[Lowfer] OT: 7MHz Moonbounce!

[John Vendely]

At least some of the 7407.5 MHz interference appeared to be the Cuban
"bubble jammer" used to routinely jam Radio Marti frequencies in this
band...

73,
John K9WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz at prairienet.org>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp; UK) and MedFer bands"
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Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:38 AM
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
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Steve Ratzlaff wrote:
>
> > Lunar echoes heard for the full 2 hours; had to switch to my 6 Hz narrow
> > audio filter about 45 minutes into the test in order to keep hearing the
> > echoes. The TX was barely heard the last 30 minutes or so too--but the
> > doppler effect had the TX about 8Hz away from the echoes, so I could
tell
> > which was which with the narrow filter.
> > Lots of fun!
> > Steve
> > NE Oregon
> >
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