Hi Bob: Once again, as you know, I often do, I didn't explain myself. The new
OTHR system is owned by the Australian Gov't. They have freely admitted it and
until recently had a paper on OTHR on the i'net, it's gone now. The equipment
is not on mainland Australia. Their 'supposedly' testing on a 'limited' basis.
My personal belief(guess), somewhat educated, is they are not using it for
Radar but are using it for, some type, of communications. I've worked several
VK's who say the signal is a lot stronger there than it is here. I've listened
to it many times and I noticed the repetition rate is faster than the old
woodpecker and more constant, which sort-of indicates a data stream rather than
just pulses. This has been going on now for several months and is no longer a
'novelty'.
This is a quote from ZL2BR: "" low-side of the weekend, was the OTHR QRM
problem on 40m, (which lost me a lot of contacts), which over the past few
months is increasing to real annoying
levels on 40m and 80m, due I believe in part to the commissioning of a new OTHR
system in Australia. In the evenings the OTHR signals are S8/9 on 6990-7070kHz
here. ""
MAL N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: BobK8IA@aol.com
To: w2nra@optonline.net
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 18:54
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 40M "Woodpecker"
In a message dated 6/17/05 11:46:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
w2nra@optonline.net writes:
Hi Bob,
I've heard it's friendly fire. Our friends the Australians have a new toy,
Over the Horizon Radar. I read this on one of the other reflectors in a
message from an Aussie. I don't recall which reflector or which Aussie.
Maybe we have a chance of stopping this one with compliant through the
proper channels.
73 Art W2NRA
Hi Art.....Not peaking anywhere near direct path VK here. VK is 240-270 from
here in AZ. The signal is definitely, and repeatably peaking 290-320
(JA/BY/DS/HL etc). Didnt show a different peak for the 5 hrs I listened. I
was
planning on 400+ JA's this weekend on 40m, AA Contest. Now, who knows. ;-)
73, Bob K8IA
nr The Superstition Mtns
Arizona, USA
http://members.aol.com/bobk8ia/
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