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Author Topic: giant ~50kHz wide signal centered on 13.936  (Read 437 times)

Offline Dr. Amp

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giant ~50kHz wide signal centered on 13.936
« on: October 22, 2024, 1809 UTC »
https://imgur.com/a/cW163rA

There doesn't seem to be any modulation, just a huge number of discrete carriers.  Before it popped up here, it was up somewhere around 14.800.

EDIT: It just moved up to 14.511.  Whatever it is, it seems to be avoiding the ham bands and the broadcast bands.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2024, 1815 UTC by Dr. Amp »
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Re: giant ~50kHz wide signal centered on 13.936
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2024, 2340 UTC »
This might be an HFT transmission, they have one that looks something like that.  Or it might be a radar, the PLUTO radar was in that frequency range about that time on that date.  The waterfall image is not detailed or clear enough to be sure of which, but I suspect HFT.  An audio recording would clear that up.

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