Galaxy 16 Ku ?

[bubba108]

Other than TVRO, my main hobby is listening to military aircraft on my scanners, so that I'll know when they're going to fly over my house. So I monitor several freqs up in the 200-400MHz range. One late winter, my scanner stopped on a signal that was pretty much dead air, except that you could hear birds chirping. After a few minutes the signal went away. Next day, about the same time, the same thing happened. Only when it happened the third day in a row, did it finally dawned on me what it was. A month or so earlier, I had received a XMAS gift, which was a gadget that you hang near your bird feeders, and it transmitted bird sounds to an FM radio. This never worked very well at all, so I really never used it, and forgot that I had it outside. Well apparently, it transmitted harmonics up in the milair band, and the frequency stability of the transmitter was very poor, such that as the temperature changed, the freq would drift quite a bit, and pass through one of the freqs I was monitoring, but only be there for a couple minutes. Anyway, I thought it was funny that I was picking up chickadees on the milair band.

Somehow that makes me feel better about that fridge. Must be the first time anybody ever got real 'birdies' on a scanner.

I used to be able to get my neighbor's wireless security camera on my BUD. Perfect picture and sound.

Not much happening here on VHF mil freqs. Lots of commercial stuff to listen to. Been getting into ACARS , the software is free. But my first love is HF milair freqs. The SKYKING broadcasts on 8.992 MHz are really spooky. Get a HF receiver and tune in. Almost as much fun as FTA.

 

[B.J.]

Somehow that makes me feel better about that fridge. Must be the first time anybody ever got real 'birdies' on a scanner.

I used to be able to get my neighbor's wireless security camera on my BUD. Perfect picture and sound.

Not much happening here on VHF mil freqs. Lots of commercial stuff to listen to. Been getting into ACARS , the software is free. But my first love is HF milair freqs. The SKYKING broadcasts on 8.992 MHz are really spooky. Get a HF receiver and tune in. Almost as much fun as FTA.

Yeah, re the birdies, I was going to say the same thing, but forgot.
Re VHF mil freqs, I live under a military training route
http://www.eskerridge.com/bj/vr840/vr840.html
and there are a couple MOA training areas nearby, so it's pretty active here.
Re ACARS, I've tried that, and got a few hits, but that's not real active here. Didn't have much luck for some reason.
Re 8992, I'll have to try that. Have several HF radios, although I recently took down my HF antennas (basically a trade with xyl for more sat dishes). I can't remember the freq, but I used to listen to HF from some island in the Atlantic, which was particularly active and interesting back during the first gulf war.

de N3JLQ

sorry this drifted off topic quite a bit.

 

[bubba108]

Yeah, re the birdies, I was going to say the same thing, but forgot.
Re VHF mil freqs, I live under a military training route
vr840
and there are a couple MOA training areas nearby, so it's pretty active here.
Re ACARS, I've tried that, and got a few hits, but that's not real active here. Didn't have much luck for some reason.
Re 8992, I'll have to try that. Have several HF radios, although I recently took down my HF antennas (basically a trade with xyl for more sat dishes). I can't remember the freq, but I used to listen to HF from some island in the Atlantic, which was particularly active and interesting back during the first gulf war.

vr840

sorry this drifted off topic quite a bit.

Yeah, I did drift a little. Must be my meds.
If your worried about the XYL (we all do) , just a good ground and a 25 ft long wire will work just fine.
That island was probably Ascension Island (7.95°S, 14.37°W).

P.S. Cook County, Illinois Live Police, Fire, and EMS Scanners - makes me glad I live in the woods.

 

[ikki]

> The SKYKING broadcasts on 8.992 MHz are really spooky. Get a HF receiver and tune in. Almost as much fun as FTA.

Agreed, and 11.175

 

[bubba108]

> The SKYKING broadcasts on 8.992 MHz are really spooky. Get a HF receiver and tune in. Almost as much fun as FTA.

Agreed, and 11.175

Sounds like the voice of God if He was really really mad and in a bad mood.

 

[bubba108]

Well they just dropped off of AMC3. Checked G16 to see if they had gone back, not there either.

 

[bubba108]

They are back on AMC3. Think I need to cut down on my caffeine or something.