[Lowfer] HiFER AZ at 13.554415 (plus KFI & friends...)

[Clint Turner]

Not getting a lot of HiFER reports from this part of the country (Utah) 
I decided to take a look this morning to see what I could see in the 
HiFER area.

At least in my area, there isn't a lot of "crud" in the band - and I was 
able to hear, with ear, HiFER AZ fading in and out.  The measured 
frequency was 13.554419 MHz at first, but over the source of 30 minutes 
or so it had drifted to 13.554415 MHz at the moment of the capture of 
the image:

http://www.ussc.com/~turner/hifer_az_200309301522.jpg

As implied by the filename, this was captured at 1522 on 9/30/03

During the strongest periods of the signal (not shown) there was about 
1-2 Hz chirp visible.

I went looking for other HiFERs, but none were visible at the time.

I also looked on the 2^12 band and saw a few signals - but I didn't 
investigate closely...

Re:  KFI-640 wobblings:

A recent capture of KFI-640 (and friends) is shown at::

http://www.ussc.com/~turner/KFI_200309290600.gif

The frequencies shown are about 1.3 Hz higher than reality.  One can see 
KFI doing it's thing, as well as Mr. Sawtooth and the "other" wandering 
signal as well.  This image is similar to another one:

http://www.ussc.com/~turner/KFI_A1.GIF

Taken on or about 8/11/03.

Also, FWIW, KSL-1160 is now about 2.06 Hz low in frequency:  It's moved 
up by about 0.1 Hz in the past 6 weeks or so.


Clint
KA7OEI