[Spooks] Arecibo Observatory ionospheric heating signal or XMWhales?

[Token Original]

I agree the signal in question is not Arecibo, and is XM.  However Arecibo 
DID transmit in AM during the last round of tests.  Not only did they have 
audio tones, fixed, stepping, and sweeping, but they also transmitted (and 
announced on Twitter they would be) SSTV as their last signals at 0815z and 
0818z on July 31.  And rumor has it, but no one at Arecibo will confirm, 
they transmitted other audio, including Brother Stair and WWV.

Token
Mojave Desert, California, USA



-----Original Message----- 
From: Zack Widup
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 8:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [Spooks] Arecibo Observatory ionospheric heating signal or 
XMWhales?

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I am guessing that is the "whales" station. Regarding the Arecibo
experiments, "To the best of my knowledge, all experiments will be CW
with no amplitude or frequency modulation." So you'd just hear a
carrier with typical propagation QSB. Also, the end of the recent
experiments was supposed to be July 31, as nothed bu others.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Utility Planet (Hugh Stegman)
<utilityworld at ominous-valve.com> wrote:
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> I don't know about that one, but I heard loud AM whales yesterday. I
> discovered that it was Brother Stair on WRMI.  His voice would cut in and
> out with whales on the same carrier when he wasn't audible.  I did get 
> that
> he thinks the eclipse is the Second Coming.  Maybe I should send him an 
> air
> check and really convince him the end is at hand.
>
> -hugh
>
>
>
> On 8/10/2017 8:39 AM, Curt Rowlett wrote:
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>> I recorded this <https://youtu.be/8L6lV4IReCk> while monitoring 5125 kHz,
>> the known frequency for the Arecibo Observatory ionospheric heating
>> signal.
>> However, after I posted the video on my YouTube channel, a comment was
>> posted by a person who informed me that the Arecibo campaign was only
>> active during the period of July 24th through July 31st. (I recorded this
>> last night. The time and date can be seen in the UTC widget running at 
>> the
>> top right of the screen). The person who supplied that information
>> believes
>> that this signal actually might be XM Whales transmitting on the Arecibo
>> frequency.
>>
>> Here is a link to the video <https://youtu.be/8L6lV4IReCk> that I
>> recorded.
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>>
>> Curt Rowlett / W9SPY
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