Re: [HCDX] HAARP Tests

[Zack Widup]

Thanks for the info! I have heard some of the HAARP tests in the past, and
participated in the reception of the EME experiments by HAARP at 7 MHz some
years ago. They don't do as many experiments as they used to. It's good to
have info on upcoming experiments.

Zack W9SZ

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 8:24 AM Bill Smith  wrote:

>
> HAARP Research tests will be conducted on February 28 to March 3 (UTC
> time) on frequencies between 2.8 and 9.6 mhz. Google EI7GL Diary for
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Re: [HCDX] Radio Beacon AA8SH

[Zack Widup]

Where does one get the WSPR software? I don't see it specifically mentioned
in the latest WSJT software.

Zack W9SZ

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> Radio Beacon AA8SH heard at 0418 UTC on November 26,
>
>
>2023 on .475596 longwave
> WSPR mode from Huntington,
>
>
> WV about 690 miles from Douglas, MA. Look up his QRZ
>
>
> page
> and you'll see my SWL card (W1-7897) on his wall
>
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Re: [HCDX] Radio Beacon W4BCX

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I have been hearing several beacons on this frequency. One identified in CW
as W8JI. Several of them seem to follow a sequence - one will stop
transmitting and another will appear. I haven't installed WSPR on my
computer yet, so I haven't been able to decode anything from the others.

Zack W9SZ

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> Radio Beacon W4BCX was logged at 1012UTC on October 23, 2023 on a
> frequency of .475670 mhz longwave. Signal strength -9 db in WSPR mode.
> Location Melbourne, FL which is 1116 miles from Douglas, MA. RX: Palstar
> R30A. ANT: 529 foot horizontal loop at 30 feet.  Bill Smith
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Re: [HCDX] Shortwave Modernization Coalition FCC Petition

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They skip the ham bands, like so many other services do. I used to work
with a vertically-incident ionosonde that scanned 2.0 through 30+ MHz. It
was programmed to skip the ham bands and the WWV frequencies. But it only
stayed on a given frequency for such a short time that I doubt it caused
any interference.

The HAARP facility also used frequency-scanning transmissions that skipped
over the ham bands.

Zack W9SZ

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> According to the SMC the following 2-25 mhz frequency segments are in the
> Part 90 Industrial/Business pool: 2.107 – 2.170; 2.194 – 2.170; 2.505 –
> 2.850; 3.155 – 3.400; 4.000 – 4.063; 4.438 – 4.650; 4.750 – 4.995; 5.005 –
> 5.450; 5.730 – 5.900; 5.730 – 5.900; 6.765 – 7.000; 7.400 – 8.100; 9.040 –
> 9.400; 9.900 – 9.995; 10.150 – 11.175; 11.400 – 11.600; 12.100 – 12.230;
> 13.410 – 13.570; 13.870 – 14.000; 15.800 -16.360; 17.410 – 17.480; 18.030 –
> 18.068; 18.168 – 18.780; 19.020 – 19.680; 19.800 – 19.990; 20.010 – 21.000;
> 21.850 – 21.924; 22.855 – 23.200; 23.350 – 24890. There might be a typo,
> but you can check Appendix E, page 35 of the document. SMC stations have
> been testing on 4.9, 10.2, 14.9, 19.9 and 24.8 mhz respectively for several
> years using experimental call signs: WI2XNX, WI2XER, WI2XAJ, WL2XYM, and
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Re: [HCDX] FW: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum

[Zack Widup]

There are a number of these in the Chicago area. I just went by one on
Sunday. See photo attached. This was in Yorkville, IL. It looks like they
are using a log-periodic and a couple SteppIR antennas.

Zack W9SZ

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> From: ARRL Web site
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 11:33 AM
> To: smth...@hotmail.com
> Subject: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power
> Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum
>
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB015
> ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation
> on Shortwave Spectrum
>
> ZCZC AG15
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 15  ARLB015
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  July 12, 2023
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB015
> ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation
> on Shortwave Spectrum
>
> The ad hoc group "Shortwave Modernization Coalition" petitioned the
> Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow data communications
> on multiple bands within the HF 2 - 25 MHz range with up to 20 KW,
> including in bands immediately adjacent to spectrum allocated to the
> Amateur Radio Service. This group appears to represent high-speed
> stock trading interests.
>
> The FCC has assigned it RM-11953. Comments are due by July 31, 2023,
> and reply comments by August 15.
>
> While the petitioners exclude the amateur bands, high power
> operations on immediately adjacent bands are proposed.  The ARRL is
> reviewing the petition.
>
> A copy of the petition can be found in PDF format at:
> https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1042840187330/1 .
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Re: [HCDX] AM Radio In Alaska

[Zack Widup]

Hi Paul,

I know they are not commercially available. I am interested in building one
myself. All the Youtube videos I have watched (about 15 of them) don't show
any significant construction details. I am wondering if they can be made to
work in the 137, 183 and 475 kHz ham bands and the LF NDB bands. And the
videos I've seen show an FSL antenna that is just one coil with coupling to
an AM receiver accomplished by proximity. How would I connect one to an SDR
receiver that covers this LF range?

