[Spooks] "INTRUDER SIGNAL" ON 40 METERS REMAINS A MYSTERY FOR NOW

[blitz]

Yes, i was kind of thinking that too, but I imagine thats the first thing 
the hams checked...it could be from somewhere far off...Im not near there, 
so I cant hear it.

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>It has the feel of broadband digital data over power lines.
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>blitz wrote:
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>>Anyone got any ideas?
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>>==>"INTRUDER SIGNAL" ON 40 METERS REMAINS A MYSTERY FOR NOW
>>
>>An unidentified signal that's been showing up on the 40-meter phone band
>>on or about 7238 kHz has mystified amateurs in the western US and Canada,
>>where it's been heard frequently for the past few weeks. Although it
>>resembles a steady carrier, a closer inspection suggests that the
>>intruding signal actually is a series of closely spaced signals. Don
>>Moman, VE6JY, in Edmonton, Alberta, says the signal is quite loud at his
>>QTH.
>>
>>"This signal looks a lot more interesting than it would sound--just a
>>broad tone/hum/buzz, depending on where you tune," he said. One
>>spectrogram from VE6JY showed perhaps a half-dozen or more discrete
>>signals. "It's certainly loud enough out here, peaking broadly
>>south-southwest from Edmonton," he said. Moman was using a 5-element Yagi
>>and was hearing the signal at 10 dB over S9.
>>
>>That conforms with observations reported by Bob Gonsett, W6VR, at
>>Communications General Corp (CGC). He says engineers at the CGC lab in
>>Fallbrook, California took a quick look at the intruder September 6 at
>>around 2120 UTC and found "several close-spaced CW carriers--perhaps from
>>one specially modulated transmitter, perhaps from transmitters at
>>different locations," he reported. CGC reported the signals appeared on
>>7238.063, 7238.150, 7238.237 and 7238.412 kHz, with the 7238.237 kHz
>>signal being "the strongest of the group."
>>
>>While no one's sure what it is, the FCC HF Direction Finding Facility has
>>been able to determine that it's coming from somewhere north of Prescott,
>>Arizona, and west of Interstate 17. FCC monitoring indicates the "buzz" is
>>centered on 7238.1 kHz with a bandwidth of about 1 kHz and spikes spaced
>>at about 90 Hz apart.
>>
>>Reports to the International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 Monitoring
>>System indicate the signal has been heard from about 1700 to 2130 UTC,
>>although Moman reported hearing it at around 0300 UTC and said the signal
>>even went off the air for a few seconds while he was listening to it. Jack
>>Roland, KE0VH, in Colorado also heard the signals for a couple of evenings
>>this week. "Something is not right there," he remarked.
>>
>>High Noon Net Manager Bill Savage, N5FLD, in Albuquerque, New Mexico said
>>several net participants--in Nebraska, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming,
>>Minnesota and Arizona--were able to hear the mystery signal.
>>
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