ridgescan
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These pips have been here forever. Tried searching the net but can't find anything. Anyone know why there are constant time pips on 6779kHz USB?
These pips have been here forever. Tried searching the net but can't find anything. Anyone know why there are constant time pips on 6779kHz USB?
Maybe it could be. Thanks for putting a monitor on it-I'd like if others out here could give it a try as well to see if it's just something near me.I had one like that... it turned out being equipment in my home creating the time pips. To make matters worse, it was a battery operated device so killing the mains power did not stop it. I don't recall for certain but I think mine ended up being some type of oscillator in a phone but it's been a while.
Good luck in figuring it out! I did plug 6779 USB into an R8600 and will sit on it and reply back if it does pop up here.
Maybe it could be. Thanks for putting a monitor on it-I'd like if others out here could give it a try as well to see if it's just something near me.
Thanks kruser! So I hear it fairly strong here in Frisco, on USB it peaks at about s8. Amazing that you copy it way over there too.The longer pip of about 200ms or so is still there. It replaces the short pips about every 22 to 23 seconds and then goes back to one pip per second. Kind of strange timing whatever it is.
So I hear it fairly strong here in Frisco, on USB it peaks at about s8.
Yep, same here as far as 6779 and 6780 go. I could not hear anything on 6780 in either ssb mode.Good digging kruser-that's what it is. It figures I hear it better 1kHz off than dead-on 6780. It's the same as WWV on 60kHz. I can't hear 'em on 60.
It's an odd timing for sure, maybe they are using that 22 or 23 sec period as some sort of signalling function...like local temp, battery voltage, or something... as well as a beacon. People find all kinds of ways to interleave data with things.The longer pip of about 200ms or so is still there. It replaces the short pips about every 22 to 23 seconds and then goes back to one pip per second. Kind of strange timing whatever it is.
You're a good investigator kruser. BTW what do you get on WWV 60kHz? I just get the pips that are more like "daaahs" than short pips each second. Pretty weak here.
Yep, I only noticed it when I started watching the time lapse before each long pip was heard. It was really just a fluke as it sounded close to a 20 second spacing to the ear.It's an odd timing for sure, maybe they are using that 22 or 23 sec period as some sort of signalling function...like local temp, battery voltage, or something... as well as a beacon. People find all kinds of ways to interleave data with things.
It looks like it may be AXA-210, "Australian Defence Force", according to Reply 5 in this thread: 6780 kHz CW beacon