Re: [HCDX] AFRTS from Europe on SW.

[Paul V McDonough <pmcdonou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 AFRTS on 10940.5 USB at 0308 UTC Monday coming in great near Boston,
Massachusetts. Signal peaks roughly S9 (R8 with preamp on) with 70 foot
random wire. Great SNR. Easy catch here. News and CBS and voting rules.

Paul McDonough
Medford, MA

On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Walter  (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD wrote:

> At 10:50 PM 8/6/2000 +0100, you wrote:
> > >According to some Italian radio hams, the QTH is Sigonella in Italy
> >,
> >Check out
> >http://www.afrts.osd.mil/afnonradio/html/satnet.htm
> >for further information
> 
> 10940.5 USB hasn't been heard in North America to the best of my 
> knowledge.  As for 14000, I haven't heard this one yet, but 10940.5 USB, 
> which appears to be coming from Sigonella, Italy according to the above 
> official AFRTS information, is audible here in Victoria, Canada in the 
> Pacific northwest.  It's an  extremely challenging catch, and only barely 
> above threshold with usual AFRTS type programming.  Definitely not parallel 
> to 12869.5 USB.  Give this one a shot! Heard from 2335 tune-in, peaking 
> about 10 minutes later, and barely audible by the top of the hour.
> 
> Walter Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada  6 August. 
> 
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