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Offline East Troy Don

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unid 17.145
« on: November 26, 2020, 1448 UTC »
17145 khz @14:44 UTC. Steady stream of pulses and chirps (RTTY?).     S7-9
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Re: unid 17.145
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2021, 1836 UTC »
Just came across this post.

Could be USCG NMG New Orleans  WXFAX.
There was talk about phasing this out but
AFAIK they still do WXFAX. 
Das Radiobunker somewhere in Michigan

 

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