Topband: Mystery Signals on 160
Merv Schweigert
k9fd at flex.com
Sun Jan 4 22:21:27 EST 2009
Lee K7TJR wrote:
> On occasion I hear the triple beep signals here on the low end of
> 160. I too believe it is a Hyperfix navigation system. Hyperfix has
> several modes and therefore not all systems sound alike. I believe it
> to be coming from the Bering sea area. It definitely arrives hear
> toward JA as well. The loudest one here is on 1813.3 and another
> around 1814. Sometimes I have heard several.
>
> Lee K7TJR Oregon
>
Those beeps at times are S9 out here in KH6, seems to come from the north
north/west direction when propagation is right. Between those and the digi
signal out of VK/Zl area the band can be totally useless from 1812 to
1820.
The digi takes out 1818 to 1820 almost daily here.
Merv KH7C
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