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Author Topic: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14  (Read 4832 times)

Offline jFarley

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"PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« on: August 31, 2014, 0319 UTC »
PPKD in CW noted again at S7 levels here tonight
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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2015, 0205 UTC »
Noted here in Port Hope on 4/Jan/2015 at 0200 about S6 --- anyone figure out what this might be?
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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2015, 2237 UTC »
"PPKD" in slow CW ~ 5 wpm on 6815 kHz, S5 in central Florida Jan 5 2015 @ 2236z. 
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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2015, 2247 UTC »
PPKD also into Georgia today---its been missing for a while---S6 on peaks.

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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2015, 2338 UTC »
Noting this 6849.1 kHz under a TCS relay on 8Feb15 2330z.
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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2015, 2348 UTC »
Noting this tonight 16Feb15 at 2340 UTC at very weak level on 6815.1 kHz.
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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2015, 0100 UTC »
PPKD just peaking out of the noise floor ever now and then 0100 UTC 17 Feb 2014.

I wonder where this is located?

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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2015, 1532 UTC »
There hasn't been a PPKD logging in a while, so here's one...

First noted on the SDR recording at 0246 with an extremely weak signal. Better by 0330. Fairly strong all night. Starting to get weaker around 1100 but still a good signal until a sudden almost fade out at 1244. Still audible but super weak. Last heard around 1507 and then it was finally gone.   Not sure if this helps locate it or not. Maybe with a few more reports from folks with SDRs of when they can first and last hear it, we could pin down an approximate location?


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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2015, 2037 UTC »
And it has faded back in, checking the SDR recording looks like starting at around 2030z.
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Re: "PPKD" 6815 CW 0317 UTC 31Aug14
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2015, 2300 UTC »
Also here in Kentucky with what sounds like auroral flutter on the signal @ 2300.  If coming over the north pole, then my bets are on Indonesia or Malaysia at this time of day.  There is still a lot of daylight in that path though; basically, from the north pole to Kentucky is in daylight at this time.
« Last Edit: July 25, 2015, 2303 UTC by refmo »
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