[CW] QTC - Unknown Station 3647.5 kHz

[D. Chester]

I copied it on 3640.0 about a week ago.  579 here, but a station I was 
working in New England said it was 599+ there, so I assumed it was coming 
from Europe. They send 5-letter cipher groups, like some kind of military 
traffic.  Other nights I have  heard it, but not sure the exact frequency. 
Last night it was very strong here on 3647.5.

Although 80m is allocated exclusively to amateurs in the USA, as I recall, 
the ITU allocation for Region 2 calls for sharing with the "fixed" service, 
so it could be coming from somewhere outside USA, perhaps Canada or St. 
Pierre-Miquelon, or south of the border, and be perfectly legal.

Or it could be something similar to the longstanding mystery of the 
"numbers" stations that have been popping up on AM, SSB or CW, anywhere at 
any time on any frequency, for the past 40 years.

Don k4kyv
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