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Author Topic: Super drifty out of band ham 6875 +/- AM 1458 UTC 1 Apr 2017  (Read 1099 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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SDR recording catch.  I was going to log this as a pirate testing a homebrew rig, but instead it appears it was a ham.

There were frequent short transmissions, with a very drifty carrier. Each transmission, the carrier frequency would drift down about 1 kHz during the several minute long transmission.
Signals were weak at first, then got stronger, as the band opened. This was one side of the transmission. Mention of AM Rally.

Last heard at 1526.

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Re: Super drifty out of band ham 6875 +/- AM 1458 UTC 1 Apr 2017
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2017, 2116 UTC »
Oh my, I hope it wasn't me.  8)
Worked Cape Cod last night with 25 watts on 40 M in the AM rally. I was pleased. Lots of activity on 40 and 80.
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