I've recently started seeing this signal on 20 meters, probably local,
as it is present late at night when the band is dead. It is a swept
signal, typically starting at about 13.625, sweeping upward to a sharp
cutoff at about 14.125. The total sweep seems to be about 500 kHz. The
sweep slows down near the upper limit and seems to dwell there. Sweep
repeats about once per second. It seems to be amplitude modulated during
the sweep, so it shows up as a series of pulses on the waterfall
display. While the frequency range seems fairly stable, it does move
around a bit. I can't tell whether the frequency change is systematic or
random.
In the attached images, the blue trace is the peak signal, accumulated
over many sweeps. The yellow one is the actual signal, without
averaging, which I caught near the upper end of the sweep. The waterfall
shows the pulsed modulation. Resolution bandwidth is about 440 Hz.
Any idea what this might be?
73,
Scott K9MA
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Scott K9MA
k9ma@sdellington.us
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