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Re: Pirate station on 1650



Larry Weil wrote,

> There has been for the past several days an apparent pirate on 1650
> (extended band) in the Boston area.  As of last night, they were
> repeating the NWS forcast, probably for test purposes.

I've noticed them since Monday night @ 22:30, real strong at South
Station:  I thought they might have been the "Big Dig" TIS changing
frequency--again!--but, so far, I haven't heard ANY 1.650/TIS
ID/notification.
NOW, *since 1.650 started*, there has been some 0.590, 1.030 and 1.260
imaging/intermod (?) on 1.670 (strong 1.260) and real weak signals on
1.700:  These images have been noted in the past, but only on isolated
nights, with the signals clicking in & out, up & down in strength, all
in sync (like all the images are caused by a single transmitter
source?)--could this be caused by either 1.030's or 1.260's xtmtr, or
would this likely be just some sort of receiver error mixing on my end
(but only on certain nights??)?

     ~Kaimbridge~

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GEOCx (Waypoints):
    North/West
   42.570/70.890  [          QTH:  Rounded to .010!  P=)   P=)   P=)   ]
  42.5380/70.9490 [ "Public" QTH:  P.O Box 3584, Peabody MA 01961-3584 ]
  42.3500/71.0540 [         Work:  South Station (GMF), Boston         ]

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