It's likely one of the Chinese long-range cordless phones that pop up on e-Bay all the time, even though they are illegal to import or sell in the US (and probably Canada, as well). They operate in the ham bands and plague AO-51 users in Europe and Asia, making the bird virtually unusable at times.....
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Jackson" bbj@innismir.net To: "Luc Leblanc" lucleblanc6@videotron.ca Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:41 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SSTV on AO-51
Luc Leblanc wrote:
I also hear someone speaking with a child it look like a telephone conversation a bit off the uplink frequency.
I believe I have been hearing something similar lately. A transmission that seems to be very garbled and off-frequency, it's been making me scratch my head regarding it's origins. Anyone have any idea?
~Ben
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