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Author Topic: 4110 Whooper-Type Signal At 1035z  (Read 1337 times)

Offline l0ngwire

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4110 Whooper-Type Signal At 1035z
« on: January 22, 2022, 1039 UTC »
At 1035z on 22 Jan 2022 on 4110 I am hearing a signal similar to the Desert Whooper's "whoop", but with no CW characters.  It is about one second long, with a one second pause between transmissions.

A pirate beacon or a utility signal of some kind?

--Lee in Santa Barbara.

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Re: 4110 Whooper-Type Signal At 1035z
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2022, 1616 UTC »
I just ran across this one too at 4109.56 and the whoop is a slow downward sweep as opposed to DW's faster upward sweep.

Anyhow, I believe you caught a new pirate beacon first. Congratulations!
Jim
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Re: 4110 Whooper-Type Signal At 1035z
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2022, 0838 UTC »
For the first time in two weeks, I'm hearing it again on 4109.6 at 0830z here in Santa Barbara.  Still no CW in five minutes of listening.

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Re: 4110 Whooper-Type Signal At 1035z
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2022, 0046 UTC »
That was the Coast Slider undergoing tests at the secret beaconpop test range last month. Wow, good ears, l0ngwire!

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