{"id":35171,"date":"2018-12-12T07:05:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35171"},"modified":"2018-12-12T07:05:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:05:43","slug":"unidentified-hf-frequency-hopping-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/unidentified-hf-frequency-hopping-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Unidentified HF frequency hopping station"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Southgate ARC<\/a> via Mike Hansgen)<\/p>\n

\n

IARUMS reports on mystery frequency hopping station<\/h1>\n

IARU-R1 Monitoring System<\/strong>\u00a0reports an intriguing transmission has been spotted giving short beeps exactly on each second, frequency hopping between 10108-10115 kHz and 18834\/18899 kHz<\/p>\n

One of the mysterious transmitters is located in the vicinity of Chicago, near the town of Aurora or Elburn, Illinois.<\/p>\n

The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 November 2018 newsletter can be read at
\nhttp:\/\/www.iarums-r1.org\/iarums\/news2018\/news1811.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Reports of Amateur Band intruders can be logged on the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Logger at
\nhttp:\/\/peditio.net\/intruder\/bluechat.cgi<\/a><\/p>\n

Monitor the short wave bands on-line with a web based SDR receiver at
\nhttp:\/\/www.websdr.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS)
\nhttps:\/\/www.iarums-r1.org\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Have any Post<\/em> readers heard this station? \u00a0I would love to hear a recording or see this station on a spectrum display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Southgate ARC via Mike Hansgen) IARUMS reports on mystery frequency hopping station IARU-R1 Monitoring System\u00a0reports an intriguing transmission has been spotted giving short beeps exactly on each second, frequency hopping between 10108-10115 kHz and 18834\/18899 kHz One of the mysterious transmitters is located in the vicinity of Chicago, near the town of Aurora or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[7463,3422,5448,580],"class_list":["post-35171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-iarums","tag-mike-k8rat","tag-mystery-signals","tag-southgate-arc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-99h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35231,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/arrl-news-broadcasters-intruding-on-exclusive-amateur-radio-frequencies\/","url_meta":{"origin":35171,"position":0},"title":"ARRL News: “Broadcasters Intruding on Exclusive Amateur Radio Frequencies”","author":"Thomas","date":"December 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ARRL News via Ron) The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports that Radio Hargeisa in Somaliland has returned to 7,120 kHz after a break of several weeks, while Radio Eritrea has been reported on 7,140 and 7,180 kHz. 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