Zack W9SZ

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>
> Look for it on YouTube.  It’s not commercially available.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 8:36 AM Zack Widup  wrote:
>
>> I have not heard of the FSL antenna up till now. Is there a site
>> somewhere with construction details? What kind of ferrite rod? (What is the
>> best type of material? 61? 77?). Will these work in the LF range? (down to
>> 100 kHz)?
>>
>> Zack W9SZ
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 1:48 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
>> walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have 2 5" FSL antennas and they do just that.. one can do reception and
>>> one can null.  The 5" FSL's out perform box loops 3-4 feet in size.
>>>
>>> I didnt want to totally null things out in this case, to show an example
>>> of
>>> what I heard as I heard it
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 10:40 AM Rick Kunath via groups.io >> yahoo@groups.io> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Paul,
>>> >
>>> > I wonder if a 4-foot box loop (box not spiral, i.e. the NRC design)
>>> > would let you null that offending station? You should be able to do
>>> that
>>> > using a combination of rotation in azimuth and tilting in elevation,
>>> > then back and forth to get the null deep enough to take them out. Back
>>> > when I had strong locals I was able to do that using that loop. You
>>> ahve
>>> > to be careful to get the loop balance just right. That's not hard to do
>>> > if you follow the directions. And then you get a good really deep null.
>>> >
>>> > It might be worth a try and you'd have another tool.
>>> >
>>> > Have you tried tilting and rotating the FSL at all? Assuming the
>>> > internal loopstick on the portable doesn't get any of the offending
>>> > station. Otherwise nulling is harder. I would think that would work the
>>> > same way an air-core loop does. I know the ferrite bar loops I built
>>> > back in the day worked that way.
>>> >
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Re: [HCDX] [bdxc-news] UNID Morse signals jamming 3985 kHz Shortwaveservice

[Zack Widup]

Well, that frequency is inside the 75 meter ham band in the USA. Probably
some irritated ham was doing it.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 5:08 AM Wolfgang Bueschel 
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> CW morse jamming against Shortwaveservice
> Kall Eifel 6085 kHz shortwave outlet at 10.57 UT:
>
> CW morse code and automatic pips sound jumped up and down
> on channel lower flank around 6083.750 jump to 6083.800 kHz
> forward and back,
> similar bubbler jump of German 60 x Stasi MWs in former GDR in 60ties
> against US RIAS/VoA station in Berlin-Britz 989 and 6005 kHz.
>
> 73 wolfie  df5sx
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Mike Barraclough
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> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 11:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] UNID Morse signals jamming 3985 kHz
> Shortwaveservice
>
> There's continued to be a long thread on this jamming on the Garry Stevens
> Pirate/Free Radio forum I've confirmed using an SDR in Rheinbach that
> Radio
> Mi Amigo International 6085, long running professional station which has
> an
> audience including many who used to listen to offshore radio stations, is
> being jammed at the moment (1025 UTC).
>
> Reports of this yesterday, the morse message has been translated here in
> this long thread on these claims
>
> https://members7.boardhost.com/PirateRadio/msg/1643400389.html
>
> Next post says numbers refer to the court case.
>
> Bear in mind that you don't need to register to post on this forum so you
> do
> sometimes have people posting using more than one name. Posts also say
> 3985
> has been jammed but I couldn't hear any when I just checked.
>
> Now checked on my Sony ICF7600G and the jamming is much stronger than Mi
> Amigo International's signal, currently a series of repeated tones then
> the
> morse message. Currently jamming Ron O'Quinn.
>
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Re: [HCDX] [irca] AM Radio In Alaska

[Zack Widup]

I have not heard of the FSL antenna up till now. Is there a site somewhere
with construction details? What kind of ferrite rod? (What is the best type
of material? 61? 77?). Will these work in the LF range? (down to 100 kHz)?

Zack W9SZ

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> I have 2 5" FSL antennas and they do just that.. one can do reception and
> one can null.  The 5" FSL's out perform box loops 3-4 feet in size.
>
> I didnt want to totally null things out in this case, to show an example of
> what I heard as I heard it
>
> Paul
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 10:40 AM Rick Kunath via groups.io  yahoo@groups.io> wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > I wonder if a 4-foot box loop (box not spiral, i.e. the NRC design)
> > would let you null that offending station? You should be able to do that
> > using a combination of rotation in azimuth and tilting in elevation,
> > then back and forth to get the null deep enough to take them out. Back
> > when I had strong locals I was able to do that using that loop. You ahve
> > to be careful to get the loop balance just right. That's not hard to do
> > if you follow the directions. And then you get a good really deep null.
> >
> > It might be worth a try and you'd have another tool.
> >
> > Have you tried tilting and rotating the FSL at all? Assuming the
> > internal loopstick on the portable doesn't get any of the offending
> > station. Otherwise nulling is harder. I would think that would work the
> > same way an air-core loop does. I know the ferrite bar loops I built
> > back in the day worked that way.
> >
> > Rick Kunath, K9AO
> >
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Re: [HCDX] HAARP back

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I don't even know why they have to mention the "controversial" aspect. I am
a radio scientist. Nothing they do there is controversial to me. But then,
I understand everything they have been doing there.

I believe I saw mentioned on their Facebook page that they may have their
summer camp for students in radio science and plasma physics again this
year. That could be what the FAA warning involves.

73, Zack W9SZ

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Re: [HCDX] Logs with a new antenna

[Zack Widup]

Can you describe your new antenna? Is it a loop?

I have been trying to use a 1.5 meter square loop with 20 turns of wire
with taps at 3, 5, 10 and 15 turns. The 3 and 5 turn taps seem to work the
best for AM BCB DXing but it suffers from a noise level so bad that I can
hardly receive anything through it. I have an e-probe antenna I have been
meaning to put up but haven't gotten around to it yet.

73, Zack W9SZ

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