[Spooks] Re: Spooks Digest, Vol 7, Issue 38

[Jclefever at aol.com]

In a message dated 31/08/2004 10:09:14 Romance Daylight Time, 
spooks-request at mailman.qth.net writes:

> I heard them on a Radio Shack Patrolman 5 Band.  The
> only other signal that does this to me is the odd rolling data sound on
> 1,710 KHz.  Noting like tuning into this on a moonless night, three in the
> morning, 150 miles from the nearest town on a 13,000'+ mountian top!
> 

The rolling sound thing sounds like Loran. It was used by ships as a 
navigational aid.

30 years ago when I fist got on top band (160m) it was around 1950Khz, but 
the Australian transmitter was in 1850 I think. Used to spread 40Khz. It was a 
pain, and took up lage portion of the band.
It was phased out in the ealy 80's in favour of the Decca Navigation. That 
went recently too, in favour of GPS.

The only other clicking type of thing I remember was OHR3, which the Russians 
pioneered. Stood for Over the Horizon Radar 3. 
That was more on HF and hopped around the spectrum willy nilly.
Regards
EA8/G4CAZ