
> www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,100298.0.html
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:56 AM, K2RS wrote
The pulse faded into the noise around 1300Z here in central NC. As of
2300Z, nothing heard. Local sunset was about an hour ago.
73, Tony K4QE
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> There seems to be some recordings at
> www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,100298.0.html
>
There seems to be some recordings at
www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,100298.0.html
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:56 AM, K2RS wrote:
> a friend who's in the ARRL Intruder Watch group forwarded me an e-mail
> this morning informing him that IW has received reports a
It seems to be an intermittent signal that comes and goes, but it has
been heard during daylight hours as well as at night.
FWIW, a friend who's in the ARRL Intruder Watch group forwarded me an
e-mail this morning informing him that IW has received reports about the
noise and they're looking f
Monday 9;45 AM
Unable to hear the 1900-1925 Khz. interfering signal this morning.
Propagation change, or is the signal gone ?
Anyone still hear it?
73
Bruce-K1FZ
www.qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html
>
> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 19:13:04 -0500, Arthur Delibert
> wrote:
> Is anyone in Europe h
Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
Hi Mike and gang,
I have been monitoring the signal during the early hours of this morning
and on web SDR in England it was there at 3am EST but when I checked again
at 4:20am EST it was no longer being received.
The heading from my house has been very consistent at
Hi Mike and gang,
I have been monitoring the signal during the early hours of this morning
and on web SDR in England it was there at 3am EST but when I checked again
at 4:20am EST it was no longer being received.
The heading from my house has been very consistent at approximately 75
degrees but som
>From SW Missouri, heard on my 580' NE Beverage, pulses to S7 (preamp off),
1130 UTC (5:30 CST).
I can hear it from 1.900 to 1.930 on the IC-765's 2.4 kHz LSB filter.
Switching to AM on 1.915 (over S9), the signal has a rough pulsing tone,
but I didn't try to measure the tone's frequency.
@ 1145 U
Report from Land's End UK
Pulsing s7 here from NW quadrant 30 mins before Sunrise. Only K9AY for
rx but definitely NW'ish.
Fading down as going through Sunrise and now s3-4 20 mins after SR.
73
John G3XRJ
It's peaking at 15 over 9 here in SW Connecticut right now.
I first heard this noise
FYI 5-9 plus in southern Wisconsin
Lloyd - N9LB
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com]On Behalf Of John
Kaufmann
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 6:50 PM
To: 'Topband'
Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
It
It's peaking at 15 over 9 here in SW Connecticut right now.
I first heard this noise last Thursday evening (12/4) around 0300Z.
Signal strength was between 20 and 30 over 9 at that time. My friend
Fred, K2DFC, in NJ heard it then too, with a signal strength of 20 over
9. Since then, he's heard
S9+ right now at 03:07UTC near NYC.
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Kirk
Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:29 PM
To: John Kaufmann
Cc: Topband
Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
John W1FV,
You and I
John W1FV,
You and I are in very close agreement on heading because you are 73 degrees
from me and we are both saying approximately 75 degrees.
I can hear it on numerous web SDR receivers that are located in Europe
(England, etc.). Will be interesting to see what time of day we can no
longer hear i
It peaks at a heading of about 75 degrees from eastern MA, as best as I can
determine on a Hi-Z 8 circle array. I made a video of its spectrum as
captured on my Elecraft P3 and posted it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwe0zp2XiuY.
73, John W1FV
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Nothing heard near Tulsa, OK
73
David Harmon
K6XYZ
Sperry, OK
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
k...@myfairpoint.net
Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 6:29 PM
To: Topband
Subject: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
For some reason not seeing a large front to back, but 15 db
stronger to the North and East of Belfast Maine
73
Bruce-K1FZ
On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 19:13:04 -0500, Arthur Delibert wrote:
Is anyone in Europe hearing this, who could get a bearing on it from a
very different position?
Art Delib
Is anyone in Europe hearing this, who could get a bearing on it from a very
different position?
Art Delibert
KB3FJO
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 19:06:16 -0500
> From: wd8...@gmail.com
> To: g...@ka1j.com
> CC: Topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wipin
Quick estimate puts the signal at a heading of approximately 75 degrees
from Fishers Indiana which is just NE of Indianapolis
Don wd8dsb
On Sunday, December 7, 2014, Gary Smith wrote:
> North to North East in Groton, CT. Using a
> HI-Z triangular for that info. Could be on
> a path along coastl
North to North East in Groton, CT. Using a
HI-Z triangular for that info. Could be on
a path along coastline towards Maine.
Interesting appearance with the P3.
Somebody for sure isn't interested in
their electric bills.
73,
Gary
KA1J
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20 dB over S9 from the northeast direction from Maryland
This definitely is not a low power transmitter!
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: "NC3Z"
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:38:34 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal
Very strong in the mid-Atlantic region also. Sawtooth sweep of a signal.
Gary Mitchelson
NC3Z Davidsonville, MD FM18
NC3Z/4 Pamlico County, NC FM15
http://www.mitchelson.org/
On 12/7/2014 3:55 PM, Donald Chester wrote:
Kind of a pulsating buzzing sound, centred around 1915, but audible down t
e-
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Donald
Chester
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 1:55 PM
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz
>
>
> Kind of a pulsating buzzing sound, centre
Kind of a pulsating buzzing sound, centred around 1915, but audible down to
slightly below 1900 and up to approximately 1925. At its centre frequency
last night (Saturday), it was just as strong as any CW contest signal.
It was particularly loud (S9 + 30) in the Northeast and ops with
bevera
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