[Lowfer] MYSTERY HIFER SIGNAL?

Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:24:38 -0800

Ed , do I understand correctly that my HiFER beacon NW was actually seen?
That is really exciting. It has only been seen twice before, months ago. How
strong was it, do you have a screen capture, etc.?

How fast was the steady ramp moving? I don't think I have seen it here.

On Jan 15th I heard a CW signal on 13555 and thought it was a beacon, but it
was a bit too fast for that. I listened for a while and heard it send VVV
VVV VVV DE CER CER and later QRU? DE CER
must have been a commercial station from somewhere in the world, no?

Other things I have heard were telephone conversations in spanish around
13558 and a Japanese roundtable, Ham style. Can't remember the freq., and I
didn't know what they were saying but it sounded lighthearted.

Dale Rice
Williams, Oregon
HiFER NW 13553.15

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Phillips" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: [Lowfer] MYSTERY HIFER SIGNAL?

> Someone must know the answer to this.  When I listen to Hifer signals I
> notice a slowly moving steady ramp signal pass by, sometimes going up in
> frequency and sometimes going down.  I've never tracked to see how far
> it goes and assume it is some kind of a propagation test signal.  Any
> clues?
>
> Today was a disturbed Hifer day.  MP and NC came through in the early
> morning PST but have been very weak the rest of the day.  Ran my
> W6ELPROP program and realized the optimum listening time here was about
> noon, no matter what the path.  Listened for AZ who was coming in quite
> strong, and then took a look at NW (first time I've tried).  What a neat
> signature!  Although the LWCA solar activity page doesn't list any
> storming, my recording magnetometer sure looks like a disturbed day
> which may explain the apparently poor propagation back east.
>
> While on the subject of garbage around 13.55, anyone know what some of
> the rest of the "regulars" are?
>
> Ed
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