[LeArc] 7MHz Moonbounce!

[Mark A Garrett]

I thought our group would like to hear the results from another ham in Urbana who monitored the HAARP over the weekend.  

Mark KA9SZX

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From: Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org>

Here's an e-mail I sent to another group summarizing my reception of the 
MB test by HAARP last night.

73, Zack

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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:38:00 -0600 (CST)
From: Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, UK) and MedFer bands"
    <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] OT: 7MHz Moonbounce!


Wow, was that cool!

I used my TS-850SAT and full-wave vertical 40m loop for receiving.  I didn't 
have the computer hooked up to the rig; I just used my ears.

Before the test, I listened on 6792.5 for a while.  I heard a couple pings and 
someone sending "599". I wonder if that was part of the test?

I heard the HAARP transmissions throughout the first hour on 6792.5 except for 
the time slot of 0529-0530 when they seemed to disappear completely. Did anyone 
else notice this? They were fairly strong at 0500Z (S7 plus or minus) but by 
about 0545Z they had dropped to about S2. The echoes I heard were right in the 
noise but very audible sometimes.  I made a record of all the time slots when I 
heard echoes. The loudest on that frequency were around 05:38:30. I heard a 
total of 36 echoes.

Someone transmitted a carrier around 0503Z for over a minute.  He first showed 
up slightly higher in frequency and tuned down to zero-beat the HAARP signal. 
Near the end he detuned in frequency slightly before QRT. I wish I knew who 
that was.  Is nothing sacred?

I could not hear the HAARP transmitter at all on 7407.5.  I did hear a few 
echoes. I had no BC station interference but there seemed to be some sort of 
broadband noise on this frequency which was S5 here.  Despite that, I heard 19 
echoes. Toward the end of the hour I heard some SSB chatter off-frequency a 
bit.

Tonight should be interesting!

73, Zack W9SZ