[Spooks] Weird tones

[qzd]

Here is a response I received from Paul who can't access the reflector about a possible
cause.



Hello fellow Rhode Islander;

    Moved to Florida in 1994, am Ocean State native. The tones on 2662 are
very likely to be feedback on a NASA freq.  Typical military setup - transmitters
and receivers at separate locations. The Transmitters are usually always keyed
up, and sometimes a bit of telco noise over the connecting lines to the message
center will put out RF. Most HF voice circuits at the receiver end are always
monitored, squelch devices being unrealiable. The Speaker at the receiving end
will feed the telco noise back into the mic, and you get these wierd tones, some-
times referred to as the Moaning Whales.
    2662 is used by booster recovery ships among others.  Remember well copying
this freq at mid-day in winter of '86, listening to recovery efforts during the
Challenger disaster, this from qth on Salt Pond in Point Judith. Salt water ground
helped out, but this is a strong signal, I think Collins 45 Kw xmtrs are the workhorse
at Cape Radio. This is a sight to see, leave outa Port Canaveral on a cruise and
you goes right by the antenna farms.
   Answered you direct because my messages keep bouncing from the reflector,
something about html vs text and can't figure out how to straighten out the mess.
Radios more fun.

                                                                              Best,

                                                                          Paul V. Z.

Englewood, FL
Gulfcoast, 90 miles south of Tampa
300 miles due north of Habana
in the radio room, listening most closely


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