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Frank Dresser wrote:
"Drifter" wrote in message
...
Frank, if i remember, that was at 15mg. there were a few post on a few
of pirate web sites on this a few years back. also, when the gov did the
weather and wave thing a few years ago, i remember a few people freaked.
i believe that was 10mg. and that didn't last long either. so, as the
saying goes, when it sounds a little different, just blame a pirate.

GOOD DX!
Drifter...



Or you could blame radio. On a couple of occasions, I've heard what sounds
like chatter under WWV. Maybe it was an image or crossmod or something like
that. Maybe it was a transmitter spur. It's always been unintelligible and
I couldn't be sure if it was English or not.

I suppose the WWV frequencies might be usable in parts of the world where
time station signals are weak, but there must be hundreds of better
frequencies.

Frank Dresser


Mexican fishing boats can use any frequency they perceive as being
underutilized. I've heard them on USAF, USCG, etc. freqs, so they must
be really important fisherpersons.

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On Feb 20, 8:36 am, msg wrote:
Frank Dresser wrote:


Was you chatter at all intelligible?

Michael

Barely, I could make out a few words here and there but nothing
substantial. I assumed it wasn't an official message because I could
hear the time announcer just fine.

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msg wrote:
cadillac_eldorado wrote:

On Feb 20, 8:36 am, msg wrote:

Frank Dresser wrote:

Was your chatter at all intelligible?

Michael


Barely, I could make out a few words here and there but nothing
substantial. I assumed it wasn't an official message because I could
hear the time announcer just fine.

Even with good reception, often the voice reports on WWV (geomagnetic,
weather, etc.) are unintelligible, as if the speaker has no on-air
experience. It was so bad last year that I had intended to complain
to NIST but I never did.

Michael

That's wack. The weather (space and at sea) announcements are done over
a restricted bandwidth voice channel and sound every bit as
unintelligible as a landline phone call using a telephone. In other
words, they sound OK.