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Title: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on February 15, 2015, 02:23:48 AM
From the ARRL web site dated 2/13/15:
"The ARRL has asked a Massachusetts company that plans to conduct experimental transmissions over wide portions of the HF spectrum either to avoid Amateur Radio allocations or to announce the times and frequencies of their transmissions in advance. The FCC last fall granted MITRE Corporation of Bedford, Massachusetts, a 2-year Part 5 Experimental License, WH2XCI, to operate 21 transmitters at 10 fixed New York and Massachusetts sites. MITRE plans to test wideband HF communication techniques on a variety of bands between 2.5 MHz and 16 MHz...."

For the rest of the story, go here: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-warns-experimental-licensee-to-avoid-interference-to-hf-ham-activity

If you hear weird stuff on the bands which sounds different from the normal weird stuff we hear, it might be this stuff.


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: KX5JT on February 15, 2015, 04:53:21 AM
I saw this earlier.  What is going on here?  What are they doing?  WHY is the FCC allowing them to do this?? AHHHH!!!!!!  I feel so marginal now.


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: WB3JOK on February 15, 2015, 10:07:08 AM
Hope the ARRL can at least get them off the ham bands... remember that BPL crap a few years back? That seems to have gone away. Good thing, too.


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: W1FVB on February 16, 2015, 09:30:07 AM
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If you hear weird stuff on the bands which sounds different from the normal weird stuff we hear, it might be this stuff.

George Carlin would have been proud  :)


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: W2VW on February 16, 2015, 10:18:32 AM
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/list-of-experimental-licenses-reveals-interesting-hf-data-comm-experiments/274152


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: W4EWH on February 16, 2015, 12:44:07 PM
I saw this earlier.  What is going on here?  What are they doing?  WHY is the FCC allowing them to do this??

MITRE is looking to take over the HF bands that aren't in demand for shortwave broadcasting, Maritime services, Fixed services, and (probably) Ham Radio. We're sitting on the only pieces of RF spectrum that the FCC hasn't been able to auction off for billions of dollars, and Uncle Sam wants to know if he can get money for the low bands.

W1AC


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: Steve - K4HX on February 16, 2015, 08:48:39 PM
These are mind control transmitters. You are all part of the conspiracy.


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: Opcom on February 16, 2015, 10:53:39 PM
These are mind control transmitters. You are all part of the conspiracy.

Yes. Now you know why I always bring up unusual applications and perform odd experiments. There are many others just like me...

All that PMing and FMing and the little diode notches in the keep-alive corners - it is all part of the plan and contains encoded subliminal neuro-aural downloads. CODE NAME BAND PLAN! Catchy name, eh?

We are legion! We bite the arm! Global Dominion! I tell you only because it is too late! MUUUUuuuhahahahahaaaa.


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: KX5JT on February 17, 2015, 01:35:21 AM
I've been seeing strange stuff on the bands.  I want to blame this Mitre license because I know they are out there but maybe it's not related.  Does anyone know what is going on here on the upper part of the 75 meter band?  Huge swaths being wiped out by rushing digital sounds...



Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on February 17, 2015, 03:30:57 AM
I've been seeing strange stuff on the bands.  I want to blame this Mitre license because I know they are out there but maybe it's not related.  Does anyone know what is going on here on the upper part of the 75 meter band?  Huge swaths being wiped out by rushing digital sounds...


It's only 10 KHz wide. Could be International DRM station (although I think they might be wider), could be SSTV, could be some amateur digital voice stuff, or it could be a Class E station tuning up  :D


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: KX5JT on February 17, 2015, 04:16:09 AM
Ah, maybe the DRM because it was consistent for more than 20 mintues while I was monitoring 3.878  -- it never unkeyed.


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: WB3JOK on February 17, 2015, 04:36:00 PM
We are legion! We bite the arm! Global Dominion! I tell you only because it is too late! MUUUUuuuhahahahahaaaa.

Patrick, your cat is using your laptop again...  ;D


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: Tom W2ILA on February 20, 2015, 08:48:42 PM
It's the Boston buzzy.  Conditions to Boston must be good today.


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: W2VW on February 21, 2015, 08:27:43 AM
I've been seeing strange stuff on the bands.  I want to blame this Mitre license because I know they are out there but maybe it's not related.  Does anyone know what is going on here on the upper part of the 75 meter band?  Huge swaths being wiped out by rushing digital sounds...



Send a check to ARRL and it will stop.


Title: Re: Experimental Licensee to Operate Betqween 2.5 and 16 MHz
Post by: WB3JOK on February 21, 2015, 10:54:15 PM
I heard something similar wiping out the top end of 40 meters the other night... figured it was government jamming of a broadcaster (there's a Christian station around 7300).
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