[600MRG] unmodulated carrier at 475

Scott Armstrong aa5am at vntx.net
Thu Apr 27 08:54:00 CDT 2017


Good to know...   I guess listening for it at sunrise/sunset  assuming it
is on the air at that time might also help to locate it.   Any reports of
what time it starts?

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On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 8:13 AM, John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yep and I don't hear it in daylight which does distinguish it from XSH/7...
>
> Additional comments from Dave, N4DB:  "Hearing perhaps WU4 and a B and
> a NA"..... No callsign in QRZ for WU4BNA, however...  Dave notes that
> it stopped at 1017z prior to his sunrise.
>
>
> 73!
>
> jl
>
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Scott Armstrong <aa5am at vntx.net> wrote:
> > Listening for the signal during daylight hours on groundwave might help
> to
> > locate the source to within a ~200 mile radius.
> >
> > -Scott AA5AM
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, April 27, 2017, John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Good morning -
> >>
> >> For the last two nights there has been a strong carrier reported on
> >> 475 by stations across the South and East.  The signal is due East of
> >> me here in Dallas on several antennas and K4RCG in Virginia was
> >> reporting it on a roughly NE / SW line.  The SW line would put it in
> >> LA / MS region... I originally wondered if it was XSH/7 working on the
> >> PA and/ or antenna as the signal levels were consistent with what I
> >> recall his being on PSK and CW when he was last QRV.  Someone
> >> indicated that his assigned frequency was active higher in the band,
> >> however.
> >>
> >> N4DB, also in Virginia, noted that he was hearing a weak CW signal
> >> that was somewhat obscured by the carrier.  I'm wondering if someone
> >> is trying to put an NDB transmitter on the air...  Tuning off of the
> >> carrier did not reveal a CW signal here, however.
> >>
> >> Anyone else hear this signal?  Please have a listen tonight... High
> >> QRN in that direction didn't seem to impact it much here..
> >>
> >> 73!
> >>
> >> John KB5NJD / WG2XIQ..
> >>
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