[Lowfer] 26. KHz Transmission

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/2/2011 7:37:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
clive at ancient-mariner.co.uk writes:
I posted similar on the  VLF_Group at yahoogroups.com and received a reply from
Paul Nicolson of  Todmorden UK, 53.703N 2.072W. He has kindly provided a
bearing from his QTH  of 111.7 deg. And for comparison, 

NAA measures 285.9 deg, actual bearing  285.2 deg.
DHO measures 92.6 deg, actual bearing 92.2 deg.

When I put  his bearing onto an azimuthal equidistant map for the NW UK, his
bearing runs  through Germany, Austria, Romania, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Saudi
Arabia and  Yeman/Oman. 

In a later reply, Paul's guess: Saudi Arabia, somewhere  between Jeddah and
Riyadh.

However, I noticed that just off Paul's  bearing - although that would 
appear
to be accurate, that rather  interestingly Diego Garcia would be 107 degrees
from his QTH.....

Food  for thought?

Cheers!

Clive
GW4EYO


Hi  Clive,
Thanks for your efforts in helping to find the direction and possible  
location
of the new VLF station on 26.0KHz.

A friend Lionel Loudet in  Muret, France is hearing the new signal also. He 
says a tentative  bearing
shows the signal is coming at a 100 degree bearing from his location  in 
Southern France.
He is going to re- check the calibration on the bearing  for his RDF loop.

This is a note from Lionel :
I have setup the  antennas in RDF mode. 
You can have a look here of the region around 26k in  real time:

http://spectrumlab.loudet.org/

So far it looks like the new signal  seems to be coming from somewhere in 
Eastern Europe
or the Middle East,  possibly even Iran. It must be related to someone's 
submarine fleet in
the  area.

I can barely copy the signal at this time 1800UTC in SE USA, but it  has a 
good level right now
being received in Southern France.
 
73 - Todd WD4NGG