[TenTec] 14,220 noise

Ron Castro ronc at sonic.net
Tue Oct 2 20:24:05 EDT 2007


It's back.  I'm hearing it about S4, around 150 degrees from my QTH 50 mi 
north northwest of San Francisco.  That would put it around San Diego if the 
reports from yesterday all converged.

         Ron Castro
 Chief Technical Officer
    Results Radio, LLC
               N6IE
      www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Bryant" <w4nz at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 14,220 noise


> The signal has just disappeared, possibly the band has folded. (0129z)  I 
> had tried to copy it on
> several modes including FM.  Could not detect any modulation other than 
> what I've already mentioned.
> Guess it's quite a mystery.  Now, back to TenTec discussions??
>
> Ted W4NZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of fraz1
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:27 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 14,220 noise
>
>
> Ted, I hear what you hear.  But, this signal is probably mixing and folks
> will hear different things.
>
> John K4NP
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Bryant" <w4nz at comcast.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 8:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 14,220 noise
>
>
>> You must be listening to a different signal than what I'm copying.  What
>> I'm currently hearing (
>> 0120z) on 14220kHz is a signal that is S7 to S9+ here in Chattanooga
>> coming from a heading of around
>> 280 degrees.  There is no music or language. There is no detectable
>> carrier, much like ssb.
>> Listening in the ssb mode, there is something that sounds like 60 Hz AC
>> hum and some other type of
>> modulation that appears as a series of semingly random pulses.  Bandwith
>> appears to be around 2kHz.
>>
>> Ted W4NZ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of
>> chip_brown at isp.com
>> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:03 PM
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 14,220 noise
>>
>>
>>
>> I copy it as FM  need about 6kc or so of BW.  They are a language I do 
>> not
>> recognize.  They play music and had an English speaker telling what was
>> wrong with America.  Seems to be a news format.  Male and female voices.
>>
>> In south Fl
>>
>> Chip  KR1P
>>
>>
>>> No copy 80 miles East of SF either...
>>> W6RD
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net>
>>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 4:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 14,220 noise
>>>
>>>
>>>> No copy here in northern California, 50 mi. NW of San Francisco.  Could
>>>> be
>>>> that I'm too close to hear if it's in central Calif.
>>>>
>>>>         Ron  N6IE
>>>>      www.N6IE.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "K9RBorowski" <k9rb at bellsouth.net>
>>>> To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:06 PM
>>>> Subject: [TenTec] 14,220 noise
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It peaks here at K9RB in NE Florida, near Jacksonville, between 285 
>>>>> and
>>>>> 290 deg. That bearing runs right through Northern Texas, New Mexico,
>>>>> the
>>>>> Las Vegas area and Central to Northern California. With a TH11DX at 72
>>>>> ft.
>>>>> with a ground elevation of 73 ft. at the base, being the tallest
>>>>> structure
>>>>> around for about six miles in any direction, it is peaking at S9 + 
>>>>> 15dB
>>>>> on
>>>>> my TS-950SDX.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just phoned a friend, Ron-W9XQ in Roswell and he has it peaking 
>>>>> there
>>>>> to
>>>>> the North West, putting it through Las Vegas and North Central
>>>>> California
>>>>> from his QTH. He had it about S9 there with a tribander at 50 ft. That
>>>>> coincides with my findings. It appears to be coming from Nevada or
>>>>> Upper
>>>>> California.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Rog-K9RB
>>
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