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Author Topic: Greek? Pirates in a QSO? 1760 AM 2230 UTC 23 Dec 2020  (Read 738 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Greek? Pirates in a QSO? 1760 AM 2230 UTC 23 Dec 2020
« on: December 24, 2020, 1244 UTC »
Here's an interesting SDR logging, courtesy of Carrier Sleuth: https://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/medium_wave_carrier_display_app.html

I've occasionally heard European pirates (presumably from Greece based on the music) here on 1760 AM, often with short transmissions back and forth. I believe that is what this waterfall shows. I can spot three carriers, one just below 1760 with no drift, one around 1760.005 and another 1760.015, both with considerable drift - but in opposite directions. You can see the three stations going back and forth in a sort of roundtable type format.

This was received with my AFE822x SDR and 500 foot beverage aimed northeast from my QTH here in Westminster, MD USA.

Chris Smolinski
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