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Author Topic: UNID 8000 kHz 1434 UTC 10 Jan 2019 signal  (Read 3877 times)

Offline IQ_imbalance

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UNID 8000 kHz 1434 UTC 10 Jan 2019 signal
« on: January 11, 2019, 0202 UTC »
Strong carrier (-85 dBm at my location currently); about 3Hz wide; might be LSB?.  Has been on since at least 1434 UTC 10 Jan.  TDoA during the day (~2000 UTC) suggests possibly two transmitters...one east coast, one midwest. 


« Last Edit: January 11, 2019, 2018 UTC by IQ_imbalance »
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Re: UNID 8000kHz persistent signal
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2019, 0338 UTC »
03:30 UTC 1-11-2019  -35dBm on a 51' vertical and -60dBm on a 124' EFW at +100' AGL.

Appears to be some modulation? See the tick marks:


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Re: UNID 8000kHz persistent signal
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2019, 0339 UTC »
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Seacoast of NH  RXR's =3 X SDR-iq's, 1 x SDRPlays, and 11 AirspyHF+'s . TXR's = 2 X TS-590S,  ANAN200D, 2 x IC-7300's, IC-7610, 2 X IC-7100. Antennas = Resonant wire dipoles, 120' end fed wires, or 2 X SteppIR 3 ele beam @ 70' fixed NE/SW directions. Also host Remotehams.com servers (RX/TX) as well as SDR Console servers V3.xx (RX Only) too!

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Re: UNID 8000kHz persistent signal
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2019, 0340 UTC »
Strong here in western NC. Can even hear it on a single MPF102 regen & 25ft of wire.
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Re: UNID 8000kHz persistent signal
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2019, 0525 UTC »
0522 UTC - Carrier signal is S7 in WNY, and peaking to S9.
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Re: UNID 8000kHz persistent signal
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2019, 1102 UTC »
Still there at 1102 UTC 11 Jan 2019.
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Re: UNID 8000kHz persistent signal
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2019, 1723 UTC »
Back on for ~4 min 1719-1723 UTC 11 Jan and intermittently for a few minutes after:  TDoA suggests not on the east coast this time:
« Last Edit: January 11, 2019, 1744 UTC by IQ_imbalance »
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Re: UNID 8000kHz persistent signal
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2019, 1726 UTC »
Active, on and off here at 1725 UTC on Jan 11. Some pulsing/fluttering was noted on one of the "key downs" and then the signal was stronger. Almost like maybe an antenna tuner of some kind was quickly trying to match an antenna. Very strong here, S9+15.
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Re: UNID 8000kHz persistent signal
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2019, 1911 UTC »
Copied here too @ 1910Z, S5/8.
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