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Author Topic: Unid 6940 (?) USB 2340 UTC 22 FEB 2026  (Read 5478 times)

Ct Yankee

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Unid 6940 (?) USB 2340 UTC 22 FEB 2026
« on: February 22, 2026, 2341 UTC »
Very good reception with that reception level over several frequencies

2340 Sounds like some running through paradiddle drills on a practice drum pad (Engrained in my head since childhood), someone else keeping 43mweird?
« Last Edit: February 22, 2026, 2349 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Unid 6940 (?) USB 2340 UTC 22 FEB 2026
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2026, 2349 UTC »
Station: UNID
Listening date: 22 February 2026
Listening time: 23:45 - xx:xx (UTC time)
Frequency: 6940 ? USB
SINPO: 35333
Listening Location: Yokohama City (Japan) via kiwiSDR Reinhold, PA, USA
Receiver used: kiwiSDR / Reinhold, PA, USA
Antenna used: Center Fed Dipole
Details of the programme listened to:
  2345 ? Sound  *It sounds like something like a drum is being played.
                        *Occasionally I hear a whistling sound.

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Kenji Hashimoito
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Re: Unid 6940 (?) USB 2340 UTC 22 FEB 2026
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2026, 2356 UTC »
I'm looking on Chris's KiwiSDR waterfall and it seems to be a radar making those clicking/drum noises.
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Re: Unid 6940 (?) USB 2340 UTC 22 FEB 2026
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2026, 2358 UTC »
Sounds like a wideband radar signal making a tic tic noise.
Dave in Hamilton, ON Please eQSL to [email protected]

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Re: Unid 6940 (?) USB 2340 UTC 22 FEB 2026
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2026, 1232 UTC »
This is a Utility station.
Chris Smolinski
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