[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Really Spooky Signal on 20 Meters.

Tue Sep 20 12:08:02 EDT 2016

On 20 Sep 2016 at 10:59, David Stinson wrote:

> OK, this is really weird. For weeks, the 20-meter phone
>  band at my location has had this wide-band pulsing
>  noise. Ran from about 14.240-14.330 MC 24/7. 
> It sounded  "near field," so I finally broke-out my 
> portable HF direction finder and started hunting. 
> I walked out to the end of my driveway and got a
>  good signal, bearing East of my location. 
> So I went about a block to a local park and 
> still bearing East. So I put the rig in the truck 
> and drove East a mile. No signal. So I moved back 
> half the distance to the house. Nothing. Half-way again.
>  Nothing. In short, the signal, after being around 
> for weeks, suddenly disappeared exactly 
> when I started to hunt it. It has not come back. 
> I find this strange and makes me a little paranoid.

Ha! I've been hearing what I finally figured out was the old Russian Woodpecker (OTH 
Radar) on both 40 and 20. I hear it periodically on 7052 or thereabouts and on 14115 or 
thereabouts.

But yours ain't it...unless your TR-7 is "modifying" the way it is sounding...

> Here's the noise:
> https://goo.gl/photos/PooYaAAnv1UG8MpC9
> Any ideas??

See above.

Ken W7EKB

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