"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
Johan, ON5EX, reported that he had detected a rocket launch on the Ohio grabber. He gave the following screenshot:
Scanning back through my own records, I see that I detected the same launch!
I wish the brave astronauts on WA5DJJ good luck.
Addendum: Okay, it’s just a bit of thermal drift. As his transmitter warms up, it drifts down in frequency a bit. Still, looks pretty dramatic when you are talking about a 100hz wide band.
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