20 dB over S9 from the northeast direction from Maryland This definitely is not a low power transmitter!
73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "NC3Z" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 9:38:34 PM Subject: Re: Topband: Unknown Pulse Signal Wiping out 1900-1925 kHz Very strong in the mid-Atlantic region also. Sawtooth sweep of a signal. Gary Mitchelson NC3Z Davidsonville, MD FM18 NC3Z/4 Pamlico County, NC FM15 http://www.mitchelson.org/ On 12/7/2014 3:55 PM, Donald Chester wrote: > Kind of a pulsating buzzing sound, centred around 1915, but audible down to > slightly below 1900 and up to approximately 1925. At its centre frequency > last night (Saturday), it was just as strong as any CW contest signal. > > It was particularly loud (S9 + 30) in the Northeast and ops with > beverage antennas are reporting that it appears to be coming over the horizon > in a south easterly direction, while others say it is possibly coming from > Europe or > Polar Russia. Whether this is a harmonic, a spur or something coming from an > intentional radiator, it has made regular QSO operation between 1900 and 1930 > almost unbearable for the past three nights now. > > All the more reason to hope that the FCC goes ahead and adopts their > proposed reallocation of 1900-2000 to delete sharing with radiolocation and > to restore amateurs to primary status. Although many 160m > ops seemed to blow off this NPRM while the comment period was still open as > if it were much ado about nothing, a few of us maintained that it was of > utmost > importance for the amateur community to flood the Commission with comments > supporting their > proposal. > > Although GPS has pretty much killed 160m radiolocation for the > moment, we never know when some new service might attempt to start up in this > part of the spectrum under the guise of Radiolocation. That could be what's > happening right now. For those only interested in DX and contesting in the > bottom end of the band and who sometimes appear not to even consider > 1900-2000 as part of the band, still must remember that if some new service > were to displace amateurs > from the top half, congestion in the 1800-1900 kHz segment (including the DX > window) would likely become unbearable. > > The FCC proposal, if adopted, would protect > amateur status in the entire 160m band once and for all, and let's hope it is > not already too late. > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
