Does anyone have a program that can decode the digital ID's? Only one portion in the center of the mp3 sounded like a traditional pager but I think it might be just a "dual." I cleaned it up with Cool Edit Pro and the accents sound southwestern to me but then I haven't been everywhere yet ;-)
Roger WA1KAT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Robertson" broberts@mta.ca To: amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:54 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Terrestrial QRM to FM satellites
Quoting "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net:
Hi Bob!
Today on passes of both SO-50 and AO-27, there were terrestrial QSOs going on. It was especially bad on AO-27 with a few people clearly unable to get through due to the strength of the QRM. It almost sounded like there was a repeater setup on 145.850 with Roger beeps happening. So, what is the "proper" thing to do in situations like this?
Once I started hearing this QRM while listening to AO-27, I recorded the tail-end of the 20:00Z pass. Interested persons may download a mp3 file at http://heml.mta.ca/Amsat/ (There is no promise that this link will be in place for a long time.)
Besides the beeps and long periods of carrier-induced silence, there are some conversational snippets which seem to me from native English
speakers.
One of the amateurs on the bird suggested the QRM comes from a pager, and
I
labeled the file as such, but I don't mean to suggest that this identification is secure.
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