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Author Topic: Radio Pirana 6930.165 Carrier 0234 UTC 25 Feb 2019  (Read 1251 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Radio Pirana 6930.165 Carrier 0234 UTC 25 Feb 2019
« on: February 25, 2019, 1758 UTC »
Carrier noted, this was Radio Pirana's beacon transmitter (without a message being sent) as per the operator.
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Re: Radio Pirana 6930.165 Carrier 0234 UTC 25 Feb 2019
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2019, 2359 UTC »
I have a weak carrier at 2358 UTC with no detectable audio but the frequency seems a bit lower than 6930.165....maybe something different?
« Last Edit: February 26, 2019, 0004 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Pirana 6930.165 Carrier 0234 UTC 25 Feb 2019
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2019, 1243 UTC »
Skipmuck, yesterday the carrier was just under 6930 kHz.  I was able to hear the beacon on several KiwiSDRs in South America.

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Re: Radio Pirana 6930.165 Carrier 0234 UTC 25 Feb 2019
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2019, 2138 UTC »
Thank you for the information curious george!  :)
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