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Title: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on October 16, 2012, 2323 UTC
Heard in OM in American EE with either economic or political talk. This could be a spur from a US SWBC stn. Someone else heard it on IRC, so I don't think it was locally generated.
Title: Re: UNID 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: rdla4 on October 16, 2012, 2352 UTC
I finally learned to ignore this persistent "signal". Its here every night for me. Sometimes with hints of audio.

I suspect it is from the WWCR site, which is on 6875 most evenings. Maybe a mix of that and one of the other WWCR freqs. WWCR has a couple of shows on 6875 of a similar theme.

I wasted several nights on this last winter, finally realizing the audio I was hearing was from WWCR.
Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on October 17, 2012, 1207 UTC
I finally learned to ignore this persistent "signal". Its here every night for me. Sometimes with hints of audio.

I suspect it is from the WWCR site, which is on 6875 most evenings. Maybe a mix of that and one of the other WWCR freqs. WWCR has a couple of shows on 6875 of a similar theme.

I wasted several nights on this last winter, finally realizing the audio I was hearing was from WWCR.

Bingo! That is exactly what it is. I captured it on my 6800-7000 kHz SDR recording, and listened at 2318z, and then listened to 6875 at the same time, and it was the exact same program.

Thanks for the info. Now I can ignore it as well.
Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: rdla4 on October 17, 2012, 2204 UTC
A list I was using at the time seemed to indicate some "tantalizing" far way-exotic station on 6970. I listened to that thing for at least five nights. I still stop on it, then quickly move on.

I just had to admit that I had a problem with 6970, and then my recovery began.
Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: rdla4 on October 21, 2012, 2323 UTC
I finally had a few moments to run the numbers on some WWCR frequencies...

13845−6875=6970.   Thats the mix that produced this "signal".


Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on October 22, 2012, 1240 UTC
I finally had a few moments to run the numbers on some WWCR frequencies...

13845−6875=6970.   Thats the mix that produced this "signal".

Thanks! Another one solved.
Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on November 27, 2012, 2245 UTC
This spur just got me again. It took about ten minutes before I realized that's what I was listening to.
Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: refmo on November 28, 2012, 0006 UTC
I finally had a few moments to run the numbers on some WWCR frequencies...

13845−6875=6970.   Thats the mix that produced this "signal".





nice sleuthing!
I was also hearing this one yesterday, not hearing anything there today....
Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: rdla4 on November 28, 2012, 2236 UTC
11/28 2330 Something huge on 6970.... but this does not appear to be WWCR mix. Is this a firedrake?

Sounds vaguely oriental, Pretty much non stop music. It has a "flutter" that I associate with something coming from a long way away, thru a somewhat tortured path.

<EDIT>

Scratch that. It went away at the exact same time that 6875 left the air. I guess I still have a problem with 6970. I will have to go see my shrink now.
Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on November 29, 2012, 1138 UTC
I need to post a sticky note by the radio "If you hear something on 6970, ignore it, it is just WWCR"

At least the fact that more than one of us is hearing it confirms it's not a problem with our radio, but with WWCR's transmitter.   Maybe we should send them a reception report, CC'd to the FCC? :-)
Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on November 29, 2012, 1258 UTC
11/28 2330 Something huge on 6970.... but this does not appear to be WWCR mix. Is this a firedrake?

Sounds vaguely oriental, Pretty much non stop music. It has a "flutter" that I associate with something coming from a long way away, thru a somewhat tortured path.

<EDIT>

Scratch that. It went away at the exact same time that 6875 left the air. I guess I still have a problem with 6970. I will have to go see my shrink now.

Don't scratch that quite so fast.... checking the SDR recording, I have what certainly sounds like Firedrake, up until 2300z sign off, on 6970. very good signal, S8 to S9.

Not noted here around 2330 as per your log, however.


Title: Re: WWCR Spur 6970 2310 UTC
Post by: rdla4 on November 30, 2012, 0014 UTC
See that programming did make me stop. And it did not have the "slow rolling" fades I see from WWCR, which is just up the road a piece from my QTH. The fact that it went away when WWCR went away brought me back to this being from the WWCR plant.

I have to go see my therapist now.....this withdrawal from 6970 is not going well for me.....