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Author Topic: UNID Empty Carrier .(Firedrake?)  (Read 1194 times)

Offline East Troy Don

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UNID Empty Carrier .(Firedrake?)
« on: November 30, 2018, 0138 UTC »
7305 KHZ @ 01:34 UTC 30 Nov 2018 blowing out at S15 on both the FRG and the Grundig.
Primary: R75 W/WV-601 passive loop masted @ 20'  Secondary: Yaesu  FRG 7700 W/MLA-30+ indoors. Tertiary: Grundig  750. Tecsun PL-990X, Tecsun PL-880 . Malahit DSP SDR V3,  . : Also, Qdosen DX-286, 1940 Mantola am/sw tube. CountyComm GP-5/SSB hand held, Tecsun PL-380 ,et al.  QTH: FONTANA, WI  USA.  Sea Level: + 990' .  75 miles (but not far enough) NW of Chicago

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Re: UNID Empty Carrier .(Firedrake?)
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2018, 0236 UTC »
Did Vatican Radio show up at 0145 in Spanish for a 15 minute broadcast? They're on the schedule for that time via Greenville, which would explain its strength at your QTH.
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Re: UNID Empty Carrier .(Firedrake?)
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2018, 1854 UTC »
Unknown as I stopped the monitoring at about 01:42.   At that time it was still just a dead carrier.
Primary: R75 W/WV-601 passive loop masted @ 20'  Secondary: Yaesu  FRG 7700 W/MLA-30+ indoors. Tertiary: Grundig  750. Tecsun PL-990X, Tecsun PL-880 . Malahit DSP SDR V3,  . : Also, Qdosen DX-286, 1940 Mantola am/sw tube. CountyComm GP-5/SSB hand held, Tecsun PL-380 ,et al.  QTH: FONTANA, WI  USA.  Sea Level: + 990' .  75 miles (but not far enough) NW of Chicago

 

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