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To: AmericanInTokyo
Good Morning AiT!

I seldom post log data from signals I've picked up but I did keep some notes in this instance, I'll post them right here on FR, this will be picked up by Google inside of a day:

First some general information:

470 - 476 MHz

Covers the following:

# television channel 14
# Land mobile within 50 miles of the following metro areas:

* Boston, MA
* Chicago, IL
* Los Angeles, CA
* Miami, FL
* New York/N.E. NJ
* Pittsburgh, PA


In addition, 470 - 476 mhz includes:

# Biomedical telemetry devices

NOT generally utilized for aerospace telemetry and/or satellite transmissions, AFAIK.

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470 mhz was monitored continuously:

Start - 2200 hrs Eastern Time 05 April 2009
End - 0700 hrs Eastern Time 06 April 2009

No detectable consistent signals monitored, mostly static with occasional SSB interruptions, presumed to be Ham radio operators or other transmitters.

No musical or voice communications noted.

Equipment used:

Hallicrafters SX-42 Receiver
MaxRad BMUF4525 Antenna

This is a picture of the receiver, this isn't the actual receiver that belonged to my Dad, but the one I'm using is pretty much identical in appearance. It's an oldie but a goodie.

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I can state with virtual certainty that IF there were a North Korean satellite emitting a signal at 470 mhz, I would have picked it up.

There's nothing up there.
22 posted on 04/06/2009 4:21:45 AM PDT by mkjessup (You're either with our Constitution, or you are with TKU ("The Kenyan Usurper"). CHOOSE!!!)
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To: mkjessup
Yeah, THATS WHAT IM TALKIN' ABOUT!

Excellent work. It deserves an FR thread of its own.

I can back it up with my own vignettes as well as translations of other reports from Japanese and other press which corroborates your findings.

Free Republic can be known as a place which helped crack the mystery of whether North Koreans even have a satellite up in the first place, as they claim (which you and I know based on your steady monitoring in order to catch it once at least during its 1 hour 20 minute "orbit" of the earth, with a fine rig.) is just a North Korean fabrication in front of the whole world. ;-)

24 posted on 04/06/2009 6:25:36 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: mkjessup

Thanks so much for this information! This is post of the year material!


27 posted on 04/06/2009 9:31:42 AM PDT by rdl6989
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