[Spooks] Weird tones

Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:22:28 EST

I sent a prior message out but used my AOL native browser which has the HTML issue so that message prob didn't get thru. In any case this signal is SOUTH of NJ since it's much stronger on my SOUTH Flag antenna. I thought it was two separate carriers in a controlled drift with the result creating the odd sounding heterodynes. I still think it is two separate carriers however this message below sounds plausible too - I recall from my days at the telco we used sweep tones like this to test and equalize lines.  In any case I do not think this signal is transmitting any imbedded messages..

In a message dated Tue, 12 Feb 2002  8:08:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, qzd <[email protected]> writes:

> 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
> 
> 
> PS - you've my permission to reprint/repost this if you think it helpful.
> 
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