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Loggings => VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes => Topic started by: rec/cat7610 on February 06, 2022, 2221 UTC

Title: 255.550
Post by: rec/cat7610 on February 06, 2022, 2221 UTC

Music in Portuguese going on forever it seems,
must be the Pirates getting bored??
(very nice music at times ..sounds like
country music in PP...I like it..lol)

Title: Re: UHF SATCOM Pirate 255.550 MHz
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on February 06, 2022, 2237 UTC

Well, that is original. Which receiver are you using?

Title: Re: 255.550
Post by: rec/cat7610 on February 06, 2022, 2242 UTC

my Icom 8600 w/ discone

Title: Re: UHF SATCOM Pirate 255.550 MHz
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on February 07, 2022, 0025 UTC

Thanks. Was currious. I am using an ICOM IC-R8500 with a Dorne & Margolin DM120 antenna.

Title: Re: 255.550
Post by: rec/cat7610 on February 07, 2022, 0036 UTC

it is still going vy strong..the music,
cool antenna ...just looked it up SIGINT
the DM-120 ...I have nothing that specific
to the band just a discone...73,s Marcy

( I really do like this 8600 ...!!lol)

Title: Re: 255.550
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on February 07, 2022, 0041 UTC

Good way to kill the batteries on the satellite.

Title: Re: 255.550
Post by: rec/cat7610 on February 07, 2022, 0048 UTC

The music stopped at 0045....well no it did not
but on and off....really weird stuff, sounds like
the operator is tuning a radio to different stations
crazy stuff!
well thats it QRT at 0055