[600MRG] first pass on the new bands

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

I am not QRV on either of the new bands but I can listen. I fired up the 
RAK-7 and piped the output into Spectran on the computer. I did not copy 
any CW signals (I have in past). Near 475 kc I saw what must have been 
digital transmissions. A couple of them could be easily heard. They were 
on for a minute or two and then off for while. I am not very familiar 
the JT modes but some of them are scheduled for transmit windows and 
alternate to receive. These signals were not on that kind of schedule 
but clearly were on again - off again. I don't have milliHertz 
capability here and no interest in acquiring it. So no way to copy those.

Near 137 kc I watched a carrier that shifted frequency by just very few 
Hertz at intervals of a minute or two (varied). Finally it switched to 
off. I saw other *stuff* but it was not CW nor steady carriers on-off. 
The usual nasties.

Apparently I can see/hear signals and could copy if they were 
decipherable by wet computer model 1. I may get out there again later or 
wait until tomorrow.

The time I was listening was from about 03:00Z to about 04:00Z. If you 
were on and not too far away at that time you might be one of the culprits.

73,

Bill  KU8H


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