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HF Mystery Signals / Re: Constant tones on 6925 USB
« on: January 08, 2019, 2234 UTC »
Interesting. The tone if very subtle, bu definitely there. I'll keep listening for this myself and will see if I can make a recording, too.

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Josh mentions using the ear/brain, but with modern SDR technology, you can also use your eyes.

I've been monitoring digital signals now for the past ten years. I've gotten to where I can identify signals just by hearing what they sound like. But seeing them on a waterfall is also a great help.

I use FLDIGI and sometimes it is a bit of work determining what mode a signal is, and then just trying different settings on FLDIGI until you start to get a decode (which is only possible if the signal is not encrypted, I should add).

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HF Mystery Signals / Re: Constant tones on 6925 USB
« on: January 07, 2019, 1648 UTC »
I'm in Seattle. I tuned to 6925 kHz in USB mode and monitored for about an hour and heard nothing. Possible RFI local to your position?

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / KiwiSDR antenna question
« on: January 07, 2019, 0148 UTC »
I'm currently using a spare MFJ-1622 antenna I had lying around my radio shack on my KiwiSDR. It seems to work fairly well, but I'm wanting to make my SDR the best it can be. All of the research that I've done for KiwiSDR antennas keeps leading me back to the W6LVP mag loop. So far, I've read only glowing reports about it and I've been emailing back and forth with Larry, the antenna builder. I'm impressed with all of his responses and I am leaning pretty heavily towards buying one of these.

Does anyone here have any experience using this antenna?

Update: It always pays to search through older threads on here. Though not specifically about how the W6LVP works with a KiwiSDR, this thread discusses the antenna's merits.

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Spy Numbers / Re: Simon Mason Website
« on: January 06, 2019, 1733 UTC »
But if Simon just does not want to pay for server space I have an unlimited bandwidth server I would be glad to have host the site.

T!

I was thinking along the same lines. I don't have unlimited bandwidth, but I'd be willing to host his files, if needed.

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Spy Numbers / Re: Simon Mason Website
« on: January 06, 2019, 1639 UTC »
I just read on Simon Masons website that it is being shutdown soon.

Here is what is written on Simon's website about shutting down (ALL CAPS his, not mine): DUE TO A HOUSE LOCATION MOVE OUT OF THE AREA, THIS WEBSITE WILL BE DELETED SOMETIME IN 2019. THANKS FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS AND GOODBYE!

I wonder why Simon couldn't just leave his website going, as it certainly would not be dependent on him living in one location or the other.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: HFU Members Online SDRs
« on: January 01, 2019, 2254 UTC »
Here's the link to my Kiwisdr: http://strangebeacons.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/

Update: I have taken my KiwiSDR offline due to some extreme RFI in my radio shack. I'm not sure when, if ever, I'll get it back online.

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Feel free to add your KiwiSDR to the list on the HFU Wiki: https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/index.php/KiwiSDR

Thanks, Chris, and I will do this just as soon as I finish configuring the SDR's IP to a proxy service.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Need help getting my new KiwiSDR setup
« on: December 31, 2018, 0142 UTC »
UPDATE 1: I figured it out. Was able to access the SDR admin page using my iPad, then set up things so that I can now access using my Windows machine.

UPDATE 2: A bit of a head's up for anyone who purchases one of the KiwiSDR units and who (like me) primarily uses a Windows computer: If your router has a DHCP server, it will automatically assign an IP address to the KiwiSDR. This function is usually performed by your network firewall / router. The "kiwisdr.local" hostname resolves to that assigned IP address via software on the Kiwi and the host computer you're connecting from (the one running your browser). But the kiwisdr.local hostname may not be recognized by all systems, particularly any machine that is running Windows.

For a workaround to this problem, you need to specify the IP address manually by port forwarding 8073 in your router. I use Xfinity/Comcast and I was able to go into my router via the admin page and specifically port forward the IP assigned to the Kiwi (by default, normally port 8073). Once I had completed that, Windows would then recognize the URL and I was able to get inside the Kiwi admin page using the standard kiwisdr.local:8073/admin URL.

Hope this helps anyone who encounters difficulties. If you run into any trouble getting your Kiwi set up and configured, feel free to contact me. I'm not a computer guru and can't solve every problem, but I do know a few things about how to manipulate a home router to make it do things that you want them to do.

