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Author Topic: New Asiatic M12 Thursday schedule with log, January 22 2015  (Read 2867 times)

Offline Token

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While at the listening gear last night (0030z, January 22, 2015) I noticed a short duration carrier come up on 14492.3 kHz in AM with somewhat muddy broadcast station audio followed by some quick dashes.  This is the same habit sometimes seen when the Sunday V07 and Wednesday / Saturday Asiatic M12 transmitters are warmed up prior to transmission.  So I parked a receiver on that freq for a while.

At 0100z a new (to me) M12 transmission started.  The signal levels and bearing of reception (towards Asiatic Russia or Kamchatka from my location) match the V07 and Wednesday / Saturday M12 signals, and the choice of frequencies also closely matches.  I think it is probable that this is from the same source as those two schedules.

I tried multiple European remotes at the same time to see if it could be heard there.  As most often with the Sunday V07 and the Wednesday / Saturday M12 I could not receive these transmissions using the European remotes.

Since this was the first night of reception for me I have no idea yet what other days this schedule might be active.  But the schedule has been added to my automated recordings to find out.

Schedule chart here (short though it is yet):
http://www.tokenradio.net/Radio/SharedFiles/NumbersTfer/M12_T_Pacific_latest_sched.JPG

T!
Mojave Desert, California, USA

Thursday schedule Asiatic M12 Logs
M12  15826kHz  0100z  22/01/2015  [435  435  435  1  1  1 (R9),  791  127 (R2)]  0111z  Strong  T!  THU
M12  14576kHz  0120z  22/01/2015  [435  435  435  1  1  1 (R9),  791  127 (R2)]  0131z  Strong  T!  THU
M12  13416kHz  0140z  22/01/2015  [435  435  435  1  1  1 (R9),  791  127 (R2)]  0151z  Strong  T!  THU

Although the group count and transmission time for this message matches what was sent the day before, on January 21, 2015 during the 0020 / 0040 / 0100 schedule, the message was not the same.
T!
Mojave Desert, California USA

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Re: New Asiatic M12 Thursday schedule with log, January 22 2015
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2015, 1908 UTC »
UVB-76 (The Buzzer) broadcast on 7 MHz.
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Re: New Asiatic M12 Thursday schedule with log, January 22 2015
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2015, 0141 UTC »
UVB-76 (The Buzzer) broadcast on 7 MHz.

That is unrelated to the M12 transmissions, however the "new" buzzer frequency is 6998 kHz USB.  The old Buzzer is still there on 4625 kHz, and this new one appears to be a parallel transmission.  It started a few days ago and I guess we will have to see how long it hangs out.

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