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Offline mark-n-nut

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UFO on 8000
« on: October 11, 2014, 2155 UTC »
Am hearing UFO on CW on 8000 KHz at 2150 utc.

Have we heard this one before??

73, Mark, Ku7z
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Re: UFO on 8000
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2014, 2222 UTC »

Am now hearing another signal as well that appears to be an "S" at 2220 utc.

Having fun hearing here on HF and the ALCS!

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Re: UFO on 8000
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2014, 2353 UTC »
S has been around for years, but it has been some time since I've heard it.  No sign of it or UFO here.

I have the QRP beacon now, supposedly from Europe.
Chris Smolinski
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Re: UFO on 8000
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2014, 1846 UTC »
Am hearing the UFO beacon weakly at halftime, 1845 utc.

Heard the S beacon this morning on 8000 as well.

Mark
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Re: UFO on 8000
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2014, 0035 UTC »
Same beacon I heard back on May 1st!!  Glad someone else heard it - http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,16844.0.html
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Re: UFO on 8000
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2014, 1704 UTC »
Hearing the UFO signal this morning, the last day of November, at 1700 utc on or about 8000.300 kcs, here in the northern reaches of Utah.

73, Mark
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