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Subject: [RFI] Fwd: Mystery signal on 40M (more)
From: N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 22:11:34 -0400
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Curiouser and curiouser. Today, from roughly 1500Z to 2200Z, this signal was present, and fairly strong, at 50 KHz intervals across 40 meters - 7000, 7050, 7100, 7150.  Structure was the same, with what look like 60 and 120-Hz sidebands. This evening, there is a pure note on 7000, nothing on 7050, 7100 or 7150.  This is two evenings in a row when it has disappeared.

Still looking for ideas on what this could be, or how to track it down.

73, Pete N4ZR



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Subject:        Mystery signal on 40M (edited)
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 16:49:26 -0400
From:   N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net>
To:     RFI List <rfi@contesting.com>



(edited)

I've run across a signal on 40M that has me puzzled.  It is centered at 7049.8 KHZ, as best I can tell.  Because this reflector doesn't accept images, I have put an HDSDR image in Dropbox with a link address of https://www.dropbox.com/s/zgat3frt70zhrgg/wide.png?dl=0. As you'll see, it definitely has 120Hz major intervals, as well as minor signals at 60 Hz in between.  They look like "sidebands" of the central signal  That tempts me to think it must be some sort of powerline-driven device, like a switching power supply. but there's only one of it, so far as I can tell, across the HF spectrum here, and it was not there this morning when I got up.

Before I start running around killing breakers, does this look familiar?

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