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Author Topic: UNID 6905 AM 0250 UTC 5 April 2018  (Read 729 times)

Offline Traveling Wave

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UNID 6905 AM 0250 UTC 5 April 2018
« on: April 05, 2018, 0257 UTC »
0250 UTC - Signal S9 in WNY,music playing, good audio.
0253 UTC - Off
0255 UTC - Back on, signal S9, couldn't make out audio, then off again.
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Re: UNID 6905 AM 0250 UTC 5 April 2018
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2018, 1202 UTC »
Noted from 0232 on the SDR recording with an SIO 444 signal until fade out to just a weak carrier at 0242 when the band went long. Looks like that went away around 0254 or so.

Noted again around 0530, but just a very weak carrier.

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« Last Edit: April 05, 2018, 1219 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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