CODAR report

[greedo24]

I heard what I'm pretty sure is a CODAR signal on June 7, 2015 at approx 1730z at my QTH in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. It was hogging a huge swath of bandwidth (like 1MHz worth) but the center frequency for me at the time was 13.45MHz. It wasn't the only thing there- there were 1 or 2 weak stations that I scanned past which it covered. I listened for a few minutes but then I moved on.

Is it normal to hear CODAR this far inland? Or might it have been someone on the Great Lakes?

Thanks in advance.

Greedo


Sony ICF-SW7600GR with 20' 18Ga wire antenna hooked onto the stock whip antenna, no grounding, running on batteries

 

[n0nhp]

Here is a waterfall screen shot of your CODAR from Colorado! If you look carefully you can see 3 or 4 different sweeps. Thankfully in the last 5 years or so the IRU has corralled CODAR into frequency bands and most other services are vacating those bands. You will still see it pop up over the top of other services and on non-authorized frequencies.
CODAR like other HF services will travel far beyond it's intended coverage area and can be picked up around the world.

Just another of the fun services that are taking over HF in place of the voice stations we once spent so many hours chasing.

Bruce

 

[greedo24]

Cool! Thanks for the pic, Bruce!

Greedo