Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17292 invoked from network); 12 May 2000 21:29:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by teachers.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 12 May 2000 21:29:14 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12qMuS-0002Z0-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 12 May 2000 22:23:48 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from smtper.inrete.it ([212.110.32.184] helo=mailer.inrete.it) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12qMuQ-0002Yv-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 12 May 2000 22:23:46 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from cel266 (ppp-20-76-79.libero.it [151.20.76.79]) by mailer.inrete.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA32467 for ; Fri, 12 May 2000 23:23:21 +0200 Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 23:23:21 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <4.1.20000512222342.009e2360@mailer.inrete.it> Message-ID: <4.1.20000512222342.009e2360@mailer.inrete.it> X-Sender: spin@mailer.inrete.it X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Versione 4.1 Data: Fri, 12 May 2000 22:23:51 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "M. Bruno" Subject: LF: Commercial CW on LF MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: >Yes, it is the station reportedly used by India to talk to its submarines > >73 >Andre' From the web site of IK1QFK: ------------------------------------------------- 18.2 kHz VTX3 is an Indian Navy traffic station. Operates from Vijananarayanam. Has been heard in USA and UK. 23/7/95 1832, HF1000 CW 200Hz LW7 S2. CW again heard, copied by PL, confirmed callsign VTX3 and traffic a series of numbers and alpha characters. Pauses with II characters. A series of idents, v's traffic and II's after a break. Signal up to S2 at times, some fading. 27/6/99 1925z, VTX3 traffic heard from 1930, standard Morse. V40 CW 100Hz BW -550 Hz -90dbm peak. 11/7/99 2059z, VTX3 V40 CW 600Hz peaks to -86dbm 23/7/99 2137z, VTX3 V40 l202 CW 500Hz Morse traffic -87dbm 11/7/99 1530z, VVV DE VTX3 and tfc, then RTTY -mb- Oct./99 1021 received by DG4BAS in msk -------------------------------------------------- a spectrogram of VTX3 is also at http://web.tiscalinet.it/vlfradio/regularsig/regularsignals.htm I'm curious to know the ERP of VTX3 ... anyone reading this in India ? 73, Marco IK1ODO Marco Bruno - IK1ODO spin@inrete.it SPIN Electronics - www.spin-it.com