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Received my KiwiSDR today, assembled it and connected everything. I'm able to connect to it locally, but am having trouble setting it up in order to share it with the world. When I say that I can connect locally, I mean that I can enter in the local IP my router has assigned to the KiwiSDR and specify port 8073 at the end of the IP and it works. Here is an example of the IP that works: 10.0.0.221:8073

However, I cannot get the browser to load using the kiwisdr.local:8073 address. Which in turn means that I cannot access the kiwisdr.local:8073/admin page to try other suggested methods of making the SDR publicly available.

According to the Quick Start Guide! that I'm working with, trying to get kiwisdr.local: 8073 to open using Windows 10 is a known issue. Anyone know a workaround?

Here is what the quick start guide says about Windows 10: Most versions of Windows don't recognize the kiwisdr.local hostname. But do not use the workaround for Window 10 or later. There appears to be some sort of conflict and using kiwisdr.local will result in connections that have lots of audio overrun problems.

Thank you.

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Without being on site of the remote, cannot rule out local RFI?

Local RFI is a possibility, yes.

But, I've been monitoring this signal since I first discovered it and, after last Saturday, it has not transmitted again. I'm leaning toward the signal being some sort of amateur radio operator test.

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Spy Numbers / Re: UVB-76 "The Buzzer" mixed with odd digital signal
« on: December 16, 2018, 1737 UTC »
I would say pretty close to definitely co-channel signal.  You can see that the PSK signal is suffering different propagation than the Buzzer signal.  So just another signal on the same freq.  The 4chan folks have also been all in a twitter because of the unrelated co-channel Russian Navy Morse that has been on the freq recently.

T!

Token: Your answer seems to be the consensus opinion among all of the pros that I've asked about this. Thanks.

SB, don't get me wrong, there is also a noise source that appears to be part of the Buzzer transmission, and has been there for quite a while now.  It can look like a digital signal between the buzzes and for all I know is cross talk from an actual digital signal.  However, I saw the signal you recorded also, and it looked like a different source to me.

T!

Understood, and again thanks. I checked 4625 kHz via an SDR located in Sweden this morning and the "normal" Buzzer signal is back to what it almost always is.

I think that there is a lot of myth and general mild-hysteria attached to UVB-76 among certain sectors of the general population and often any changes seen or heard on that frequency are bantered about on social media with the most dire predictions.

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Reminds me of stuff I've seen haarp do.

Yes, that the signal is HAARP-like is exactly what I thought when I first saw it in the waterfall.

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I was transmitting Digital SSTV on the 40 meter band this morning when I spotted this strange signal in the waterfall. I'm not sure if I was tuned to the proper frequency or not, and I tried both USB and LSB. I suspect that this is likely someone doing a radio test of some kind. Tuned via the Web SDR located in Newport, Oregon, USA.

Video of the signal here.

I've been on the air for about three hours this morning, on 40 meters, and I only noticed the signal pop up about two hours ago. It only transmitted twice, both times for about 5-7 minutes. At first, I thought it was someone else (like me) transmitting waterfall images via digital SSTV.

I've been monitoring this frequency since I recorded the video and it has repeated a few times. In fact, it is transmitting again as I type this.

Any ideas as to what it may be? I'm using this Web SDR if you want to check it out yourself: http://kiwisdr.smeter.net:8073

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Spy Numbers / Re: UVB-76 "The Buzzer" mixed with odd digital signal
« on: December 15, 2018, 1450 UTC »
I would say pretty close to definitely co-channel signal.  You can see that the PSK signal is suffering different propagation than the Buzzer signal.  So just another signal on the same freq.  The 4chan folks have also been all in a twitter because of the unrelated co-channel Russian Navy Morse that has been on the freq recently.

T!

Token: Your answer seems to be the consensus opinion among all of the pros that I've asked about this. Thanks.

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Spy Numbers / UVB-76 "The Buzzer" mixed with odd digital signal
« on: December 14, 2018, 2237 UTC »
I tuned into 4625 kHz this morning to listen to The Buzzer and noticed what appears and sounds like a strange digital signal mixed in between the intervals of the normal buzzing sounds. I have no idea what this is, but it is certainly odd behavior for this signal, as it typically just generates a continuous buzz every second, with nothing transmitted in between.

Video recording of the anomaly signal.

Anybody have any ideas what this might be?

It started a few days ago and yesterday, a person on Reddit posted recordings of voice transmissions on the signal that can be heard here and here.

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