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Loggings => HF Mystery Signals => Topic started by: ButchKidd on January 06, 2023, 0602 UTC

Title: UNID MFSK or PSK 7012.3 USB 0541 UTC 06 JAN 2023
Post by: ButchKidd on January 06, 2023, 0602 UTC
There's been a nonstop data signal at the bottom end of the 40m amateur radio band for the better part of an hour.  The signal is about 2.5 KHz wide, and my best guess is that it's 12 PSK carriers.  I hear it at my QTH in the Southeastern US, but it's a lot more noticeable on online SDRs in the northeast.

UPDATE: added USB and I/Q recordings.

(https://i.imgur.com/dHdcPRv.png)

USB and I/Q recordings from N1NTE kiwi:
https://archive.org/download/unid-data-signal-7012.3-usb-0542-utc-06-jan-2023/sigmasdr.ddns.net_2023-01-06T05_41_21Z_7012.300_usb.wav
https://archive.org/download/unid-data-signal-7012.3-usb-0542-utc-06-jan-2023/sigmasdr.ddns.net_2023-01-06T05_42_51Z_7013.800_iq.wav

USB and I/Q recordings from W3HFU kiwi:
https://archive.org/download/unid-data-signal-7012.3-usb-0542-utc-06-jan-2023/sdr.hfunderground.com_2023-01-06T05_44_42Z_7012.30_usb.wav
https://archive.org/download/unid-data-signal-7012.3-usb-0542-utc-06-jan-2023/sdr.hfunderground.com_2023-01-06T05_46_03Z_7013.80_iq.wav
Title: Re: UNID MFSK or PSK 7012.3 USB 0541 UTC 06 JAN 2023
Post by: Token on January 06, 2023, 1615 UTC
This is the Russian military AT3004D or AT3104D modem (the later is an updated version that supports more modes) in what hobbyist call the CIS-12 mode of operation.  The solid line to the right of the signal is part of it, a pilot or Doppler tone.  The frequency is 7012.0 kHz, USB mode.  When properly tuned the pilot tone is at 3300 Hz audio.

https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/images/e/e2/CIS12.jpg

If you saw it with 20 QPSK channels it would be called CIS-20.

When idling the structure looks very different, and only the 3300 Hz tone remains the same.

T!
Title: Re: UNID MFSK or PSK 7012.3 USB 0541 UTC 06 JAN 2023
Post by: Josh on January 11, 2023, 2007 UTC
Yep, ruskii psk modemskii, the 3300hz doppler tone gives it away.