Could it be that only "the Shadow, knows"?
Jim Weaver,
K8JE
Director, Great Lakes
Division
5065 Bethany
Rd.
Mason, OH
45040
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Some days are more interesting than
others.
This morning as I was checking email before heading
to the office I found a message from Dave Thompson, K4JRB, reporting that
the American Forces Network was being broadcast on 7118.0 kHz USB. I turned on
the rig and sure enough, there it was, about S7. It was about two hours past
sunrise and seemed to be peaking to the southwest, as best I could tell on a
2-element beam, which suggested a domestic transmitter location. I forwarded the
message to Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG, who handles the Monitoring System at
HQ.
When I got to the office I Googled AFN and found
that one of their scheduled transmissions is from Key West on 7811.0 kHz.
Hmm...could this be a case of a dsylexic operator? In the meantime Chuck had put
out a call to his volunteer monitors and Glen Reid, K5FX had come to the same
conclusion. Chuck found a phone number for Public Affairs at the base in Key
West and called, but was assured that "we don't do any broadcasting from Key
West." But about two minutes later the signal on 7118 disappeared and reappeared
on 7811. Coincidence?
Another question we'll never know the answer
to is this: For the several hours that they weren't transmitting on 7811, did
anyone miss them?
73,
Dave K1ZZ