3001
QSLs Received / Re: Radio Illuminati eQSL
« on: June 22, 2018, 2109 UTC »
Lol@burning pole pig
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3002
Huh? / Re: Papilio Polyxenes
« on: June 22, 2018, 2108 UTC »
Last I knew, Des Moines Ia is very popular with the JBs.
3003
Huh? / Re: Space Force...
« on: June 22, 2018, 2105 UTC »
As if the war between Navy and Air Force wasn't bad enough to begin with, this space thing is going to make the brass die from erection.
"The (US) Navy is the enemy, the Germans are the opposition"
unnamed US Army general
Also, Navy is a lower form of Marine life. Lol.
"The (US) Navy is the enemy, the Germans are the opposition"
unnamed US Army general
Also, Navy is a lower form of Marine life. Lol.
3005
Utility / Re: WWV/WWVH 2.5-25 MHz 0025 UTC 22 June 2018
« on: June 22, 2018, 2055 UTC »
It's fun to pick off the bcd time sig embedded in the wwv carriers. You can pick it off with a 50Hz filter if you tune off the carrier. This is a nice test for displaying the abilities of dsp filtering.
3006
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: VOAC 6777.55 CW 2024 UTC 20 June 2018
« on: June 22, 2018, 2044 UTC »
Later on there was an fsk signal that looped an old Winston Churchill quote;
"The next time fascism raises its head, it will be in the guise of antifascism"
Then there was some slow scan that I didn't copy but the file name was antifasymbol.jpg or something.
"The next time fascism raises its head, it will be in the guise of antifascism"
Then there was some slow scan that I didn't copy but the file name was antifasymbol.jpg or something.
3008
Software / Re: SDR console 3.0 full release
« on: June 21, 2018, 1725 UTC »
Running it right now, just as stable as the last install.
3009
Utility / Re: 11015 USB
« on: June 21, 2018, 1720 UTC »
Yep, the doppler track in a link11 sig was my first guess when he posted 11115. Also I think there's some cis bee station around that part of 11mhz.
3010
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6880 AM 0258 UTC 20 Jun 2018
« on: June 20, 2018, 1759 UTC »3011
Huh? / Re: Papilio Polyxenes
« on: June 20, 2018, 1634 UTC »
Awesome job on the airframe and powerplant work there.
3012
Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Greece offline?
« on: June 20, 2018, 1620 UTC »
I too noted an absence from 9420 a few days back, this is my go-to euro propagation beacon.
3013
VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / Re: UHF mil air
« on: June 20, 2018, 1616 UTC »
AAR ongoing on 343.250MHz 1540Z 20JUN18.
SENTRY 60 (AWACS)
HAPPY 51 (KC135 580066)
SENTRY 60 reported 40 miles west of IP Pocket City (Evansville Indiana) when first heard. Discussion of training needed and time allotted followed.
SENTRY 60 (AWACS)
HAPPY 51 (KC135 580066)
SENTRY 60 reported 40 miles west of IP Pocket City (Evansville Indiana) when first heard. Discussion of training needed and time allotted followed.
3014
Utility / Re: USAF Test Counts & EAM at 8992 kHz
« on: June 19, 2018, 1652 UTC »
I suspect you will find the national command authority missions (naoc/looking glass/night watch/neacp etc E4 and E6 flights) will have two word callsigns, such as DYNA TRON and YEW TREE and so on. Their corresponding ground stations might also have two word callsigns, however they will really be Offut, McClellan or some other AFB in disguise. I don't think the E4/E6 flights have the ability to key up hf remotes at the various AFB, so when you hear a test count, that's a radioman (or woman) at some AFB.
Here's some further info on (specifically Offut) AFB hf ground stations;
http://www.offutt.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/312829/rural-communications-site-has-global-mission/
https://www.facebook.com/Det2Elkhorn/
The Scribner (50 miles nw of Omaha/Offut) comms site mentioned in the first article was a huge air base in ww2, with enough landing strip for the B29s. It's near Scribner Nebraska, way out in the sticks where the local rf noise will be really low.
I suspect the Elkhorn site is the tx end and Scribner the receiver site due to the fact that I once copied a Spanish Lady bcast that must have originated at Elkhorn due the signal level and stability - I lived only a few miles from the site at the time. Scribner was also used as an emergency landing site for the shuttle program, and is alleged to be a site where potus can land in time of national emergency. I think I recall part of the Scribner strip is now a drag strip on the weekends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribner_State_Airport
There's also a old inactivated nike or other air defense missile base north of Omaha around Arlington (I think, not sure) that last time I drove past still had wire hf antennas up, it may be a backup radio site.
Here's some further info on (specifically Offut) AFB hf ground stations;
http://www.offutt.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/312829/rural-communications-site-has-global-mission/
https://www.facebook.com/Det2Elkhorn/
The Scribner (50 miles nw of Omaha/Offut) comms site mentioned in the first article was a huge air base in ww2, with enough landing strip for the B29s. It's near Scribner Nebraska, way out in the sticks where the local rf noise will be really low.
I suspect the Elkhorn site is the tx end and Scribner the receiver site due to the fact that I once copied a Spanish Lady bcast that must have originated at Elkhorn due the signal level and stability - I lived only a few miles from the site at the time. Scribner was also used as an emergency landing site for the shuttle program, and is alleged to be a site where potus can land in time of national emergency. I think I recall part of the Scribner strip is now a drag strip on the weekends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribner_State_Airport
There's also a old inactivated nike or other air defense missile base north of Omaha around Arlington (I think, not sure) that last time I drove past still had wire hf antennas up, it may be a backup radio site.
3015
VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / Re: SATCOM 250 MHz Pirates 17 Jun 2018
« on: June 18, 2018, 2058 UTC »
Nice antenna, that one should have decent gain. This one is a bit more easy to build and isn't as narrow beamed;
https://forums.radioreference.com/satcom-space-satellite-monitoring-forum/181378-mt-magazine-uhf-satcom-antenna-project.html
https://forums.radioreference.com/satcom-space-satellite-monitoring-forum/181378-mt-magazine-uhf-satcom-antenna-project.html